The First Food Waste Supermarket Opens in the UK

''The UK’s first food waste supermarket has opened its doors in Leeds. Progress! Volunteers from food waste campaigning group Real Junk Food Project run the warehouse of leftovers, donated by supermarkets that otherwise would have thrown it all away. The store receives between two to ten tonnes of food every single day, available to anybody who needs it.

Shoppers at the supermarket are asked to pay what they feel the food is worth to them. For those with no money, they ask that you trade whatever time you can afford to give to the project, and whatever skills you can afford to share with the community. Adam Smith, the founder of Real Junk Food Project, understands the tried and tested success of the ‘Pay As You Feel’ initiative; he’s no stranger to the injustice of obscene food waste...''

by James Hitchings-Hales