British supermarkets throw away 100,000 still-edible food items every year, according to research from The Grocer, with the total waste tossed out by the UK as a whole enough to feed 30 million people a year.
Much of this comes from households chucking out everyday items bought fresh but not used in time, notably bread, milk and bananas, rather than businesses, but mass grocery retailers have taken steps to try and address the problem.
