In a Pickle: Tackling Food Waste to Prevent Perishing Profits
The global food system is at a breaking point, losing $1 trillion annually to waste while facing increasing regulatory pressure. In a Pickle 2026 is your strategic food waste reduction roadmap to navigate the complexity and unlock opportunity. This report outlines the key drivers, levers, and benefits of robust food waste management—helping you turn insight into action in your business.
- Why this matters to you:
- Operational efficiency: Identifying and reducing waste can streamline your supply chain.
- Cost savings: Less waste means lower disposal costs and better use of resources.
- Regulatory readiness: Anticipate future mandates by acting now.
The “pickle” facing the food industry is clear: how do we reduce food waste in line with global targets while feeding a growing population? This briefing provides an expert overview of the obstacles and opportunities ahead.
This report will guide you to:
- Optimise Collection of data in food waste to unlock critical insights and drive targeted reduction actions
- Enhance Collaboration across within and outside value chains to find solutions that are unlocking commercial value and reducing the impact of food waste
- Excel in Communication to drive systemic behaviour change across our food system and meet the SDG 12.3 to halve per capita food waste by 2030.
By downloading this guide, you’ll gain the latest food waste insights, access solutions, best practice case studies to help your organisation reduce food waste, increase circularity, deliver operational efficiency and cost savings, while building consumer trust and regulatory readiness.