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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Oliver Lewis

Huge chunk of Britons’ Christmas food shop ‘will end up in the bin’ this year

SWNS

Nearly 13 per cent of the Christmas food shop will end up in the bin this festive season.

A poll of 2,000 adults who celebrate the festive season found 31 per cent admit to wasting more food than usual at this time of year – as 61 per cent overbuy to make sure they don’t run out.

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