Wasted Food is Another Ship Lost
A large arrow points from a sinking ship, with the word FOOD along its hull, down to a plate of food and a plate of bread. The text 'Wasted food is another ship lost' links kitchen waste to merchant-shipping losses (fear-appeal), and the lower panel says 'Victory is vital - so don't waste the first and delay the second'.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- His Majesty's Stationery Office for the British government; artist Abram Games; printer Elm Press (N.R.P. Co., Ltd.)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Economy and finance
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (UK Crown copyright, 50 years from publication, expired before 1996; no URAA restoration)
HMSO, UK; artist Abram Games, c. 1939-1945. U.S. National Archives, NAID 44266382 (44-PF-142c).
Text on the object
[signature:] A. GAMES. R.E. WASTED FOOD IS ANOTHER SHIP LOST FOOD IS NECESSARY VICTORY IS VITAL- SO DON'T WASTE THE FIRST AND DELAY THE SECOND Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Elm Press (N.R.P. Co., Ltd.), 51-1958 C.G.E. P.R2 58
