Project

Food waste supermarkets

Since 2018, the supermarket industry has been mapping food waste. Participating supermarket chains voluntarily report on their food waste and, on the basis of confidentiality, provide the data to Wageningen University & Research (WUR). WUR in turn analyses and scales the data for the entire Dutch market.

The Food Waste Monitor is an initiative of Centraal Bureau Levensmiddelenhandel (CBL) and is part of the implementation agenda of the Together Against Food Waste Foundation (Stichting Samen Tegen Voedselverspilling). The research is carried out by Wageningen Food & Biobased Research and funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV).

Measuring and Monitoring food waste

Measuring and monitoring waste in the food production chain, from farmer to consumer, pays dividends. Both financially and for the environment. Together with Food Waste Free United and its stakeholders, Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has developed templates that allow food waste to be measured throughout the food chain as well as in a specific sector.

Food waste supermarkets

Measuring and Monitoring food waste

Food waste in supermarkets down to 0,89%

Food waste in supermarkets down by 17.4% compared to 2018

Less food waste in supermarkets

Dutch supermarkets provide insights into food waste