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by smoldesu 1617 days ago
> Start managing food inventory smarter, and save over $1,600 annually per family.

Where are you getting that metric from? I think I'd still end up throwing away 20-40% of my food even if I did have an app that showed me what's in my refrigerator...
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Ailuropoda 1617 days ago
We got that metric from calculating the amount of food waste in 2020 in the US. Most people we've talked to throw away around 35%ish of their food without a second thought. We're not only trying to help people track their food items, but also help with tracking their spend. We believe that seeing money being wasted is a more eye-opening metric for most people. So we've added both food waste and spend metrics to deter people from just chucking food away. We want people to be more conscious with their food and understand their daily, weekly, and monthly habits so they can prevent overbuying.
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smoldesu 1616 days ago
Are you insinuating that your app brings that 35% figure down to 0%? Like I said, most of the time I don't throw stuff away because I've forgotten about it, but more because I've overbought, made too much of a dish, or flat-out don't want any more of the food that I bought.
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Ailuropoda 1616 days ago
No, I'm saying that 35% of food is thrown away by people we've talked to. I don't think there is a clear-cut solution that will reduce that to 0%. But we're trying to provide ways to help people reduce their own % number, no matter how small or big it is.

Like I mentioned earlier, we're trying to help people recognize patterns and habits in spending so they can reduce overbuying and potentially see a way to save money.

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