Are retailers really the bad guys of food waste?

Madeleine Cuff
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Progress to cut retail food waste has stalled at 200,000 tonnes - but with total UK food waste topping 10 million tonnes, that's only a tiny fraction of the problem, trade body argues

Celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall made headlines earlier this year when he launched his "War on Waste" - a war in which the main victims would turn out to be supermarkets and other major food...

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