Earlier this year, for many Canadians, groceries went from a weekly regimen to a gladiator sport. In a hurry to make an inventory of groceries at the beginning of the pandemic, some consumers over-bought or piled up, panicked by the possible disruption of the chain of origin. As sales moved online for many, changes in the family’s food buying behavior have replaced only the way we eat food, but also the effects of our buying behavior on the amount we waste.
In recent years, food waste has been a major fear for the food industry, as climate replacement and herbal errors have put increasing pressure on global resources. the COVID-19 pandemic has replaced purchasing and spending behavior for the foreseeable future.
According to a customer survey conducted through the Mustel Group for the National Zero Waste Council and Love Food Hate Waste Canada, 61% of Canadians buy more food than usual, and of those households, 40% say they buy “a fair amount” or “substantially” more. According to the report, 63% of the maximum commonly discarded foodstuffs are vegetables (68%) fruits (56%), followed by leftovers (28%), breaded products (23%), meat/fish (21%) dairy products (12%). percent)
At the recent terroir symposium, online this year, Sylvain Charlebois, professor and director of Dalhousie University’s agro-food studies laboratory, spoke from the lab that surveyed Canadians across the country about family spending, specific to COVID-19 behavior and food.
This market is: the lab expects online food sales to triple this year due to the pandemic, reaching between Can$7 million and C$8 billion.
Charlebois explained how 14% of Canadians threw food during a pandemic, believing that food was infected with COVID-19 due to perceived threat, an express challenge for retailers, grocery retailers, and companies across the chain of origin that face these considerations of Touch and the construction of packaging and protective measures needed to build customer confidence. This replacement has led to an increase in plastic packaging for food protection, says Charlebois, which has a lasting environmental effect on the arrival of these non-biodegradable fabrics. landfills.
However, Canadians are adopting safe favourable behavior due to substitution in circumstances. The National Zero Waste Council/Love Food Hate Waste Canada survey suggests that Canadians put food economy methods into effect at home, and only 14% of respondents said they throw away more food (when reporting virtuous behavior, however, there are disorders with the accuracy of beliefs).
Those who follow food trends, or who have tried to buy yeast at any time in the more than six months, would be aware of the growing popularity of pastries. In fact, Charlebois says retail bread has fallen more than 5% due to differences in demand.
“This allows consumers to take their own chain of sources,” he says.
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