Co-op bins waste – not food – by taking products off sale to donate to community groups

The Co-op is to bin last minute sales to avoid food going to waste. A new first-of-its-kind national food redistribution scheme has been rolled out. It will donate fresh food as well as other products, such as bakery items, within use-by and best-before dates to thousands of small community groups to make healthy dishes. The Co-op plans to call time on food waste with its innovative food redistribution scheme, called Co-op Food Share, which will take products off sale earlier to get fresh food within its use-by date to charities…

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