Goal

To increase the proportion of our total sales tonnage that comes from vegetables by at least 1% by 2025/26 and to report annually on our progress

FROM Commitment: Deliver healthy sustainable diets to all

Private sector - food business / United Kingdom

Sainsbury's Supermarket Ltd.

Date made: 03 Dec 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
Verification status Verified Find out more
NAF SMARTness index High Find out more
Targeted location National - United Kingdom
Targeted population Overall population (all ages, both sexes)
Population coverage 25,000,000.0
Primary indicator Percentage (%) of the volumetric weight of vegetables sold as a proportion of total sales
Primary indicator baseline 10.20%
Primary indicator target 11.20%
Duration March, 2019 - March, 2026

Goal action plan

We are committed to helping all customers have a healthy and sustainable diet that is rich in a variety of fruits & vegetables. As such we will look for opportunities to increase the fruit & vegetable content of our customers baskets, and share our progress

As a pledger to the Food Foundations Peas Please initiative we commit to reporting annually on:

We aim to increase the proportion of our total sales tonnage that comes from vegetables by at least 1% by 2025/26 and to report annually on our progress

We will also report annually on the portions of vegetables sold from all own brand products including composite dishes.

We will continue to support customers to increase their vegetable consumption through initiatives that improve awareness, value and incentives. We commit to share learnings in order to build the evidence base for how to effectively increase vegetable intakes.

To help build the evidence base for what strategies are effective at increasing fruit & vegetable purchase we will also share case studies for specific initiatives trialled within the business.

Nutrition Action Classification

Enabling

  • Financial
  • Operational
  • Leadership and governance
  • Research monitoring and data

Policy

  • Food environment
  • Food supply chain
  • Consumer knowledge
  • Nutrition care services

Impact

  • Undernutrition
  • Diet
  • Obesity and diet-related NCDs
  • Food and nutrition security

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