Central Europe Waste Manager of the Tesco Company at VSE KMP: Jan Krčmář

The Department of International Business is pleased to share the information about the lecture by Jan Krčmář on Food Waste Management:

The Tesco Company is one of the Czech leaders in food-waste prevention. It has got long-term exemplary cooperation with Food Banks and it is the first retailer in the Czech Republic that started to publish its data on food waste. Jan Krčmář is responsible for food waste prevention in this retail chain. That is why he was Number One to be invited into the course of Food waste management.

At his Alma Mater, the graduate of our university (2010) clearly explained the strategy of fighting against food waste in retail chains. He even brought illustrative examples from one of Tesco stores. Then, he demonstrated the basic rules of food waste management on graphs.

Jan Krčmář has been working with food stocks and ordering for 14 years already; he focuses on deep-dive analysis and financial insight into the issue of food wasting. He is also experienced in leading the international middle-European „anti-wasting“ team of the Tesco company.

The course Food Waste management presents the issue of food wasting in the context of the current topic of sustainability. International aspects and business orientation are stressed. The lectures should prepare future business people for reflecting on this topic in everyday business processes, from logistics and warehousing through HR management and compliance to marketing and finance. Considerable emphasis is also placed on retailer-supplier relationships. The course concludes with the cooperation of business with NGOs.