*2.1. Experimental Design*

Two medium-sized (annual pack volume 4500 t) commercial domestic tomato supply chains, with product sourced from the same farm but with divergent market destinations and associated transport distance were assessed. Harvesting and handling practices and biophysical conditions were documented, postharvest loss along the food supply chain was quantified by weight, and interviews were conducted to evaluate how supply chain actors influenced postharvest losses in their decision-making. This study was collectively undertaken in November to December 2014. FLW calculations included postharvest and destination of loss, but did not include pre-harvest losses and consumer waste. However, an opportunistic and independent assessment of pre-harvest losses was undertaken and documented here, but losses were not included with the total postharvest loss for the supply chains assessed. Terminology used in this paper is based on the *FLW Accounting and Reporting Standard 2016*, with destination of loss referring to the end use or destination of product removed from the commercial food supply. Pre-harvest loss, such as weather or pest-related damage is about maximising potential, as opposed to addressing losses of material ready for harvest or in subsequent stages of the food supply chain [40].
