food waste

Fruits and vegetables prime source of food waste

I open the kitchen garbage can, look down, and see a half-rotted Honeycrisp apple. My family is part of the...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Full Harvest: a B2B program for imperfect produce

Sustainability remains a central theme in practically all agricultural industries. Food wastage is very much part of the issue. Businesses...

3 years ago 3 minute read

UNFI expands food rescue partnership

PROVIDENCE, R.I.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–United Natural Foods, Inc. BB #:158953 announced today the expansion of its relationship with Too Good To Go,...

3 years ago 6 minute read

Meijer redirects 1MM+ pounds of food waste through Flashfood

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Meijer BB #:104887 announced today its customers have diverted more than 1...

3 years ago 3 minute read

SENASICA and Reveam discuss critical issues in fresh food sector

McAllen, Texas – Reveam (formerly ScanTech Sciences) welcomed delegates from SENASICA, along with Mexico’s mango exporters association, EMEX A.C., to...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Online grocer Farmstead introduces ‘Eat This First’ feature

BURLINGAME, Calif., April 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Farmstead, the first national online grocer to offer fresh, high-quality groceries, delivered...

3 years ago 5 minute read

Ultrafast delivery firm Getir partners with Copia for food donations

CHICAGO, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Getir, the pioneer of ultrafast grocery delivery, today announced it is partnering with Copia,...

3 years ago 6 minute read

Gwillimdale Farms adds new potato grading system

BRADFORD, ONTARIO, CANADA – Gwillimdale Farms BB #:208500 is pleased to announce the debut of a brand new and fully...

3 years ago 2 minute read

Apeel announces Retail Advisory Board

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Apeel, BB #:345580 a food system innovation company recognized as a 2021 CNBC Disruptor 50 and...

3 years ago 5 minute read

Walmart and Sodexo join group that aims to cut regional food waste in half by 2030

OLYMPIA, Wash., March 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Today, the Pacific Coast Food Waste Commitment (PCFWC) announced that Sodexo US and...

3 years ago 10 minute read

Research shows Hazel Technologies success in tropical category

University of Florida horticultural research team finds added shelf-life by utilizing Hazel 100, a new USDA-funded technology used with avocados,...

3 years ago 4 minute read

Flashfood raises $12MM in latest funding round

TORONTO — Flashfood, a mobile marketplace providing customers access to heavily discounted food nearing its best-by date, today announced $12.3M...

3 years ago 5 minute read

Waste and wrapping cucumbers

A new study by Wrap, a British organization promoting sustainability, has released a study contending that wrapping certain fresh produce...

3 years ago 2 minute read

UK retailer partners with Apeel Sciences for citrus, avocados

ASDA is set to begin a significant new program in partnership with Apeel Sciences BB #:345580, which will introduce Citrus...

3 years ago 4 minute read

Westfalia Fruit to use AgroFresh to cut food waste in avocados

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AgroFresh Solutions Inc., a global AgTech leader in produce freshness solutions devoted to...

3 years ago 4 minute read

Do Good Foods hires Baldor veteran as chief sales officer

BEDMINSTER, N.J., Feb. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Revolutionary climate-forward company, Do Good Foods, announced today that Thomas McQuillan will join...

3 years ago 3 minute read

SpartanNash expands with Flashfood to reduce food waste

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Food solutions company SpartanNash BB #:104892 today announced the expansion of its partnership with food waste reduction...

3 years ago 4 minute read

One company makes food box program permanent

The USDA’s food box program was generally considered a success, both in terms of helping companies affected by the early...

3 years ago 3 minute read

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