Tag Archives: food waste

Tesco calls for more businesses to publish food waste data

Tesco published its annual food waste data on May 14, revealing that 63% more food was redistributed to charities, community groups, colleagues and animal feed. The retailer halved the amount of food safe for human consumption going to energy recovery compared with last year and is now 81% of the …

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Tesco banishes more ‘best before’ dates

Tesco is set to remove over 100 more ‘best before’ dates from its fruit and vegetables, as customers say it helps them reduce food waste. A survey of 2,010 people conducted by independent market research agency, Walnut Unlimited between August 8 and August 10 revealed 69% of the supermarket chain’s …

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Introducing the nation’s ‘patchwork’ eating trend

New research has revealed that there’s no such a thing as ‘one meal fits all’ at the British family dinner table. Fussy eaters, varying tastes and clashing schedules means families have to prepare and cook multiple meals every day, according to new findings from Sainsbury’s. The supermarket chain said this …

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What are the nation’s most cooked dishes?

Some British mums are cooking more than four times a day, according to new research. A quarter of 2,000 mothers polled in a study commissioned by frozen food retailer Iceland admit that to meet different family schedules, they are forced to play chef several times in a 24-hour period. One …

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