Tesco is to begin a trial giving expiring food to customers for free at the end of the day as it tries to cut food waste. The supermarket will give away some already discounted "yellow sticker" items after 21:30 in some of its smaller Express stores in coming months.

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Tesco is giving away surplus food to customers in a new trial across some of its Express convenience stores. It will see shoppers offered any remaining yellow-stickered goods for free at the end of the day after they have been offered to charities and colleagues first.

A spokesperson said Tesco Ireland noted that stores donate surplus food every evening and that anything not donated is offered to staff for free.

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Tesco is to give away food for free to shoppers as it races to slash waste and hit net zero targets...

Tesco shoppers could be in for a treat as the supermarket giant is trialling a new process that will see it give away free food to customers

Tesco aims to slash waste by 50% by 2025 - a target that will go towards determining the share-based bonus for CEO Ken Murphy.

The supermarket is trialling a scheme which will allow customers to take any remaining yellow sticker items for free at the end of the day.

While all major supermarket chains partner with food banks and community groups to redistribute surplus food and offer discounts on expiring items, Tesco's initiative appears to be the first direct-to-customer scheme of its kind in the UK.

The new scheme is set to be trialled in a small number of Tesco Express stores with any food that is about to go out of date marked with a yellow label and given away to customers