Love Food Hate Waste

Save up to £50 per month

Every month, UK families are throwing away up to £50 worth of good food and drink.

Why not help people in your area learn how to prevent food waste and save money through running a fun cooking class using our comprehensive 'toolkit'. The downloadable toolkit is packed with resources to help you set up and deliver your own cooking class to help people make the most of their leftovers and get a better undertanding of how to reduce food waste. See our Cooking Toolkit page to find out more.

Tip of the week: Freeze any leftover cooked vegetables, until you have enough to make a hearty, healthy soup.

Five Steps to Reduce Waste and Save Money

• Foods are safe to eat after the ‘best before’ date, but may no longer be at their tastiest.  Except for eggs which should never be eaten beyond this date.
  
  
• Fresh items such as meat and dairy must be eaten before the ‘use by date’.
  
  
• Plan your meals for the week to avoid overbuying, use our FREE wipe clean meal planner to help!
  
  
• Keep cupboards well stocked with tinned and dry ingredients so you will always have a delicious meal at hand even when the fridge is bare.
  
  
• Many fresh foods can be frozen such as - vegetables, meat, fish, milk, whipped cream, bread, cakes and hard cheese
  

For more tasty festive recipes, handy food hints and tips to make the most of our food this Christmas visit www.lovefoodhatewaste.com

Free giveaways

To help residents reduce their food waste we have a number of handy items that you can request for free. Visit our Giveaways page to find out more.

To claim a free giveaway to help you reduce food waste call 0116 305 7005 (limited stocks available, one item per person, only available to Leicestershire residents – excludes Leicester City).