Tim Murray
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The Waste Equation: Reduce, recover, reinvest
Could the UK food and drink industry provide a billion meals to people in need?
We think it’s possible and that everyone across the supply chain can be involved. See the industry-shaping research.
Why act now
As food insecurity rises, Newton, The Felix Project and FareShare, and Alliance Food Sourcing, welcomed by the Coronation Food Project, have collaborated on research into how to get more good food to people who need it.
The report shows the size of the opportunity at each of the following steps. It then outlines how we can achieve enduring change by every organisation bringing their best resources to the table.
01
Reduce waste in factories
02
Recover what surplus remains
03
Reinvest savings into creating new food at a low cost
The Power of Food
“There’s a nurse who visits one of our London hubs. During the pandemic, she was one of the key workers keeping people alive. But her partner lost his job and they got into debt.
Each month, if the family household is struggling, she comes in and pays a small fraction of what she would pay at retail – around a twentieth – to get what she needs for her family. She has the dignity of choice but also access to so much more through the community centre. Her husband, for instance, has built IT skills to support him to get into a job.
Their family is being transformed. This is the power of food. It honestly happens all around the country, all the time.”
Charlotte Hill, CEO, The Felix Project and FareShare
“Our premise – how to provide half a billion meals to people in need – is wildly aspirational. But even if we only achieve a small proportion of what is suggested in this report, we can feed millions more people a year who don’t have access to affordable or nutritious food.”
Tim Murray, Partner Newton
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