All Food waste articles
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Comment & OpinionGoodness Issue shows food and drink putting best foot forward
This week’s Goodness Issue offers a timely reminder of the great and noble work performed by the industry on a daily basis
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InterviewsHow Nicola Robinson’s food sourcing alliance is taking shape
Alliance Food Sourcing wants to revolutionise surplus food collection. So what’s the plan?
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Comment & OpinionWhy farms are the next big frontier for food waste
Greater intervention is needed to tackle the levels of edible food surplus that go to waste on our farms, says Kris Gibbon-Walsh, CEO at FareShare
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NewsM&S first to trial Neighbourly’s new surplus food initiative
M&S is the first retailer to trial Neighbourly’s new surplus food initiative, which will allow individuals to collect food for their own use
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NewsSainsbury’s to power 30 HGVs using food waste in new ‘circular’ biofuel trial
The supermarket has partnered with RenEco for the circular trial, which will convert food waste into biofuel
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NewsChicP launches houmous and tortilla chip snack pots into Ocado
Founded by former chef Hannah McCollum in 2015, ChicP offers a range of houmous dips
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NewsTesco calls for transparency on food waste amid fears for mandatory reporting legislation
New figures released by Tesco this week revealed that 117 of its suppliers are now reporting their food waste figures
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NewsCompany Shop Group appoints new managing director
New managing director Chris Burns brings a wealth of retail experience to the role
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NewsClimate group Wrap goes international with new EU division
Wrap is opening a new EU division in partnership with the International Food Waste Coalition
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NewsHolland & Barrett accused by startup of copying wonky apple snacks
Gusto founder Gieseppe Baidoo has started dressing up as a robber and giving out samples in front of the retailer
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NewsOddbox moves closer to profitability after business reset
The wonky veg box company has seen sales falter with three successive years of falling revenues
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NewsBooker donates over 20 million meals through FareShare and Olio partnership
The leftover stock, including fresh produce, meat and packaged goods, is then distributed to local communities to minimise food wasted
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NewsAsda donates million meals in winter fruit & veg pledge to FareShare
The donation will support FareShare’s nationwide network of charities, including afterschool and breakfast clubs, homelessness shelters, and older people’s lunch clubs
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Comment & OpinionReflect on 2024 – and then set your focus points for this year
We need to ensure all our actions still point the business in the direction of our key goals, says Jenny Costa of Rubies in the Rubble
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NewsGovernment promises to salvage £15m fund to tackle farmgate food scandal
An estimated 330,000 tonnes of edible food is either wasted or repurposed as animal feed before leaving farms every year
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Comment & OpinionNational Food Strategy requires systemic change
Success depends on how effectively we empower changemakers, align cultural values and nurture collaboration, says Kate Cawley, founder of Veris Strategies and Future Food Movement
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NewsTesco ‘overwhelmed’ as Winter Food Collection sees customers donate 1.9 million meals
Donated products would, it said, provide vital support for charities FareShare and Trussell in the run up to Christmas
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NewsFood waste app Olio announces Network Rail partnership
A trial at London Waterloo station saw contributions from retailers provide 3,112 meals from 4,300 items that benefited 127 households
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NewsM&S renews partnership with Retail Insight for three more years to fight food waste
The 1,000 store-retailer initially partnered with Retail Insight, which uses AI-powered technology to deliver dynamic markdown strategies, in 2021
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Comment & OpinionWhy the government must prioritise tax relief for retailers’ charitable donations
VAT on charity donations means it can cost more for retailers to donate their unsold goods than to throw them away. Zoë Colosimo, Neighbourly COO, calls on retailers to be part of the change