Economic benefits from food recovery at the retail stage: An application to Italian food chains

Waste Management

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1306-1316

  Giuseppe, Aiello ^a   Mario, Enea ^a   Cinzia, Muriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Food donation; Food losses recovery; Supply chain optimization; Waste management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMMERCE; COSTS; FOOD SUPPLY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROFITABILITY; SALES; SUPPLY CHAINS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; CHAINS; FOOD PRODUCTS; RECOVERY; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

ECONOMIC BENEFITS; FOOD LOSS; MANAGEMENT COSTS; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; NUTRITIONAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; RECOVERY STRATEGIES; SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION;

RECOVERY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; RECOVERY; RETAILING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOOD AID; FOOD SUPPLY; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD RECOVERY; ITALY; LANDFILL; LIVESTOCK; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; CATERING SERVICE; ECONOMICS; PROCEDURES; RECYCLING; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; COST CONTROL; FOOD DONATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD RETAIL; FOOD STORAGE; FOOD WASTE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LIVESTOCK MARKET; MARKET; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PROFIT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; TAX RELIEF;

ITALY;

FOOD SUPPLY; ITALY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84902001057     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.02.018     Document Type: Article

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