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‘We will wonder why perishables ever had constant prices in the first place’: AI firm Wasteless on why dynamic pricing is key in the fight against food waste

Wasteless, which uses dynamic pricing in supermarkets to incentivise consumers to buy soon-to-expire products and thus help cut down on food waste, has recently reported a nearly 40% reduction in food waste at hundreds of test stores and now claims it is on track to reduce 80% of food waste in the retail space.

Nestlé sets carbon target for KitKat: ‘We are reducing and removing emissions to reach carbon neutrality by 2025’

Over the next four years, Nestlé will be working within and outside of its value chain to reduce and remove emissions related to its KitKat brand. The goal, a company spokesperson explained, is carbon neutrality.

Industry insights from NIZO: Safety challenges for plant-based foods

In this series of articles, NIZO Food Research Division Manager and FoodNavigator advisory panel member René Floris discusses some of the big issues in today’s food industry. This month, he continues his exploration of the protein transition by looking...

Oatly files for IPO: ‘We have torn down the conventional corporate approach to brand building’

Oatly posted a net loss of $60m in 2020 on sales up 106.5% year to $421.4m, reflecting its continued investment as it ramps up production and aggressively expands into new markets, according to a prospectus published ahead of its initial public offering...

Egg proteins… without chickens: Clara Foods teams up with innovation arm of world’s largest brewer

Bay area startup Clara Foods has teamed up with ZX Ventures, the innovation arm of the world’s largest brewer AB InBev - which knows a thing or two about large-scale fermentation - to help realize its dream of making ‘animal-free’ egg proteins using microbes...

Coronavirus: Your one-stop blog for food industry updates

Bringing together trusted global food industry coverage from across our universe of B2B titles to provide rolling updates and breaking news on the implications of COVID-19 for the food sector.