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  1. Blog category
    •  Food storage
    •  Save time and money

    Getting to grips with the switch to ‘Best before’ dates on milk

    By Love Food Hate Waste and Food Standards Agency, , 6 minute read

    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.

    Milk being poured into a glass on a green background
  2. Blog category
    •  Food storage
    •  Seasonal food

    Caerphilly Cheese Festival: love your cheese!

    , 4 minute read

    Attention, cheese lovers! One of the most popular events in the cheese calendar is nearly upon us, and it all centres on a Welsh town famous for its beautiful castle.

    A wooden table with different cheese scattered on it. A white hand holding a knife is cutting a wedge of cheese on the table
  3. Blog category
    •  Seasonal food
    •  Food storage

    Storing your potatoes: fridge is best

    By Love Food Hate Waste, , 4 minute read

    From chips, roasties and jacket spuds to soups and casseroles, there are so many ways to enjoy the humble potato.

    Image shows a stack of potatoes in the middle of a row of green leafy potato plants
  4. Blog category
    •  Save time and money
    •  Seasonal food
    •  Food storage

    New Year’s resolution: Cut food waste

    By Love Food Hate Waste,

    Resolutions, intentions, goals – whatever you like to call them, New Year is a time when many of us seek to make a change or two for the year ahead. This year we're thinking about resolutions to cut food waste.

    The numbers "2023" made up of fruit and vegetables.
  5. Blog category
    •  Leftovers
    •  Food storage

    Six ways to eat your Halloween pumpkins

    By Love Food Hate Waste, , 5 minute read

    Six ways to eat your Halloween pumpkins

    A photo of two people's hands cutting and gutting a couple of different sized orange pumpkins on a brown surface. A bowl of pumpkin flesh is also on the table.
  6. Blog category
    •  Save time and money
    •  Food storage
    •  Food shopping

    How to save money on food

    , 5 minute read

    The rising cost of living calls for creative ways to make savings, and the weekly food shop is a great place to start. In today’s post, we’ll be looking at some of the ways you can reduce what you spend in the supermarket and get more value from the food you do buy – all while saving food from the bin!

    A person holding out a plate of kebabs at a BBQ
  7. Blog category
    •  Save time and money
    •  Food storage

    Can I freeze rice? And other common questions

    , 3 minute read

    It can often be confusing to know what is best to do when it comes to making the most of your food. Here’s some of the most common questions we receive to help cut through the confusion.

    Rice in a bowl
  8. Blog category
    •  Food shopping
    •  Save time and money

    Date labels ditched: what this means for you

    , 3 minute read

    Find out what ditching date labels means for you and how it will save us food and money.

    A photo of trays of bananas, tomatoes and lettuce displayed in a supermarket aisle.