Retailers aim to slay packaging myths in war on food waste

James S Murray
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Survey reveals nearly two thirds of people are mistakenly storing food in a way that makes it go off more quickly

The UK's food waste mountain is being made worse by consumers' failure to follow storage advice and their misplaced confidence in their ability to prolong the life of popular food stuffs. That is the...

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