We’re on a mission to reduce food waste and make fresh food accessible to all. Every order, forecast, and opportunity buy identified with Afresh moves us closer to a fresher, more efficient food system.
Globally, roughly one-third of all food produced goes unsold or uneaten, even as 2.3 billion people face food insecurity. This isn’t just a humanitarian issue — it’s an environmental one.
Food waste accounts for:
8-10% of global greenhouse gas emissions
28% of the world’s agricultural land
25% of global freshwater use
In the US, food is the largest category of material sent to landfills. As it decomposes, it produces methane — a greenhouse gas with up to 86x the warming potential of carbon dioxide over a 20-year period.
Sources: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Feeding America, ReFED, SOFI 2025 (UN)
Food waste happens at every stage, from farm to fridge. Inside grocery retail, over 70% of food waste comes from fresh departments: produce, meat, seafood, deli, and bakery. These categories have the most volatility, the shortest shelf lives, and the most complex demand patterns. That’s why we started there.
Afresh's impact on food waste and CO2 emmissions in 2025 alone is the equivalent of keeping 190 million bananas out of the trash or taking ~24,000 cars off the road for a year. And every pound counts twice: once for the planet, and once for the P&L.