Most stores are already cutting food wastage

KUALA LUMPUR: Supermarkets and food stores have already been adopting various approaches to minimise wastage of perishable goods, even before the Government announced plans to introduce a zero-waste policy on food items in aid of the poor.

Mydin has been donating excess foodstuff to charitable organisations as well as allocating a special section at outlets under the hypermarket chain to sell near-expiry goods at substantially lower prices, said its managing director Datuk Ameer Ali Mydin.