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TWO major supermarkets are stepping up to help struggling parents feed their kids over the long summer break. Almost a ...
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 ...
Supermarkets have been accused of “dumping” tonnes of damaged, out of date or nutritionally inadequate food on food redistribution charities and using them as a “waste collection service”..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 charity Fareshare has told the BBC it has seen a drop of around 200 tonnes in supermarket surplus donations every month this summer.
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 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 ...