The causes of food waste in the supplier-retailer interface: Evidences from the UK and Spain

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 648-658

  Mena, Carlos ^a   Adenso Diaz, B ^b   Yurt, Oznur ^c  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c IZMIR UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Food; Root cause analysis; Supply chain; Waste

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL MAPS; DIRECT IMPACT; FOOD; FOOD MANUFACTURING; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD WASTE; GOOD PRACTICES; GOVERNMENT EFFORTS; LEARNING OPPORTUNITY; PUBLIC AWARENESS; ROOT CAUSE; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SUPPLY; RESEARCH; SALES; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS; TAXATION;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD SECURITY; LANDFILL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD WASTE; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERVIEW; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL MARKETING; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE;

SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79956197405     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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