Waitrose warns a quarter of Brits are throwing out food every day

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Supermarket launches fresh campaign to encourage people to tackle food waste and address the £364 the average household throws out each year

More than a quarter of British consumers throw out edible food each day, contributing to a food waste mountain which results in an estimated 10 per cent of all groceries being binned. That is the stark...

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