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Restaurant, cafe and bar owners no longer have any excuses when it comes to the adoption of food waste reduction strategies. That is the clear message from Philip Simpson, commercial director of ReFood. In the light of research released by Champions 12.3*, a campaign group with the aim of halving …

Recently DEFRA launched its long-awaited Resources and Waste Strategy – an ambitious policy paper guiding England’s national approach to embrace a circular economy. Commenting on the report’s commitments to minimising food waste, Philip Simpson, commercial director at ReFood, provided the following analysis. “DEFRA’s Resources and Waste Strategy has been positioned …

ReFood is calling on households to join the fight against festive food waste, after research from the Food Standard Agency revealed that we throw away 34,000 tonnes of food on Christmas day alone. “We like to let our hair down and loosen our buckles over Christmas, but we also need …

According to startling new insight from Boston Consulting Group, global food waste rates will increase by a third before 2030. Here Philip Simpson, commercial director at ReFood, discusses why government support is essential to prevent the food waste crisis from escalating further out of control. “Every year, more than 30% …

Ronan Keane, the winner of ReFood pioneering waste management scholarship programme – Sustainable Visionaries – has graduated from Huddersfield University with a first class honours degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Awarded in July 2015, following a comprehensive judging process, the industry-first scholarship saw Ronan compete against undergraduates from …