{"id":1265,"date":"2015-08-18T12:11:36","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T10:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/testhomepage.foodloop.net\/?page_id=1265"},"modified":"2015-11-13T13:39:04","modified_gmt":"2015-11-13T12:39:04","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.foodloop.net\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row min_height=&#8221;0&#8243; center_row=&#8221;&#8221; full_mobile_row=&#8221;&#8221; default_bg=&#8221;&#8221; default_skin_bg=&#8221;&#8221; default_border=&#8221;&#8221; shadow=&#8221;&#8221; typography=&#8221;dark&#8221; bg_size=&#8221;full&#8221; bg_position=&#8221;top&#8221; bg_size_standard=&#8221;cover&#8221; bg_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; yt_video_controls=&#8221;&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; border_width=&#8221;0px 0px 0px 0px&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;20&#8243; padding_left=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_right=&#8221;0&#8243; margin_top=&#8221;0&#8243; margin_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; anim_type=&#8221;wt_animate_if_visible&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; shadow=&#8221;&#8221; typography=&#8221;dark&#8221; bg_size=&#8221;full&#8221; bg_position=&#8221;top&#8221; bg_size_standard=&#8221;cover&#8221; bg_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; border_width=&#8221;0px 0px 0px 0px&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_left=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_right=&#8221;0&#8243; margin_top=&#8221;0&#8243; margin_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; anim_type=&#8221;wt_animate_if_visible&#8221;][wt_section_headings anim_type=&#8221;wt_animate_if_visible&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>What&#8217;s behind FoodLoop?<\/h4>\n<p>FoodLoop developed an application in the form of a networked software solution for the food retail industry and the consumer. The tool consists of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) extension on the one side, and consumer-based applications on the other. Close-dated foodstuffs with a short remaining shelf-life are in the focus of interest. They shall be marketed beyond the store, and contrary to the usual practice, not end up up in the bin.<\/p>\n<p>Keywords:<strong> food waste!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The food retail stores are now able to sell food products with a short remaining shelf-life as discount offers and to mark them automated in their ERP system. Subsequently, these offers are communicated to the consumer in real time via the FoodLoop App in its personalized profile. By means of this innovation, food waste is reduced in food retail, product and batch management is optimized, and consumers are promptly and individually informed about price offers.[\/wt_section_headings][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; separator=&#8221;Background Extended Settings&#8221; style=&#8221;&#8221; shadow=&#8221;&#8221; typography=&#8221;dark&#8221; bg_type=&#8221;&#8221; bck_image=&#8221;&#8221; bg_size=&#8221;full&#8221; bg_position=&#8221;top&#8221; bg_size_standard=&#8221;cover&#8221; bg_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; border_color=&#8221;&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; border_width=&#8221;0px 0px 0px 0px&#8221; separator_2=&#8221;Paddings and Margins&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_left=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_right=&#8221;0&#8243; margin_top=&#8221;0&#8243; margin_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; separator_3=&#8221;Animations&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; anim_type=&#8221;wt_animate_if_visible&#8221; el_file=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row min_height=&#8221;0&#8243; center_row=&#8221;&#8221; full_mobile_row=&#8221;&#8221; default_bg=&#8221;&#8221; default_skin_bg=&#8221;&#8221; default_border=&#8221;&#8221; shadow=&#8221;&#8221; typography=&#8221;dark&#8221; bg_size=&#8221;full&#8221; bg_position=&#8221;top&#8221; bg_size_standard=&#8221;cover&#8221; bg_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; yt_video_controls=&#8221;&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; border_width=&#8221;0px 0px 0px 0px&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;20&#8243; padding_left=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_right=&#8221;0&#8243; margin_top=&#8221;0&#8243; margin_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; anim_type=&#8221;wt_animate_if_visible&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; separator=&#8221;Background Extended Settings&#8221; style=&#8221;&#8221; shadow=&#8221;&#8221; typography=&#8221;dark&#8221; bg_type=&#8221;&#8221; bck_image=&#8221;&#8221; bg_size=&#8221;full&#8221; bg_position=&#8221;top&#8221; bg_size_standard=&#8221;cover&#8221; bg_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; border_color=&#8221;&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; border_width=&#8221;0px 0px 0px 0px&#8221; separator_2=&#8221;Paddings and Margins&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_left=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_right=&#8221;0&#8243; margin_top=&#8221;0&#8243; margin_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; separator_3=&#8221;Animations&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; anim_type=&#8221;wt_animate_if_visible&#8221; el_file=&#8221;&#8221;][wt_section_headings anim_type=&#8221;wt_animate_if_visible&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1439898539561{padding-bottom: -10px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>How can I imagine the FoodLoop app in practice?<\/h4>\n<p>A food retail employee can read in appropriate foodstuffs via the barcode (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gs1.org\/barcodes\/databar\" target=\"_blank\">GS1\u00a0DataBar<\/a><sup>TM<\/sup>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gs1.org\/barcodes\/technical\/idkeys\/gtin\" target=\"_blank\">GTIN<\/a>)\u00a0with the application on a mobile device, which is coupled with the ERP system, and then provide the system with a discount. The foodstuff is also marked with a FoodLoop-sticker. Information such as type of food and discount amount will be displayed within seconds on the consumer\u00b4s smartphone, tablet or PC via free FoodLoopApp.[\/wt_section_headings][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=&#8221;&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1298&#8243; border_color=&#8221;grey&#8221; img_link_large=&#8221;&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=&#8221;&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1299&#8243; border_color=&#8221;grey&#8221; img_link_large=&#8221;&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][wt_section_headings anim_type=&#8221;wt_animate_if_visible&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1439898826554{padding-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>The app provides important food information to the consumer. Additionally, the app allows users to set personal preferences regarding food selection, point of purchase and providers can be adjusted and as well as push notifications. The availability of food is made easily understood by the use of traffic light signals. Once the consumer buys one discounted product , it is automatically entered into the ERP system by POS-scan and the product availability is updated in the app . In addition, FoodLoop has introduced the innovative GS1 DataBar<sup>TM<\/sup> on fresh and chilled products in the form of mobile printable stickers in cooperation with GS1<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>. This DataBar provides more information on product features such as best-before-date or use-by date, net weight and packaging.<\/p>\n<p>[\/wt_section_headings][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; separator=&#8221;Background Extended Settings&#8221; style=&#8221;&#8221; shadow=&#8221;&#8221; typography=&#8221;dark&#8221; bg_type=&#8221;&#8221; bck_image=&#8221;&#8221; bg_size=&#8221;full&#8221; bg_position=&#8221;top&#8221; bg_size_standard=&#8221;cover&#8221; bg_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; border_color=&#8221;&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; border_width=&#8221;0px 0px 0px 0px&#8221; separator_2=&#8221;Paddings and Margins&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_left=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_right=&#8221;0&#8243; margin_top=&#8221;0&#8243; margin_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; separator_3=&#8221;Animations&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; anim_type=&#8221;wt_animate_if_visible&#8221; el_file=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; 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css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; anim_type=&#8221;wt_animate_if_visible&#8221; el_file=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; separator=&#8221;Background Extended Settings&#8221; style=&#8221;&#8221; shadow=&#8221;&#8221; typography=&#8221;dark&#8221; bg_type=&#8221;&#8221; bck_image=&#8221;&#8221; bg_size=&#8221;full&#8221; bg_position=&#8221;top&#8221; bg_size_standard=&#8221;cover&#8221; bg_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; border_color=&#8221;&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; border_width=&#8221;0px 0px 0px 0px&#8221; separator_2=&#8221;Paddings and Margins&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_left=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_right=&#8221;0&#8243; margin_top=&#8221;0&#8243; margin_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; separator_3=&#8221;Animations&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; anim_type=&#8221;wt_animate_if_visible&#8221; el_file=&#8221;&#8221;][wt_section_headings anim_type=&#8221;wt_animate_if_visible&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Who benefits from this innovation?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>FoodLoop offers a unique solution and service to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>avoid food waste, to reduce the CO2 footprint and to include the consumer actively and sustainably<sup>1<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>offer affordable high-quality and fresh food products with a short remaining shelf life<sup>2<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>create consistently positive customer experiences and appreciation for food1<\/li>\n<li>draft marketing campaigns based on customer preferences and buying patterns on an innovative surface<\/li>\n<li>communicate corporate sustainability (corporate sustainability reporting)<sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0and practice (corporate social sustainability)<\/li>\n<li>improve the environmental performance in food retail4<\/li>\n<li>optimize the sustainable supply chain management, within optimizing scheduling systems and commodity flows<\/li>\n<li>make food products more transparent and traceable<\/li>\n<li>renew freshness and product policy<\/li>\n<li>reduce costs<\/li>\n<li>design working time effectively<\/li>\n<li>increase sales<\/li>\n<li>embed digital and physical worlds innovatively<sup>1<\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In short, a holistic resource-saving solution for the environment, the consumer and the food retail sector in terms of sustainable development and economy.[\/wt_section_headings][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; 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style=&#8221;&#8221; shadow=&#8221;&#8221; typography=&#8221;dark&#8221; bg_type=&#8221;&#8221; bck_image=&#8221;&#8221; bg_size=&#8221;full&#8221; bg_position=&#8221;top&#8221; bg_size_standard=&#8221;cover&#8221; bg_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; border_color=&#8221;&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; border_width=&#8221;0px 0px 0px 0px&#8221; separator_2=&#8221;Paddings and Margins&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_left=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_right=&#8221;0&#8243; margin_top=&#8221;0&#8243; margin_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; separator_3=&#8221;Animations&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; anim_type=&#8221;wt_animate_if_visible&#8221; el_file=&#8221;&#8221;][wt_section_headings anim_type=&#8221;wt_animate_if_visible&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4><strong>What circumstances brought FoodLoop to develop this idea?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>As downstream components, the food retail industry and the consumer are at the end of the food supply chain. Foodstuffs require a lot of resources during their production along this chain. Slightly more than a third of all produced foodstuffs are wasted. In high-income countries, the food retail and consumers are wasting most. During his private research Christoph M\u00fcller-Dechent found that many foodstuffs in food retail have already been sorted out several days before the expiry of best-before-date or use-by-date and ended up in the dumpster. The reasons were discussed in many conversations with those responsible in food retail: inefficient product and batch management and an internal freshness and quality policy were very frequently mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>The following facts exemplify the full extent to the situation:<\/p>\n<p>222 million tons of foodstuffs are wasted in high-income countries in wholesale\/food retail and by consumers.<sup>5<\/sup><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>in food retail in GER: 550 000 tons of food worth about 1.3 billion Euros (according to the EHI Retail Institute 310 000 tonnes)<sup>6,7<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>in 27 EU-countries: approx. 4.4 million tons of foodstuffs in food retail <sup>2<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>in USA in the food retail approx. 1.7 million tons foodstuffs<sup>8<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>worldwide: 1.3 billion tons of produced food along the entire food chain, giving it a market price of $845 billion US<sup>9,10<\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even more serious is the environmental burden of food waste, with effects on<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>climate<\/li>\n<li>water and land resources<\/li>\n<li>biodiversity<\/li>\n<li>society<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wasting natural resources indirectly costs $1.6 trillion US!<\/p>\n<p>All in all, food waste globally costs us $2.46 trillion US, which is approx. the GDP of the UK (2013) or 3% of global GDP (2013).<sup>10,11,12<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Many people in the industry concerned, were very unhappy about having to throw away edible food, although sales offers already for foodstuffs with a short remaining shelf-life are already taking place. In a seminar at the University of Cologne, Christoph then developed the first idea of an app for consumers providing realtime discount informations of food retail. In this way the very short-term and limited discounts would be communicated efficiently in a smart manner. The idea to pair the ERP system on a platform with the consumer app was then added. 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Kummu, M., de Moel, H., Porkka, M., Siebert, S., Varis, O., &amp; Ward, P. J. (2012). Lost food, wasted resources: global food supply chain losses and their impacts on freshwater, cropland, and fertiliser use. <em>The Science of the Total Environment<\/em>, <em>438<\/em>, 477\u201389. doi:10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2012.08.092<\/p>\n<p>12. The World Bank. (2014). GDP (current US$) \u2013 DataTable. 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