{"id":111131,"date":"2025-07-25T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/?p=111131"},"modified":"2025-07-25T12:37:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T11:37:32","slug":"tesco-treats-clubcard-members-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/tesco-treats-clubcard-members-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesco Treats Clubcard Members to Free Food This Summer \u2013 Over 3.5 Million Apples to Be Given Away!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tesco is offering a summer treat for families, providing free fruit to children shopping at its stores between August 4 and 17<\/strong>. The initiative aims to encourage healthier eating habits by giving away over 3.5 million apples during this two-week period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to this giveaway, Tesco is introducing various Clubcard challenges<\/strong>, rewarding customers for purchasing fresh produce, frozen food, and other healthy items. The supermarket chain\u2019s effort is part of a wider collaboration with the British Nutrition Foundation<\/a> and supports its broader goal of making healthy eating more accessible for families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free Fruit for Children to Promote Healthier Habits<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As part of the new initiative, Tesco <\/a>will distribute free fruit to children shopping with their families in-store. Between August 4 and 17, customers will see kids offered apples at the checkout. This is set to benefit over 2.5 million shoppers<\/strong>, with the supermarket expecting to give away more than 3.5 million apples over the two-week period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal is clear: to make healthy eating an easier choice for families. According to Ashwin Prasad<\/a>, UK CEO of Tesco, \u201cWe understand that for many, there are barriers that make healthy eating feel hard. We want to help our customers make small changes that amount to big health benefits for themselves and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the free fruit, Tesco shoppers can also earn personalised Clubcard stamps <\/strong>on fresh fruit and vegetables, which can be converted into bonus Clubcard points or vouchers. The promotion includes new challenges that reward customers for purchasing healthy foods like frozen fruits, vegetables, beans, and pulses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tesco\u2019s Collaboration With the British Nutrition Foundation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tesco’s promotion is not just about giving away free fruit; it\u2019s part of a broader effort to address the nation\u2019s health concerns. Tesco has partnered with the British Nutrition Foundation to develop educational campaigns aimed at encouraging healthier eating choices. The partnership is a response to the growing public health issue of obesity<\/strong>, which has doubled since the 1990s and now costs the NHS an estimated \u00a311 billion<\/strong> a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Elaine Hindal<\/a>, CEO of the British Nutrition Foundation, \u201cThe most recent release of the UK National Diet & Nutrition Survey again underlined the need for urgent action to improve access to healthy and sustainable diets.\u201d She commended Tesco for its commitment to promoting healthier choices and supporting families to make lasting changes in their diets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By engaging families and offering incentives to make healthier purchases, Tesco is playing a significant role in supporting the UK\u2019s national health mission. This initiative is part of a larger movement across industries to help tackle the rising rates of obesity and encourage healthier living among future generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tesco is offering a sweet summer deal for families, giving away free fruit to children shopping between August 4 and 17. Clubcard members can also earn extra rewards by purchasing healthy food items. Over 3.5 million apples will be handed out as part of this initiative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":111133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-welfare","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111131"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111134,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111131\/revisions\/111134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}