All Food waste articles – Page 22
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NewsAldi becomes latest supermarket to remove best before dates from fresh fruit & veg
The discounter is to remove best before dates from about 60 of its own brand fruit & veg lines by the end of the year
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Analysis & FeaturesCan more ‘wonky’ veg help drought-struck growers?
Growers – and Lidl – argue wonky veg ranges are not the answer
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Comment & OpinionHow BFFF’s Frozen Food Week can curb food waste and save cash
Using ‘nature’s pause button’ could help shoppers and the environment, says BFFF CEO Rupert Ashby
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NewsSainsbury’s removing ‘best before’ dates on almost 300 lines
Sainsbury’s has said that, after “stringent testing”, it has found that its yoghurt is safe to consume past its expiration date
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NewsLidl and Waitrose announce support for growers with flexible specifications
Lidl aims to identify key crop challenges and where possible accommodate stunted crop and other products within existing lines
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NewsAsda ditches best before dates on 250 fruit & veg products
Asda said it wanted to reduce food waste in the home and save customers money as they faced the cost of living crisis
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Analysis & FeaturesFour apps battling to fight food waste and help hunger
From Olio to Kitche, food waste apps are reporting a spike in demand amid the cost of living crisis. So how do these apps work? And how are they adapting to their growing number of users?
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NewsNisa retailers save 100,000 meals through Too Good To Go
A total of 300 stores helped to reach the milestone, which are collectively stopping over 1,000 meals from going to waste each week
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Analysis & FeaturesHow waste apps are evolving to resolve the food poverty crisis
From Olio to Kitche, food waste apps are reporting a spike in demand amid the cost of living crisis. So how do these apps work? And how are they adapting to their growing number of users?
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Comment & OpinionAlarming fresh food waste is a disaster for society, not just growers
As we report this week, many growers are struggling with “real anxiety” over the impact of the heatwave on harvests
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NewsAldi starts anti-waste trial with Too Good To Go
Seven stores across the north-east are taking part in the pilot, which started on 25 July
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NewsCJ Lang rolls out Too Good To Go across all company-owned stores
The partnership works by allowing customers to purchase bags of surplus stock from their nearest Spar store via the app
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Comment & OpinionFrozen’s food waste push could help cool cost of living concerns
The BFFF’s Frozen Food Week campaign comes as food and non-alcoholic beverages’ annual inflation rate hit 12.7%
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NewsSurplus food donations from supermarkets down during cost of living crisis
FareShare said the “crippling” knock-on effects of the supply chain crisis had resulted in a fall in supermarket donations of around 200 tonnes a month
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NewsLabour crisis has created £60m-worth of crop losses this year, says NFU
A survey of growers by the farming union found that this year’s harvest had been ‘significantly impacted’ by the sector’s ongoing labour crisis
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NewsEarth & Wheat hires Amine Benchaoui as MD and launches recruitment campaign
The business is currently recruiting for a brand manager, buyer and technical manager – with previous experience in the food industry preferred
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NewsFrozen food sector comes together for food waste awareness campaign
The BFFF is targeting younger generations with the nationwide PR campaign, which starts on 5 September
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Comment & OpinionWhy time is running out for best before dates on fruit & vegetables
Fruit & veg could should be sold loose and without date labels, with consumers encouraged to store it correctly, says Wrap’s Marcus Gover
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Comment & OpinionHow to battle the best before challenge and minimise food waste
Best before dates have been getting a lot of airtime since Waitrose announced it would be removing them from 500 fresh products
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NewsSnappy Shopper teams up with Gander
Retailers already partnered with the anti-food waste app will have reduced items integrated into their Snappy menus