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  1. Blog category
    •  Food shopping
    •  Food waste
    •  Save time and money

    An appetite for loose fruit and veg with Gino D’Acampo

    , 5 minute read

    Every March during Food Waste Action Week, we focus attention on the hugely important but often overlooked climate change issue of food waste. This year, between the 18th and 24th March, we’ll be encouraging everyone to ‘Choose What You’ll Use’ and  highlighting the benefits buying loose fruit and vegetables can bring both to our pockets and the planet. 

    Gino D'Acampo in a shop with a customer
  2. Blog category
    •  Food shopping
    •  Food storage
    •  Save time and money

    Buy loose, use what you buy: your new food shopping mantra

    , 3 minute read

    What if we were to tell you that there’s a simple action you can take when you’re at the supermarket or doing your online shop that could help save tens of thousands of tonnes of food each year?

    A photo of trays of bananas, tomatoes and lettuce displayed in a supermarket aisle.
  3. Blog category
    •  Food storage
    •  Save time and money

    Getting to grips with the switch to ‘Best before’ dates on milk

    By Love Food Hate Waste and Food Standards Agency, , 6 minute read

    Switching to ‘Best before’ dates on milk is a smart move for us, our pockets and our planets. Find out why this important change is happening in our supermarkets and what it means for you.

    Milk being poured into a glass on a green background
  4. Blog category
    •  Food storage
    •  Seasonal food

    Caerphilly Cheese Festival: love your cheese!

    , 4 minute read

    Attention, cheese lovers! One of the most popular events in the cheese calendar is nearly upon us, and it all centres on a Welsh town famous for its beautiful castle.

    A wooden table with different cheese scattered on it. A white hand holding a knife is cutting a wedge of cheese on the table
  5. Blog category
    •  Seasonal food
    •  BBQ

    Making the most of your summer party food

    , 3 minute read

    Ways you can make the most of your summer party food while enjoying the warm weather.

    An outdoor table with picnic food such as pasta, crisps, sausage rolls and sandwiches
  6. Blog category
    •  Seasonal food
    •  Food storage

    Storing your potatoes: fridge is best

    By Love Food Hate Waste, , 4 minute read

    From chips, roasties and jacket spuds to soups and casseroles, there are so many ways to enjoy the humble potato.

    Image shows a stack of potatoes in the middle of a row of green leafy potato plants
  7. Blog category
    •  Leftovers
    •  Save time and money

    Three appliances that can help you save money on cooking

    By Love Food Hate Waste, , 4 minute read

    Three appliances you may already have in your kitchen that can help you keep your energy bills down while enjoying delicious meals.

    An air-fryer showing an open drawer full of chips, with leafy herbs dotted around the image.
  8. Blog category
    •  Save time and money
    •  Seasonal food
    •  Food storage

    New Year’s resolution: Cut food waste

    By Love Food Hate Waste,

    Resolutions, intentions, goals – whatever you like to call them, New Year is a time when many of us seek to make a change or two for the year ahead. This year we're thinking about resolutions to cut food waste.

    The numbers "2023" made up of fruit and vegetables.