The Citizens' Council on Nutrition recommends mandatory food donations. Lidl, Rewe and the food trade association see the “lion’s share of losses” in a completely different place.
The “Food Rescue Alliance” calls the companies’ voluntary commitment a “blunt sword without the possibility of legal sanctions” They are demanding binding guidelines against food waste along the entire supply chain from Federal Food Minister Cem Özdemir (Greens), who is calling for impunity for containers. According to figures from the Federal Statistical Office, more than twice as much food is thrown away (17 percent) as the foodtrade (7 percent). Some of the lowest losses in trading. occur in private households (59 percent). “Therefore great attention must be paid to consumer communication,” says Björn Fromm, President of the Food Trade Association (BVLH) More on the topic: Why the BVLH doesn't think much of impunity-free containers to combat food waste.