All Food waste articles – Page 52
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NewsOptiat to roll out soap range with pre-brewed chai spices
To fund manufacturing, the business has kicked off a two-week Crowdfunder campaign with a target of £2,000
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My Alternative CVMartin Myerscough, Frugalpac, on packaging and sailing
‘My first job? A yacht captain in the Med’
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NewsArla trials ‘bumpy’ new food expiry label in a bid to slash food waste
The dairy co-op has teamed up with foodtech startup Mimica to test a use-by label that turns bumpy when food goes off
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NewsMorrisons hits 100,000 meals FareShare milestone
FareShare first received products from Morrisons in April 2017
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NewsSnaffling Pig’s Andrew Allen joins Spare Fruit as non-exec
Allen had previously served as an advisor to Spare Fruit on an informal basis
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NewsKFC admits chicken waste as cost of DHL failure grows
The fast-food giant has admitted that it still does not know the “root cause” of the fiasco
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NewsAMT Fruit hits one million meals in fruit for FareShare
The Munoz-owned company has supplied FareShare with surplus, incorrectly packaged or out of spec citrus fruit since 2015
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NewsFood waste accounts for 10% to 16% of farmer crops says Feedback
A new Feedback report claims retailers are using buying power to transfer risk and cost of overproduction to producers
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NewsCarrs Foods revamps Baker Street range of wrapped bread
Two SKUs – 4 Part Baked Petit Pain and 2 Part Baked Baguettes (rsp: £1) – are set to roll out to 330 Waitroses on 2 March
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Comment & OpinionCome together and sign up on surplus food
Sir, I have been following with interest your excellent Waste Not Want Not campaign for the government to subsidise surplus food distribution, an issue that affects so many of us in the industry.Having recently spent some time with colleagues at our local food bank, One Can Trust, ...
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NewsCranswick initiative aims to eliminate food waste by 2030
Cranswick will implement procedures measuring food waste at each of its 16 sites by September
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NewsAsda set to spend £20m on key food waste charities
Asda will pay for refrigeration equipment for the charities so they can ramp up their redistribution
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NewsOpitat surpasses £150,000 crowdfunding target
The London brand kicked off a Crowdcube drive on 30 January with the aim of raising £150,000 in exchange for 6.98% of equity
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NewsOptiat’s £150k Crowdcube drive passes halfway mark in two days
The personal care startup plans to spend funds on larger production runs, R&D, and marketing and advertising
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NewsJohn Kitson joins Company Shop as group finance director
Kitson was previously group finance director at Symington’s
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Comment & OpinionAldi takes fight to the big four on a new front: food waste
Aldi has transformed into a frontrunner on food waste
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NewsAldi pledges to cut food waste 50% by 2030
Redistribution would be a core focus of its plans to reduce food waste
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NewsTesco to offer free food to staff in bid to eliminate waste
The ‘Colleague Shops’ will be introduced to stores by the end of next month and provide a bonus for its staff, by giving them ’a bargain’
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Analysis & FeaturesHow to join the companies who have signed up so far
’If you are not a part of the solution, you are a part of the problem’, goes the saying. Find out who is backing our campaign so far
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Comment & OpinionLet's show bottle on plastic waste
The Grocer’s efforts in 2017 to concentrate our industry’s collective mind on waste, and food waste in particular, are timely