Tesco Express has begun 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

The supermarket said the expiring food will be offered to charities and shop workers before customers could take it.

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

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.

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 The supermarket is to introduce £0 yellow sticker prices on food that is about to go out of date,

The new scheme is set to be trialled in a small number of Tesco Express stores with any food that is about to go out of date marked with a yellow label and given away to customers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