Category: Food Logistics

  • E-Grocery Fulfillment Channels

    E-Grocery Fulfillment Channels

    Multiple major retail chains in Austria are offering an extensive range of groceries online. Additionally, numerous start-ups and companies, which specialize in grocery deliveries, are entering the market. Retail concepts differ substantially including traditional home deliveries, Click & Collect – also denoted as Bricks & Clicks – concepts and even personal shopping assistants. Through explorative interviews with…

  • Optimizing Logistics Operations to Reduce Food Waste

    Optimizing Logistics Operations to Reduce Food Waste

    Substantial amounts of food products are wasted in multiple stages of the supply chain. Produce is lost at the field, during delivery as well as in stores and customers’ homes. Consequently, optimizing logistics processes in the food industry does not only enable one to decrease costs, it potentially results in reduced food waste.