>> Food Waste <<

RESET a food system where it’s economically advantageous to ‘dump’ vs ‘donate’ good food.

“Food goes to waste amid coronavirus crisis”

- Politico April 5, 2020

“COVID-19 Is Making Our Food Waste Problem Even Worse”

FOOD & WINE (April 6, 2020)

“When farmers plow under crops in a nation of bounty, the tragedy of COVID-19 becomes all the more vivid”

• Chicago Sun Times (April 15, 2020)

>> Food Insecurity <<

RESET a food system of rampant food waste while millions of people are in need of food.

“40 million Americans struggle to put food on the table”

- CBS NEWS (May 1, 2019)

“1 in 4 Americans are skipping meals or relying on food donations during the coronavirus pandemic”

-CNBC (June 4, 2020)

“Millions of older Americans face food insecurity”

- Forbes (May 31, 2020)

“Facing Food Insecurity on the Front Lines”

- New York Times (April 10, 2020)

>> Wealth Inequity <<

RESET a food system where essential workers may not be able to afford food.

“As Pandemic Spreads, The Wealth Gap Widens In America”

— Forbes (April 7, 2020)

“CEOs cut millions of jobs amid coronavirus yet keep their lofty bonuses.”

— Bloomberg (May 15, 2020) & LA Times (May 15, 2020)

“How to Stop CEOs From Laying Off Workers While Earning Fortunes”

— Slate (Sept 11, 2020)

“As the Pandemic Forced Layoffs, C.E.O.s Gave Up Little”

— New York Times ( July 29, 2020)

>> Processed Foods <<

RESET a food system convincing us that the solution is to offer ‘less variety & cheaper’ food.

“Big Food CPG’s to ‘significantly’ cut SKUs and innovation: ‘“We are working on making our business simpler“

— Food Navigator (April 30, 2020)

“Coca-cola, P&G, Mondelez trim SKUs as CPGs tackle pandemic stresses.”

— SupplyChainDive (June 2, 2020)

“Food manufacturers are making fewer product varieties during the pandemic”

— Delish (June 10, 2020)

> > Profit Expectations < <

RESET a food system where the effect of ‘less variety & cheaper’ food does not offer ‘affordable or better’ food.

“General Mills Details Its Recent Demand Spike.”

— The Motley Fool (March 20, 2020)

“Kellogg beats earnings expectations with more than half of its growth resulting from COVID-19-related demand.”

— MarketWatch (April 20, 2020)

“Oreo Maker Mondelez raises dividend.”

— Reuters (July 28, 2020)

“As Pandemic Spreads, The Wealth Gap Widens In America”

— Forbes (April 7, 2020) & Forbes (Sept 30, 2020)

>> Systemic Dependence <<

RESET a food system where (better) emerging brands are stuck in a cycle of taking advice instead of giving it.

Why mega-mergers alone won't solve the food industry's growth problems

- FoodDive

Nestle shifts focus to acquisitions in 2020

- Food Business News (Feb 14, 2020)

“Odwalla to be shelved forever by parent company Coca-Cola”

— Eater (July 2, 2020)

“Bittersweet moment for Odwalla co-founder as Coca-cola axes the brand and focuses on more ‘scalable’ innovations”

— Food Navigator (July 2, 2020)

“Hershey Sells Culinary Meat Snacks Company Krave Back To Sonoma Brands”

— Forbes (May 4, 2020)

“Coca-Cola to Discontinue Zico”

— WSJ (Oct 4, 2020)

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