• Grocery retailers may not need new technology-or behavior change from shoppers-to meaningfully reduce food waste • New research in the journal Management Science finds that small operational decisions already under a retailer’s control, including how perishable items are displayed and when (and how much) they’re discounted, can increase profits while reducing spoilage
Article Summaries:
- Grocery retailers may not need new technology-or behavior change from shoppers-to meaningfully reduce food waste. New research in the journal Management Science finds that small operational decisions already under a retailer’s control, including how perishable items are displayed and when (and how much) they’re discounted, can increase profits while reducing spoilage.
Sources:
- https://phys.org/news/2026-02-smarter-shelf-strategy-boost-retail.html (Latest source article published: 2026-02-25 16:35 UTC)