Unsold PASTRY: What happens to it after closing?

Alberta Anti-Waste Initiative

According to Jiří Mareček, director of communications at Albert stores, it is waste by food in the chain minimized to just a percentage. “In 2022, we have reduced this share to 1.04%,” stated for Kupi.cz.

“Albert focuses on donating unsold baked goods to food banks and in the event that the bread is no longer suitable for human consumption, it provides it to animals farms and rescue stations. We also work with customers to reduce food surpluses. As part of an already very well established initiative Help us not waste we discount goods before expiration by 30%, in the case of unpackaged pastries before closing time by 50%. So the customer takes away not only cheaper food, but also a good feeling that they have prevented unnecessary losses and helped the environment, or will give meaning to the human work that was put into production.” Mareček adds.

Penny will offer breadcrumbs

Tomáš Kubík, Penny’s communications manager, emphasizes that their strategy consists in adapting the pastry menu during the day.

“No food that doesn’t sell, we don’t throw away. We manage the selection of baked goods throughout the day so that there is as little left over as possible. In order to avoid waste, customers just before closing time will not have as wide a selection as, for example, in the morning. We offer baked goods that are not sold, among other things within Uneaten packages. We will also start offering hard rolls on breadcrumbs.” says Kubík. In this way, Penny not only reduces waste, but also offers cost-effective options to customers.

Lidl gives discounts on pastries before closing time

Eliška Froschová Stehlíková, press spokesperson for Lidl, explains that Lidl is trying optimize baking the pastry so so that surpluses do not arise.

“When, after all, unpackaged baked goods remain in the store even after closing time, as part of our project We save on food with Lidl we will offer it to customers 70% off. Placed in the same rack as the familiar fruit and vegetable bags, the bags contain several pieces of the same type of unwrapped pastry and customers will be able to buy them until noon the following day. The same applies to unpackaged bread from the previous day. Pastries that no longer meet quality and freshness requirements are then passed on for further use to biogas stations“ Stehlíková reports.

Own production minimizes waste in Globus

Aneta Turnovská, press spokesperson for Globus, points out that own production enables the chain adapt production to current demand.

“In some cases, our system allows us to eliminate a large amount of goods that could succumb to expiration. Each of the Globus hypermarkets has own bakery, butcher and gastro production. By producing our own food from raw materials and being able to adapt production plans from day to day and hour to hour, we have minimal residues foods, which also applies to baked goods,” explains Turnovská.

Kaufland cooperates with food banks

Renata Maierl​​ from Kaufland’s corporate communications emphasizes the importance of cooperation with the Czech Federation of Food Banks. “Regularly.” we participate in food drives and we work together with local ZOO parks and hunting associationsto whom we donate goods that are not suitable for resale for a symbolic amount,” states Maierl.

The above strategies show how different retail chains approach the problem of bakery waste, each with their own, unique way of dealing with the problem. This effort not only helps protect the environmentbut also provides customers with options to engage in the fight against waste foods.

Source: Kupi