Food Waste: latest news, insights and analysis | ESM Magazine

Rewe Group Introduces Avocado Coating To Extend Shelf Life

Rewe Group has announced it is testing a new fructose-based coating on its avocados, which it says can increase the shelf life of said products by eight da...

Netto Marken-Discount Introduces 'Apeel' Coated Avocados

German discounter Netto Marken-Discount has introduced avocados coated in an innovate layer that prolongs the shelf life of the product. The invisible c...

Kroger To Roll Out 'Apeel' Coated Avocados Across The US

Kroger has announced plans to roll out avocados layered with Apeel's innovative plant-based coating in more than 1,100 stores across the US. The decisio...

Asda Tests Plant-Derived Coating On Fresh Produce

UK retailer Asda has announced that it is testing a technology that uses a plant-derived, water-based coating to extend the shelf life of fruit and vegetab...

Italian Retailers Launch Initiatives To Limit Food Waste

Penny Market Italia has developed the first private label line of Italian organic fruit and vegetables designed to limit food waste. MyBio Bellezze Natu...

ECR Sell More, Waste Less Group To Launch Food Waste Prevention Challenge

ECR Community's Sell More, Waste Less group is to launch a new programme to assist retailers and producers with tackling food waste at its next working gro...

Tesco Scraps Best-Before Dates On Fresh Fruit And Vegetables

Tesco has said that it plans to scrap best-before dates on more than a hundred fresh fruit and vegetable lines, following a customer survey that indicated...

Colruyt Partners With Belgian Social Enterprise enVie’s Food Project

Belgian social enterprise enVie has kicked off a fresh soup production project in collaboration with Colruyt Group to help long-term unemployed individuals...