From farm to fork, via app: How tech is tackling food waste


A customer receives a bag of food through the Too Good to Go app in Los Angeles. ‎— Too Good to Go/Handout via Thomson Reuters Foundation

WASHINGTON: Since Susan Teaford began searching out cheap food – chasing discounts as end-dates near – the US retiree has slashed her grocery bills and made a virtue out of bargain hunting.

Now when Teaford needs groceries, she simply checks the Flashfood app, which lists all manner of goods nearing their expiration date at her local store in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Arlington.

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