An app helps consumers and restaurants minimize food waste

According to the organization 'Feeding America', which distributes food to the poor, Americans throw away about 41 billion pounds of food a year, or about 145 billion meals. But as VOA correspondent Valdya Baraputri reports, there are now some technologically advanced ways to make sure that food gets to those who need it. It's dinner time in Washington, and the employees of Rasa Indian Restaurant are preparing the ordered meals for delivery. But this time, customers don't know what food they're getting… they've ordered food based on price rather than its type as listed on the restaurant menu. “We offer more hot foods, especially some of the protein types that are not very fresh when heated the next day, so consumers get a variety of products,” says Rasa restaurant co-owner Rahul Vidon. The food is ordered from the 'Too Good to Go' app, which connects restaurants and large grocery stores with users who want to buy food – often close to its expiry date – at a discount. much lower. A plate of food from 'Rasa' restaurant usually costs 10 to 13 dollars. Through the app, it costs $6.50. Mr. Vidon says restaurant owners don't make much profit from these …

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