Food Waste Focus

We’ve all heard the staggering figures about food waste in the US: 40% of all food produced is wasted and it’s the largest single component filling up landfills. But what is the monetary value of all of that food being trashed? Until now, the figures and data available has been limited. But a newly published [...]

Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech), located in Houghton, Michigan, enrolls approximately 7,000 undergraduate and graduate students from across the nation and around the world. There are approximately 2,100 students on their unlimited suite meal plan, offered at 3 residence halls. The Challenge | Stop Throwing Out Valuable Food Many of the dining hall staff members [...]

McKinsey & Company recently published a report that identified opportunities in the area of resource productivity. They discovered 130 areas that when combined lead to 3.7 trillion dollars in savings. Some of the top areas include buildings (energy efficiency), farm yields, and food waste.  McKinsey suggests that there is a 252 billion (2010 dollars) opportunity [...]

Gonzaga Dining just launched the LeanPath program in July. Using LeanPath Zag Dining plans to keep food waste out the landfill and save money in the process. They even produced a video that shows employees learning about the program. This summer the LeanPath system has been embraced by a number of universities throughout the country. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

  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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]