How does the perception of food waste and its root causes differ on different levels within a grocery retail organization? : A case study

This thesis revolves around the root causes to food waste and how they are perceived, interpreted and viewed upon on two different levels within a major grocery retail organization. A case study has been performed at Organization X which is a major actor on the Swedish grocery retail market. Experts...

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Main Author: Wimby, Max
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Published: KTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.) 2020
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-kth-2770402020-06-24T03:32:42ZHow does the perception of food waste and its root causes differ on different levels within a grocery retail organization? : A case studyengHur skiljer sig uppfattningen av matsvinn och dess rotorsaker på olika nivåer inom en dagligvaruhandelsorganisation?Wimby, MaxKTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.)2020Mechanical EngineeringMaskinteknikThis thesis revolves around the root causes to food waste and how they are perceived, interpreted and viewed upon on two different levels within a major grocery retail organization. A case study has been performed at Organization X which is a major actor on the Swedish grocery retail market. Experts within areas related to food waste at the parent company has been interviewed together with employees in the stores. Their answers have then been analyzed and compared. The purpose is to investigate if any dissents exists regarding food waste between these two levels of the organization and if so, address them and put them in context to the literature. A reduction in food waste will have economic, social and environmental benefits. Yet, research about food waste in the retail stage of the value chain is lacking. The result from the study concludes three areas related to food waste where it exists dissent today between the stores, parent company and the theory. These areas are customer behavior, width and depth of assortment and on-shelves availability. Detta examensarbete handlar om rotorsakerna till matsvinn och hur dom uppfattas och återspeglas på två olika nivåer inom en stor dagligvaruhandelsorganisation. En fallstudie har gjorts på Organisation X som är en stor aktör på den svenska dagligvarumarknaden. Experter inom områden relaterade till matsvinn har intervjuats tillsammans med butiksanställda. Deras resultat har sedan analyserats och jämförts. Syftet är att undersöka om några meningsskiljaktigheter finns angående matsvinn mellan dessa två nivåer i organisationen och om så är fallet belysa och sätta dem i kontext till litteraturen. En minskning av matsvinn kommer ha både ekonomiska, sociala och ekologiska fördelar. Trotts detta är forskningen på matsvinn inom försäljningssteget i värdekedjan bristfällig. Resultatet från denna studie drar slutsatsen att det finns tre områden där det finns meningsskiljaktigheter mellan butikerna, moderbolaget och teorin idag. Dessa områden är kundbeteende, bredd och djup av sortiment samt uppfyllnadsgrad i hyllorna. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-277040TRITA-ITM-EX ; 2020:390application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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How does the perception of food waste and its root causes differ on different levels within a grocery retail organization? : A case study
description This thesis revolves around the root causes to food waste and how they are perceived, interpreted and viewed upon on two different levels within a major grocery retail organization. A case study has been performed at Organization X which is a major actor on the Swedish grocery retail market. Experts within areas related to food waste at the parent company has been interviewed together with employees in the stores. Their answers have then been analyzed and compared. The purpose is to investigate if any dissents exists regarding food waste between these two levels of the organization and if so, address them and put them in context to the literature. A reduction in food waste will have economic, social and environmental benefits. Yet, research about food waste in the retail stage of the value chain is lacking. The result from the study concludes three areas related to food waste where it exists dissent today between the stores, parent company and the theory. These areas are customer behavior, width and depth of assortment and on-shelves availability. === Detta examensarbete handlar om rotorsakerna till matsvinn och hur dom uppfattas och återspeglas på två olika nivåer inom en stor dagligvaruhandelsorganisation. En fallstudie har gjorts på Organisation X som är en stor aktör på den svenska dagligvarumarknaden. Experter inom områden relaterade till matsvinn har intervjuats tillsammans med butiksanställda. Deras resultat har sedan analyserats och jämförts. Syftet är att undersöka om några meningsskiljaktigheter finns angående matsvinn mellan dessa två nivåer i organisationen och om så är fallet belysa och sätta dem i kontext till litteraturen. En minskning av matsvinn kommer ha både ekonomiska, sociala och ekologiska fördelar. Trotts detta är forskningen på matsvinn inom försäljningssteget i värdekedjan bristfällig. Resultatet från denna studie drar slutsatsen att det finns tre områden där det finns meningsskiljaktigheter mellan butikerna, moderbolaget och teorin idag. Dessa områden är kundbeteende, bredd och djup av sortiment samt uppfyllnadsgrad i hyllorna.
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title_short How does the perception of food waste and its root causes differ on different levels within a grocery retail organization? : A case study
title_full How does the perception of food waste and its root causes differ on different levels within a grocery retail organization? : A case study
title_fullStr How does the perception of food waste and its root causes differ on different levels within a grocery retail organization? : A case study
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