This profit means that the major food retailers, such as supermarket duopoly Coles and Woolworths, have a strong incentive to delay reforms that would reduce food waste. Progress has been slow on reforms such as removing 'best before' dates from products that do not need them, and Australia looks unlikely to meet the goal of halving food waste by 2030. Key points: The 2021 National Food Waste Strategy Feasibility Study found Australia wasted 7.6 million tonnes of food a year, equivalent to 152 Sydney Harbour Bridges Households wasted food worth $19.

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