While the disposal of unsold food at convenience stores has become an issue, FamilyMart has greatly simplified the procedures on the store side when selling products whose expiration date is approaching at a discount, and the headquarters will take part in the sales that will decrease due to the discount. We have decided to start a new system of compensation.
Through these efforts, we aim to reduce food waste by about 30%.
At convenience stores, the headquarters has traditionally been cautious about discount sales by franchise owners, and the issue has been the disposal of large amounts of unsold food.
Under these circumstances, major FamilyMart has reviewed complicated procedures such as handwriting slips for each product so that the owners of member stores can easily make their own discounts, and put a sticker with the discount amount printed on it. a paste, it has been decided to start a mechanism that can discount easy to prospect the year in July.
The company has a policy of encouraging discounts by having the headquarters bear part of the sales that decrease due to discounts, and aims to reduce food waste by about 30% through these efforts.
At major convenience stores, Lawson is experimenting with a service that notifies customers of discount information on products that are about to expire on their smartphones, and there is a growing movement to introduce discounts to reduce food waste.