Reducing Food Waste

In the OIC Member Countries

COMCEC

Cameroon

• Surveyed households in Cameroon are composed o f 8 members in average;

• Mothers do food shopp ing usually;

• Preferred shopping places are bio p roduc t m arke t places and street sellers;

• A strong m ajority o f the households check their food stocks at home before going to

shopping;

• Most of the time, meals are p lanned for the days ahead;

• A lmost all of them makes a shopp ing list at least sometimes;

• Most respondents rarely or never order any takeaway or go to eat outside;

• Half of the Cameroonian households often eat frozen or convenience food;

• Most of them cooks more than one type of meal at least two days in the week.

Saudi Arabia

• Surveyed households in Saudi Arabia are composed of 4 or 5 members in average;

• Mainly fathers do the shopping;

• Supermarkets are preferred as shopp ing place;

• Just over the h a lf of the households check their food stocks at home before going to

shopping;

• Most of the time, meals are p lanned for the days ahead;

• A lmost all of them makes a shopp ing list at least sometimes;

• In general, Saudi A rabian households prefer hom em ade cooking than eating outside;

• Prefer to prepare a meal from scratch b u t also eat frozen or convenience food at least

sometimes;

• Most of them cooks more than one type of meal one or two days in the week.

e) Senegal

• Surveyed households in Senegal are composed of 13 members in average;

• Mothers do food shopp ing usually;

• Preferred shopping places are streets sellers;

• A big h a lf o f the households generally check their food stocks at home before going to

buy food;

• The respondents do no t especially p lan the meals for the days ahead;

• In general, they do no t make a shopp ing list before going to purchase food;

• Many respondents rarely order any takeaway or go to eat outside;

• Most of the Senegalese households hardly eat frozen or convenience food;

• A lmost none o f them cook more than one type of meal more than three days in the

week.

Turkey

• Surveyed households in Turkey are composed of 3 or 4 members in average;

• Mainly fathers do the shopping;

• Supermarkets are preferred as shopping place;

• Mostly food availability at home is checked before going to shopping;

• Most of the time, meals are p lanned a day ahead;

• Most of them makes a shopping list;

• In general, homemade cooking is preferred instead o f restaurants;

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