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## Food Waste Intelligence

## [Ideas for repurposing overproduced mashed potatoes](https://blog.leanpath.com/ideas-for-repurposing-overproduced-mashed-potatoes)

Posted By [Ben Murphy, Food Waste Prevention Chef](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/ben-murphy-food-waste-prevention-chef) on Aug 07, 2023

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This post is part of a new series looking at ideas for repurposing commonly overproduced menu items. At Leanpath, we see a lot of potato waste across many of the foodservice organizations we work with. One of our largest customers recently recorded over 21,000kg of potato waste in one year. In many cases, food waste from low cost ingredients like potatoes and other starches or vegetables is considered low priority, but when labor and disposal fees are considered, there is a huge opportunity to cut costs and reduce environmental impact...

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

## [Listen to Leanpath CEO Andrew Shakman on the FoodTech Junkies podcast](https://blog.leanpath.com/listen-to-leanpath-ceo-andrew-shakman-on-the-foodtech-junkies-podcast)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Aug 03, 2023

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Leanpath CEO and Co-Founder Andrew Shakman sat down with Sharon Cittone for her FoodTech Junkies podcast, taking a dive into Leanpath's history, the state of the food waste movement and what Andrew sees as the road ahead. "We began on a journey to fight food waste in 2004, not knowing what that journey was going to look like and frankly how exciting it would be to see an entire movement build around that." Get a glimpse into the past and future of the food waste movement in foodservice in this 30-minute podcast here.

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## [Food Waste and Climate Change: Making the Connection](https://blog.leanpath.com/food-waste-and-climate-change-making-the-connection)

Posted By [Steve Finn, VP of Sustainability & Public Affairs](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/steve-finn-vp-of-sustainability-public-affairs) on Jul 28, 2023

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At Leanpath we have long recognized the connection between food waste and climate change. That critical connection is foundational to our mission of making food waste prevention and measurement everyday practice in the world’s kitchens. The food waste-climate connection has been amplified by many organizations. For example, the UNFAO famouslynoted years ago that if ranked as a country, food waste would be the third largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions behind the U.S. and China. The World Wildlife Fund recentlyfound that global ...

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## [Making it safe to talk about food waste in your kitchen](https://blog.leanpath.com/making-it-safe-to-talk-about-food-waste-in-your-kitchen)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Jun 15, 2023

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It’s a problem Leanpath has seen play out in foodservice kitchens for years. A kitchen decides to track and reduce food waste, but its frontline workers are unengaged because they fear they’ll be punished for acknowledging that food waste occurs. In a recent Leanpath webinar, Engage & Empower Culinary Teams to Prevent Food Waste, Executive Chef Robb White and Director of Business Development Tom Mansel, discussed how to address that problem directly, as well as other tips for engaging your teams. Watch the webinar excerpt above for re...

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

## [How this NHS hospital prevented over 3.5 tonnes of food from going to waste](https://blog.leanpath.com/how-this-nhs-hospital-prevented-over-3.5-tonnes-of-food-from-going-to-waste)

Posted By [Tom Mansel, Director of Business Development](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/tom-mansel-director-of-business-development) on Jun 13, 2023

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The catering team at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust are working with Leanpath to prevent food waste throughout their foodservice operation. In their central production unit (CPU) alone, in only eight months, they have cut their food waste by 42 percent, preventing over 3.5 tonnes of food from going to waste.

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