RELEVANT SUSTAINABLE GOALS
CLOSE-TO-EXPIRY PRODUCTS AND THE INEVITABLE TRIP TO THE BIN
SAVOUR!’S COMMUNITY GROUP BUY INITIATIVE
I think that food waste is a significant problem that also happens on the distributor side when they cannot sell off items that ended up expiring and were thrown away. This is another layer of food waste problem that we need to solve on top of people throwing away unfinished meals or food. With this initiative, we hope to help reduce food waste while assisting distributors in recuperating their costs. Ultimately, to reduce food waste is to find the balance between the supply and demand, and what we are doing here is finding the need for items with shorter shelf life. This period, we have managed to save $1000+ worth of food which may have gone into the landfill otherwise. Although this achievement is great, it is still far from perfect as demand is still quite irregular and unsustainable.
Jonathan, in-charge of Group Buy Initiatives