Or aligning capitalism with society, so a grocery store who buys meat cheaper in order to sell it at a higher price than most of the the market is willing to pa

Or aligning capitalism with society, so a grocery store who buys meat cheaper in order to sell it at a higher price than most of the the market is willing to pay get penalized via including externalized costs of them having to throw it out instead of sell it; just one possible option out of many that would improve the system and reduce waste near to zero.