Did Tesco waste 119 million meals last year?
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Tesco wasted 119 million meals last year.
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This is true, if you define a meal as 0.5kg of food. It’s likely to equal a very small proportion of the food wasted by Tesco’s customers or across its supply chain.
“Tesco food waste rose to equivalent of 119 million meals last year”
Guardian, 15 June 2016
“Supermarket threw away equivalent of 119 million meals last year despite initiatives to tackle the problem”
Daily Mail, 16 June 2016
“Tesco food waste increases to the equivalent of 119 million meals in 2016”
Independent, 16 June 2016
Tesco estimates it produced 59,400 tonnes of food waste last year across all its UK retail operations, which includes its stores, petrol stations and food depots. It’s the only supermarket to publish figures on its food waste.
The figure doesn’t include waste produced by Tesco’s suppliers, or food bought from Tesco and wasted by households.
119 million meals
59,400 tonnes of food is the same as 119 million meals, if you define a me...
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