New Supermarket takes a bite out of food waste

As much as 30 to 40% of the U.S. food supply is wasted—the equivalent of 20 pounds of food per person, per month. A new supermarket opened this month in Dorchester, MA that addresses the problem.

Daily Table, a nonprofit established by Doug Rauch, the former president of Trader Joe’s, gets its groceries from other food suppliers with excess inventory. Using volunteers to stock, sort, package, or label food, the store offers the goods at a deep discount. Canned vegetables are two for $1, for example, and a dozen eggs cost 99 cents. But the food, while not expired, has a shorter shelf-life than what you’d find at a traditional supermarket.

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