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Too Good To Go: Combating Food Waste with Surprise Clearance

Luyi Yang
Luyi Yang
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5370-6926
Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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Man Yu
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Man Yu
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5035-8073
School of Business and Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
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Luyi Yang

[email protected]

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5370-6926

Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720

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Man Yu

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5035-8073

School of Business and Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

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Published Online:22 Jul 2025https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.03001

cover image Management Science

Volume 72, Issue 3

March 2026

Pages 1727-2679, iv-vi

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Received:September 18, 2023
Accepted:January 18, 2025
Published Online:July 22, 2025

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Luyi Yang, Man Yu (2025) Too Good To Go: Combating Food Waste with Surprise Clearance. Management Science 72(3):2307-2325.

https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.03001

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The authors thank the department editor, an anonymous associate editor, and three anonymous referees for constructive comments that led to significant improvements of the paper.