'A milestone for sustainable retail': Aldi and Ocado hail success of refillable grocery trials

Michael Holder
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In-store and online trials demonstrate strong consumer appetite for refillable grocery packaging, Refill Coalition reveals

Reusable and refillable packaging systems for grocery shopping has potential to go mainstream in the UK, according to the findings of two major trials carried out by Aldi and Ocado which have shown such...

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