All Food waste articles
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Dave Kennedy calls for industry war room mentality to tackle net zero
The former Defra boss has called on the food industry to bring the “wartime” spirit of its battle during the pandemic to the fight against climate change
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Comment & Opinion
Why the future of food and drink is at a climate crossroads
The pace of change can feel painfully slow when it comes to sustainability, says Louis Bedwell, business unit lead at Future Food Movement
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Greggs reaches milestone of one million surplus meals donated to FareShare
The northern bakery chain has pledged to reduce surplus food by 25% next year
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Coca-Cola partners with FareShare for festive meal donations initiative
Coca-Cola has been working with FareShare since 2017
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Waste giant Biffa launches partnership with Olio app to tackle hunger crisis
Businesses using Biffa as their waste partner will be able to set aside unsold food at the end of the working day for Olio volunteers to collect
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Morrisons diverts surplus carrots to aid King’s food poverty project
Morrisons has carried out a trial with Newton and a national rollout of the surplus redistribution will see up to 26 pallets of food collected for national redistribution a week
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More than 600 charities call for Reeves to salvage £15m farmgate food waste fund
The charities said the fund could go towards providing up to 67 million meals a year to people in need but would go to waste without government support
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Wrap calls for government ban on fruit & veg plastic packaging
Calls for a ban come as voluntary reduction plans have floundered
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Wholesaler Mark Murphy Dole reduces food waste by a third
The wholesaler estimated 20 tonnes of fresh food went to waste per year before the review
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George Wright to step down as FareShare CEO
John Bason, chair of FareShare since 2012 and formerly finance director of Associated British Foods, will act as executive chair
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Shropshire Trading achieves B Corp recognition for preventing stock waste
The independent wholesaler has been recognised for keeping food and drink items in the supply chain for longer
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Cook and The Felix Project partner to redistribute end-of-line surplus food
The process has helped Cook redistrbute an estimated 16 tonnes of end-of-line surplus food
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Food businesses urge government to introduce mandatory food waste reporting
Thirty-three companies including Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Abel & Cole, Olio and Bidfood signed a joint letter to environment secretary Steve Reed
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Who Gives a Crap adds bin bags and dog poo bags ‘made from waste’
All bags are leak and tear ‘resistant’ with easy tie handles
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Recycling firm launches to diffuse ‘global recycling timebomb’ of vapes
The company’s first machine can handle 10 tonnes of vapes per week (around 400,000 vapes), but it plans to expand and “scale at pace” across Europe
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Iceland to extend ‘mystery bags’ food surplus trial with Olio
The £2 ‘lucky dip’ mystery bags contain a selection of close to sell-by date Iceland groceries, equivalent to £10
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Central Co-op renews tie-up with Retail Insight to tackle food waste
The society will work with the software provider for a further three years, having first adopted Retail Insight’s WasteInsight platform in 2021
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Appleby Westward trials Too Good To Go’s AI-powered platform to optimise markdowns
The AI-powered software allows stores to streamline food waste management processes and optimise markdown decisions
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Filco scraps refill stations after finding them ‘waste of time and money’
Director Matthew Hunt told The Grocer he had dedicated six metres of room to position the stations in each store, with installation costing around £10,000
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Asda extends Too Good To Go partnership to nearly 1,000 stores
Asda’s rollout covers its supermarkets and Asda Express stores, as well as the foodservice sites located in Asda stores such as Leon, Greggs, Sbarro and Subway