Appendix C2_Scheduling Email_Rev_07_20_23

Appendix C-2

Scheduling Email—Participant Identified

Exploratory Semi-structured Interviews on Retail Food Loss—Wave 2

Agency: Economic Research Service

Appendix C-2: Scheduling Email—Participant Identified

Dear [contact name],

Thank you for agreeing to be interviewed about how your company tracks and maintains data on food loss as part of a study we are conducting for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service (USDA, ERS).

We have the following days/times available next week to speak with you for a 30-minute interview:

• Day, Date: Time

• Day, Date: Time

• Day, Date: Time

• Day, Date: Time

Please let me know what days/times work best for you or whether you have other times available in the next couple weeks, and I will send you an email invitation with the log-on information for a 30-minute interview. Please feel free to forward the invitation to other individuals from your company if they would like to participate in the interview, and I will contact them and provide additional information.

I have attached an informed consent document with more information about the interview. Before the interview, please review the document and click the link below to sign. I have also attached the list of interview questions. This information is provided for informational purposes. You do NOT need to answer the questions before the interview. 

Please click here to sign the Informed Consent Form.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Best regards,

[Study Coordinator name]

USDA, ERS Retail-Level Food Loss Study

[email address, phone number]

Principal Investigator: Mary Muth

OMB Control Number: 0536-0073

Expiration: 04/30/2025

NOTIFICATION TO RESPONDENT OF ESTIMATED BURDEN: Public reporting burden for this Scheduling email is estimated to average 5 minutes per response. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is #0536-0073. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to: Linda Kantor, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service (linda.kantor@usda.gov).