What a Waste! Exploring the Human Reality of Food Waste from the Store Manager's Perspective

Journal of Public Policy and Marketing - Tập 35 Số 1 - Trang 3-25 - 2016
Verena Gruber1, Christina Holweg2, Christoph Teller3
1Department of Marketing, HEC Montréal.
2Institute for Retailing and Marketing, WU Vienna.
3Chair in Retailing and Marketing, University of Surrey.

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Food waste is a major problem in industrialized nations, and thus a better understanding of this phenomenon and its inherent complexity is imperative. As gatekeeper to the food supply chain, the retail and wholesale sector is a crucial actor in the pursuit of minimizing food waste. The authors draw on the perspective of marketing as exchange to provide a holistic exploration of food waste in retail and wholesale stores while taking into account the interconnectedness of the entire food supply chain. Through 32 semistructured interviews with store managers, the authors shed light on the issues of food waste and its human reality. The findings reveal the questionable ethics of discarding food; the societal, regulatory, and systemic constraints leading to the occurrence of food waste in stores; and the resulting moral burden on store managers. Building on these factors, the authors outline public policy recommendations in the areas of education and law and provide managerial recommendations for the better management of food waste.

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Journal of Public Policy and Marketing

Tập 35 Số 1

3-25

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