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CTO of Yume Food here (https://yumefood.com.au https://yumefood.com.au), a startup in Melbourne, Australia working to divert perfectly good surplus food from go
by paulgrimes1 7y ago
CTO of Yume Food here (https://yumefood.com.au https://yumefood.com.au), a startup in Melbourne, Australia working to divert perfectly good surplus food from going to landfill.
Our team identifies at-risk stock (packaging issues / overproduction / close to code) and uses an ML-based engine to match the produce with suitable buyers, and offers up to 80% discounts; stock is saved, buyers get discounts, no ecological issues, everyone wins.
About to hit 1MM kilos of saved surplus stock, gaining some good buy-in from big name food producers, which is really promising.
- ryanmercer 7y ago>About to hit 1MM kilos of saved surplus stock, That's impressive! You've got a good market there given the basically decades-long drought too, I imagine the impact is far greater there than it would be in many other countries.
- paulgrimes1 7y agoThanks! We’re only scratching the surface so far, and are regularly frustrated by things outside of our control (logistics, politics, the food industry at large being very behind in grasping new tech), but the team at Yume are doing a stellar job of getting their mission in front of as many eyes as possible to highlight and solve the problem.