8 Apr, 2014
UK shoppers waste 15m tons of food a year – The Independent
Supermarkets and food retailers are today accused of failing to take responsibility for the UK’s food-waste crisis, contributing to 15 million tons of produce being thrown away unnecessarily every year.
A report published today by the House of Lords EU Committee concludes British retailers are shifting the blame on to customers by luring them in with Buy One Get One Free offers, a practice it says should cease. Farmers are also unfairly scapegoated by supermarkets cancelling orders at the last minute, the peers said.
Read the rest: Supermarkets urged to scrap buy-one-get-one-free as shoppers waste 222m tons of food a year – News – Food & Drink – The Independent.
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