How to Reduce Business Food Waste and Increase Revenue with the ResQ App.

One of the largest hidden costs for businesses in the food industry, is food waste. This has an impact on the environment, as well as on your business’s profit. In fact, food waste contributes up to 10% of global emissions. But what if I told you there is a way for you to cut down your business’s food waste, while increasing the revenue? With downloading the ResQ app, it can. This blog explores how you cut down the food waste, increase profits, and reach eco-friendly customers—starting today, by downloading Resq!

By Priita Isokääntä March 26th 2025

 

Temneanu, D. (2025). Pizza crust leftovers and crumbs [Photograph].

Let's say your company was trying out a new meal deal, but sales were not as strong as anticipated.  During your shift you realise, that the product is unlikely to sell before the end of the day. Tomorrow the product will be unsellable, because it has passed its expiration date.  You’re now faced with the reality, that only a fraction of the new meal deal made profit, and most of it must be thrown out at the end of the shift, having a negative impact on the revenue.
Hold your horses!

Food Waste: The Hidden CO2 Emitter
As well as the impact on the revenue, food waste contributes massively on the greenhouse emissions. Annually, food waste contributes 3.3 billion tons of CO2 (Geneva Environment Network 2025). If food waste were a country, it would be the third largest CO2 emitter after the U.S.A. and China (Tannenbaum, H. 2023). Food waste is an overlooked CO2 emitter. But let’s assume you already know this, and you always put soon to be expired food on sale. What about the customers at home, who value affordability and sustainability? How can they know, what deals and discounts your business is offering?

You want to reach the eco-friendly customers.
One solution for grocery stores and for individuals to minimize their food waste is the ResQ app. The app connects sustainable restaurants and shops with consumers, offering reduced prices for the food products that would otherwise become food waste. In addition to reducing food waste and connecting customers with affordable deals, it also increases the revenue of the businesses by 2-6% (ResQ Club 2025).

So instead of creating 10-meter-long food waste log, how about you download the ResQ app, create an account, and upload all your amazing deals and offers on your business’s ResQ profile. ResQ app will help you tih

So join ResQ now!

Your customers, your business and employees, as well as the climate, thank you.

References:

Geneva Environment Network. (2024). Food Loss and Waste and The Role of Geneva. [Online]. www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org. Last Updated: 18 September 2024. Available at: https://www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/resources/updates/reducing-food-loss-and-waste-for-a-health [Accessed 26 March 2025].

ResQ Club. (2025). Leave no meal behind. [Online]. www.resq-club.com. Last Updated: 2025. Available at: https://www.resq-club.com [Accessed 26 March 2025].

Tannenbaum, H. (2023). Waste Not, Want Not: Tackling Food Waste and Methane Emissions. [Online]. https://newsletter.mcj.vc. Last Updated: 14 February 2023. Available at: https://newsletter.mcj.vc/p/harry-tannenbaum [Accessed 26 March 2025].