Asda [part of Walmart] announced it would donate surplus food from within its supply chain to FareShare, which redistributes it to charities around the UK, providing meals to some of the 5.8 million people it claims are in living in “deep poverty” in Britain...In a first for British retail, Asda has committed to diverting all its surplus stock including bread, milk, meat and vegetables, to FareShare...Lindsay Boswell, the FareShare chief executive said the arrangement would see surplus food redistributed at “unprecedented levels undertaken by a retailer on this scale in the UK”. He added: “We also know that there are more people turning to charities for food than at any other time in FareShare’s history...“Not only will this programme have immense environmental impact by diverting food away from the waste stream, it will also save hundreds of charities millions of pounds a year. [also refers to Sainsbury's, Tesco, Morrisons]