Sainsbury's targets tinned tomatoes in war on packaging

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Supermarket giant to replace tomato tins with cartons in effort to cut packaging and emissions

Sainsbury's has this week announced that its Basics Chopped Tomatoes will be sold in cartons rather than cans from now on, slashing waste packaging by 500,000 kilos per year. The supermarket giant...

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