ReFED, a multi-stakeholder, non-profit committed to reducing food waste, launched the Retail Food Waste Action Guide, which finds that food waste represents an $18.2 billion opportunity for grocery retailers.

Looking ahead, Mintel discusses the major trends set to influence the packaging sector worldwide in 2018, including implications for consumers, brands and manufacturers.

A survey sponsored by Plastics Make it Possible, an initiative sponsored through the American Chemistry Council, Washington, D.C., indicates that a majority of Americans (91%) say preventing food waste in their homes is "very important."

As Weis Markets expanded its customer base and footprint by more than 25% in 2016, the Sunbury, Pa.-based retailer also grew its sustainability efforts and continued to reduce its environmental footprint company-wide.

More than two-thirds of all food discarded in people’s homes in three major U.S. cities was potentially edible, and up to 68 million additional meals annually could potentially be donated to people in need in those cities, according to a pair of new reports released by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), New York, with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, also based in New York.

A new survey by YouGov, UK, on behalf of Kellogg Co., Battle Creek, Mich., revealed that there is a growing crisis in family nutrition across Europe.

Consumer foodservice is forecasted to reach $3 trillion by 2021, with delivery as the fastest growing channel at 51% from 2016-2021, according to data from Euromonitor International, Chicago.

The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI), McLean, Va., is joining the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), Arlington, Va., and Grocery Manufacturers Association’s (GMA), Washington, D.C., voluntary product code dating initiative.

The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, announced a national effort aimed at ending hunger in the communities Kroger calls home and eliminating waste company-wide by 2025.