DOI: 10.4018/IJSESD.2020100103 International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development Volume 11 • Issue 4 • October-December 2020  Copyright©2020,IGIGlobal.CopyingordistributinginprintorelectronicformswithoutwrittenpermissionofIGIGlobalisprohibited.  27 Food Waste Solutions in a Developing Country: A Multiple Case Study With Brazilian Companies Daniele Eckert Matzembacher, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Natália Rohenkohl do Canto, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Isadora do Carmo Stangherlin, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Ana Paula Ferreira Alves, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Marcia Dutra de Barcellos, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil ABSTRACT Theimportanceofintegratingsustainabilityinbusinessespracticeshasgainedincreasingattention inthefoodsector.Importantsustainableinitiativesinthissectorrefertofoodwastesolutions.Food wasteisdefinedasfoodintendedtofeedhumans,butusedinanotherway.Thisstudyaimstoanalyze foodwastesolutionsdevelopedbyBraziliancompanies.Throughamultiplecasestudy,threecases wereanalyzed.Resultsindicatethatfoodwastesolutionsareincorporatedmainlyincollaborationand expansion,product,unit,andprice-relatedcategories.Thestudycontributesbyexamininginitiatives withdifferentactorsthanretailersandwithinthecontextofadevelopingcountry,findingsynergies anddivergenceswithpreviousstudies.Inaddition,newfoodwastesolutionscategoriesemergedand complementtheanalysis. KEyWoRD Brazilian Companies, Food Waste Solutions, Multiple Case Study, Sustainability INTRoDUCTIoN Currently, special attention is given to the topics of food loss and waste (Aschemann-Witzel, de Hooge,Amani,Bech-Larsen,&Oostindjer,2015).Thishappensespeciallyduetothemajorimpacts oneconomicandenvironmentalissues,sincethelossandwasteoffoodaffecttheabilitytoachieve foodsecurity,environmentalsustainability,andfarm-financialsecurity(Richards&Hamilton,2018). It is estimated that food losses and waste account for one-third of the food produced in the world,whatrepresentsabout1.3billionfoodtons(FoodandAgricultureOrganizationoftheUnited Nations[FAO],2013).Thewastageoccursalongthesupplychain,reachingproduction,handling, storage,processing,distribution,marketing,andconsumptionstages(Lipinskietal.,2013).Asa consequence,resourcessuchasland,energy,freshwater,andagriculturalinputsarealsowasted (Beretta,Stoessel,Baier,&Hellweg,2013).Additionally,theenvironmentisdamagedduetothe increasinggreenhousegas(GHG)emissions(Dorward,2012)andmethane(Graham-Rowe,Jessop,