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## Food Waste Intelligence

## [How Elior North America and Constellation Culinary Group Reduced Food Waste by 42%](https://blog.leanpath.com/how-elior-constellation-culinary-group-reduced-food-waste)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Nov 03, 2026

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At a professional dining location in San Francisco, workplace dining is an intentional part of the employee experience, giving people access to fresh, thoughtful food that fuels their workday and connects them with their colleagues in the cafe.

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## [How Google Cut Food Waste per Googler by 56% Across 150+ Cities](https://blog.leanpath.com/how-google-cut-food-waste-per-googler-by-56-across-150-cities)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Oct 29, 2026

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In 2022, Google made a public commitment that caught the attention of the entire foodservice industry: cut food waste per Googler in half by the end of 2025, measured against a 2019 baseline.

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## [How Sodexo's Soledad Hearon Builds Food Waste Prevention Champions in Healthcare](https://blog.leanpath.com/how-sodexos-soledad-hearon-builds-food-waste-prevention-champions-in-healthcare)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Oct 12, 2026

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Ask Soledad Hearon where her passion for food waste prevention comes from, and she goes straight back to her childhood.

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## [How Sodexo North America Cut Food Waste in Half Across Hundreds of Kitchens: Webinar Takeaways](https://blog.leanpath.com/how-sodexo-north-america-cut-food-waste-in-half-across-hundreds-of-kitchens-webinar-takeaways)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Sep 08, 2026

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Ask any of the NGOs or research organizations focused on the global food waste crisis how we get this problem under control, and they'll tell you the same thing: big organizations need to set big food waste reduction goals. That's exactly what Sodexo North America did. The region set a 50% food waste reduction target, and crushed it.

[Read More \>\>](https://blog.leanpath.com/how-sodexo-north-america-cut-food-waste-in-half-across-hundreds-of-kitchens-webinar-takeaways)

#### Topics:

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## [The EU Made Food Waste Reduction Mandatory. Here's What Food Service Operators Must Do Before June 2027.](https://blog.leanpath.com/the-eu-made-food-waste-reduction-mandatory-heres-what-food-service-operators-must-do-before-june-2027)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Aug 11, 2026

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