The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, announced the company's Zero Hunger | Zero Waste efforts reduced its supermarket food waste footprint (the overall food waste it produced) by 9% in 2018, as outlined in its 2019 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report.

Feeding America, Chicago; Feeding Texas, Austin, Texas; and the Collaborative for Fresh Produce, Richardson, Texas, partnered to address hunger and food waste in the Southwest and develop a regional model that can be scaled nationally.

Imperfect Produce, San Francisco, announced plans to open a new market warehouse in Moonachie, N.J.

Products from the food waste market will observe a CAGR of 5% by 2029, according to research presented by Future Market Insights, Valley Cottage, N.Y.

Supermarkets of the near-future will have their business models radically re-shaped by innovations in-store, online and in the food industry supply chain.

Cultivian Sandbox Ventures, Chicago, announced the closing of its third venture capital fund, Cultivian Sandbox Food & Agriculture Fund III.

Food waste and packaging is a concern to a growing and more vocal core of consumers who are increasingly worried about the food industry’s impact on the environment, according to new research from The Center for Food Integrity (CFI), Kansas City, Mo.

Solutions like vacuum skin packaging help answer food waste issues with packaging innovations that extend food freshness.

Global RIFF (Revolution in Food Fund), San Francisco, is a new breed of FoodTech venture capital fund looking to transform an unsustainable and unhealthy food system.