Bananas are one of retail's best sellers. They are also one of its biggest waste lines.
In this episode of Sell More Lose Less, Colin Peacock talks to food waste expert Richard Thalemann about why so many bananas are thrown away, and what retailers can do about it.
They unpack a recent ECR meeting and a visit to a ripening factory in Dublin: why 36% of banana waste comes down to fruit that is too yellow, how ripening upstream sets shelf life in store, and a simple box-packing \"magic trick\" that prevents damage but almost nobody uses. They also look at banana hammocks, the behavioural psychology of which bananas shoppers pick, and how single-price bananas may be creating more waste, not less.
The takeaway: cutting banana waste means joining up handling, merchandising, pricing and new uses for imperfect fruit.
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