Formal Report Outline

I. INTRODUCTION

1. Description of current expiry management system
2. Background on issues associated with this system
3. Purpose of this report
4. Brief description of data sources
5. Scope of this inquiry

II. BODY

1. Regulations on food expiries in grocery stores
2. Main sources of expiries
   • Inventory management
   • FEFO method inefficiency
3. Outcome of expiry management inefficiency
   • Economic loss due to waste
   • Environmental impacts
   • Consumer behaviour
4. Minimizing expiries via new methods
   • Replacing FEFO with excel or software
     • Comparison of costs
     • Comparison of time input
   • Reducing waste and soon to be expired foods
     • Sending expired foods to energy to waste plants
     • Donating expired or to be expired foods to charities

III. CONCLUSION

1. Summary and analysis of results
2. Recommendations