Sainsbury's seeks 'test bed' town as part of £10m food waste push

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The new Waste Less, Save More initiative will invest £1m in a chosen town in a bid to identify the best ways to tackle UK's household food waste mountain

A new food waste project launched by Sainsbury's this week will provide £1m to a single UK town in order to test the most effective ways of reducing household food waste. The move is part of the new...

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