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Study finds meal kits are better for the environment than grocery shopping
- dieselgate 4y agoIm not familiar with the business implementation of services like Blue Apron but seem to recall they’re not doing super well right now and may go bust? Curious what factors are in play for that. Ive often thought “food bars” are a very efficient way of preparing/serving food but that’s slightly different
- verdverm 4y ago> Differences in emissions for each meal are influenced by two key factors: the overall quantities of food waste and packaging, and the supply chain structure. Generally speaking, meal kits contain larger amounts of packaging but less food due to pre-portioning. Meanwhile, grocery meals have less packaging per meal but larger quantities of food must be purchased, leading to higher household food waste. The two meals also exhibit inherent differences in supply chain structure, particularly with ... Their main premise is that food waste dominates the packaging contribution.