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Greener year
They save the food and customers pay less for it
After S'pore marked its Year Towards Zero Waste last year, more businesses seem aware of the pressure of consumption on the planet, and are taking steps to reduce waste.
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Tingkats founder Pamela Low and TreeDots co-founder Nicholas Lim teamed up earlier this month to offer a "group buy" allowing individual consumers to purchase food that would otherwise have gone to waste.
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There are certain cuts of chicken that people prefer more than others and, as a result, the breast meat is often unsold and goes to waste.
Three savvy graduates from the Singapore Management University and Nanyang Technological University saw a business opportunity in such unsold produce.
