About €1 million in value per location
About €1 million in value per location shows why food initiatives should be assessed as public infrastructure, not only projects.
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Benefit-cost ratio of 3.2
A benefit-cost ratio of 3.2 shows how healthy meal access can create measurable value beyond the plate.
28,200 healthy meals per year
A basic Mensa Mensa location delivers 28,200 healthy meals, rescues 5,139 kg of food and provides 24,960 plant-based meal equivalents each year.
3 programme lines for governments
The report offers governments three programme lines to embed value retention
10 opportunity maps for earning with less
Value retention is translated into 10 opportunity maps linking revenue to money, materials and CO₂
Fourteen interventions form a policy menu
The exploratory SCBA compares 14 interventions as a policy menu for continuity, scaling and stronger food-infrastructure governance.
Electric logistics delivers a 34× benefit-cost ratio
Electric logistics delivers about €34 in estimated social value per euro of total cost and about €68 per public euro in the exploratory SCBA.
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€11–16 in social value per municipal euro
The 32 food initiatives generate an estimated €11 to €16 in social value per municipal euro, according to the exploratory SCBA.
€15 million value per year
The estimated €15 million annual value shows how food initiatives in Amsterdam-Noord create wider social infrastructure benefits.
€45 to €55 million in avoidable costs
The Amsterdam-Noord food initiatives help avoid substantial annual social costs across poverty, care and environmental domains.