Every year, between 12 and 15 million tonnes of food are destroyed in Germany alone. That doesn't make sense environmentally or economically. Something the inventors of FoodLoop want to change.
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Barcodes contain a lot of information - including the item's sell-by date. The FoodLoop App uses that information to show users in the vicinity where there are foods on special offer because they're approaching their sell-by date.