In a bid to save food, People's Daily reports that restaurants will now reward diners who eat all their food or take away leftovers.
Some 240 tonnes of food spoils during transit and in storage every year, but using mobile to track trucks and monitor the temperature of storage facilities could save enough food to feed 40 million people in 2017 - equivalent to the entire population of Kenya - it said.
Across the world, people want to save money on food, but shopping habits vary a lot.
Increasingly, consumers prefer to buy cheaper food and save money by not going to restaurants for lunch.
There are some people who like to eat reasonable food three times daily, while others would prefer to save their money and eat mediocre food most of the time but occasionally have an amazing meal.
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It is time to regulate against the excesses and manipulations of the food industry to save lives and we must start in our own back yard.
That new obligation comes on top of massive state spending to save the banking industry and continue food and fuel subsidies.
PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, for example, has argued since the most recent stock collapse that only dramatic new breakthroughs in energy and food production technologies will save the economy from an extended period of Malthusian zero-sum behavior.
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Roughly a fifth of the people polled now bring a flask and food to work to save money, and the average time spent on lunch has shrunk from a far-from-leisurely 33 minutes to an indigestion-inducing 19 minutes over the same period.
Households can buy food with the money they save on kerosene, reducing hunger in communities.
For those not familiar with food allergies, epinephrine can save a life, as Dr. Sarah M.
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While you may decide to shop at an upscale market or save some money by hitting the local food co-op, at the end of the day we all must eat to survive.
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"Biofuels, like palm oil, produce more carbon emissions than they save, fuel land grabs and increase global food prices, " she said.
In Kenya, Save The Children is giving people vouchers to buy food in local markets.
"Limiting salt in packaged and restaurant foods is perhaps the single most important thing that the Food and Drug Administration could do to save hundreds of thousands of lives and save billions of dollars in health care expenses, " center Executive Director Michael Jacobson said.
Save the Children says that, in addition to rising food prices, there are several other factors that put children at risk of malnutrition across the developing world.
Come Friday (or late Thursday night), millions of people still in or recovering from the Thanksgiving food coma will be battling in stores to save a few dollars.
In general if we can figure out how to eat fish that are not so predatory, lower on the food chain, that is going to help save the world.
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Vasquez continued to save her things and always kept her freezer packed with food -- like frozen cactus to eat with her scrambled eggs -- because she'd lived through harsh times.
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Labour councillor Ben Grower said the cost was "outrageous" and said the money "could have been given to Bournemouth's food banks", or used to help save a disability service which was closed down due to council budget cuts.
Now aged 13, he has spoken at conferences in France, Germany, and India, while his company, Casey Games, has released an online multiplayer virtual world game called "Food World, " and another called "Save the Day" to mark International Children's Day in Brazil.
Fuel it with 85 percent ethanol made from woody, weedy stuff like switchgrass, and you'll save three-fourths of the remaining oil without interfering with food production.
Apple employees will now also save 20-50% off their entire bill (including food and drinks) at over 45 select restaurants in Cupertino, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale and Mountain View.
And we're going to keep working with our Turkish partners to deliver the food, shelter and medicine that's needed to save lives.
Cutting down on the burden of moving mountains of paper bills and heavy coins could conceivably save a bundle in cost-sensitive businesses like gas and fast food.
One of the papers said steps such as a tax on unhealthy food and drinks and traffic light labelling on food would be so beneficial for health that they would save money in the long run.
"The mayor believes our policy on sugary drinks in restaurants and food service establishments is the right one and it will save lives, so of course he believes the rest of the state should adopt the same policy, " Marc LaVorgna, a spokesman, said in a statement.
Save campaign in January 2013 to try to change the way we view food.
"There are thousands of entrepreneurs, millions across this country, who do incredible things and make money to put food on the table, to pay their bills, and to save for the future and their children, " she says.
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They said many measures - including taxes on unhealthy food, restrictions on junk food advertising, traffic light labelling and school-based education programmes - would save money as well as benefit health.
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