Retail consumers

Identity market participants (maniitacturers, retailers, consumers) and stakeholders (such as consumer advocacy groups, trade organizations, and government). 

In the USA alone, more than 91 billion pounds of edible food (27% of what is produced for consumption) are lost each year by the retail, consumer, and food service industries, almost all of which is unrecoverable [1]. Composting is one recovery path however, it is time-eonsuming, location-dependent, and subject to contamination. At Purdue University, food waste from eafeteria trays is discarded separately from other trash and accounts for approximately 150 tons of food waste from residence halls and the Union. This does not inelude the waste from food prep. It is estimated that 340 tons per year of food waste is thrown in dumpsters or trash bins on Purdue campus (J. Zarate, West Lafayette, IN, 2006, personal eommunication). 

As pharmaceutical cost containment strategies touch upon the interests of many groups (industry, wholesalers, retailers, consumers, doctors, etc.), reactions sometimes amounting to forceful opposition are to be expected when such policies are proposed or implemented. Sometimes these reactions are based on misunderstandings which need to be countered with sound information. Fears as to the failure or possible adverse effects of a cost containment programme can for example often be allayed if it can be shown that similar measures have been successfully implemented, without doing harm, earlier in another country in a situation similar to one s own. 

Anderson Windows has supplied point-of-sale kiosks to its retailers. Consumer and retailers design the windows, get order quotes, and place orders at the same time. The system shows customers what they have designed and links the retailers to the supply chain and distributors. 

Consumer-driven value networks. The combination of retail, consumer manufacturers, logistics providers, and chemical suppliers to provide products for sale in retail channels. 

Truck —Silo - -Processing —Packaging —Distribution centre 1 —Distribution centre 2 —Retail —Consumer... 

The second initiative to satisfy the consumer is based on what is known as efficient consumer response (ECR). This aims to provide the retail consumer with the best quality service through collaborative supply chain operations. It relies on both the retailer s (viz. Sainsbury s) and the supplier s (e.g. Unilever) supply chain. Thus, the sharing of information between the systems of different partners within that chain is essential. ECR has been a philosophy put into practice within the retail market in Europe since the mid-1990s and Sainsbury s has embraced it. ECR... 

Yield grades indicate the quantity of meat—the amount of retail, consumer-ready, ready-to-cook, or edible meat that a carcass contains. Yield grade is not to be confused with dressing percent. Dressing percent refers to the amount of carcass from a live animal, whereas yield grade refers to the amount of edible product from the carcass. 

Product stewardship recognizes that product manufacturers must take on new responsibilities to reduce the environmental footprint of their products. However, real change cannot always be achieved by producers acting alone retailers, consumers, and the existing waste management infrastructure need to help to provide the most workable and cost-effective solutions. Solutions and roles will vary from one product system to another. 

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