To cut food waste, supermarkets turn to AI to sell near-expired goods

To cut food waste, supermarkets turn to AI to sell near-expired goods
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By Sanne Wass(Bloomberg) – Supermarkets are missing out on untapped revenue from selling food that’s about to expire, as store workers waste hours searching for short-dated products and discounting them by hand. At least that’s the pitch from Too Good To Go (TGTG), an eight-year-old Danish company that cut its teeth addressing restaurant food waste and is now turning to grocery stores’ soon-to-expire goods. Starting this month, TGTG is selling a solution powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that assists supe...

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