Product & Packaging Development
Our aim is to make packaging work for both people and the planet as well as creating products that our customers love, which are sourced with care and sold at prices they can afford. We care deeply about the food that our customers put on their plates, and we know they don’t want to compromise on quality and taste.
Latest roles - Product & Packaging Development
Product Development Manager - Fresh Prepared Food (12 month FTC)
Latest roles - Product & Packaging Development
Product Development Manager - Fresh Prepared Food (12 month FTC)
For all our Tesco brand products, we’ve committed that, by 2025, we will halve packaging weight, use 100% recyclable packaging and make sure all the paper and board we use is sustainable.
Our approach to packaging is based on 4 Rs: Remove, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Remove: We are removing unnecessary packaging and all non-recyclable and hard-to-recycle material, which we refer to as ‘red’ materials. Reduce: Where we can’t remove, reduce it to an absolute minimum, including excess packaging. Reuse: Explore new opportunities to reuse it. Recycle: Make sure it’s all recycled as part of a closed loop.
Working in Product & Packaging Development
As a team of people who are passionate about food our remit is to make sure we have great quality, value for money and innovative Tesco brand products in our stores. We create new ranges in response to changing customer needs and market requirements and ensure current Tesco products meet our Little Helps Plan commitments on health and sustainability.
Our packaging specialists make sure the packaging we use is always the best option for both the planet and our customers. They help source materials which are easy for our customers to recycle, and they work behind the scenes on new technologies to drive the industry forward. We are committed to creating a system where packaging is treated as a valuable resource that can be used, reused, collected and recycled in a closed loop.
Our location
Smile – Welwyn Garden City
Smile – Welwyn Garden City
This building's name is inspired by Eat Happy which started life with the project name Smile and takes education out of the classroom to show children where their food comes from. Our Human Resources Team is based here and there is a restaurant, bicycle parking and dry cleaning drop off service. This is also the location of our colleague Health and Wellness centre where colleagues can access massage therapists, GP services and beauticians.
Highwoods – Welwyn Garden City
This building's name is inspired by our first ‘out of town’ destination food store, ‘Colchester Highwoods’. Our Pensions, Property, and Maintenance & Engineering teams are based here.
Maldon – Welwyn Garden City
This building's name is inspired by our first self-service supermarket which opened in a converted cinema in Maldon in 1956. Our Finance, Procurement and Legal and Security teams are based here and there is a restaurant, bicycle parking, and dry cleaning drop off service, as well as it being the location for our Grocery Click and Collect service.
Checkout – Welwyn Garden City
This building name is inspired by Operation Checkout, one of our most iconic price campaigns. During an economic downturn in the UK in 1977, we launched massive price cuts to help customers on very tight budgets. Our Food and Quality teams are based here and this is our main building with a restaurant, gym, bicycle parking and showers, dry cleaning drop off service, colleague baby room, cash machine, car charging and post box.
Pear – Welwyn Garden City
This building name is inspired by the project name used during our 2003 acquisition of T & S Stores. Many of these stores were converted to our Express format to help us to build our convenience offer for customers. Our General Merchandise, Supply Chain and Operations teams are based here and there is a restaurant and bicycle parking.
Omega – Welwyn Garden City
This building name is inspired by the pioneering work of the team which developed Clubcard – one of the most important retail innovations of the 20th century. Our Marketing, Communications, Tesco Mobile, Hospitality and Business Development teams are based here and there is bicycle parking, a car wash and fuel pump.
Plus – Welwyn Garden City
This building is inspired by one of our most innovative technology projects – Plus. In 1987 we introduced our first computerised tills to scan products. Our Technology team are based here and there is a restaurant, bicycle parking, dry cleaning drop off service, Click and Collect for Tesco Direct products and post office facilities.
Snowball – Welwyn Garden City
This building's name is inspired by 72 year-old Jane Snowball, who used a television remote to order groceries while sat in her armchair at home. What she and others didn’t realise at the time was that this was the world’s first home online shopping trip. Our Business Support, Customer Fulfillment and Online teams are based here and there is a restaurant, bicycle parking and showers, dry cleaning drop off service and cash machine.
Strawberry - Farringdon
This building's name is inspired by the strawberry icon used by Tesco.com shoppers when we launched online shopping in the late 1990s. Our Digital team is based here.
The Nicholl Building - Dundee Customer Engagement Centre
This building's name was inspired by Mrs Nicholl, a 93 year-old customer who was moved to tears by excellent customer service from Tesco when two colleagues hand-delivered her groceries during bad weather as a ‘wee gift from Tesco’. We have a restaurant, bicycle parking, showers, Click & Collect service, cash machine, garden and games area, as well as colleague kitchens and rest areas on each floor.
Working in Welwyn Garden City
Our campus sits just 10 minutes walk from the centre of Welwyn Garden city with its many shops, restaurants, pubs and sports facilities. Close to the A1 and with frequent trains running to Kings Cross in as little as 26 minutes (free shuttle buses take you between the station and office) the campus is well connected to the surrounding area.
