That's an interesting point. How would you take advantage of this? I think the main reason why people buy more food than they need is because the demand is so

That's an interesting point. How would you take advantage of this? I think the main reason why people buy more food than they need is because the demand is somewhat unknown, and food is so cheap that it's safer to err on the side of having too much. That is, it's worth it to pay more in order to not have to worry about whether you'll have enough food when you want it. Right now the only way to make sure you have enough is to buy more than you need by a safety margin. But what if there was some way to easily procure/prepare the food on an as-needed basis? I've seen ideas about having a 3d printer, where large stocks of food could be kept and combined as needed into a variety of recipes. The inputs would be stored dry, so they won't go bad as quickly. This might work, but there are downsides as well. Specifically, you might have problems getting the food to taste good enough to be a viable alternative. From the link, the top types of food wasted are fruit and veg, seafood, grains, meat, and milk. A powdered version of grains might work, but you'd probably have difficult getting all other types to be tasty/healthy enough. I mean, there's a reason why everyone isn't eating canned food all the time. Another idea is to improve the just-in-time logistics, like the drone burrito delivery. Aside from the regulatory hurdles, I think this would work pretty well - pay more in order to not have to worry about whether you'll have enough food when you want it. There might also be a B2B angle to this with restaurants or grocery stores. Amazon has done some work on this with AmazonFresh, where they do same-day delivery of perishables. The other thing to realize is that the actual farming is apparently only 16-18% of the price paid for the food, so you'd hope to get efficiencies elsewhere.