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...
Sep 28, 2019 | General, News, Supermarkets and retail
Ahold Delhaize, the mother company of Albert Heijn, eagerly wants to do more to counteract food waste. There’s a reduction of 50% by 2030 on the agenda. This is a big change compared to their earlier target of a decrease of 20% by 2020. The UN Climate Summit in...
Sep 27, 2019 | General, News, Supermarkets and retail
To combat food waste, no less than nine hundred shops of the Finnish chain S-Markets have set up a campaign in which products are sold at a lower price. Products that are close to their expiration date are then offered at a 30 percent discount. When the products are...
