Bon Appetit Management, a big food-service company owned by the gigantic Compass Group USA, last year launched Imperfectly Delicious Produce, a program to divert ugly foods from the waste stream to the restaurants and cafeterias the company serves. The U.S., perhaps not surprisingly, has been slower than Europe to take up the trend, but there are some early indications that it might take off here. And in fact, costs are actually reduced, since the foods that once were rejected had to be shipped back to their source. That doesn’t hurt farmers or sellers one bit, though, since this is all food that would have ended up in the scrap bin: the revenues represent almost pure profit. “Ugly” food has a big advantage over organic food, though: it’s generally cheaper than mainstream fare, rather than more expensive. Fawn Creek has seen the job market decrease by -0.9 over the last year. After all, the organic-food movement began in earnest more than 40 years ago, but only in recent years has it started affecting the food business in a big way. Fawn Creek has an unemployment rate of 4.7. The website for rival service Imperfect Produce, recently valued at 180. It might take a long time to move people off those expectations. People understood that a small apple was as delicious as a large one, a misshapen carrot as nutrient-rich as any other. a campaign which for French supermarket Intermarch to encourage people to eat misshapen or ugly fruit and veg and reduce food waste (UK supermarkets. Consumers in developed countries have been conditioned over decades to expect perfect-looking produce (generally, “perfect” means “uniform,” and free of blemishes - “ugly” foods are just as tasty and nutritious as their prettier counterparts). While the movement is unquestionably gaining ground, getting the mainstream on board remains a serious challenge. A community dedicated to the documentation and discussion of misshapen foods. Other strategies include blending unattractive produce in with other. To sell ugly produce, grocers offer a 45 discount on average. The trend is growing in Australia, too, thanks in part to Oliver’s efforts, though several chains there have been somewhat hesitant as well. If shoppers looked at crooked carrots, misshapen potatoes, slightly dinged apples or too-small peaches and thought, wow, that looks delicious, imagine the benefits for struggling farmers. Consumers’ aversion to unattractive produce impacts grocers’ business in the following ways: Some 34 of store owners just throw out substandard fruits and vegetables and another 34 discount it significantly.
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