This study examines the state of the art of the literature in the domain of food loss and waste
(FLW) in food supply chains (FSC). The authors used a systematic literature review (SLR) …

This paper presents a review of research on food loss and waste (FLW) from the perspective
of operations management (OM). Supply chain FLW represents a significant challenge for …

Grocery retailers are in a dilemma. They often prioritize availability over other aspects due to
strong competition in this sector and the imperative of realizing sales. The target for many …

The growing volumes of food globally are lost or wasted along the entire food chain.
However, a high effort in investigating why food waste (FW) occurs remains scattered for …

Food banks redistribute food donations that would otherwise be lost for consumption by
humans to people in need. As such, food banks play an important role both in addressing …

We review existing decision support models (including statistical, simulation, and
optimization models) aimed at addressing chronic food insecurity issue by enhancing the …

Food banks have played a crucial role in mitigating food insecurity in affluent countries for
over four decades. Throughout the years, academics have researched food banks for a …

Food banks are nonprofit organizations with the primary mission of providing food
assistance to the communities they serve. This assistance occurs through the collection …

In this paper, we present a novel modeling perspective to the food-bank donation allocation
problem under equity and efficiency performance measures. Using a penalty factor in the …

Significant uncertainty exists both on the supply and demand side of food bank operations,
but the demand side has received significantly less attention in the literature. In this study …