Food Waste Focus

When it comes to volume foodservice operations, chefs and managers often have to do a lot of math.  They need to scale recipes up and down, convert weights to volumes, and calculate yields (as-purchased to edible-portions). Â
They need to get the calculations right or risk a culinary disaster due to over/under production, over/under purchasing or quality problems.
Bryan  Bowers, [...]

The New York Times recently wrote about a critical food waste sanitation problem that has developed in Egypt.  The background is that the Egyptian government required all pigs in the country to be slaughtered this past spring in a (misguided) effort to reduce swine flu risk. What they failed to realize was that these pigs were playing a [...]

Volume 4 of the Food Waste Flyer newsletter was released recently.  It provides a profile of waste reduction and tracking efforts by Chef Ralph Geslao at Lankenau Hospital near Philadelphia, along with a discussion of calculating ROI from food waste management and tips for avoiding waste around the holidays.   Read Volume 4 and subscribe to future  issues. Â
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LeanPath coaches speak with clients on a regular basis.  Often we learn new information that can help others reduce waste and we like to share those Hints and Tips with you:
 

 AvoidingPackage Entree Waste:

  Don’t just set an open ended par level to build to, look at each retail outlet and custom tailor production throughout the week.   Pay especially close [...]

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LeanPath coaches speak with clients on a regular basis.  Often we learn new information that can help others reduce waste and we like to share those Hints and Tips with you:
Avoiding Pizza Dough Prep Waste:

Improper proofing is a major driver of pizza dough waste.  Chefs should periodically review the preparation procedures for pizza production with staff.  By batching what [...]

Hey Everyone!
Lets do this!  Our friends at Waste Aware Scotland are spending the news about the first International Plastic Bag Free Day on Saturday, September 12th: http://tinyurl.com/mgor6s

This is a great way to ‘source reduce‘ all those nasty plastic bags we get from the store.  Take a reusable cloth bag, use your backpack, messenger bag or [...]

This a great article done by the folks at CNet (http://www.cnet.com).  A public utility in the San Francisco-Oakland bay area is looking at new ways to convert food waste to usable energy.  there are a lot of restaurants and foodservice operations in their local area.  Collecting this food waste and converting it to energy, capturing [...]

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Wow!  What a great article from our friends at Biocycle and JG Press:  http://www.biocycle.net/.  They recently sent this nugget of information and we thought it would be great to pass along to everyone.
This article gives an insider view on starting and running a composting plan at special events and festivals.  It mentions a few mistakes [...]