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In select Tesco Express stores, Tesco is trialing a system where food nearing its expiration date, marked with yellow stickers, will be offered for free after 9:30 PM. Initially, charities and staff will be offered the free food, but all the additional excess food will be offered for free to the store's shoppers. This move aims to reduce food waste, a significant global issue, by making sure as little food as possible that could be used is binned. In the UK alone, millions of tons of food are wasted annually, which during a cost-of-living crisis, is an absolute waste of food that’s much needed by many. As part of its net-zero strategy, Tesco has set ambitious targets to reduce food waste by 50% by 2025, and this new trial strategy is undoubtedly likely to impact this goal. The only downside, if you can call it that, is that, like all yellow sticker offers, these supermarket reductions are always hit and miss and can't be relied on for topping up the fridge on a budget. I suspect ther

In select Tesco Express stores, Tesco is trialing a system where food nearing its expiration date, marked with yellow stickers, will be offered for free after 9:30 PM. Initially, charities and staff will be offered the free food, but all the additional excess food will be offered for free to the store's shoppers. This move aims to reduce food waste, a significant global issue, by making sure as little food as possible that could be used is binned. In the UK alone, millions of tons of food are wasted annually, which during a cost-of-living crisis, is an absolute waste of food that’s much needed by many. As part of its net-zero strategy, Tesco has set ambitious targets to reduce food waste by 50% by 2025, and this new trial strategy is undoubtedly likely to impact this goal. The only downside, if you can call it that, is that, like all yellow sticker offers, these supermarket reductions are always hit and miss and can't be relied on for topping up the fridge on a budget. I suspect ther

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