The UK - a Nation of food wasters!

Millions of tonnes of food bought in the UK are wasted each year by people buying more food than they need, this despite the fact that large parts of the world lie in terrible poverty. British supermarkets are being blamed for perpetuating food waste, by promoting irresponsible food offers. The UK government is to crack down on food waste by advising our leading supermarkets to stop promoting offers such as three for the price of one, buy two get two free, which the government believes encourages irresponsible buying, at a time when millions of less fortunate people are starving. The amount of food wastage in the UK is rising at a worrying rate and the government believes tacking the major supermarkets on this issue will help control a contributing factor, in the long term reducing the amount of food wasted by in the UK. The Government also want’s clearer identification when food is reaching it’s use-by date, millions of tonnes of mouldy food is thrown out each year, because people aren’t aware of the its use-by date.