UK restaurants and cafes bin 320 million fresh meals a year, data shows

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Almost 900,000 unsold meals are chucked out a day, according to food waste app Too Good To Go

Almost 900,000 perfectly edible, freshly prepared meals end up in the bin in the UK every day, new figures reveal, because they haven't been sold in time by restaurants and cafes. This means that more...

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