A nation of food wasters, oblivious to how it’s produced

Andrew Marshall
October 3 2016 - 5:30am
In Sydney the average family is spending $163 a week on groceries, while Canberra and Queensland families average $154/week, while Tasmanians spend just $136, waste the least and buy more fruit and vegetables.
In Sydney the average family is spending $163 a week on groceries, while Canberra and Queensland families average $154/week, while Tasmanians spend just $136, waste the least and buy more fruit and vegetables.

Australians spend more than $720 billion in groceries every year, but those born in the 1980s or early ‘90s are likely to be wasting about 20 per cent of their weekly food  purchases.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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