Gr09

By 2023, many of the major supermarkets have eliminated all plastic packaging in their own-brand products

• True

• False

• Not given

Some small companies are better at dealing with plastic waste than supermarket chains

• True

• False

• Not given

How does the Farmdrop online grocery store eliminate the need for large warehouses and the risk of huge food surpluses?

• Delivering fresh produce directly to customers at the store

• Delivering fresh produce from local farmers to its customers on a daily

• Delivering produce from local farmers to its customers on a daily

How are the shops in Berlin using to reduce plastic waste?

• Provide compostable bags

• Customers buy compostable bags available at the grocer

• Customers bring their containers

Meanwhile, many supermarkets are not very ...... about the exact amount of food that is going to waste and so it’s hard for charities to know how to redistribute this surplus .....

• Transparent-Produce

• Packaging-Foodstuff

• Obvious-Excess

Why have multiple of the major supermarket chains been laid off in the past decade?

• They are accused of many unethical acts

• They’ve wasted tonnes of food

• They’ve paid their suppliers

The author believes that small shops like Bulk Market and Farmdrop will eventually take over the major supermarkets

• True

• False

• Not given

Choose the answer that best matches the meaning of the phrase ‘ To come under fire’

• The lion’s share

• To be criticised strongly

• To work in a way that hides embarrassing information

The author for this passage is probably ....

• Market researcher

• Market regulator

• Observer

Choose an appropriate title for the reading passage

• How some supermarkets have become more environmentally friendly

• How some supermarkets reduce food waste and plastic waste

• How some supermarkets and grocers have become more environmentally friendly