The Love Food, Hate Waste team will be running a stall at this
month's Regional and Speciality Food and Drink Market in Nottingham
to give shoppers tips on how to reduce food waste.
The group will have a stall on Friday February 17th as part of
the regular monthly two-day market in the Old Market Square,
Nottingham, which also runs on Saturday February 18th.
Also joining the stallholders on Friday February 17th will be
Yorkshire Tea's Little Urn - promoting tea for hard water
areas.
And there are three new stallholders who are taking stands at
this month's event -Hindleys Bakery, from Staffordshire, The
Traceable Deli from Stapleford, and The Cheese and Pie Man, based
at West Haddon near Northampton.
The Regional and Speciality Food and Drink Market, which has
been running for almost five years, is organised by East Midlands
Fine Foods in conjunction with Nottingham City Council.
It provides shoppers with the chance to buy speciality and
regional food from local producers and suppliers, as well as the
chance for producers to sell direct to the public.
This month's range include delicious cheeses, meats, traditional
Indian food, real ale, breads and cakes, as well as gourmet cakes,
bakes and treats for dogs and cats.
"We have a selection of stalls booked on to February's market,
as well as the additions of the Love Food, Hate Waste team and
Yorkshire Tea's Little Urn," said event organiser Toni Jarvis, from
East Midlands Fine Foods.
"As a nation we throw away 7.2 million tonnes of food waste
every year, but with some careful planning and ideas for using
leftovers, this can be cut dramatically. We hope shoppers will pop
along to the market and pick up some ideas which will not only cut
their food waste but help them to save money too.
"Of course there will also be great-tasting food for sale too,
and we are very pleased to welcome three new stallholders this
month."
The market, held on the third Friday and Saturday of each month,
runs from 9am to 4.30pm.
Any producers or suppliers who are interested in having a stall
should call Toni Jarvis on 0115 9758810.