Activities for counteracting wasting food by supermarket chains in the context of sustainable development

• Autorzy: Żukiewicz Konrad , Słowik Tomasz , Dudziak Agnieszka , Łusiak Patrycja , Mazur Jacek

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.2478/agriceng-2024-0013

Warianty tytułu

PL

Działania zapobiegające marnowaniu żywności przez sieci supermarketów w kontekście zrównoważonego rozwoju

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The problem of food wastage, particularly in the recent period, has been broadly discussed worldwide with regard to various stages of the food supply chain. One of such stages is food distribution to consumers by supermarket chains. The study presents results of activities undertaken by supermarket chain administrators for the purpose of food wastage reduction. One of the basic measures is price reduction aimed at possibly fast sale of products. Such activities can cause an even 8-fold increase in sales in the case of price reduction by half. Other positive activities include donating food to charity organisations or food banks. This study addresses the mutual correlation between the sales of various products, and the effect of the percent of discounts on the sale of products for different product groups in the offer of the supermarket chain, as well as the dependency of the trade volume and the amount of food donated to public purpose organisations. The research was conducted in the period of 4 years of operation (2020-2023) of a Polish chain of grocery supermarkets.

PL

Problem marnowania żywności, szczególnie w ostatnim okresie, jest szeroko dyskutowany na świecie w odniesieniu do różnych etapów łańcucha dostaw żywności. Jednym z takich etapów jest dystrybucja żywności do konsumentów przez sieci supermarketów. W opracowaniu przedstawiono wyniki działań podejmowanych przez administratorów sieci supermarketów na rzecz ograniczania marnotrawstwa żywności. Jednym z podstawowych działań jest obniżanie cen w celu możliwie szybkiej sprzedaży produktów. Takie działania mogą spowodować nawet 8-krotny wzrost sprzedaży w przypadku obniżenia ceny o połowę. Inne pozytywne działania obejmują przekazywanie żywności organizacjom charytatywnym lub bankom żywności. Niniejsze badanie dotyczy wzajemnej korelacji pomiędzy sprzedażą różnych produktów, a wpływem procentu rabatów na sprzedaż produktów dla różnych grup produktowych w ofercie sieci supermarketów, a także zależności wielkości handlu i ilości żywności przekazywanej na rzecz organizacji pożytku publicznego. Badania przeprowadzono w okresie 4 lat działalności (2020-2023) polskiej sieci supermarketów spożywczych.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

food wastage; meat; fruit; vegetables; supermarket chains

PL

marnotrawstwo żywności; mięso; owoce; warzywa; sieci supermarketów

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Inżynierii Rolniczej
• Czasopismo: Agricultural Engineering
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: Vol. 28, No. 1
• Strony: 195--213
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 38 poz., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Żukiewicz Konrad

• Faculty of Production Engineering; Department of Power Engineering and Transportation, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1996-8233

autor

Słowik Tomasz

• Faculty of Production Engineering; Department of Power Engineering and Transportation, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9449-2234

autor

Dudziak Agnieszka

• Faculty of Production Engineering; Department of Power Engineering and Transportation, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4884-5403

autor

Łusiak Patrycja

• Faculty of Production Engineering; Department of Food Engineering and Machines, University of Life Sciences in Lublin

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5168-1318

autor

Mazur Jacek

• Faculty of Production Engineering; Department of Food Engineering and Machines, University of Life Sciences in Lublin

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3454-014X

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