If they think about it at all, most people think of food waste, or surplus, as the “reduced to clear” section in the supermarket. But that is just a tiny fraction of what exists. The truth is that most food surpluses in the supply chain never even reach our supermarket shelves. Let me take you back to the Queen’s diamond jubilee in 2012. What a glorious weekend we were planning – barbecues, street parties and…
Food surpluses are inevitable in our consumer-led society. Food waste isn’t
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