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Ideas, guidance and inspiration to move you along your food waste journey
Understanding the Food Waste Crisis and Opportunity
Food waste is a big problem. The foodservice industry is a big part of the solution.
The urgency of food waste prevention
UN Report: The world is wasting over 1 billion tons of food every year…
6 stats that illustrate the crisis and opportunity of food waste in food service
New report reveals the real impact of methane — and food waste — on global warming
When food is wasted, labor is wasted
4 of top 8 actions to avoid climate change relate to food waste prevention
The Importance of Food Waste Prevention
The only solution that delivers triple-bottom-line benefits.
Why food waste prevention should be your top sustainability priority
Leanpath CEO Andrew Shakman on the importance of measuring food waste as a first step in prevention
Updating the Food Waste Hierarchy, elevating prevention
Latest ReFED release reveals importance of prioritizing prevention
Visualizing food waste prevention
Major new ReFED report ranks prevention and tracking as most impactful food waste solutions
Bringing a Food Waste Prevention Solution Into Your Operation
Making the business case for food waste prevention
6 food waste prevention myths
The basics of food waste tracking
Leanpath’s intelligent food waste prevention platform
How does a food waste tracking device fit into my kitchen?
Food Waste Tips
A few ideas to get you started on your journey.
Top tips for preventing food waste with Chefs Robb and Ben
Engage and empower your teams to prevent food waste
30 food waste prevention tips in 30 days
5 tips to avoid food waste when labor is tight
Preventing food waste at the salad bar
Preventing food waste at the buffet
Getting to the bottom of top food waste sources
Dozens of food waste prevention tips for Food Waste Prevention Week
The end of kitchen service is a critical moment to control food waste. Here’s how to plan for it.
5 team challenges to focus your staff on food waste
18 creative and efficient ways to repurpose fruit and vegetable trim
How foodservice kitchens are taking control of food waste with Leanpath
Contract Management
How Google prevents food waste with Leanpath
Rolling out a global food waste solution with Sodexo
How Metz Culinary Management Prevents Food Waste
Sodexo North America has saved over 9 million meals from going to waste…
Sodexo Middle East reports big food waste and carbon reductions using Leanpath
Google announces ambitious food waste goal, 10 million pounds already.
Sodexo site wins US EPA award for preventing 5,242 meals from going to waste.
Sodexo prevents over 280 tonnes of food waste in the UK with Leanpath
Q&A with Compass Group Australia’s National Food Waste Reduction Manager Winston Hugh
Metz Culinary Management Announces 30% Food Waste Reduction with Leanpath
Sodexo’s Middle East Regional Project Manager Umesh Jaiswar on driving food waste reduction on a large scale
Hospitality and
Cruise lines
How SkyCity Auckland cut food waste by nearly 50% in just nine months with Leanpath
Preventing food waste at The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City
Cutting buffet waste at Novotel Brisbane
How Marriott’s Hotel Alfonso XIII cut it’s food waste by 66%
The Sheraton Grand Hotel and Spa Edinburgh cut its food waste 64%
Leanpath showed the Hilton San Diego Bayfront what they were wasting and why, and cut it by 51%
Two Marriott Costa Rica hotels cut food waste by 25% in just months using Leanpath
How SkyCity Auckland cut food waste by nearly 50% in just nine months with Leanpath
Uniworld Sustainability Officer wins Future Lights Award for preventing food waste with Leanpath
College and University
The University of Nebraska Lincoln slashes plate waste by 51% and kitchen waste by 40%
Arcadia University cut its food waste 45% in one year with Leanpath
Building a culture of food waste prevention at the University of Rochester
Cutting food waste 63% at the University of Illinois
How food waste photography helped the University of Notre Dame cut food waste 68%
Keeping 74,000 meals out of the bin at Arizona State University
How food waste data drove reductions at the US Coast Guard Academy
The University of Nebraska Lincoln slashes plate waste by 51% and kitchen waste by 40%
The University of Wisconsin-Madison launches Leanpath through its Green Fund program
Healthcare
Preventing food waste in senior living
Palomar Health reduced their food waste 54%
Chef Dugan Wetzel on cutting food waste by 32% in 3 months at Eskenazi Health
How this NHS hospital prevented over 3.5 tonnes of food from going to waste
Focusing on the “why” of food waste led to a 50 percent reduction at this healthcare system
Cutting food waste by 53% at Swedish First Hill hospital
What Martinsburg VA Medical Center learned from 10 years of food waste prevention
Reid Health cut its food waste 53% with Leanpath
Gunderson Health Systems cut its waste in half with Leanpath