[Harmonia] Nagano Prefecture’s supermarket “Delicia” achieves great results in reducing food loss – Joint project with Harmonia is a success
*Harmonia*
Press release: September 17, 2024
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Delicia, a supermarket in Nagano Prefecture, achieves great results in reducing food loss – joint project with Harmonia is a success Delicia Co., Ltd., a food supermarket operating in Nagano Prefecture, has achieved great results in reducing food loss in the prepared food departments of some stores through a joint project with Harmonia Co., Ltd. Through efforts using Harmonia loss-free, *
Achieved food loss reduction (discount loss waste loss) of approximately 30% (compared to before introduction) within 1-2 months of introduction. There are even cases of savings of over 1 million yen per month* at some large stores.
background
Delicia has been involved in environmental and sustainability initiatives for some time, including signing a partnership agreement with Nagano Prefecture to promote “ethical consumption.”
Harmonia will officially release “Harmonia Loss Free” in 2023, a solution that helps retail companies reduce food waste. The two companies have been repeatedly improving functionality through demonstration experiments and trial operations at stores, but this year they expanded the number of stores using the service. This led to the results in the title.
Approach to food loss reduction
The reason for the success of this project is that we not only improved our discount policy, but also implemented comprehensive initiatives such as optimizing manufacturing quantities, providing feedback to product planning, and changing the mindset of on-site staff.
Delicia and Harmonia hold regular meetings to check on food waste caused by over-producing products and opportunity losses caused by under-producing products. We repeated improvements at the store level and reviews at the headquarters and product planning level.
The food supermarket industry is facing challenges due to lack of manpower and time, but Harmonia Loss Free automates data visualization and suggestions for improvement measures, and an effective feedback cycle has begun.
Future developments
Both companies view food loss reduction as an important theme for achieving sustainability, and will discuss expanding future efforts. Additionally, Harmonia plans to expand its solutions and hold seminars with the aim of widely disseminating the know-how gained from past initiatives to the industry.
About Delicia Co., Ltd.
We are developing community-based businesses centered on Nagano Prefecture, with the supermarket business at the core.
Our corporate philosophy is to “deliver deliciousness and peace of mind to our customers,” and we operate the food supermarket “Delicia” with 60 stores mainly in Nagano Prefecture (as of August 2024), the mobile sales “Tokushimaru” and online stores. We are developing multi-channel businesses that address regional issues such as the declining birthrate and aging population, such as the supermarket business.
* Information on seminars hosted by Harmonia *
* Introducing the methodology that reduced food waste in the prepared foods department by 30% and Harmonia Loss Free *
Held in September and October 2024
https://www.harmoniainc.jp/events/seminar-lossfree202409/
* Company Profile*
Company name: Harmonia Inc. https://www.harmoniainc.jp/
Established: 2015
Representative: CEO Daiki Matsumura
Address: 15th floor, Toranomon Hills Business Tower, 1-17-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Mission: “Making all aspects of business dynamic and improving the sustainability of the planet”
Business details: Consulting and software provision regarding pricing strategy and sustainability
・“Harmonia Loss Free” service aiming to reduce food loss
・“Harmonia Base”, a service that systemizes pricing strategies
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