Fruit Market Operational Group

General objectives:

• The operational group's main objective is to integrate the fish supply to schools, hospitals, and other social communities, as well as commercial restaurants directly from primary producers at the optimal time of capture. These species have been rigorously analyzed and selected for their seasonality, nutritional value, price, proximity, characterization, and categorization.
  
• The project will analyze the logistics of connecting producers with processors within strict food safety and allergen control standards.
  
• The aim is to enhance the value of products from primary producers to the food industry that are not typically on the table due to lack of awareness, a lack of adequate marketing channels, or having been overlooked in the commercial offerings of social restaurateurs.
  
• The operational group's revitalization includes a focus group to identify opportunities and improve processes, develop new byproducts, and recover waste.

Specific objectives:

• Selection of representative companies from the food service sector. Five representative cases will be analyzed to allow results to be extrapolated to the rest of the group.
  
• Identification of the stages of the food service industry's production process, characterizing production and supply needs, necessary quality, and frequency, based on these five companies through a custom-designed questionnaire and a visit to the plant, restaurant, central kitchen, and processing unit.
  
• Evaluation of the most appropriate solutions, technologies, or combinations of technologies for the most efficient management of production plants, as well as a study of their feasibility and implementation. Special attention will be paid to seeking potential innovative projects or uses of innovative technologies that will promote innovative projects in information management (Food Data and AI).
  
• Communication of the results obtained by this operational group to the entire sector, identifying best practices, solutions, and innovative project proposals applicable to the sector.