Food Waste

Gordon Brown's astonishing criticism of consumers and food waste today really takes the biscuit (sorry"!!!). Loading pressure on consumers misses a major point - which is that supermarkets throw out a huge amount of food themselves. Gordon didn't want that battle, so chose to ignore the issue.

Interestingly however, his rant today includes a suggestion that Buy One Get One Free (BOGOFs) offers should be ended because they cause waste. This could be used by supermarkets to move food that they would otherwise throw in the bin. More importantly if BOGOFs end it will punish those who use such deals prudently - more likely to be people with lower incomes.

Gordon doesn't get it does he?