Food Wasting Supermarkets

UK supermarkets are wasting 200,000 tonnes of edible foods, that could be going to hungry families (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/feb/22/supermarkets-wasting-200000-tonnes-of-food-that-could-go-to-needy-say-charities). The own brands of supermarkets make up about 72% of this edible food waste. Even when the supermarkets allow their waste food to be used for human consumption, they often restrict who their suppliers can give it to. Supermarkets often appear happier to give the materials to large charities and to bask in the positive publicity. Smaller, local charities find it much harder to get any donated food waste from the big chains. Many of these smaller bodies are, of course, on the front line in terms of having to deal with hunger and deprivation. Currently, much of the supermarket food waste is actually reprocessed for selling as animal food. The UK's level of food waste seems almost criminal? It would be interesting to learn what happens to food waste from large supermarkets, in other countries.