Capital Squeeze
While all companies squeeze, food companies have
to squeeze more – because there is a finite market.
With Tim Lang “More than we can Chew” spells out
how companies deal with food overproduction
– inc efficiency of labour, value adding, chemicals,
processing..
Two relatively new concerns are an aspect of the
potential to overproduce:
- waste (throw away a 1/4 of all food both before
and after checkout)
- obesity