All Food waste articles
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Comment & OpinionIs UHT finally shrugging off its ‘poor man’s milk’ image?
UK consumers are waking up to the host of benefits UHT offers and realising it doesn’t have to mean a compromise on taste, says Niko Vuorenmaa, CEO at Oddlygood Group
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NewsM&S issues update to all stores on food waste after exposé
The retailer is among a number of major grocers whose store bins have been filmed in recent weeks by the Instagram and TikTok account Food_waste_inspector_
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NewsCo-op denies ‘toxic’ culture claims, insisting colleague engagement remains high
Complaints were raised in a letter to board members, seen by the BBC, describing ‘fear and alienation’ among even senior staff
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Comment & OpinionThe PM’s potato protest: inside the UK’s food waste scandal
A symbolic spud in the PM’s fridge highlights the urgent need for action as industry and charities warn time is running out on food waste reform
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NewsNo 10 stages talks on ‘ambitious’ new food waste strategy
Wrap gave prime minister Keir Starmer a physical representation of the problem in the form of a pack of potatoes left in the Downing Street fridge
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NewsKaoba secures first fundraise to back expansion of cacao-based drink
Sparkling soda startup Kaoba has raised £500k to help it scale in 2026
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NewsFlavour Bombs and My Skin Feels impress on Dragons’ Den
Flavour Bombs walked away from the den with £50k from Peter Jones in return for a 25% stake, while skincare brand My Skin Feels secured a joint £50k from Deborah Meaden and Gary Neville for 20% of the business
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Comment & OpinionWant to reach net zero? We must start by fixing food waste
Put simply, the UK cannot meet its net zero commitments without addressing food waste, says Estelle Herszenhorn, director of food system transformation at Wrap
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NewsKluraLabs secures £8m to roll out packaging innovation in UK retail
The Cambridge-based company’s technology is designed to slow the spoilage of food and reduce waste, improving logistics and efficiencies for retailers and suppliers
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NewsDon’t harass shopworkers, says BRC after TikTok bin raider’s new posts
Social media activist the Food_waste_inspector_ posted a video of himself this week telling an Aldi store worker he wanted the supermarket to donate three packets of rice if he paid for and donated a larger quantity
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NewsM&S fails to appease TikTok bin raider over food waste
M&S reached out to the Food_waste_inspector_ last week after he posted videos of store bins containing in-date sliced meat, whole chicken, potatoes and bakery items
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NewsKFC hits five million meals donation with FareShare
Surplus chicken from KFC restaurants is frozen and redistributed to more than 1,300 charity partners nationwide
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy are supermarket bins ending up full of in-date edible food?
A TikTok activist is embarrassing supermarkets with videos of store bins filled with in-date food. What’s going on, and what needs to change?
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NewsM&S invites vigilante food waste inspector for coffee after shocking social media exposé
The retailer told Food_waste_inspector it was ‘looking into everything you’ve posted’ and that it would ‘love to come and meet with you’
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NewsWaitrose becomes third retailer to respond to food waste exposé
The supermarket is the latest to be targeted by Food_waste_inspector, a vigilante account rifling store bins and posting the videos on TikTok and Instagram
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NewsLidl launches investigation after food waste exposé
Recent videos posted on Instagram and TikTok by Food_waste_inspector_ show bins at Lidl stores filled with in-date steaks and ambient food, and fruit that still looks good to eat
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Comment & OpinionM&S’s ‘bingate’ backlash shows double-edged sword of social media
This week an anonymous, vigilante bin-dipping west London man – known only as Food_waste_inspector_ – shone his torch on the mountain of perfectly edible, in-date food his local M&S was chucking out on the regular
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NewsM&S launches investigation following vigilante food waste inspector exposé
Instagram and TikTok’s ‘Food_waste_inspector_’ documented eight bins full of unsold food and flowers outside an M&S store, as well as sacks full of bakery items
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WhitepapersWhat’s next for UK grocery retail packaging
New research from packaging consultancy Aura has uncovered significant gaps between UK grocery retailers’ public sustainability commitments and in-store packaging reality. Download their whitepaper to learn more.
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NewsAldi donates 1.5 million meals over Christmas and new year
The discounter worked with community redistribution platform Neighbourly, its long-term partner, to get both fresh and chilled food to local food banks daily