Ever wanted to eat healthy and tasty food at only ~USD3.00? The catch: you only get leftovers and can only collect the food when it is approaching the closing time of the restaurant. This is now possible thanks to the geniuses behind the not-for-profit social enterprise: Too Good To Go (“TGTG”). Through the TGTG app, one can order food that may otherwise be thrown away at reduced prices.
It is a social initiative addressing a 3 of the UN Sustainable development goals: Responsible Consumption and Productions, Climate Action and in some way, reduce inequality: everyone is deserving and worthy of healthy and quality food regardless of demographic.
The founders, British born Chris Wilson and James Crummie, were troubled by the amount of
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Their ultimate goal is to turn TGTG into a waste management platform that enables restaurants to control their supply better, eliminating any possibility of food waste and for consumers to be more conscious of their consumption and eventually making TGTG obsolete. Other than the fact this app allows for additional food to be distributed to others, the main aim to shift the mindset and behavior of people by creating awareness and education is my rationale for picking this social enterprise. Essentially, this is a form of education to change our mindset leading to change in habits and behavior.
Chris and James gave birth to this idea in Denmark in 2015, and within a year expanded to 5 other countries, mainly in Europe and recently launched in New York.
How did they come up with this brilliant plan to reduce food wastage? They noted that the biggest contributor to food wastage is restaurants. They approached restaurants, cafes, and bakeries to collaborate with them by replicating the model similar to hotel booking websites. For every purchase made via the app, a small percentage goes to the restaurants. The remainder is reinvested into the enterprise to support expansion and app development. They also rely on crowdfunding to support TGTG’s expansion.
When selecting the restaurants, they vet the restaurants to ensure that restaurants do not profit from this initiative. Most of the restaurants they have partnered with already work with charities, however,
This app is beneficial for students and teachers because this app is an easy process and saves time for students; the students and teachers get ‘good quality food’ and drinks as well as students can collect and pay for their food anytime.
Trying to eat healthy food nowadays is expensive. Many people choose the cheaper food instead of purchasing organic food. In the video “What’s wrong with our food system”, Birke Baehr discusses how the industrial farms are producing the food in a rapid way but making the food to cause long-run diseases. He has found a sustainable way for people to get healthy organic local food. Birke encourages everyone to purchase their food at their local farm which have no chemicals. Furthermore, the article “Fixing Our Broken Food System: The Plate of the Union Initiative” explains how the food system is broken because the food that people can afford are from the industrial farms. It emphasis to fix this problem, people need to support the farmers by investing in research for sustainable
The company has been pioneer in field of business and also been responsible. The company has kept its objective very close to its heart and its initiative to reduce Carbon Footprint and water wastage to Zero by 2040 and Sustained source of supply for its food business by 2020 shows its commitment towards external stakeholders as well. They have been pioneer in field of business and have worked to improve its business
About fifty million Americans are not certain when their next meal will be and in a society filled with food insecurities, the fact there this so much food waste is perplexing (King, 2015). Around the world, about two billion tons of food is wasted through production, transportation, distribution and retail, and post consumer (Glickman 2013). This amount of food
founded in New York City in 1985 by Vito Russo, Jewelle Gomez and George Kolovakos.[ii]
The food industry has a large impact on individuals and will affect wider communities in the future. The rush of today’s society has pushed food production to become more commercialized with prepackaged/premade based foods. For numerous reasons such as time, work and costs of living, people are wanting meals that are cheap, fast, easy and don’t require much effort. This is due to many obligations and priorities in life that are put above
They distribute their food to over 230 agencies, including food pantries, soup kitchens and shelters (“About Gleaners”,
These countries raise awareness among different industries, retailers and consumers to find beneficial use for food that is normally thrown away in order to reduce their food waste.
Located in Jasper, Georgia, a poor rural farming community with an elevated high school drop-out rate, TLG aims to inspire generations of families to grow sustainable, healthy food; to creatively cook the food they grow; and provide a place for the community to come together for communal eating and sharing of ideas.
A European or North American consumer wastes almost 100 kilograms of food annually, which is more than his or her weight. Reducing the amount of food that is produced in the United States has been a great challenge for decades for the American Society. One of the great challenges that is preventing the solution to this issue is that the major part of the society is not recognizing the effect of this issue. Similarly, in his article “Can We End America’s Massive Food Waste Problem?”, the author Mr. Karim Chrobog discusses how aware are the American people on matter of food waste and the major reasons why the wastage of food is growing fast in the United States. Chrobog explains that different advertisements have changed how consumers choose their food making them to be picky on how they get their food products. Furthermore, he presents some statics that explains the food wasted in the United States is much larger than any other country in the world. In addition, he claims that expire date labels and the food not meeting the consumer standards in the stores are the major causes of the food waste that is happening today. He demonstrates that technology can be used a means of solution to combat the issue of food waste by presenting an app that has helped in the reduction of food waste by cooperating restaurants and stores with charity organizations feeding hungry people the food that was going to be wasted. Consequently, he stated that people
Food companies all over the world give out about one thousand meals a day, but no one really wonders what's is in their meal. Food companies tend to avoid looking at the quality of the food they serve and focus mainly how much money they make for serving it.
Carbohydrate is a nutrient essential for energy production and the prevention of ketosis, a state where the production of ketones exceeds metabolism. Protein is a nutrient essential for its components, amino acids. Fat is a nutrient which provides insulation, protection and energy for the body.
LeanPath is a automated food waste tracking systems to help users reduce pre-consumer food waste. LeanPath quantifies how much food is thrown out in a commercial kitchen due to spoilage, expiration or overproduction, with the goal being to reduce food purchases to match demand. A camera linked to a countertop scale documents each portion of food before it enters the garbage bin, providing photographic evidence. LeanPath turns waste reduction into a sort of competition, using online scoreboards that allow users to analyze the data to understand the underlying causes for waste. LeanPath can enable dramatic reduction in global food waste and
It was founded in 1886 by Robert Wood Johnson I, James Wood Johnson and Edward Mead Johnson.
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), food wastage, “food produced and not eaten,” emits enough greenhouse gasses (GHG) to be ranked third amongst global emitters (FAO 2013, 6). In New York City (NYC) it is estimated that businesses “produce more than 650,000 tons of food waste annually” (Turso 2017). This specific food waste is classified as food scrap, cooked food which is still edible, but no longer useful to the business due to a myriad of reasons. Whatever the reason may be for the company, this tonnage of food has the potential and possibility of being recovered for redistribution to food banks, soup kitchens, and other food rescue organizations. For example, two of the largest organizations in NYC, City Harvest and Food Bank NYC, will collect around 59 million and 24 million pounds in 2017 respectively, of unprocessed/non-perishable food. This is equivalent to about 42 thousand tons or 6.5 percent of annual food waste from scraps. Despite having warehouses, fleets of vehicles, and numerous volunteers, two of the largest organizations barely make an impact on the total amount of food rescued versus food wasted.