Food Waste Focus

Jill Scott is the Assistant Director of Food Services at Ohio Health’s Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio where she has served for four years. She previously was with Ohio State University in the Hospitality Management Program and in Campus Dining Services.
Initial Expectations
The team at Riverside has been using the LeanPath system since June 2009. [...]

Whats more likely to attract positive attention when outsiders tour through a kitchen: a compost bin filled with todays leftovers or an empty speed rack in a walk-in? In most all cases the compost bin steals the show. But the empty shelf actually has a much bigger story to tell.
In fact, food waste prevention ranks [...]

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LeanPath just received a very nice write up from Christina Williams at Sustainable Business Oregon.  The article talks about the new product from LeanPath, called WasteLOGGER.
http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2010/06/leanpath_launches_food_waste_tracking_software.html

Food Waste Tracking Software Introduced for Restaurants & Foodservice Operations of All Sizes
LeanPath, Inc. Announces Software Solution for Daily Tracking of Food Waste
Portland, Ore. -
LeanPath® proudly announces the introduction of WasteLOGGER, a software solution for food waste tracking that helps any restaurant, hotel, caterer, or foodservice operation prevent, minimize and avoid pre-consumer food waste (which [...]

We were pleased to exhibit at the National Restaurant show in Chicago this year (NRA 2010).  Andrew Shakman was one of the presenters at the NRA Conserve Pavilion.  He was able to give three speeches over the course of four days.
This link will take you to the presentation for “Food Waste Tracking: What you need to [...]

How do you know that you’re focusing on the right waste management priorities? Want to be greener and wondering how to get there? Can’t afford to lose any time and need the biggest win for limited dollars?
To answer these questions, you don’t need to start from scratch. Operators should check out a new class of [...]

Micah Cavolo is the Executive Chef with Bon Appétit Management Company @ Intel Jones Farm Campus in Hillsboro, Oregon.
Background
Micah has been with Bon Appetit for the past 15 years and at Intel for the past six. He has a long history in corporate foodservice and has been in the culinary industry for 20 plus years. [...]

How important is Food Donation?  Looking at the EPA Food Waste Hierarchy we see that the best way to eliminate food waste is to reduce it at the source.  Source reduction is the easiest, best and least expensive way to reduce your waste footprint.  The next best thing is food donation – feeding hungry people.  [...]

We just received these great Hints and Tips from some of our newest accounts.  We would like to share them with you:
“Schmoosh Pie” -  take day old pies that look tired and use a potato masher to break them up (“smoosh”).  Place contents in a cup and top with whipped cream.  Sell in the grab [...]

Exciting News!  Martinsburg VA Medical Center (West Virginia) (a LeanPath customer), has achieved the honor and distinction of becoming a VA Sustainability Achievement Award winner.  They won the award for their Waste Watcher Program – which includes daily, electronic food waste tracking.
VA Senior Sustainability Officer James M. Sullivan praised staff as “an [...]