Food Waste

German Group Launches SirPlus Programme To Tackle Food Waste

Entrepreneur Raphael Fellmer, co-founder of Foodsharing.de, a group dedicated to using food that would otherwise be thrown out, has launched SirPlus, a new...

Continente Turns Surplus Food Into Preserves And Chutneys

Portuguese hypermarket chain Continente has developed a selection of preserves and chutneys made from end-of-life food products. The retailer has starte...

Monoprix Launches New Shop & Give Service

French retailer Monoprix has launched a new service called 'Shop & Give', which aims to help customers reduce their food waste. Shop &a...

Waitrose Expands FareShare Food Collection Partnership

UK retailer Waitrose has announced that it is extending its partnership with FareShare - an IT platform that helps local charities collect surplu...

Tesco Develops Resealable Salad Bag To Combat Food Waste

Tesco has developed a resealable salad bag as a response to recent research that found that salad-leaf products are among the most wasted food SK...

Dutch Retailer Jumbo Launches Table Sauces Produced From Food Waste

Dutch retailer Jumbo has teamed up with Verspillingsfabriek (Waste Factory), an organisation that specialises in using waste food ingredients to make soups...

Marks & Spencer Extends Plan A Food Redistribution Scheme

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has announced the extension of its nationwide food redistribution scheme, which forms part of its Plan A target of re...

Delhaize Selling 'Ugly Veg' In Bid To Tackle Food Waste

Belgian retailer Delhaize is to start selling 'ugly' vegetables in its stores in Belgium and Luxembourg, with the aim of saving 150 tonnes of food was...