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<\/a>\u201cSimplicity in retail, as in any business, is incredibly important for any sort of sustainability of process,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd the fact that the app they had developed was incredibly simple but achieved an end goal was really, really important to us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Foodiverse is hosted on Azure. Power BI also plays a key role in much of the internal reporting developed by FoodCloud. Now, the nonprofit is also incorporating Dynamics 365 Business Central to unlock other insights, including conducting stock counts and movements live on the floors of FoodCloud\u2019s three hubs, and enabling prompts to highlight where there may be issues to resolve.<\/p>\n
Dynamics 365 sped up FoodCloud\u2019s processes significantly and so far has helped contribute to an 11% increase in surplus food redistribution, year over year<\/p>\n
FoodCloud is fully integrated into Tesco\u2019s technology systems in stores, Shiels says. \u201cWe can look to absolutely every item of food that we scan through in the evening to donate is trackable and traceable, so that we\u2019re fully able to measure end-to-end our donations \u2013 the amount of meals that we donate, the kilos, broken down by store, the carbon footprint associated with it. There\u2019s a great level of insight and reporting behind it from a business perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n
FoodCloud is also now working with Tesco in central Europe, including the Czech Republic and in Slovakia. It also has partnerships with other supermarket chains<\/a> including Aldi, Dunnes Stores, Lidl, Musgrave MarketPlace and Waitrose, and international food companies including Kellogg\u2019s.<\/p>\n Kellogg\u2019s began working with FoodCloud in Ireland in 2020, donating surplus breakfast cereals and breakfast bars. The company has a long history of donating food to families and to schools\u2019 \u201cbreakfast clubs\u201d in both Ireland and the U.K.<\/p>\n \u201cWe know our food is very popular amongst FoodCloud\u2019s beneficiary organizations,\u201d says Kate Prince, senior ESG (environmental, social and governance) manager for Kellogg Europe. \u201cFor many families, obviously it\u2019s a very convenient and quick breakfast.\u201d<\/p>\n And it doesn\u2019t require heat to eat, which is becoming more and more important now. \u201cMany people are struggling with rising energy costs, and so for those families, breakfast cereal is a good option,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n Kellogg\u2019s is also doing a \u201csignificant rethink\u201d of how to \u201covercome the challenges facing today\u2019s food system,\u201d Nigel Hughes, Kellogg senior vice president of Global R&D and Innovation, wrote in a recent blog post<\/a>. \u201cWe must move from a linear approach to a circular one that prioritizes regenerative production, reduces resource inputs and aims to ensure recovery for future uses and minimize wastage.\u201d<\/p>\n In the U.K., FoodCloud works with FareShare, the national network for charitable food redistributors. FareShare sorts surplus food in regional warehouses, then distributes it through a network of over 9,000 nonprofits. FareShare has been working with FoodCloud since 2013 when they developed the Tesco back-of-store solution together.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have formed an incredibly impactful solution for the U.K. working together to redistribute food from across the retail, wholesale and food service industry,\u201d says Li Brookman, head of FareShare Go, which provides charities and community groups with direct access to surplus food local supermarkets, wholesalers and restaurants.<\/p>\n Aidan McNamara says having FoodCloud\u2019s technology app on his phone makes it easy for him to know when and what food will be on its way to Rosepark Independent Living<\/a> in Dublin, where he is the manager. Sixteen residents, ranging in age from 64 to 95, live at the nonprofit facility.<\/p>\n<\/a>