# README
Freshness Countdown API
Freshness Countdown is a service to help you gain better visibility into the status of your perishable food items, for the purpose of reducing food waste and improving the meal planning and grocery shopping experiences.
This API is the backbone of the service. It is the only software which interacts with the data stored in the system. Since there are many other pieces to the system that can all work together or independently, this API works as a go-between in order to reduce code redundency.