Improving food waste, environmental impact and productivity by expanding the use of year-and-month-only best-before date labeling

「We had already begun switching some products to year-month best-before date labeling. From January this year, we expanded the products covered and are implementing the transition sequentially. As a result, approximately 80% of all items will use year-month labeling, which is expected to reduce food loss, lower CO2 emissions associated with more efficient logistics and reduce environmental impact, while improving productivity by reducing the number of lots managed at stores and warehouses and shrinking storage requirements.」