Grocery Retail Waste Infographic
In 2019 four Irish grocery retailers: Musgraves, Aldi, Lidl and Tesco shared data on food waste generated in Ireland. These supermarket chains voluntarily reported on their unsold food
products and, thanks to this information, we now have a better and more reliable understanding of the nature of food waste in the supermarket sector in Ireland.
Commercial Food Waste Research Report
This research project, which was carried out by the Clean Technology Centre (CIT) and funded by the EPA Research Programme, examined the main food waste producing commercial sectors in Ireland. With over 50 food waste surveys carried out in food service and food retail businesses, a series of sectoral food waste profiles, benchmarks and food waste cost factors were developed.
Aldi – Case Study 1
Aldi’s partnership with FoodCloud began as a pilot project in November 2014 operating in three Aldi stores. Now all 130 Aldi Stores are participating in this partnership. Aldi stores have donated over 1,308,000 meals for people in need.
Aldi – Case Study 2
Since 2016, Aldi are working with Food Cloud Hubs using reverse logistics to redistribute food during key events like Christmas and Easter.
Innovative mushroom packaging trialed by Tesco
A recyclable pulp punnet for fresh mushrooms that will help them to stay fresh for longer and reduce food waste