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A recent article<\/a> from Forbes highlights how food loss and waste is treated as a tax deduction for grocery stores because the waste cuts into their profits. Meanwhile, whatever inefficiencies plague the system end up being paid for by shoppers, according to James McCann, the former CEO of grocery chains Tesco, Carrefour and Ahold USA. He says: \u201cIt\u2019s billed into the price the consumer pays.\u201d That\u2019s a bad deal for consumers.<\/p>\n

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Each year, more than $400 billion worth of food is wasted in America. Meanwhile, according to food waste group ReFED, 2021 saw the highest investment in food waste \u201csolutions\u201d since the group started tracking the data, with more than $2 billion dollars invested \u2013 less than 1% of the annual cost of food waste. 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