GE B1+ Unit 3 Use of English

The end of food waste?

There are ¹_______ a lot of advantages to buying your food from a supermarket that it is difficult to avoid them. You can get cheap products all year round with everything you need in one place. Many of us couldn’t do ²_______ them. However, this convenience has a price, which is a huge amount of food waste. The prices are ³_______ low that consumers buy much more than they need. In fact, the average US consumer ⁴_______ waste around twenty percent of all the food they buy. Supermarkets also throw ⁵_______ large amounts of food which they haven’t been able to sell. At the same time, many people in the world don’t have ⁶_______ to eat. Not only that, but food oft en has too ⁷_______ packaging, which is bad for the environment. Not surprisingly, some people have been arguing that supermarkets should do more to reduce food waste. Finally, it seems that the supermarkets have listened. One supermarket is due ⁸_______ start using an app which will help it reduce its waste. It tells the supermarket how much food is left which can’t be sold. This food will then be given to charities who can ⁹_______ sure that it gets to the people who need it most. If the app is a success, it ¹⁰_______ likely that other supermarkets will also work to reduce food waste.