Counting over 5 million users in 50 countries around the globe, Olio has saved 25 million food items and 3 million non-food items end up in the trash. Currently, its Food Waste Heroes program, an initiative that helps food businesses and restaurants achieve zero food waste, has over 30,000 trained members of individual communities who collect and redistribute unsold or unserved food from some 2,700 stores. Participants include Pret A Manger, Compass Catering, Costa Coffee and Elior, and last year major grocer Tesco signed on. RETAIL Whole Foods To Adopt Amazon's Cashierless Technology Whole Foods announced they are adding Amazon's cashierless technology to two stores in 2022. In the announcement, the retailer says Amazon's Just Walk Out technology will be an "option" for customers in their Washington, D.C.'s Glover Park and Sherman Oaks, California locations.