Fourteen million shopping baskets worth of food could be prevented from going to waste every year if UK retailers changed how uncut fresh fruit and vegetables are sold, a new report has found.
Selling such produce free from plastic packaging and without best before dates enables shoppers to buy the right amount for their needs and use judgment to decide when items are still good to eat, waste reduction charity Wrap said.
It has recommended that major retailers "rethink" how they sell uncut fresh produce, specifically by removing packaging and date labels unless it is shown that they reduce overall food waste.
