Aug 11, 2021
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Service categories
Service Lines
Cloud Consulting
Ecommerce
Mobile Development
Domain focus
Retail and Restaurants
Programming language
Ruby
Frameworks
Ruby on Rails
Challenge
One-third of the world’s food is thrown away annually resulting in 1.3 billion tons of waste. Food Karma wanted to play their social part by avoiding food wastage. In order to rescue unsold meals, ‘half-price-discount’ is what they thought of.
Karma exists in 225 cities across Sweden, United Kingdom and France. It is a food app for buying delicious unsold surplus food in London, Paris, and Sweden, at half the actual price. Simple and convenient, Karma highlights surplus food in an user area where he can buy and enjoy.
A restaurant operator hired Phaedra to build and implement a food management system where food wastage could be avoided. Previously there wasn’t any such process integrated so a comprehensive solution based on innovative technologies was required.
One-third of the world’s food is thrown away annually resulting in 1.3 billion tons of waste. Food Karma wanted to play their social part by avoiding food wastage. In order to rescue unsold meals, ‘half-price-discount’ is what they thought of.
Karma exists in 225 cities across Sweden, United Kingdom and France. It is a food app for buying delicious unsold surplus food in London, Paris, and Sweden, at half the actual price. Simple and convenient, Karma highlights surplus food in an user area where he can buy and enjoy.
A restaurant operator hired Phaedra to build and implement a food management system where food wastage could be avoided. Previously there wasn’t any such process integrated so a comprehensive solution based on innovative technologies was required.
Solution
Food Karma is a mobile application that aims to solve the issue of food wastage. The core function of the app is to connect restaurants that have an excess of prepared meals, with customers who may be either looking for a discounted dining option or looking to make an effort to align with the values of the application; i.e. reduce food waste.
Restaurants normally dispose of excess food at the end of daily operations in order to maintain food quality and abide by local food safety laws. With Food Karma, restaurants are given another option; to sell over-production at a discounted rate, making it more appealing for customers, while also generating an additional revenue stream that would have otherwise not been possible.
Food Karma is a mobile application that aims to solve the issue of food wastage. The core function of the app is to connect restaurants that have an excess of prepared meals, with customers who may be either looking for a discounted dining option or looking to make an effort to align with the values of the application; i.e. reduce food waste.
Restaurants normally dispose of excess food at the end of daily operations in order to maintain food quality and abide by local food safety laws. With Food Karma, restaurants are given another option; to sell over-production at a discounted rate, making it more appealing for customers, while also generating an additional revenue stream that would have otherwise not been possible.
Results
1200 tons of food rescued, 3 million meals saved and 1800 tons of CO2 saved. Now with more than 1,600 restaurants, grocery stores, bakeries, and cafes to rescue from, and more joining every week.
1200 tons of food rescued, 3 million meals saved and 1800 tons of CO2 saved. Now with more than 1,600 restaurants, grocery stores, bakeries, and cafes to rescue from, and more joining every week.