When
a new law was passed in France that required all restaurants to provide doggy
bags to customers who want to take their leftovers home I yawned. I did not
give it much thought until my inbox was filled with questions about food waste,
discarding of old and outdated food.
The
new law in France took effect as of January 1, 2016, and it states that all
restaurants that serve more than 180 meals a day will have to provide doggy
bags to customers who want to take leftover food home with them.
In
the U.S. taking food home from a restaurant is common practice, but not so in
France. So why the law? In fact they
estimated 7.7 tons of restaurant food is wasted in France every year.
The
United States throws away one-third of all the food it produces — 133
billion pounds of food. And grocery stores are responsible
for tossing 10% of that food. In an effort not to waste food more and more
chefs are working within the grocery sector in Europe creating daily special
with fresh fruit, produce, and other perishables that are nearing expiration
date creating daily specials. In the
case of the fruit also nearing peak flavor they have become a traffic driver.
The
ability for a grocery retailer to highlight Ready-2-Eat and Heat-N-Eat fresh
prepared food created from what at one time would have been rotated into waste
is a built in advantage. Consumers
awareness of food waste is a growing undercurrent of popular culture. One success outcome are meal kits continue to
gain favor.
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