Food Waste

Full Harvest Reduces Food Waste Faster by Expanding Supply Chain Digitization to All Produce Grades

May 3, 2023 Full Harvest

Full Harvest, a proven leader in the battle against food waste, today announced its expansion beyond surplus to all USDA Grade 1 produce on its online marketplace for commercial buyers and sellers. Solving the food waste problem faster by bringing the entire produce market online for more efficiencies, the addition expands its reach to retailers, food service companies, and direct-to-consumer distributors, among others. …

Not All Waste is Waste: Support Sustainable Dairy with Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese

April 26, 2023 Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese

April 26 is Stop Food Waste Day! Not all food waste is waste—in fact, many of the byproducts of the food you love, have peels, rinds, rusks or cores, and can be used as fuel for cows that produce milk for award-winning Crave cheese.  …

Stop & Shop Expands Flashfood to Over 30 Massachusetts Locations, All Rhode Island Locations

January 27, 2023 Stop & Shop

Stop & Shop, a neighborhood grocer for over 100 years, announced today that Flashfood, a digital marketplace that significantly reduces food waste at the retail level by connecting consumers with discounted food nearing its best by date, expanded availability of its program across 34 of its Massachusetts stores and all Rhode Island Locations. …

Sprouts Farmers Market Launches Rescued Organic Produce Program Designed to Reduce Food Waste and Support Farmers

January 26, 2023 Sprouts Farmers Market

Sprouts Farmers Market, one of the largest and fastest growing specialty retailers of fresh, natural, and organic food in the United States, announced today the launch of its Rescued Organics program in all 130 stores in California. Sprouts’ Rescued Organics program reduces food waste and supports local farmers by bringing to market imperfect organic produce that would typically be discarded due to imperfections that do not affect quality. …

Food Waste Concerns Intensify as High Inflation Persists

January 2, 2023 Packaged Facts

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many products have experienced price increases due to a combination of factors such as high demand, supply issues, and rising labor costs. According to Packaged Facts’ new report Food Waste & Upcycling: Trends & Opportunities in Sustainability, 61% of consumers in the proprietary November 2022 Packaged Facts National Online Consumer Survey strongly agree that they are concerned about rising food prices, and for good reason. …