Proposed as a new solution to Reducing food waste
"Use by" dates are commonly misunderstood as expiration dates. It is actually the brand recommendation to consume their product at its peak quality.
POSSIBLE SOLUTION: Discount marketplace where grocery stores sell their surplus stock nearing the "use by" date instead of throwing away.
If ebay and instacart had a baby... a baby that sells and delivers surplus food.
-store posts bag with contents, retail price, and discounted price.
-consumer orders for pickup or local delivery same or next day.
What TGTG (https://www.toogoodtogo.com/en-us) lacks:
-Visibility. Consumer has no idea what they're going to get so they reserve "surprise bags" that often lead to dissapointment.
-Unit economics. Stores don't like the 66% discount and fee.
-No delivery. Consumer has to pick up.
-Limit store expansion to metropolitan markets until they build separately won consumer base.
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Jul 13, 2023
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Scientist- Process development
This is a very interesting concept here. 2 points that might be interesting. The first is that while the code date is a quality date, for many products it is a very, very, low quality. The second is that the manufacturer pays when something runs out of code so there might be more companies willing to support this.