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Smarter shelf strategy can boost retail profits and cut food waste by more than 20%, study finds
- February 25, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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Grocery retailers may not need new technology—or behavior change from shoppers—to meaningfully reduce food waste. New research in the journal Management Science finds that small operational decisions already under a retailer's control, including how perishable items are displayed and when (and how much) they're discounted, can increase profits while reducing spoilage.
Originally published at Phys.org