While people's consciences are gradually beginning to awaken, the food waste Food waste is still a problem that needs to be tackled head on. In Europe, some 89 million tonnes of food are lost and thrown away every year. It's a fact, Regioneo and more generally the SISTERS project are born.
The aim is to provide an innovative solution at every stage in the fruit and vegetable production chain. Every day, growers are forced to throw away some of the produce they have worked so hard to produce for weeks on end. It is therefore essential to find solutions to limit these losses, and here are just a few of them.
Buying ugly fruit and vegetables
Distributors and consumers alike have very specific requirements when it comes to fruit and vegetables. They must be graded, smooth, have a particular colour, etc. In short, they must be perfect. In short, they have to be perfect.
And although today's growers are finding ways of producing fruit and vegetables that meet these criteria, nature sometimes decides otherwise. Sometimes some of the produce is not considered «saleable». Fortunately, there are a number of ways of selling these products fruit and vegetablesugly vegetables.
Selling these fruits and vegetables to industry
Here's a win-win solution that is winning over a number of producers: selling to food industries for the manufacture of processed products. Apples that do not correspond to the sizes required by distributors are then sold to make compote, for example. Tomato sauces or, more simply, tinned peeled tomatoes bought in supermarkets are often made from tomatoes that are too small, too large or too ripe.
This solution allows growers to sell large volumes of fruit and vegetables, and enables manufacturers to buy good quality produce at reduced prices.
Baskets of ugly fruit and vegetables
They've been all the rage for a few years now. Baskets of «ugly» fruit and vegetables are becoming increasingly easy to find. Some greengrocers offer them to their customers, as do growers, who also see this initiative as an opportunity.
For producers and distributors, the advantages are very clear: selling products that are very difficult to sell and therefore limiting losses.
For consumers, this means they can buy fresh, good-quality fruit and vegetables at reduced prices.
Favouring small producers and short distribution channels
Why does choosing fruit and vegetables from small-scale producers help to reduce food waste? Quite simply because a farm on a human scale has control over its production and can more easily limit surpluses that will be difficult to sell and therefore potentially wasted.
Small producers also have to find solutions that limit the number of intermediaries between them and the final consumer, so they are often more inclined to sell their products. direct sales of fruit and vegetables. As well as limiting the environmental impact of transport and packaging, selling fruit and vegetables direct from the grower often means good deals for consumers. It also enables growers to manage their stocks and prioritise the sale of fruit and vegetables that are beginning to show signs of shortage, by offering anti-gaspi baskets for example.
Regioneo: the all-in-one solution for producers
In the end, Regioneo appears to be a solution that ticks all the boxes for producers. In fact, our solution gives producers a website and a management application that will enable them to offer all kinds of baskets to their customers without the slightest difficulty.
In practical terms, Regioneo enables growers to develop their direct sales network, promoting fruit and vegetables that they might not have been able to sell through traditional channels.
When a producer puts his baskets online on his website, consumers can reserve their fruit and vegetables and come to pick them up.cupérer sur l’The farm or any other withdrawal area decided and available by the producer..
Regioneo makes it possible to producers to diversify their sales channels and limit food waste and gives consumers access to fresh fruit and vegetables, at the best prices and with a reduced ecological impact.
So if you're looking for a solution to sell online and limit the waste generated by your business, contact us today!
