Rejected petition Ban Supermarkets from destroying unsold food & oblige them to give it to charity

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

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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Daily MIRROR: A desperate couple who were arrested for stealing out-of-date food from supermarket bins
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/couple-charged-stealing-out-of-date-tesco-5687720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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Date submitted 18 August 2015
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