Food Production And Consumption: Reducing Food Waste in the Finnish Food Industry

Abstract

The objectives of this research include to identify food production and consumption patterns in the Finnish food industry and to explore the degree of food wastage in the Finnish food industry. In addition, the thesis evaluates the challenges of food management in the Finnish food industry due to food wastage. The aim was also to identify the strategies adopted for the reduction of food wastage in the Finnish food industry and how the strategies helped to tackle the challenges. For achieving these objectives qualitative methods and data collection were used. The empirical data was gathered from 7 participants from the Finnish food industry during the Summer of 2023. The findings of this study revealed that food wastage is a major issue in Finland, where households are a major contributor t