Retailers display appetite for tackling food waste

James S Murray
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WRAP report argues good progress is being made to address the £12bn of food wasted each year

The UK's retailers are making "great progress" tackling the UK's £12bn a year mountain of food waste, according to a major new report from the government-backed Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP)....

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