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Delivery app becomes first to offer reduce to clear

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Snappy Shopper, the fast-growing home delivery app serving convenience stores, has teamed up with anti-food waste company, Gander, to become the first delivery app to offer reduce to clear items for home delivery. In Scotland alone, 600,000 tonnes of food and drink waste ends up in landfill each year. Produce that, if distributed more efficiently, …

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