Food Waste Focus

40 percent of food in the United States today goes uneaten. It’s a statistic we hear far too often in our industry. And it’s the enormity of the food waste problem that led Dana Gunders of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to author a new issue paper titled “Wasted: How America Is Losing Up [...]

Most foodservice operators throw away 4-10% of the food they purchase before it even reaches a plate. What are the drivers behind all of this waste? When we took a closer look, we uncovered some of the common pressures. In this article, I’ll take a closer look at one of them: merchandising. More is better [...]

Ongoing, consistent food waste tracking is the best way to identify opportunities, make adjustments and reduce food waste. However, a good first step on this path to prevention is a food waste audit. Typically conducted over a short period of time, an on-site audit involves weighing and tracking all waste to get a “snapshot” of [...]