All yellow sticker food will become free after 9.30pm, with the normal weekday closing time for a Tesco Express 11pm. It is estimated that almost 10 million tonnes of food is wasted in the UK every year, this is roughly equivalent to a quarter of all the food produced in the country annually.

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 supermarket is trialling a scheme which will allow customers to take any remaining yellow sticker items for free at the end of the day.

A major British supermarket will hand out food for free in a bid to reduce food waste and hit net zero goals. Tesco plans to give away food which is about to go out of date at absolutely no cost. The cost-slashing yellow sticker will be revolutionised and mean the item is completely free after 9.30pm.

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

The new scheme is set to be trialled in a small number of Tesco Express stores with any food that is about to go out of date marked with a yellow label and given away to customers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

Tesco is set to launch a new scheme allowing customers to snap up free food in Express stores after 9:30pm. The supermarket giant will offer items marked "Reduced to Clear" at no cost as part of a trial aimed at reducing food waste.

The supermarket will cut "yellow sticker" prices to £0 for products that haven't been sold after 9.30pm as part of a new trial at a small number of Tesco Express stores