Share of national food products in retail is a frequent subject of policy debates. Local food is often associated with … development, and preservation of local food culture. Despite its importance, relevant academic literature about the proportion of … national food in retail is basically non-existent. This paper presents a unique study that fills this gap and gives an account …

This paper examines a grocery retailer’s management of a premade food product. The retailer’s goal is to maximize a …, we show how a mandate to donate unsold food items (as implemented in France and California) can incentivize a retailer to … increase the shelf life or cease disclosing the time at which a food item was made, which harms shoppers and reduces the …