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## Food Waste Intelligence

## [5 Factors Driving Food Waste in Foodservice](https://blog.leanpath.com/5-factors-driving-food-waste-in-foodservice)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on May 10, 2024

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Foodservice operations are often high-intensity, high-pressure environments. There are quotas to meet, quality to uphold, and regulations to comply with. And typically, food waste to contend with—up to 10% of all food purchased goes to waste in the kitchen in many foodservice operations.

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[Kitchen Culture](https://blog.leanpath.com/topic/kitchen-culture) [Food Waste Strategies](https://blog.leanpath.com/topic/food-waste-strategies)

## [Leanpath and Galley Solutions announce integration to drive faster, more precise food waste reduction](https://blog.leanpath.com/leanpath-and-galley-solutions-announce-integration-to-drive-faster-more-precise-food-waste-reduction)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Apr 01, 2024

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Leanpath, the global leader in food waste prevention in foodservice, builds on its integration capability with menu management systems, announcing a partnership with Galley Solutions and its culinary operating system. Leanpath’s intelligent food waste prevention platform is a complete solution that allows foodservice kitchens to understand what they are wasting and why it’s being wasted. Leanpath’s analytics, reporting, and automated prevention tools empower kitchens to stop that waste from reoccurring.

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## [UN report: the world is wasting over 1 billion tons of food every year; foodservice is responsible for 28% of that](https://blog.leanpath.com/un-report-the-world-is-wasting-over-1-billion-tons-of-food-every-year)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Apr 01, 2024

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The world is wasting 1.05 billion tons of food a year, amounting to 132 kilograms per capita and almost one-fifth of all food available to consumers. The foodservice industry is responsible for 28 percent of this waste. Those were some of the findings of the UN Environment Programme’s Food Waste Index Report 2024, which calculated food waste for the most recent year data is available, 2022.

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## [Dozens of food waste prevention tips for Food Waste Prevention Week](https://blog.leanpath.com/tons-of-food-waste-prevention-tips-for-food-waste-prevention-week)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Mar 29, 2024

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Leanpath has a team of executive chefs on staff who travel the world training kitchens on how to prevent food waste. They’re constantly collecting new ideas on best practices in food waste prevention and sharing them right here on our blog. To celebrate Food Waste Prevention Week (April 1-7 2024) we’ve collected 10 of those posts that are bursting with tips and ideas on how foodservice teams can become more profitable and sustainable by preventing food waste. Dig in!

[Read More \>\>](https://blog.leanpath.com/tons-of-food-waste-prevention-tips-for-food-waste-prevention-week)

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## [Leanpath clients rack up big food waste prevention in 2023](https://blog.leanpath.com/leanpath-racks-up-big-food-waste-prevention-in-2023)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Jan 03, 2024

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Leanpath and our foodservice partners prevented a massive amount of food waste in 2023: over 17 million pounds of food kept out of the bin. See how that translates into other environmental and social benefits to people and the planet...

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