To mark the third annual Food Waste Action Week, which launches today (6 March), new research from Love Food Hate Waste has revealed that time-strapped people could get back 2 ½ days a year by using up uneaten food[i]. This equates to treating ourselves to a weekend away with friends or family. According to a poll of 2,000 adults, the nation dedicates an average of five hours a week to preparing and cooking food, but a quarter (24%)[1] often feel they…
Following successful roll-outs across a variety of UK cities in recent months, food sharing app OLIO launches in Cardiff as its first city in Wales. Smartphone users throughout the capital now have access to the app providing local people and businesses with a simple way to reduce food waste and connect with their community. OLIO is a free app that connects neighbours with each other and with local independent shops so surplus food can be shared, not thrown away. This…
Love Food Hate Waste joined forces with award-winning pop-up restaurant Hang Fire Smokehouse to show the people of Cardiff how to use their leftover beef, as its new campaign reveals that every year people in the UK throw away 34,000 tonnes of beef – the equivalent to 300 million beef burgers. On 14 March, Samantha Evans and Shauna Guinn, the duo behind Hang Fire Smokehouse, joined Love Food Hate Waste for a pop-up demonstration on Cardiff’s busy Queen Street, giving…