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Vienna’s First Bread Vending Machine

The bread that is thrown away every day in Vienna could easily supply the whole of Graz – Austria’s second-largest city. The project I Love Brot shows that this does not have to be the case and that there are also economically interesting solutions to the problem of bakery waste: Together with baker Horst Felzl, Kathrina Dankl and her interdisciplinary team developed the snack Felzolini made from yesterday’s bread as well as Vienna’s first bread vending machine.

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Background

Baked goods are a category of products where absolute freshness is essential. For this reason, food waste is relatively high. At Felzl, a bakery chain based in Vienna, this was no different. Stale and expired baked goods had to be disposed of for a fee – in addition to an ethical also an economic problem.

 

Studio Dankl’s approach

The innovation was based on in-depth analyses of the initial situation. Over a period of one and a half years, the bakery’s material flows were documented, energy consumption was measured, and the company was subjected to a sustainability assessment. At the same time, solutions were developed in co-creation processes with employees and customers.

„In the joint project I Love Brot, very coherent and sustainable solutions and products were created. What is special and remarkable is not only the commitment with which all project participants were involved until the end, but also the added value for customers and the Felzl brand that continues to this day – six years after the project was completed.“

Horst Felzl (Founder Felzl Café Bäckerei)

Vienna's first bread vending machine at Schottenfeldgasse 88.

Result

Vienna’s first bread vending machine

A bread sales machine was installed at Schottenfeldgasse 88. After closing time, it is filled with the baked goods that did not find buyers during the day. Consumers are offered the opportunity to obtain high-quality bread and pastries after closing time and thus contribute to reducing the amount of baked goods waste. In the meantime, whenever Felzl opens a new branch, the company tries to install a bread vending machine.

Felzolini

Bread from the previous day is cut into wafer-thin slices, roasted with the residual heat from the oven, and flavored with high-quality ingredients. The result is a completely new snack made from toasted bread chips in different flavors.

 

„I Love Brot has great strength externally – but also internally: Thanks to the project’s history and title, there is a deeply rooted awareness of the sustainable use of bread in the company to this day.“

Horst Felzl (Founder Felzl Café Bäckerei)

Project implementation with the support of the Vienna Business Agency. Project leader: Studio Dankl. Projekt partner: Horst Felzl, Thomas Hruschka, Wolfgang Wimmer, Andrea Lunzer und Angie Rattay. Services: Design Research, concept, strategy and product service design. Photos: Felzl/Gianmaria Gava. Illustrations: Stefanie Hilgarth

Together with employees and customers, an innovative solution was developed for an ethical and economic problem.

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