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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
Vicky Shaw

UK cities where families ‘losing significant cash in the bin due to food waste’

Half of parents surveyed felt that encouraging their child to play with food would help to reduce the pressure (picture posed by model/Alamy/PA) - (Alamy/PA)

Families in Glasgow, Liverpool and Nottingham are particularly likely to be wasting high amounts of money on food that goes uneaten, a survey indicates.

The survey of more than 2,000 UK parents of children aged four to 12 found that 60% said their children refuse to eat a meal they are served at least once a week.

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