This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament
Rejected petition Ban Supermarkets from destroying unsold food & oblige them to give it to charity
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The pressure on food banks has increased to its record level. Especially after the recent wave of benefit cut there are hundred of thousand of people struggling to bring food to the table for their families. Considering this it is a limit of selfishness and cruelty to waste massive amount of food
BBC NEWS: Are there a million food bank users?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32413080
Daily MIRROR: A desperate couple who were arrested for stealing out-of-date food from supermarket bins
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/couple-charged-stealing-out-of-date-tesco-5687720
BBC NEWS: Record numbers use food banks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32406120
BBC NEWS: Food bank crisis: 'I can last a week without eating'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30379245
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