FoodBoss

Track expiry dates like a Boss

Submission for LifeHack 2022 by NUS SOC Team Name: Code Red

Chosen Theme

Environment

Problem Statement

Q1 (Food Waste) In 2019, Singapore generated around 744 million kg of food waste. How can we tackle this growing problem and encourage Singaporeans to cut down on unnecessary food waste?

What does your app do?

FoodBoss is a seamless AI-powered Expiry Date Tracker for the consumer, in collaboration with supermarkets, offering solutions to existing problems:

Quick detection of expiry dates with AI, over time-consuming manual key-in of expiry dates
Easy to use app allows for easy adoption for the public and supermarkets

Process of use:

Barcode of item bought is scanned by cashier or E-payment system
Customer opens their FoodBoss app and shows their Account QR
Supermarket iPad scans -- Account QR of customer (with FoodBoss app) -- Barcode of each item (with Supermarket’s barcode reader) -- Expiry date of each item (with Text Reader AI of FoodBoss app)
After Payment, information of each item added to User’s FoodBoss app are: -- Item Name -- Expiry date

How does your hack answer the problem statement?

Food waste is caused by people overbuying and not using up food before expiry ### Features of this app which address this problem:
Easy tracking of food about to expire soon
Reminders about soon-expiring food so user consumes them in time
Automatic adding of food items with expiry dates to app, with aid of cashier/e-payment system whenever user goes shopping, making it convenient to track expiry dates
Backup manual key-in of food items, in cases when: -- Food items are purchased outside of partner supermarkets -- Barcode or Expiry Date reader malfunctions/is inaccurate