WeFood is Finland’s first ever supermarket selling surplus food WeFood store is volunteer-run and innovative food store locat ... ed in the capital Helsinki. The profits are used to support Finn Church Aid’s development cooperation helping the poorest. More than a third of the food produced in the world ends up as food waste. Even in Finland, 400 to 500 million kilos of initially edible food are thrown out and destructed every year. The amount of food waste is so great that various measures need to be taken to reduce it. Food produced only to go to waste is also an environmental issue. Measured in carbon dioxide emissions, the Finnish food waste per year corresponds to the annual emissions of about 400,000 cars. WeFood combats food waste by selling food that would otherwise become food waste, such as food in slightly damaged packagings or fruits and vegetables with superficial imperfections. The products for sale come from businesses as donations. WeFood comes to Finland from Denmark, where there are three WeFood stores run by Finn Church Aid’s sister organisation DanChurchAid. read more