All Food waste articles
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NewsCity Harvest seeks £50k extra funding amid surge in food donations
The food redistribution charity has launched a GoFundMe push to pay for significantly increased activity
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FareShare & IGD lead coronavirus hunger charity crisis talks
Supermarkets and suppliers are planning to launch a massive operation with food redistribution charities
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Wholesalers call for support to prevent foodservice stock from going to waste
Millions of pounds worth of perishable food is sitting in warehouses as foodservice sector ‘falls off a cliff’
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Coronavirus: claims that closed restaurants are forced to waste food untrue, says City Harvest
The charity said that earlier in the week, one national radio station took calls from people planning to set up their own food redistribution businesses
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M&S reducing waste by turning leftover baguettes into garlic bread and crostini
The scheme is underway in M&S’s four flagship new-format Food Halls
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Asda and FareShare’s ‘you buy one, we give one’ leads to hike in sales
Charitable tieup with FareShare and supplier partners sees birth of ‘you buy one, we give one free’ promotion
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FareShare partners with 150 new suppliers through Defra’s surplus food fund
The fund was enabled by support from a £15m scheme launched by Defra in January last year
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Sushi Daily to fight food waste by selling ‘Forgotten Ends’ of sushi rolls
It’s the latest in a series of sustainability initiatives rolled out by the sushi business.
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Comment & Opinion
Supermarkets must lead the way on consumer food waste education
There are not only ethical considerations but business incentives to food waste education, says Tessa Clarke, co-founder and CEO of food sharing app Olio
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News
Roberts rolls out Ultimate Hot Cross Buns made with waste bread
The NPD marks the bakery’s first foray into reusing ingredients
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Letters
Voluntary targets on food waste aren’t enough. We need regulation
Although Wrap’s Courtauld 2025 progress report shows some progress on food waste, fundamentally it confirms the inadequacy
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News
Government announces £1m food waste fund
Defra said it wanted to find new ways to change consumer behaviour or transform food waste into other materials
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John Lewis to second staff to FareShare for up to six months
The company is celebrating 20 years of its volunteer programme, the Golden Jubilee Trust
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Martin Rohleder joins food waste app Olio as sales director
Rohleder joins from Staples Solutions in the Netherland
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Comment & Opinion
Retail waste is still rising. Industry must commit to more transparency
There’s plenty to celebrate in Wrap’s Courtauld 2025 progress report
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UK retail food waste increases despite overall levels dropping
A progress report for the Courtauld Commitment 2025 showed retail waste went up between 2015-18
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XPO Logistics reports record food bank donations over Christmas period
The donation was equivalent to providing an estimated 9,500 meals
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Paul bakeries raise £13k for surplus food charity Felix Project
Over Christmas the bakery chain donated 50p from every ‘Festive Pig’ sandwich sold to the Felix Project
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Karma unveils plan to introduce 50 surplus food smart fridges to UK
The smart fridges – of which there are more than 30 in operation across Sweden and one in Paris – are filled with surplus and unsold food from either the store they are situated within or from wholesalers when placed in public place
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Greenyard Frozen taps government grant to partner with FareShare
Greenyard is utilising a £15m scheme launched by Defra last year to help redistribution organisations
