Resources
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Videos
Zest Labs Overview: CEO Peter Mehring explains how Zest Labs is working to modernize fresh food distribution by delivering proactive shelf-life management solutions that have been proven to reduce field-to-shelf food waste by 50% or more. Reduced waste means better margins for retailers and growers, and consistent delivered freshness for consumers.
NBC Bay Area Video: NBC Bay Area’s Scott Budman visits Zest Labs and interviews CEO Peter Mehring for their January 10 news program. Peter discusses how new technologies and solutions – like Zest Fresh – can help improve the fresh food supply chain and be applied to ease food inspections during the government shutdown that’s impacting FDA inspections.
Huffington Post Video: “Sometimes, the uglier produce might be the best produce.” Cosmetically challenged fruits and veggies are being taken out of food waste bins and put onto plates in an effort to help feed the hungry and reduce harmful landfill waste.
Zest Fresh Overview: Learn about the food waste and freshness problem and how Zest Fresh can help growers and retail grocers ensure produce is managed and shipped intelligently.
The Freshest Produce: In this entertaining video, Seinfeld's Mr. Peterman (John O'Hurley) explains how Zest Labs reduces waste and helps retailers provide the freshest produce for their customers.
Zest Fresh Grower Testimonial: Roy Garza explains how Zest Fresh provides information and reports to help them better manage their berry operations.
Zest Fresh – Deep Dive: A closer look at Zest Fresh and how the Zest Intelligent Pallet Routing Code (ZIPR Code) helps to improve delivered freshness.
Solution Overviews
and Product Information
Fresh Food Supply Chain
Produce Growers
How Zest Fresh™ helps growers improve consistency of delivered produce quality.
Restaurants & Food Service
How Zest Fresh helps restaurants and food service providers maintain quality of fresh, frozen and processed foods.
Retail Grocers
How Zest Fresh helps retail grocers maximize product quality and freshness of produce, meats, seafood, dairy and frozen foods.
Protein Companies
How Zest Fresh for Meat, Poultry and Seafood companies improves food safety and ensure quality.
Zest Fresh | Metrics Datasheet
Professional Services
How Zest Labs provides strategic insights to improve operational efficiency.
White Papers and Additional Resources
Food Cold Chain
Half-bad Is Not Good White Paper
Variability Infographic
Zest Fresh Strawberry Shelf-life Variation Report
Before and After – Digital Transformation
Blockchain and Its Value to Suppliers
The Best of Zest - 2018
Improving Operational Efficiency
Let’s Start at the Beginning
Proactive Freshness Management
Margins Matter
...Not Worth a Thousand Words
Freshness Myths
Blockchain and Achieving True Transparency
Shelf-life Variability Begins in the Field
Today, You Saved $67,571
Comparing Pallet- and Trailer-level Temperature Monitoring
Improving Quality and Profitability for Retail Grocers
See How It Works
ZIPR Code Freshness Metric
Freshness Baseline Study
10 Limitations of Data Loggers
Zest Labs FAQ and Reference Guide
Articles and Third Party Resources
Customer Retention and Growth in Today's Competitive Retail Grocery Environment
Why Blockchain Will be Used to Improve Distribution and Food Safety
Trust in Food Sustainability Research Report 2019
Improving Operational Efficiency on the Farm
Optimizing Profit Margins in a Changing Retail Grocery Industry
Blockchain’s Role in the Produce Supply Chain
Pallet Monitoring for the Fresh Food Supply Chain
Why Quality Consistency Matters
Achieving Consistent Produce Quality
Preemptive Freshness Management
Measuring Produce Freshness: The Key to Preventing Waste
Winning the Freshness Wars
ReFED Roadmap to Reduce U.S. Food Waste
ReFED Retail Food Waste Action Guide
ReFED Restaurant Food Waste Action Guide
RARE: Climate Change Needs Behavioral Change
NRDC Wasted Report (2017 Update)