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Top 10 Grocery Store Waste Management startups
Updated: February 08, 2024 | 30 |
These startups employ solutions such as smart inventory management systems to minimize overstocking and waste, composting and food donation programs to divert edible food from landfills, and efficient recycling initiatives for packaging materials, thereby promoting sustainable practices, reducing food waste, and minimizing the environmental impact of grocery store operations.
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Country: China | Funding: $877.6M
Aihuishou is a bidding-based C2B platform for recycling and selling second-hand electronic items such as mobile phones.
Aihuishou is a bidding-based C2B platform for recycling and selling second-hand electronic items such as mobile phones.
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Country: Sweden | Funding: $142.2M
Matsmart is an online food retailer, which works on the mission to reduce food waste. By providing an alternative route to market for surplus food, the company aims to revolutionise and challenge the perception and consumption of food.
Matsmart is an online food retailer, which works on the mission to reduce food waste. By providing an alternative route to market for surplus food, the company aims to revolutionise and challenge the perception and consumption of food.
3
Country: USA | Funding: $58.2M
Shelf Engine is a provider of an automated prediction engine that recommends what to order everyday. The company uses machine learning in order to help grocery stores dial in their orders to minimize waste and maximize profits.
Shelf Engine is a provider of an automated prediction engine that recommends what to order everyday. The company uses machine learning in order to help grocery stores dial in their orders to minimize waste and maximize profits.
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Country: Finland | Funding: $55.4M
Enevo is a forward-thinking company with a vision to transform the financial, environmental and social impact of waste. Thanks to Enevo’s sensor and analytic software, you only pay for the pick-ups you need and that reduces your costs.
Enevo is a forward-thinking company with a vision to transform the financial, environmental and social impact of waste. Thanks to Enevo’s sensor and analytic software, you only pay for the pick-ups you need and that reduces your costs.
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Country: UK | Funding: $45.7M
Too Good To Go is an app for fighting food waste. They fight food waste by helping food stores sell their surplus food instead of throwing it away. Their mission is to reduce food waste worlwide, and their vision is to create a world where food produced is food consumed.
Too Good To Go is an app for fighting food waste. They fight food waste by helping food stores sell their surplus food instead of throwing it away. Their mission is to reduce food waste worlwide, and their vision is to create a world where food produced is food consumed.
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Country: USA | Funding: $39M
FoodMaven is a B2B marketplace that helps restaurants and food service compare products and find deals on their ingredients.
FoodMaven is a B2B marketplace that helps restaurants and food service compare products and find deals on their ingredients.
7
Country: Israel | Funding: $28M
Evigence Sensors provide brands, retailers and consumers a new way to monitor the shelf life of perishable products in real time to reduce food waste by managing freshness.
Evigence Sensors provide brands, retailers and consumers a new way to monitor the shelf life of perishable products in real time to reduce food waste by managing freshness.
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Country: Sweden | Funding: $20.2M
Karma is a food waste management app connects surplus food from cafes, restaurants, and grocery stores to consumers at a low price.
Karma is a food waste management app connects surplus food from cafes, restaurants, and grocery stores to consumers at a low price.
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Country: USA | Funding: $16.2M
Spoiler Alert is a technology company that helps food businesses, farms and nonprofits better manage unsold food inventory. Spoiler Alert enables operators of food distribution and fulfillment centers to mitigate the impacts of unsold inventory and recover value from these under-utilized assets.
Spoiler Alert is a technology company that helps food businesses, farms and nonprofits better manage unsold food inventory. Spoiler Alert enables operators of food distribution and fulfillment centers to mitigate the impacts of unsold inventory and recover value from these under-utilized assets.
10
Country: USA | Funding: $12.3M
Goodr is a sustainable surplus food management platform that leverages technology to reduce food waste and combat hunger.
Goodr is a sustainable surplus food management platform that leverages technology to reduce food waste and combat hunger.
11
Country: Australia
Closed Loop are leaders in sustainability and landfill diversion. We are committed to building a circular economy by turning waste back into products that re-enter the local supply chain…eliminating future waste.
Closed Loop are leaders in sustainability and landfill diversion. We are committed to building a circular economy by turning waste back into products that re-enter the local supply chain…eliminating future waste.
12
Country: Israel | Funding: $6.6M
Wasteless provides machine learning and realtime tracking solution for grocery stores. It develop a “dynamic pricing” technology that will make sure everything gets sold.
Wasteless provides machine learning and realtime tracking solution for grocery stores. It develop a “dynamic pricing” technology that will make sure everything gets sold.
13
Country: Czech Republic | Funding: €5.4M
MIWA develops technology that allows food distributors and consumers to buy and sell without using packaging.
MIWA develops technology that allows food distributors and consumers to buy and sell without using packaging.
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Country: USA | Funding: $4.7M
Copia is the next-generation technology platform for food waste management. Copia’s technology allows businesses to safely donate their excess food, access enhanced tax deductions, and receive powerful data to inform food purchasing decisions.
Copia is the next-generation technology platform for food waste management. Copia’s technology allows businesses to safely donate their excess food, access enhanced tax deductions, and receive powerful data to inform food purchasing decisions.
15
Country: UK | Funding: £2.1M
SEaB Energy is an international specialist, UK based company, working in the renewable energy and energy from waste sectors. SEaB Energy has developed a compact easy to install turnkey Anaerobic Digestion (AD) systems in shipping container.
SEaB Energy is an international specialist, UK based company, working in the renewable energy and energy from waste sectors. SEaB Energy has developed a compact easy to install turnkey Anaerobic Digestion (AD) systems in shipping container.
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Country: Ireland | Funding: €610K
FoodCloud is a social enterprise that connects businesses with surplus food to local charities and community groups in Ireland.
FoodCloud is a social enterprise that connects businesses with surplus food to local charities and community groups in Ireland.
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Country: UK | Funding: £750K
Globechain helps businesses reduce waste by providing a reuse marketplace for listing unneeded items. All items are free for collection by charities, SMEs and individuals.
Globechain helps businesses reduce waste by providing a reuse marketplace for listing unneeded items. All items are free for collection by charities, SMEs and individuals.
18
Country: USA | Funding: $25K
PeriDeals, the challenge winner, is a free app that connects students with local markdown deals on perishable foods. The startup also helps grocery stores save food and minimize the cost of inventory shrink, tackling both food insecurity and waste issues.
PeriDeals, the challenge winner, is a free app that connects students with local markdown deals on perishable foods. The startup also helps grocery stores save food and minimize the cost of inventory shrink, tackling both food insecurity and waste issues.
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Country: New Zealand
R3pack is a packaging company which provides compostable and recycled courier options.
R3pack is a packaging company which provides compostable and recycled courier options.
