Families waste £680 of food a year

The average family with children throws away £680 of food a year, according to research.

The sum, which equals £13 a week, makes a total of £12 billion across the nation.

The study found that the average household spends £68 a week on food but that 91pc of households with children admit to throwing some of that food away.

Researchers said that the value of wasted food was heavily underestimated by families.

In a poll of 2,116 adults, average families estimated wasting more than £270 a year (£5.20 a week) on discarded food.

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