Restaurant diners waste €125m of food a year

IT’S enough to cover the pitch at Croker eight times over and it’s costing Irish restaurants €125 million annually — yet the food waste we generate can easily be reduced if chefs and consumers pull together.

Research out today shows the role diners play in out-of-home food waste, with one-in-two admitting to regularly over-ordering when eating out.

The study of eating habits also reveals that: