Supermarkets buy inventory to sell to consumers, but some of those products never end up in their hands, and instead become food waste. The USDA forecasts that grocers lose a whopping $15 billion each year in unsold fruits and vegetables. And one report notes that “without accounting...
On average, each human being consumes 75 pounds of meat per year. But, like most averages, that number can be somewhat deceiving. Americans and Australians, the world’s biggest meat consumers, eat closer to 220 pounds of meat per year, or about 50 chickens or an...
March 04, 2020
Consumers’ appetites for plant-based food is apparently surging, as the market for those products hit a new high of $5 billion last year. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. […]
