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 Tesco plans to give away food which is about to go out of date at absolutely no cost.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.

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 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 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 The supermarket is to introduce £0 yellow sticker prices on food that is about to go out of date,

The new scheme is set to be trialled in a small number of Tesco Express stores with any food that is about to go out of date marked with a yellow label and given away to customers