A Conceptual Design to Encourage Sustainable Grocery Shopping

Abstract

Grocery shopping is a frequent event on our life that has a great impact on climate change and direct connection with health issues. The purchases of organic and healthy foods are increasing but still, we could not make any breach between our customer's awareness and feasting of environment-friendly healthy foods. This paper aims at providing information about products and helps consumers understand their food for making a better choice for their health and environment. We designed a system that provides information on nutritional values and the environmental impact of foods and advice users to make a food choice. It also keeps track of monthly grocery expenditure and shows how much of it is healthy and eco-friendly. The system works by scanning QR codes and AR markers that are embedded with the products. It will be a perfect assistant for grocery shopping for consumers of any age.