What Do We Do?Food Waste
In the UK, 13.1 million tons of food waste is generated annually throughout the supply chain, resulting in greenhouse gas emissions of 27 million tons of CO2 equivalents per year. This means a quarter (13.1 million tons) of the 58.7 million tons of food consumed in the UK is wasted. It is becoming increasingly clear that preventing and reducing food waste should be a priority to improve food security and minimize the associated environmental and economic impacts.
Food Insecurity
Families living below the poverty line in the UK struggle to put food on the table, which, among other factors, led to 18% of children in the UK not having enough to eat in 2020. 2.5 million children, of which 1 million weren’t eligible for free school meals, didn’t know if they would have food at home in 2021. The reality in Portsmouth is even worse with 22.3% of the children living “below the breadline”. Due to recent government regulations regarding free school meals, many children are no longer eligible. According to various studies, this results in them being less likely to achieve the same educational levels as their free-school-meal-eligible counterparts.
Our goal is to utilize unsold near-expired groceries at significant discounts to support low-income families while minimizing the environmental and economic impacts associated with food waste. By using food that is removed from local supermarket shelves before its best-before date, healthy meals become cheap, easy, and accessible for low-income families. It is estimated that food waste removed from supermarket shelves before its best-before date could feed over 30 million people each year.
We aim to help supermarkets and online grocers realise the full value of their perishable products and reduce food waste through AI-powered dynamic pricing. Check our progress HERE
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