Cause１：To fill the shelves
Supermarkets, convenience stores, and other stores that sell products sell a large amount of unsold products that have expired or are no longer sold.
But among retailers, you often buy food, and in supermarkets and convenience stores, buyers have different requirements, so the food loss problems you have are different.
Convenience store
Do you have the image of a convenience store with products on the closet for 24 hours except after the peak at noon?
That image and concept may be causing the cause of food loss at convenience stores.
At Japanese convenience stores,Food for 10,000 to 20,000 yenIs discarded every day.
Can it be replenished in a fixed amount of time, and if you keep the inventory a little before delivery, will there be less waste?
I don't know when and who will come to buy.
In order to maximize sales, you must keep a certain amount of items on the shelf！
As you can see, convenience stores have the concept of fast replenishment and turnover rates.
○ Delivery is made three times a day ⇒ morning, noon and evening
○ Sales period is managed
○ Contract with garbage collector ⇒ Assume disposal...？
And・・・
Breaking down sales costs of convenience stores into "labor costs" and other "required costs".
And while the rest should be "profit," it is said that "disposal loss" costs have already been anticipated and incorporated.
This suggests that the management believes that the loss of waste is inevitable for a convenience store to fulfill its role.
Supermarket
Initially, retailers, such as supermarkets, are working with governments to reduce product waste.
However, the current situation is that food waste is not easily reduced, and there are causes unique to supermarkets that differ from convenience stores.
Side dish management
Supermarkets sell vegetables and side dishes, while convenience stores have many lunch boxes.
The most important thing about the “deadline” is, of course,"side dish"。
Since most products expire in one day, when inventory is unsold that day, it is difficult to save and resell the next day.
Also, it is not processed like a convenience store so that it can be preserved, and it is difficult to preserve because the products made on the day at the supermarket are sold that day.
Vegetables, fish and meat Other products
Products with expiration dates are listed in order of expiration date.
However, many buyers find products with a long shelf life behind, and pick up the products with the long shelf life.
While this is causing more food waste at supermarkets, it may also reduce the likelihood that buyers will throw away expired items at home.
Is there a lot of "sacrificial" food on the back of our "convenience"?...
Yes...
But no matter how convenient it is, you can't just leave it alone.