Food loss rates at the food retail, influencing factors and reasons as a basis for waste prevention measures

Waste Management

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1911-1919

  Lebersorger, S ^a   Schneider, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Donations; Food loss rates; Food waste; Reasons; Retail; Waste prevention

Indexed keywords

DAIRIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; FOOD WASTE; FRUITS; LOSS PREVENTION; SALES; VEGETABLES;

DONATIONS; FOOD LOSS; REASONS; RETAIL; WASTE PREVENTION;

BAKERIES;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; FOOD; RETAILING; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIAL WORK; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BREAD; DAIRY PRODUCT; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD LOSS; FOOD RETAIL; FOOD SPOILAGE; FOOD WASTE; FORCED EXPIRATION; FRUIT; SOCIAL WORK; VEGETABLE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; HUMAN; PROCEDURES;

AUSTRIA;

AUSTRIA; COMMERCE; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84907711295     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.06.013     Document Type: Article

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