All Food waste articles
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NewsKarma 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
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M&S to roll out new supply chain system to cut food waste and costs
‘Disappointing’ food waste levels hit margins in the third quarter
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Aldi donates 400,000 meals to food banks and charities on Christmas Eve
Around 185 tonnes of fresh food were donated after stores closed on 24 December
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Cooplands to donate proceeds from sausage roll sales to Trussell Trust
The Yorkshire-headquartered bakery business will support The Trussell Trust in its mission to end child poverty this Christmas
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Christmas food waste a key issue for shoppers, reveals Waitrose survey
More than half of shoppers want to reduce food waste this Christmas
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Gressingham and FareShare to distribute 2,000 surplus turkeys for Christmas
Gressingham Foods has diverted its surplus frozen birds to FareShare, which will redistribute them to groups across the UK
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Wrap calls for greater wholesaler engagement on food waste
Wrap has signed up 187 food businesses to its Food Waste Reduction Roadmap, but just five are wholesalers
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Asda buying food at cost price for FareShare charity amid Brexit supply fears
FareShare has joined forces with Asda, which will be sourcing thousands of meals at cost price
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Morrisons highlights food waste battle in Christmas ad alternative
The food waste film is available on all Morrisons online channels from today
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Morrisons to give away wonky ‘Carrots for Rudolph’ this Christmas
The supermarket said the move was aimed at introducing children to wonky veg
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Nisa encourages members to sign up to Too Good To Go food waste app
Morrisons announced it would be the first supermarket to partner with Too Good To Go last week
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Comment & Opinion
Progress in tackling the plastic blight is shamefully slow
This week a Greenpeace survey reported use of plastic in supermarkets has actually increased this year
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Feedback slams food industry over failures in waste reporting
Feedback said it had been 14 months since the Roadmap launched and suppliers were still hiding behind a “wall of secrecy”
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Comment & Opinion
Antimicrobial packaging can extend shelf life and prevent food waste - but more analysis is needed
Extending the shelf life of food and drink is a comparatively low cost measure to tackle food waste, says Andrew Swift, CEO at Fera Science
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Waitrose to host Christmas dinners for the vulnerable with FareShare
More than 1,000 people have been invited to enjoy the festive feast hosted by Waitrose and John Lewis
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Morrisons teams up with food waste app to offer cut-price food boxes past best-before date
The service is set to be offered in all 494 Morrisons supermarkets nationwide from tomorrow
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Comment & Opinion
It’s hugely frustrating that food waste reduction efforts are being hindered
The Grocer has campaigned for years now to help move the dial on food waste in the industry
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Comment & Opinion
Brexit has slowed progress on food waste, obesity and the environment
Whatever the election’s outcome, Brexit is likely to continue to impede progress
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Progress on food waste stalled due to Brexit concerns, says Wrap
The report found many retailers had done nothing or not enough to improve labelling advice across a range of key products
