The supermarket chain, Morrisons, has for the first time published its food waste figures, showing over 11,000 tonnes of food was recorded as damaged or out of date stock.
Working with third party data analysts, Valpak Limited, Morrisons has developed “a methodology” to record food wasted in its stores by weight.
11,028.8 tonnes of food was recorded as damaged or out of date stock, which was collected by waste contractors at the back of stores for recycling and reprocessing where possible, it’s corporate sustainability report says.
FareShare’s CEO, Lindsay Boswell – “We are incredibly proud of our partnership with Morrisons. Thanks to collaboration across multiple production sites, FareShare is able to access a range of fresh, nutritious food that is in such high demand by the thousands of frontline charities we support – items like fresh fish, potatoes and fruit.”
At present, a proportion of edible food recorded as waste is used in colleague canteens and in colleague sales, however, this is not currently accurately captured at store level, it says.
Through unsold food programmes, in 2017/18 the supermarket donated 796.89 tonnes to local community groups. 3.4m edible unsold food items have been donated to local community groups since 2016.
Morrisons food redistribution partner, FareShare’s CEO, Lindsay Boswell, said: “We are incredibly proud of our partnership with Morrisons. Thanks to collaboration across multiple production sites, FareShare is able to access a range of fresh, nutritious food that is in such high demand by the thousands of frontline charities we support – items like fresh fish, potatoes and fruit.”
The report states: “Following recommendations from WRAP, we’re reviewing on-pack guidance on Morrisons products and we will: move from ‘Display Until’ to ‘Best Before’ dates; increase visibility of our “Enjoy for longer when kept in the fridge” message; consider the WRAP recommendation of using a fridge logo and other additional messages to encourage less waste; and review ‘open’ and ‘closed’ shelf life guidance.”
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