FI Fast Break audio news: July 9, 2025
The latest FI Fast Break news podcast touches on projections for an online spending surge during this week’s extended Amazon Prime Day event.
Tag: Food Waste
Senate Approves Bill Expanding Students’ Access to Plant-Based Milk
A new bipartisan bill approved by the Senate Ag Committee aims to expand access to plant-based milk in schools, offering relief to millions of lactose-intolerant students. If passed, it would require schools to provide non-dairy alternatives to students when requested by a parent, no doctor’s note needed.
Death of the Doggie Bag: Why Restaurant Leftovers Are Being Left Behind
As food delivery apps make fresh meals just a tap away and younger diners prioritize experiences over portion sizes, the once-revered doggie bag is fading into obscurity. Experts feel shifting social norms and portion fatigue are driving the trend.
Pulp Friction: Citrus Waste Packaging vs. Plastics
Upcycled citrus waste offers many benefits over traditional petroleum-based plastic for packaging purposes. However, barriers to adoption are high, particularly regarding regulatory and safety challenges.
FDA, USDA Evaluate Food-Labeling Burnout
The FDA and USDA are taking steps to understand how consumers interpret common food date labeling terms such as “Sell By” and “Use By” to understand whether it is leading to confusion.
Navigating Food Supply Chain Challenges: Key Strategies for 2025
The global food supply chain faces mounting challenges, with 30% of food lost or wasted annually. To combat these hurdles, industry leaders are leveraging real-time tracking, sustainable logistics, and AI-driven automation.
IFMA Introduces Rebranded Identity at 2024 Presidents Conference
The 72-year-old organization recently unveiled a rebrand in a new video that retraces its history and reflects the changes seen in the food-away-from-home category since the pandemic.
Purée Play: Restaurants Boost Profits with Purées
Restaurants are leveraging fruit purées these days as an effective method to adapt to rising food costs. Fruit purées bring versatility to dishes while helping operators reduce food waste.
Private Label Growth Pockets in Frozen Food
As consumers continue to stockpile frozen foods, retail operators are leveraging private labels to tap into that demand. Which frozen products are experiencing the most store brand sales growth? FI investigates.
Sustainability in the Snack Aisle: Eco-friendly Food Gains Momentum
It’s apparent in grocery store checkout lines, in social media, and in marketing campaigns: consumers demand eco-friendly food.
How Meijer Saved 10 Millions Pounds of Food
Through its partnership with Flashfood, an app which offers steep discounts on groceries nearing their sell-by dates, Meijer has become the first American retailer to save 10 million pounds of potentially wasted food. To put …
FI Fast Break audio news: Jan. 24, 2024
The latest Food Institute news podcast touches on a potential revival for virtual restaurant brands and ghost kitchens.
Walmart Commits to Reducing Food Waste
In an era of increased greenwashing and many companies abandoning once-ambitious ESG plans altogether, Walmart appears to be making real strides toward helping reduce food waste, solve food deserts, and burnishing its worldwide brand a little more.
A Fresh Start: How to Meet Growing Consumer Demand for Fresh Products
While fresh is an important category for grocers, the waste caused by perishables can have a significant impact on the bottom line. A study by RELEX found that 74% of retailers say fresh products are …
Becoming Omnipresent with Daily Harvest
Daily Harvest founder and CEO Rachel Drori explains how her company aims to meet consumers where they are via direct-to-consumer and retail channels.
How to Best Fight Food Waste
Flashfood founder/CEO Josh Domingues highlights how important collaboration is to fighting food waste and diverting food from landfills.
Food Waste: Investment in Upcycled Food Gaining Steam
The process of upcycling food – finding new, higher-value uses for items that would otherwise go to waste – appears to boast untapped potential for businesses these days.
Upcycling Opportunities in the Food Industry
How to Reduce Waste While Monetizing Your Side Streams
This article is sponsored and written by GTF Technologies. By now, everyone in the food industry knows that 30-40% of food produced1 and almost half of all fruits and vegetables grown worldwide2 go to waste. …
How to Use Automation & Tech to Profit From Markdowns
For grocers, surplus food can lead to panic because they know that the longer products stay on the shelves, the less profit they yield. Many grocers still treat markdowns as an afterthought, however, which leaves …
How Food Processing Companies Can Build a Resilient Supply Chain
Case Study: Eggshell-derived Calcium Latest Example of Upcycling Trend
As the upcycled food trend continues to gain momentum, EggTech Ltd is processing eggshell waste-stream materials to create an upcycled form of calcium.
IFMA Event Highlights Possible Labor, Supply Chain Solutions
More than 500 foodservice leaders met in Greater Phoenix this week, to consider solutions for industry issues like the ongoing labor shortage and supply chain snags.
FI Takeaways: Oct. 27, 2022
Need a quick download on the most important headlines this week? We’ve got you covered. Check out our newest series, FI Takeaways! This week we’ll take a look at American Express‘ third-quarter earnings, this winter’s weather outlook for crop …
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Boost Food Safety While Reducing Waste
This article is written and sponsored by Kerry. Amanda McNeely, Kerry’s marketing expert for food protection and preservation, talks about Kerry ingredient solutions that boost food safety and reduce waste, and her views on the outlook …
WATCH: The Latest Coffee Innovation: Compostable Coffee Balls
How many of you out there love waking up to the convenience of single coffee pod brewing systems? They’re fabulous. You can brew exactly enough for yourself, you can switch flavors up frequently, it’s ready …
Is the End of Expiration Dates Upon Us?
Major grocers in the U.K. plan to scrap expiration dates from certain perishable goods to reduce waste; will U.S. grocers follow suit?
More Grocery Retailers Turning to Food-Waste Solutions
Food retailers are leveraging new food-waste programs to cut costs, improve sales, and better manage inventory with a limited shelf life.
FI Live Replay: What’s Up With Upcycling
It’s become a $53 billion dollar market, and it’s growing. With more than half of consumers concerned with food waste, food upcycling is no longer just a niche trend. But what, exactly, is it? How …
Analysis: 2022’s Top Upcycled Food Innovations
Food manufacturers are looking to ingredient suppliers to provide sustainable options with the use of upcycling and regenerative agriculture.
Key Takeaways from 2022 Food Waste Solutions Summit
MINNEAPOLIS – As he gazed out at the sizable gathering at the University of Minnesota on Wednesday, Pete Pearson didn’t mince words. Pearson, senior director of food waste at the World Wildlife Fund, asked the …
Grocery Stores Have More Work to Do on Sustainability Efforts
Consumers think grocery stores have a lot more work to do on sustainability, according to a recent survey from Retail Insight. More than half of respondents said grocery stores must improve their sustainability claims and …
Food Innovations Center Stage at Recent CES Show
The highly anticipated Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas had a decidedly different feel this year. The trade show, which wrapped up January 8, was significantly smaller than pre-pandemic days and featured multiple Covid precautions. …
Report: Upcycling Ingredients Gains Traction on ESG Benefits
The adoption of upcycling continues to spread across the food industry as companies large and small explore innovative ways to repurpose ingredients that would otherwise go to waste. While the process remains a niche concept …
Food Institute Webinar Takes a Closer Look at Food Waste Innovation
Food waste is at a crisis level. While 9% of the world’s population and 12% of Americans are food insecure, one-third of all food produced is thrown away. Further, wasted food accounts for about 8% …
