Tyson works to 'stop food waste, save money'

Toronto-based Flashfood and Tyson Innovation Lab have partnered up to “stop food waste and save money.” The two companies’ new initiative to offer food boxes, called flashfoodbox, to the Detroit metro market was launched on April 22, Earth Day.
“We’re proud to be taking a lead role in finding an innovative way to get the public involved in reducing food waste,” said Rizal Hamdallah, head of Tyson Innovation Lab, a special product development acceleration team at Tyson Foods. “Flashfood was a perfect fit and together we developed the flashfoodbox concept and readied it for testing within three months.”Each flashfoodbox, priced at $44.99, contains around 15 lbs. of surplus food including protein, fruits and vegetables. “Each box has 5 lbs. of protein including meat, and nearly 10 lbs. of produce. That’s enough to prepare about 14 meals at less than $4 per serving,” said Josh Domingues, founder and CEO of Flashfood.