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ECR Sell More, Waste Less Working Group Plans Next Virtual Meeting

The ECR Sell More, Waste Less Working Group has announced details of its latest virtual meeting, taking place on 18 and 19 November. The event, which ki...

Portugal's GoodAfter Sees 250% Jump In Sales Growth Due To Pandemic

Portuguese online discounter GoodAfter has seen a 250% growth in sales in the Iberian Peninsula since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, a report in t...

Contronics Awarded EU Prize For Reducing Food Waste

Contronics Dry Misting has received an award from the European Commission for its research project ‘Fresh Demo’. With this EU funded project...

Haunted By Christmas Past, Britain's M&S Tackles Food Waste

British retailer Marks & Spencer, seeking to avoid a repeat of last Christmas when its performance was impacted by excessive food waste, is rolling...

K Group Launches Juices Made With Discarded Fruit And Vegetables

Finland’s K Group has teamed up with Thrsty to manufacture juices out of edible, discarded fruit, vegetables and berries in a bid to reduce food wast...

Coop Sweden Sets New Food Waste Reduction Target

Coop Sweden has announced that food waste across its operations will account for less than 1% of its sales by 2025. The new goal highlights the retailer...

ECR Retail Loss Food Waste Working Group Announces Virtual Meeting

The ECR Retail Loss Food Waste Working Group has announced two days of virtual meetings in November, which will explore the management of food waste during...

M&S Expands Project To Convert Surplus Baguettes To Garlic Bread

UK retailer Marks & Spencer has announced that it is extending its initiative to turn unsold fresh bakery loaves into frozen garlic bread to 200 st...