Supermarkets are a huge convenience, ... 15 Supermarket Buys That Are a Huge Waste of Money. By Marisa Hillman. ... at-home food prices increased 3.7% between August 2022 and September 2023 alone.

Globally, around 14% of food produced is lost after harvesting but before it reaches shops and supermarkets. Alongside food prices (66%), food waste is a concern for 60% of people that ...

All of this food waste — 35 percent of the U.S. food supply — results in “annual greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those of 42 coal-fired power plants,” according to a report released ...

The study found that dynamic pricing could reduce food waste from grocery retailers by 21 percent. And with the high costs of groceries, especially for fresh food, lower prices can also do a lot to ...

Supermarkets are missing out on untapped revenue from selling food that’s about to expire, as store workers waste hours searching for short-dated products and discounting them by hand. At least ...

Food waste is an issue beyond supermarket shelves. According to Feeding America, a charity that works to end hunger, 34 million people in the U.S. face hunger, ...

Food waste charity Fareshare has told the BBC it has seen a drop of around 200 tonnes in supermarket surplus donations every month this summer.

Supermarkets have been accused of “dumping” tonnes of damaged, out of date or nutritionally inadequate food on food redistribution charities and using them as a “waste collection service”.. New ...

Food waste can also cut into earnings: Trashed food costs supermarkets around 1.6% of net sales, on average, according to the European Retail Institute – a notable haircut in an industry known ...