Avoidance of Supermarket Food Waste—Employees’ Perspective on Causes and Measures to Reduce Fruit and Vegetables Waste
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The subject of the article is very interesting and topical. Minimizing food waste is extremely important today. The reasons for this may be, for example, inflation, as well as the geopolitical situation in Europe - the war in Ukraine and the risk of problems with the transport of, for example, cereals. The research methodology is discussed in detail and the research results are presented in a logical and understandable way. Few shortcomings were indicated in the text as comments.
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Reviewer 2 Report
Dear authors,
Congratulations on your work. I only have suggestions for slight modifications, which I have added in the manuscript.
I am also not sure that the title is appropriate - instead of "measures of", I would use "measures to reduce".
The review of the English language is required.
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Dear Reviewer,
Thank you very much for your comments. I have opened the attached document but I was not able to see your comments. Did you mark the comments with colour, or do I need to activate any functions, or is it possible to indicate the line and add the belonging comment? Sorry for any inconvenience I may have caused. Looking forward hearing back from you.
Kind regards,
The Author
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Reviewer 3 Report
Congratulations... a really nice paper...
Its generally well written, but I suspect English is a second language and hence there are some issues with tense, plural/singular and grammar. I hope the suggestions below will help in finalising and improving the paper:
L28 ...retailers have an important role to play in efforts to implement reduction measures for food waste
L29-30 delete [the supply chain]
L33 preventive
L34 In a grocery store, the fresh fruit and vegetable department is where.... within the store occurs
L57 will provide
L58 ... at a retail level.... in the literature...
L70 are absent
L74 ...of data are...
L75 ... are often
L77 the retail level
L79-86: use colon and semi colons as per .... to: (1)...; (2)....; ....
L89 since they, on a daily basis, ...
L91 ... different practices should ...
L93 ..waste reduction...
L96 ... in addressing....
Methods and materials... is it possible to bring the section outlining the number of stores, where and their affilitation forward... I felt you were too late in providing this info and indeed, recorded the need for this sort of information in my review only to find it at the end
L180 ... meetings where figures...
L220 ... fruit or vegetable..
L223 were calculated
L288 influenced
L424 to determine the level...
L434 ... too many packaged lettuce that were...
L450 sensitivity????
L475 delete [and for those....]
L494 had cucumbers
L498 the refrigerator
L510 ...with less days on the shelves
L515.... but self weighed...
L521... but made it easier for consumers ....
L523 ... package was wasted
L530 ...protected the fruit from damage
L535 The waste for potatoes depended ....
L540 ... or cabbage [delete head].
L550 ...in the literature...
L555 ... at the retail level...
L556 ... was studied.... was adopted...
L559... for reduce food waste. Furthermore, as the amount of food waste for different FV products can be attributed to different reasons, different strategies are required to reduce food waste
L561 .. explain the causes of food waste: .... and product.
L565 ... critical role in the...
L595 As fresh FV deteriorate for a number of reasons, it is important to adjust work routines ...
L623 ...study. Another ....
L662 ... on several...
L665 belong
L667-668. Im not sure I agree with your rational here... Many small independent ffv stores compete successfully against the major retailers by offering a wider range of fresh products that are more often ready to eat - hence their losses may be much higher
L671 ... plays in contributing to a more.... supply chain...
L673 .. at the retail...
L686 initiated????
L690 ... increases it. This indicates...
References. Sorry - these MUST be in full. You cannot use et al.
5it was too late to provide this .
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