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Green meals: The apps aiming to cut food waste
"We handmake all our products and over the years we have been able to judge how much we need to make," said Philippa Van Welie, head of marketing at KC Peaches, which operates four cafes in Dublin city, as well as a sizable catering operation.
"But because it is fresh every day, of course we have food waste – and that never sat well with us."
It's a problem that businesses across the entire food industry face.
According to a recent report by the Environmental Protection Agency, 203,000 tonnes of food was dumped by restaurants and foodservice firms in 2019.
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2022/0130/1276660-food-waste-apps/