M&S moves to hand out thousands of tonnes of food waste

Not just a food bank " An M&S-filled food bank. Upmarket grocer plans to use social app to supply local charities with its surplus food and help cut waste

Marks & Spencer is to distribute thousands of tonnes of surplus food under a scheme that will use a social networking app to link all 500 of its UK stores to local charities, including food banks.

The retailer, which has committed to cutting food waste from stores by a fifth by 2020, has been testing different ways of running the scheme at 45 outlets and opted to work in partnership with the Neighbourly app.