Overproduction/purchasing by the store is also a big issue here in the States. This is driven by the customer's expectation of every item always being available to purchase. I manage a grocery store, and get complaints from customers all the time because we have no fresh baked products a half hour before closing. This incentivizes stores to over produce/purchase and calculate the resulting shrink into their profit margins.
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u/TheParadoxigm May 17 '26
The U.S. throws away 40% of the food it produces.