Rejected petition Stop surplus food waste being thrown away, give it to charities to help people

I have read a few articles in the news recently and seen the cost of a grocery shop go up by almost 50% in some cases, it's time that surplus food fit for human consumption is not just thrown away, give it to charities to redistribute to those in need!

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https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/feb/03/supermarkets-food-waste-charities-tesco-sainsburys-fairshare

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=supermarket+waste&oq=supermarket+wa&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.7713j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/167505

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Date submitted 7 March 2017
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