A neighbourhood bakery has started selling unsold bread at a reduced price in the final hour before closing. Previously, most unsold loaves were thrown away...
Question 1 Report
A neighbourhood bakery has started selling unsold bread at a reduced price in the final hour before closing. Previously, most unsold loaves were thrown away. The owner records waste each evening and wants to know whether the policy supports both environmental responsibility and the business objective of reducing costs.
(a) What is meant by food waste in this example? [1]
(b) Identify one way the bakery could use its waste records to improve production. [1]
(c) Explain one environmental benefit of selling rather than throwing away unsold bread. [1]
Answer Details
(a) Food waste here is bread that is not sold or eaten and is discarded. [1]
(b) The bakery can use its records to make fewer loaves of products that are repeatedly left unsold. [1] Comparing waste over several evenings helps it adjust production to actual demand rather than guessing.
(c) Selling unsold bread means less waste is sent to landfill. [1] It also avoids wasting the ingredients, energy and transport already used to make bread that would otherwise be thrown away.
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