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Canada’s Largest Food Retailer To Sell Ugly Produce At Low Prices To Cut Food Waste
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Hopefully this takes off

Shoppers in Canada will have to look beyond appearance if they want to help reduce food waste — and save some money along the way.

Loblaws, the country’s largest food retailer, launched a campaign last week to sell misshapen, “ugly” produce at a discounted rate in an effort to curb the country’s food waste problem (annually, Canadians waste some 40 percent of their food).

The campaign, called No Name Naturally Imperfect, offers aesthetically displeasing apples and potatoes at a discount of up to 30 cents in select Loblaws-owned stores in Ontario and Quebec. “We often focus too much on the look of produce rather than the taste,” said Ian Gordon, senior vice president, Loblaw Brands, Loblaw Companies Limited, in a press statement. “Once you peel or cut an apple you can’t tell it once had a blemish or was misshapen.”

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yes this is nice.

If i'm making applesauce, who cares what the apples look like

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Exactly 

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