Food Waste

Lewis Chairs Food Waste Campaign, Wins Praise From Activists

Tesco CEO Dave Lewis is chairing a global food waste campaign at the World Economic Forum in Davos, and has won praise from influential anti-food-waste act...

French Food Dumping Gets Green Light

The French legislation blocking supermarkets from disposing of unsold foodstuffs will be copper-fastened into law on 13 January, after l'Assemblée N...

Intermarché Selling Misshapen Biscuits As ‘Les Biscuits Moches’

Following its decision to sell misshapen fresh produce, Intermarché has begun to package unorthodoxly shaped biscuits as Les Biscuits Moches ('Ugly...

Supermarket Food Waste Falling Says Recent Report

According to The British Retail Consortium, which is one of the leading trade associations in the UK, the total amount of waste which occurred in supermark...

M&S To Distribute Surplus Food To Charity

British retailer Marks & Spencer has announced that it will give surplus food to charity, in a bid to reduce its food waste. The group said that...

Co-Op To Cut Food Waste With FareShare Agreement

Following in the steps of Tesco, the Co-op has taken significant action in reducing food waste by signing an agreement with the charity FareShare, which wi...

Billa Calls For Action On Food Waste In Supply Chain

Austrian retailer Billa has said that food waste and unequal distribution of food are grave problems that need to be solved. The retailer made the state...

French Ecology Minister To Meet With Supermarket Leaders

Following a law passed in French parliament which prohibits supermarkets from dumping unsold food, France’s minister for ecology, sustainable develop...