Tech is helping grocery stores waste less food. That’s a problem for food banks

As supermarkets adopt new tools to predict demand and reduce food waste, food banks say that donations are also shrinking.

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First, the good news: Grocery stores are getting better at cutting food waste. AI tools can help better predict demand for each product, for example, and help a store reduce waste by more than a third. Other tech can help stores sell food before it expires.

But there’s a catch—some food banks say that now they’re getting fewer donations.

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