All Food waste articles
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NewsFareshare appoints Kris Gibbon-Walsh as permanent CEO
Kris Gibbon-Walsh will be supported by Dominic Blakemore, who has been appointed as FareShare’s chairman to succeed John Bason
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Comment & OpinionRedistribution is just one part of the food waste puzzle
There are powerful opportunities for supermarkets to help cut waste and emissions at every stage of the food value chain, says Chloe St George, senior communications and research analyst at the Carbon Trust
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NewsFood waste app Remy links to Tesco online baskets to remove ‘biggest barrier to adoption’
Food waste feature launched without Tesco involvement, but ‘builds credibility and momentum in our conversations’ Remy says
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NewsAldi to offer discounted 'surprise bags' of food earlier for Easter
Customers can reserve one of Aldi’s £3.30 bags – which contain £10 worth of near-expiry-date food – up to five days in advance using the Too Good To Go app
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Comment & OpinionSimpler Recycling opens the door for food redistribution
If businesses are forced to separate food waste, they may think twice about where edible surplus goes, says Richard Smith, head of food supply at The Felix Project
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Comment & OpinionFood banks are just a sticking plaster on poverty
Redistributing food waste through the charitable food aid sector cannot prevent poverty or stop hunger from happening, says Jessica Sinclair Taylor, deputy director at Feedback and Sabine Goodwin, director at Independent Food Aid Network
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NewsRow erupts over report claiming supermarkets ‘dump’ food waste on charities
Several food redistribution organisations vehemently dispute some of the report’s findings
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NewsSupermarkets accused of dumping inedible food waste on charities
New research claims supermarkets are offloading food waste onto charities, who are being deluged with rotten food and left to foot the bill for disposal
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NewsCompany Shop rolls out electronic shelf labels across entire estate
A full rollout across the retailer’s 13 England and Scotland stores is to be completed by the end of this month
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NewsWaitrose boosts FareShare partnership after ‘best ever’ year for food donation
Waitrose released the updated figures to mark its participation in Wrap’s Food Waste Awareness Week
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NewsTesco to give away surplus food to customers in new waste-cutting trial
Tesco is running the trial across some of its Express stores
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NewsM&S goes public as first retailer to back Neighbourly’s new surplus food initiative
As revealed by The Grocer last month, M&S is the first retailer to trial a new redistribution scheme allowing individuals to collect donations of unsold food directly from stores for the first time
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NewsAldi calls on children to design anti-food waste posters
The supermarket will pick winners to receive a £250 voucher, in a competition to mark Food Waste Action Week
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NewsNew AI household food waste reduction app Remy acquires rival Kitche to boost user base
Remy – described as an ‘AI-driven, fully automated digital kitchen management app’ – was launched in January
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NewsCourtauld Commitment name dropped as industry relaunches food waste and emissions pledges
The commitment will be rebranded as the UK Food & Drink Pact
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Analysis & FeaturesFood waste apps say sharing is caring… but do they work?
Apps have helped slash the amount of food surplus going to waste. But do they really offer a ‘win-win-win’, or are they just shifting the problem to consumers?
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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