Why food waste happen

Why?

→ Human tends to take things for granted especially for things that are easy to get , which is food. There is a saying which is " Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of those who are poor and hungry."

       
  一 Pope Francis
         

→ There are a few causes why food waste happens.

1. Lack of appropriate planning

→ Sometimes people buy lots of food without appropriately making plans on when and how the food how the food will be prepared for consumption. 

→ Also due to lack of appropriate planning , people find themselves having badly prepared that just doesn't taste great.

2. Purchase and preparation of too much food

→ Most of the time , food is also wasted because of purchasing or preparing too much. If one purchases or prepares too much food than needed , then it's obvious the excess food on the plate will go to waste.

An effect of overly-excess food

→ The same applies to excess purchases that end up passing their expiration dates and therefore looks , tastes , and smells bad. At the end of it all , all the excess ends up as waste food.

An example of rotten fishes due to excess purchases

3. Consumer behavior

→ Different customers have different preferences and this highly influences consumer purchasing behavior on food items. Particularly , the consumer behavior on focus here is the tendency of having a keen insight for good judgement which results in those who only prefer unblemished vegetables and fruits , and the restrictive must display for shelf life dates.

→ Such consumer contributes to food wastage as most of the food items may remain on the selves till expiry. 

→ Also , such consumer behavior tendencies may force food service in restaurant and hotels to maintain large menu options and high-end services while assuring consistency that mostly leads to food 
wastage.

→ Source : www.conserve-energy-future.com/causes-effects-solutions-food-waste.php

Conclusion !

•  Consumers must think and plan ahead when purchasing and preparing food items.

•  Consumers must also think twice before purchasing food items to refrain from buying excess food.