Dear food waste warriors, Today, Stop the Rot seized the opportunity to take your food waste concerns to the front door of the major supermarkets. But we also had a surprise for them - we brought a skip-load of food waste to Sainsburys and Tesco headquarters too, to signify the colossal 7 million tonnes of food wasted before it gets to the consumer. We delivered your 193,000 voices calling on the Big Four supermarkets to take ambitious action to urgently reduce their supply chain food waste, along with all your fantastic comments in support of the campaign. In the lead up to the historic Paris climate change negotiations, we brought the message that if food waste were a country it would be the 3rd largest emitter of carbon globally. Tescos sent down their head of CSR to meet us, who cancelled his other plans to receive the petition. Tescos have agreed to meet us next week to discuss our campaign asks. These are very encouraging signs – but let’s keep up the pressure to ensure that Tescos aren’t all show, and deliver by signing up to concrete ambitious targets and more transparent supply chains when we meet next week! At Sainsburys, we were met with police, and were barred by security guards from entering the building – we were not allowed to present the petition to any Sainsburys representatives. However, having initially turned us down, after our stunt Sainsburys have now agreed to also meet us next week, so they are beginning to bow to pressure! These meetings are a big win, and will give us the opportunity to present your concerns to the supermarkets. Thank you all for getting us this far! In the run up to these talks, we need your help. We need Tescos and Sainsburys to really feel the pressure from the public to act, so that when we meet with them next week, they feel impelled to act to stop supply chain food waste. Tweet @ Tesco and Sainsbury's with your own message or using #stoptherot Here’s some example tweets for some inspiration! http://bit.ly/1OuBT51 @Tesco Sign up to ambitious targets to reduce supply chain #foodwaste in meetings with #StoptheRot next week! change.org/stoptherot @Sainsburys Why did you reject 193,000 strong petition 4 you to reduce #foodwaste? #Stoptherot in meeting next week! change.org/stoptherot Together we can hold them to account on food waste! Over and sprout, Rosie Boycott and the Stop the Rot Team