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Food Waste – Retail

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[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]”Ugly” Produce is Edible and Saleable.

Retailers are encouraged to dedicate an area of the store for “ugly produce.” By accepting and integrating the sale of off-grade products (different size/shape/color) into normal business practices, produce that would normally be discarded can be sold at a discount to shoppers.

A French grocery store chain introduced an ugly fruit and vegetable campaign at all their stores across the country. The Inglorious Fruits and Vegetables campaign sells ugly produce at a 30% discount and a year after the campaign was implemented, the grocery chain saw store traffic increase by 25%, reaching 21 million people. The success of the campaign lead to other French grocery chains implementing similar programs.[/vc_column_text][info-box-shortcode buttontitle=”How Large Food Retailers Can Help Solve the Food Waste Crisis” buttonlink=”https://hbr.org/2017/12/how-large-food-retailers-can-help-solve-the-food-waste-crisis” targetlink=”true”][/info-box-shortcode][info-box-shortcode buttontitle=”9 practices retailers can adopt to reduce food waste” buttonlink=”https://www.newhope.com/staffing-and-operations/9-practices-retailers-can-adopt-reduce-food-waste” targetlink=”true”][/info-box-shortcode][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”7335″ img_size=”full” onclick=”img_link_large” css=””][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]To further encourage customers to purchase off-spec produce, ReFED has developed actions that can be implemented in the retail or grocer sector.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][info-box-shortcode icon=”far fa-file-pdf” buttontitle=”Retail Food Waste Action Guide” buttonlink=”https://www.refed.com/downloads/Retail_Guide_Web.pdf” targetlink=”true”][/info-box-shortcode][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][info-box-shortcode icon=”fas fa-info” buttontitle=”Information about Date Labeling” buttonlink=”https://deptest.nj.gov/dshw/swpl/fw/residential/#datelabel”][/info-box-shortcode][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]