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.

The move comes as the supermarket chain looks to cut its food waste and hit net zero targets. | ITV National News

Tesco shoppers could be in for a treat as the supermarket giant is trialling a new process that will see it give away free food to customers

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 has announced plans to give away food for free in an effort to reduce waste. The supermarket will mark yellow sticker items for free in the new initiative. The scheme will be trialled in several Express stores,

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...

While all major supermarket chains partner with food banks and community groups to redistribute surplus food and offer discounts on expiring items, Tesco's initiative appears to be the first direct-to-customer scheme of its kind in the UK.

The supermarket is trialling a scheme which will allow customers to take any remaining yellow sticker items for free at the end of the day.

The new scheme is set to be trialled in a small number of Tesco Express stores with any food that is about to go out of date marked with a yellow label and given away to customers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