You’ll miss it if it’s gone…

Taking the requisite daily exercise last Sunday involved passing my local coffee bar, Islands in Hornsey, where the owner was crouched over a crate outside his shuttered premises handing out free food to random locals out for an exercise-like stroll. With no customers and perishable food on the premises it was clearly better to give…

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Waste – far from a waste of time

The retail industry, aided by consumers, has a shocking record of food waste. Far too much good food is thrown away – because of a combination of retailers having to comply with over-zealous food regulations, and an element of laziness when looking at alternative ways of dealing with the problem. As for consumers, they have…

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