Wasters ; Staff Can't Take in-Date Food Home so It's Thrown Out Food Is Dumped Still in Its Packaging.. Some has Never Been On the Shelf Supermarkets Bin Two Million Tons of Fresh Food Every Year Sunday Mirror Investigates

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SUPERMARKETS are throwing away nearly two million tons of fresh food every year...as people in poor countries starve.

A Sunday Mirror investigation has found major chains dump enough food to feed 6.3million people a year.

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Wasters ; Staff Can't Take in-Date Food Home so It's Thrown Out Food Is Dumped Still in Its Packaging.. Some has Never Been On the Shelf Supermarkets Bin Two Million Tons of Fresh Food Every Year Sunday Mirror Investigates

And our check of supermarket bins found that much of the grub they chuck out is not even past its sell-by date.

This week Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged families to be more frugal and not waste their food - but our survey shows how stores are the real vill...

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