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==Business food waste== | ==Business food waste== | ||
===Commercial / retail=== | |||
Much of the food that businesses waste, would be perfectly safe to eat. This may include: | Much of the food that businesses waste, would be perfectly safe to eat. This may include: | ||
* Day-old donuts, muffins, and other baked goods. | * Day-old donuts, muffins, and other baked goods. | ||
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Businesses waste food that can't be sold. | Businesses waste food that can't be sold. | ||
===Unpredictability of demand=== | ====Unpredictability of demand==== | ||
Suppose you own a bakery. During the hours that you're open, you need to have fresh food available at all times. You don't know exactly when the next customer will walk in, or what they will order. You don't know exactly ''how many'' customers you'll have that day. So you err on the side of baking more than what you typically sell - just in case you get a lot of customers that day. You'll probably lose some money by not selling everything. But it's less money than you would have lost by ''not baking enough'' and then ''selling out'' of things. | Suppose you own a bakery. During the hours that you're open, you need to have fresh food available at all times. You don't know exactly when the next customer will walk in, or what they will order. You don't know exactly ''how many'' customers you'll have that day. So you err on the side of baking more than what you typically sell - just in case you get a lot of customers that day. You'll probably lose some money by not selling everything. But it's less money than you would have lost by ''not baking enough'' and then ''selling out'' of things. | ||
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* If there was some sort of weird subscription service so the bakery would know exactly how many customers to serve, ahead of time | * If there was some sort of weird subscription service so the bakery would know exactly how many customers to serve, ahead of time | ||
===Farm subsidies=== | |||
In some countries such as Canada, economic policy{{x|especially the ''quota systems'', which have been around for decades; these policies exist to protect the interests of certain farmers{{en}} }}forces farmers to waste perfectly good food products. {{en}} {{qn}} | |||
==Personal food waste== | ==Personal food waste== | ||