Intent:
Prevent healthy and consumable food from being wasted.
Requirements:
Tier 1: Implement a daily food rescue program for healthy and consumable food that serves at least [50 people.
and/or,
Implement a program of heavily discounted pricing for food near or at expiration date in [10% of grocery establishments within the municipality’s borders.
Tier 2: Implement a daily food rescue program that serves at least [100 people.
and/or,
Implement a program of heavily discounted pricing for food near or at expiration date in [25% of grocery establishments.
Potential Strategies:
- Connect residents with food rescue smartphone applications that alert user whenever excess food becomes available for discounted or free consumption (ex: Food for All, Gebni, goMkt, etc).
- “Spoiler Alert” for products with limited lifetime esp. food.