Paris-based Hors Normes cooks up €7 million to tackle food waste
Summary
Set on tackling an escalating food waste crisis, French startup Hors Normes has just raised €7 million to save rejected fruit and vegetables. Food waste is a growing problem and one of the contributing factors is an obsession with perfectionism – the belief that our fruit and vegetables have to be in the perfect shape and look pretty enough to hit the stalls. On a quest to save rejected fruit and vegetables, and instead deliver them directly to consumers, Paris-based startup Hors Normes has just bagged €7 million. In just two years, the startup has built solid foundations to ensure sustainable development and has established a long-term economic relationship of benefit to both producers and consumers. With this new funding, the startup aims to consolidate its service and accelerate its deployment in France and abroad in order to multiply the number of regular customers by 8 by the end of 2023 and save over 3,000 tons of products.