Could Assortment Rationalisation Help Reduce Food Waste in Grocery Stores?
Nowadays, sustainable development and waste management are the topics on which academia is focusing. The size of the retail assortment plays a crucial role in influencing the levels of food waste in grocery stores. Additionally, the analysis of retail food waste highlights that the planning of as...
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| description | Nowadays, sustainable development and waste management are the topics on which academia
is focusing. The size of the retail assortment plays a crucial role in influencing the levels of food
waste in grocery stores. Additionally, the analysis of retail food waste highlights that the planning
of assortment sizes is essential for reducing waste, particularly in products with expiration or
best-before dates, such as fresh fruit and vegetables, where a few products contribute
significantly to overall waste. This work aims to explore assortment rationalisation as a way to
prevent food waste from perishable products in retail grocery stores and, therefore, improve the
sustainability generated by food retail chains in developed countries.
Although many articles analyse the relationship between retail store operations and food waste
prevention, to our knowledge, there is little research that explicitly focuses on assortment. From
the review of the specialised literature, few studies have been detected on the effects of the
grocery store assortment on food waste. This paper attempts to fill part of this research gap, by
focusing on establishing a link between assortment rationalisation and food waste in grocery
retail stores through a review of the scientific literature on proactive food waste prevention
strategies, presenting an opportunity for future research in this emerging research area, and
providing practical advice to retail chains concerned about sustainability. In conclusion, this
study serves as an initial approach to this topic and is a useful starting point for future research
in this area. Our primary contribution lies in highlighting a certain scarcity of studies on the
retailer's assortment as a proactive food waste prevention strategy.
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| spelling | doaj-art-c32b5f9bd0e24fbda08a4de2804ce1732025-08-20T03:33:49ZengEditura ASEAmfiteatru Economic1582-91462247-91042024-11-0126No. Special 181292 131010.24818/EA/2024/S18/1292Could Assortment Rationalisation Help Reduce Food Waste in Grocery Stores?Elvira Sáez-González0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9166-2573 Juan Carlos Gázquez-Abad1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9181-2850University of Almería, Almería, SpainUniversity of Almería, Almería, SpainNowadays, sustainable development and waste management are the topics on which academia is focusing. The size of the retail assortment plays a crucial role in influencing the levels of food waste in grocery stores. Additionally, the analysis of retail food waste highlights that the planning of assortment sizes is essential for reducing waste, particularly in products with expiration or best-before dates, such as fresh fruit and vegetables, where a few products contribute significantly to overall waste. This work aims to explore assortment rationalisation as a way to prevent food waste from perishable products in retail grocery stores and, therefore, improve the sustainability generated by food retail chains in developed countries. Although many articles analyse the relationship between retail store operations and food waste prevention, to our knowledge, there is little research that explicitly focuses on assortment. From the review of the specialised literature, few studies have been detected on the effects of the grocery store assortment on food waste. This paper attempts to fill part of this research gap, by focusing on establishing a link between assortment rationalisation and food waste in grocery retail stores through a review of the scientific literature on proactive food waste prevention strategies, presenting an opportunity for future research in this emerging research area, and providing practical advice to retail chains concerned about sustainability. In conclusion, this study serves as an initial approach to this topic and is a useful starting point for future research in this area. Our primary contribution lies in highlighting a certain scarcity of studies on the retailer's assortment as a proactive food waste prevention strategy. https://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/temp/Article_3372.pdfassortment rationalisationassortment reductionassortment sizeretail food wasteretail food waste prevention strategiesgrocery storessustainability |
| spellingShingle | Elvira Sáez-González Juan Carlos Gázquez-Abad Could Assortment Rationalisation Help Reduce Food Waste in Grocery Stores? Amfiteatru Economic assortment rationalisation assortment reduction assortment size retail food waste retail food waste prevention strategies grocery stores sustainability |
| title | Could Assortment Rationalisation Help Reduce Food Waste in Grocery Stores? |
| title_full | Could Assortment Rationalisation Help Reduce Food Waste in Grocery Stores? |
| title_fullStr | Could Assortment Rationalisation Help Reduce Food Waste in Grocery Stores? |
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| title_short | Could Assortment Rationalisation Help Reduce Food Waste in Grocery Stores? |
| title_sort | could assortment rationalisation help reduce food waste in grocery stores |
| topic | assortment rationalisation assortment reduction assortment size retail food waste retail food waste prevention strategies grocery stores sustainability |
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