Lidl Portugal is introducing digital price tags across its stores nationwide as part of a new sustainability initative, the grocer has announced.
The company said that by replacing paper prices with digital ones it expects to make 108 tonnes of paper savings across all its stores each year.
The Schwarz Group initiative, of which Lidl is a part, initially started in Portugal with a pilot store last October. On the back of that, the rollout across the chain’s entire Portugese network has started and is expected to be complete by the end of the first half of 2024.
“Every year, each store will save 400kg of paper, equivalent to 5.5 eucalyptus trees with about seven years of life. In total, it will be possible to save, per year, at least 108 tons of paper in all its more than 270 stores, avoiding the felling of 1,485 trees,” the company said.
The change will also allow the changing of prices and information in almost real time. The price lists, which have a direct link to the merchandise management systems will end the complex processes of printing and placing new prices in the store, previously carried out manually.
Since 2019, the supply of electricity in all Lidl Portugal buildings has been carried out using 100% renewable energy sources as part of a greater shift towards more sustainable operations.
The company added that in this latest initiative, digital price lists will be powered by batteries, which can be replaced and in the event of a breakdown, can be fixed, avoiding the production of more equipment.
