Buying loose!
Celebrating buying loose fruit and veg! Get tailored advice, hints and tips!
Welcome introduction
Discover some simple hacks, tips and guidance to make the most of your food at home. Find out why it’s so crucial that we all do our bit to save our food from the bin - and protect our beautiful planet at the same time too.
Every little thing you do, everyday, makes a huge difference. By working together, it soon adds up if you times each small action by 66 million people living in the UK. And, you’ll save money on your shopping bill too!
of food waste comes from our UK homes
tonnes of CO2 are generated by UK homes from the wasted consumable food and drink
could be saved each week if we stopped binning our food at home
Not sure where to start?
Try a few of these simple things as part of your weekly routine and you’ll quickly see how with just a few small actions you can make a real difference both to your pocket and the planet. Find easy ways to stay in control of your food shop, make it easy to remember what food you have at home and ideas on prompts to ensure all the food you’ve bought is eaten or check out our Love Food Hate Waste top tips - plus much more.
Got a food in mind?
Hack of the month
Fruit, except bananas and pineapples, keeps fresher for longer in the fridge. Take out what you’ll eat that day so it's at room temperature for the best taste.
Learn moreHow do I? guides
Remove the stress out of buying, planning, storing and using up food: while saving money, time and our precious planet in the process. Sounds easy on paper, doesn’t it? But we know life is busy.
Our How do I? guides will help you explore how to get the greatest value from the food you buy and make the most of the time you have available to use it all up - and create more quality time to enjoy it too.
You’ll find different options to try with easy, time and money-saving ways to tackle food that might end up in the bin - that you can also adapt and tailor to fit into your life at home.
The latest from the Love Food Hate Waste blog
Finding yourself a little peckish between meals? Next time you reach for a snack, set yourself the challenge of snacking sustainably!
- Save time and money
- Leftovers
- Mealtimes
10 creative ways to make scrumptious meals from bit and bobs
Picture the scene: a half-opened can of beans you don’t know what to do with. Ends of bread languishing in the bottom of the loaf pack. Forgotten veg wilting in the fridge. None of these sound all that promising – or do they?
- Food shopping
- Food waste
- Save time and money
An appetite for loose fruit and veg with Gino D’Acampo
Every March during Food Waste Action Week, we focus attention on the hugely important but often overlooked climate change issue of food waste. This year, between the 18th and 24th March, we’ll be encouraging everyone to ‘Choose What You’ll Use’ and highlighting the benefits buying loose fruit and vegetables can bring both to our pockets and the planet.
- Food shopping
- Food storage
- Save time and money
Buy loose, use what you buy: your new food shopping mantra
What if we were to tell you that there’s a simple action you can take when you’re at the supermarket or doing your online shop that could help save tens of thousands of tonnes of food each year?
- Food storage
- Save time and money
Getting to grips with the switch to ‘Best before’ dates on milk
Switching to ‘Best before’ dates on milk is a smart move for us, our pockets and our planets. Find out why this important change is happening in our supermarkets and what it means for you.
- Mealtimes
- Leftovers
- Food waste
Cooking for toddlers and children: tips for saving food
Top tips to include your toddlers and children in the kitchen and save food.
Make your food go further
If you didn’t quite make it through the Sunday roast, or you over-ordered on your favourite takeaway (again), fear not, you can save that delicious food for another day.
By storing, freezing, and reheating your food correctly, you can make it go further.
