The drive towards wasting less food has never been greater - both from an environmental point of view and a cost-of-living one. Co-op is the latest retailer to make a change, announcing yesterday that its own brand yogurts would no longer feature 'use by' dates.
Earlier this year Morrisons made the same change to its milk, replacing use by dates with best before dates. Both have been welcomed by WRAP, a charity that looks at the entire life cycle of products and services and helps organisations to use resources more sustainably.
Two years ago, WRAP launched new guidance to urge more businesses, redistribution organisations and charities to look beyond the best-before date. It has also said that some products that traditionally had a use-by date could instead carry a best-before date.
