Tesco is giving away surplus food to customers in a new trial across some of its Express convenience stores. It will see shoppers offered any remaining yellow-stickered goods for free at the end of the day after they have been offered to charities and colleagues first.

A major British supermarket will hand out food for free in a bid to reduce food waste and hit net zero goals. Tesco plans to give away food which is about to go out of date at absolutely no cost. The cost-slashing yellow sticker will be revolutionised and mean the item is completely free after 9.30pm.

Tesco aims to slash waste by 50% by 2025 - a target that will go towards determining the share-based bonus for CEO Ken Murphy.

Tesco is to give away food for free to shoppers as it races to slash waste and hit net zero targets...

All yellow sticker food will become free after 9.30pm, with the normal weekday closing time for a Tesco Express 11pm. It is estimated that almost 10 million tonnes of food is wasted in the UK every year, this is roughly equivalent to a quarter of all the food produced in the country annually.

Tesco is to begin a trial giving expiring food to customers for free at the end of the day as it tries to cut food waste. The supermarket will give away some already discounted "yellow sticker" items after 21:30 in some of its smaller Express stores in coming months.

Tesco is to give away food for free to shoppers as it races to slash waste and hit net zero targets. The company will introduce “yellow sticker” prices of £0 for food that is about to go out of date.

Tesco will start giving away free food to shoppers at certain stores in a bid to achieve its net zero targets. The supermarket is to introduce £0 yellow sticker prices on food that is about to go out of date,

The new scheme is set to be trialled in a small number of Tesco Express stores with any food that is about to go out of date marked with a yellow label and given away to customers

The supermarket giant is giving away yellow sticker food for free in a major shake-up - but it's only available at select Tesco Express outlets for a limited time

Tesco is set to launch a new scheme allowing customers to snap up free food in Express stores after 9:30pm. The supermarket giant will offer items marked "Reduced to Clear" at no cost as part of a trial aimed at reducing food waste.