Dry Grocery Losses

This is one of eight reports resulting from a study of losses and waste in food distribution .The National Science Foundation-Research Applied to National Needs (NSF -RANN) commissioned and provided primary fund i ng for the analysis of the general magnitudes and locations of food losses occurring in the U. S. food distribution system. Additional resources were provided by Michigan StateUniversity's Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service .Seven food product categories have been analyzed: fresh beef, produce, dairy products, dry grocery, frozen foods, bakery goods and foods sold through delicatessen departments .Foods within these categories constitute about 92 percent of supermarket dollar food sales.Ory grocery is the largest category, accounting for about 36 percent of supermarket food sales .It is followed by dairy products at about 15 percent, fresh beef at about 13 percent, and produce at about 9.8 percent of food sales.Frozen foods, "deli" department foods, and bakery goods accounted for 8.1, 5.2, and 4. 7 percent respectively .It should be noted that with DRY GROCERY LOSSES IN THE