{"id":39773,"date":"2022-09-12T09:05:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T09:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grocerygazette.co.uk\/?p=39773"},"modified":"2022-09-12T14:33:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T14:33:32","slug":"tesco-checkout-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grocerygazette.co.uk\/2022\/09\/12\/tesco-checkout-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesco increases charity drive across self-service checkouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\nTesco has increased its charity drive for shoppers using self-service checkouts, with customers being asked if they would like to make an additional donation before they pay.<\/p>\n<p>The new policy from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grocerygazette.co.uk\/?s=tesco\">UK&#8217;s largest supermarket<\/a> will last until 2 October and is being introduced as part of the retailer&#8217;s ongoing commitment to charity. The move will see all customers using self-service checkouts being asked if they would like to round up their purchase to the nearest pound as a donation to one of three charities.<\/p>\n<p>They include leading health charities in the UK, such as: Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grocerygazette.co.uk\/subscribe-to-newsletter\/?utm_source=Article&amp;utm_medium=InStLink\" data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\">For the latest Tesco news directly into your inbox,<br \/>\nsign up to Grocery Gazette\u2019s FREE daily newsletter here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">\u201cThe funds raised will continue to support the health of UK communities at such a critical time. Our health charity partners rely on donations to continue their awareness, prevention and research work,&#8221; head of health campaigns at Tesco, Oonagh Turnbull said.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">\u201cWe\u2019d like to thank everyone who supports the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancerresearchuk.org\/get-involved\/donate?gclid=e4953f13950b1e634adf5c0d634e9f42&amp;gclsrc=3p.ds&amp;utm_source=bing&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=IMP%20%7C%20IG%20%7C%20B%20%7C%20Brand&amp;utm_term=cancer%20research&amp;utm_content=B%20%7C%20Brand%20%7C%20Cancer%20Research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> important work we all do through this campaign<\/a>, and we\u2019re grateful for the generosity of shoppers up and down the country,&#8221; chief executive at Cancer Research UK, Michelle Mitchell said.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">She added: &#8220;Campaigns like \u2018Helping you to live healthier\u2019 are a great way to raise money, and to encourage people to make healthier choices that lead to healthier lifestyles.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesco has increased its charity drive for shoppers using the self-service checkout, asking if they would like to make an additional donation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":39797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4870,1,3928],"tags":[4774,1663,816,10700,10699,83,552,948,579],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grocerygazette.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39773"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grocerygazette.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grocerygazette.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grocerygazette.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grocerygazette.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39773"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.grocerygazette.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39798,"href":"https:\/\/www.grocerygazette.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39773\/revisions\/39798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grocerygazette.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grocerygazette.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grocerygazette.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grocerygazette.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}