Tesco bids to end surplus food waste by diverting it to people in need

Retail giant Tesco plans to eliminate surplus food waste from its network of Irish stores within three years, diverting it instead to people in need.

Tesco Ireland made the pledge in Cork yesterday as it launched its Community Chill campaign to help charities and groups store more of its surplus food donations.

Three years after launching its food surplus programme and just a week after becoming the first retailer in Ireland to publish its food waste data, the company said it aims to ensure that none of its surplus food, which is still fit for human consumption, will go to waste by 2020.