Nov 8, 2019 | Farmers and gardeners, General, Hospitality, Institutions, News, Producers, Supermarkets and retail
Before the products even arrive in store there is already almost $400 billion lost in food waste worldwide. This was shown by research by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) from the United Nations. Every year no less than 14% of all food is lost, the report...
Oct 30, 2019 | General, News, Supermarkets and retail, Tech and development
About the innovation The Metro Group has tested the “FreshIndex” app in five of its hypermarkets. The index is based on the hygiene data of manufacturers and the actual storage conditions of products. The FreshIndex is not printed as a fixed best-before...
Oct 29, 2019 | General, Hospitality, News, Supermarkets and retail, Tech and development
Food waste fighting app ‘Too Good To Go’ announced yesterday (30 September) that it has saved one million meals in the UK since its launch in 2016, preventing an estimated 2,500 tonnes of CO2 emissions. Too Good To Go reduces restaurant waste by linking customers to...
Oct 29, 2019 | General, Hospitality, News, Research news, Supermarkets and retail
In 2015, countries committed to Sustainable Development Goal 12.3, which calls for the world to halve food loss and waste by 2030. Making significant reductions in food loss and waste is not just nice to have; it is essential if the world is to achieve the reductions...
Oct 16, 2019 | General, Hospitality, Institutions, News, Tech and development
Per year almost 150 million kilo’s of food is lost to the rubbish bin from catering businesses, even though this is often still perfectly edible. By means of a waste monitor introduced by Zero Foodwaste they are trying to reduce food waste. In the kitchen at...
Oct 14, 2019 | General, News, Producers, Tech and development
By means of a new technological development the shelf-life of fresh potatoes, vegetables and fruit can soon be prolonged. Belmark and PerfoTec are together working on the development of a laser technology that not only reduces food waste, but also the CO2 emissions....
