food waste
Pladis brand Jacob’s partners with Fareshre to tackle food waste
pladis is joining the fight against food waste as it unveils a year-long partnership between Jacob’s and FareShare.
Let’s not waste any more time
Tackling food waste is a big environmental opportunity available to us because it’s a total win-win: not many solutions to climate change immediately save us money.
Kerry launches Food Waste Estimator to tackle global food security
Kerry’s estimator guides either food manufacturers or concerned consumers to what they could save for themselves and for the planet.
Hawkes Apple Donor drive tackles food waste this Sept-Oct
Hawkes’ has started its Annual Apple Donors Drive to turn a double decker bus worth of waste apples into cider this autumn.
Sainsbury’s to open walk-in freezer store
Pop-up will resemble an inspirational freezer with familiar food items frozen in ways to help reduce food waste.
John West extends single-serve portion range
The aim is to deliver enhanced convenience for consumers and drive relevancy for the brand.
Consumers express concerns on food waste, sugar, and animal welfare
Survey provides a snapshot of peoples’ perceptions and behaviours on food-related issues.
Smart label technology solving problems of monitoring shelf life
Temperature sensitive smart labels can reduce food waste’s contribution to climate change.
M&S removes best before dates across fruit and veg
Move designed to encourage customers to throw away less edible food at home.
Ingredion expands offerings to include its first dietary fibres based on fruits
The dietary fibres, made from un-utilised side-streams, can improve nutritional profiles and label appeal in a wide range of applications.
Wonky bread is well wrapped in new compostable bags
The C-Range of compostable bio-plastic packaging has similar properties and look and feel to conventional plastic.
Cathedral City introduces side opening, resealable packs
New packaging features the brand’s signature resealable, zip lock and helps keep cheese fresher for longer, as well as reducing plastic content by 6%.
Blendhub and Essence Food partner to develop new products from surplus food
Blendhub has added a new partner to its service platform for the food industry: Essence Food, a company specialising in the transformation of surplus food to reduce waste.
Use it or lose it
What a waste. The average Brit throws away £303 worth of food a year on average due to it being past its best before date.