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## Food Waste Intelligence

## [Labor, food costs and efficiency: The financial urgency of food waste prevention in 3 charts](https://blog.leanpath.com/labor-food-costs-and-efficiency-the-financial-urgency-of-food-waste-prevention-in-3-charts)

Posted By [Sam Smith](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/sam-smith-1) on Aug 27, 2021

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The two biggest costs a foodservice operation contends with -- food and labor -- are both way up. The recovery from COVID is unsteady and unpredictable due to the Delta variant. At a time when kitchen staff are being asked to do even more with even less, the typical foodservice operation continues to waste 4% to 10% of the food it purchases. You simply can’t afford that level of waste and inefficiency, particularly right now. Here are 3 charts to help explain why.

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## [Environmental impact of China’s food waste is equal to that of an entire country’s emissions](https://blog.leanpath.com/environmental-impact-of-chinas-food-waste-is-equal-to-that-of-an-entire-countrys-emissions)

Posted By [Sam Smith](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/sam-smith-1) on Aug 02, 2021

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As awareness of the connection between food waste and climate change grows globally, a new report illustrates the environmental impact of China’s food waste in stark detail. More than a quarter of food produced for human consumption in China is lost or wasted each year. The carbon footprint of that waste is equal to the entire emissions of a country the size of the United Kingdom.

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## [Avoid food waste due to "mishandling"](https://blog.leanpath.com/avoid-food-waste-due-to-mishandling)

Posted By [Robb White, CEC CCA AAC; Executive Chef & Food Waste Prevention Catalyst](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/robb-white-cec-cca-aac-executive-chef-food-waste-prevention-catalyst) on Jul 23, 2021

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Food is thrown away and wasted due to a variety of reasons—overproduction, spoilage, expiration, and so on. At Leanpath, we use "mishandling" as a loss reason to define food that is unfit for consumption and must be thrown away due to improper handling during production. There are a myriad of examples of improper handling of food during production, but let’s focus on the most common occurrences I see in a kitchen and what you can do to avoid them.

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## [4 lessons on sustainability in healthcare foodservice post-Covid](https://blog.leanpath.com/4-lessons-on-sustainability-in-healthcare-foodservice-post-covid)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Jul 09, 2021

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The Association of Healthcare Foodservice (AHF) hosted a recent webinar focusing on why sustainability initiatives are so important right now. The webinar panel included Leanpath CEO Andrew Shakman alongside Gina Sadowski, Director for Nutrition, Culinary and Retail at Seattle Children’s Hospital, and Richard Young, Director of Education at the Frontier Energy Foodservice Technology Center. Watch the full webinar here, and check out four key takeaways from the session below.

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## [Andrew Shakman: Tackle climate change and food insecurity by addressing food waste \[2-min video\]](https://blog.leanpath.com/andrew-shakman-food-connects-everything.-but-food-waste-is-the-great-disconnect-0)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Jun 29, 2021

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"By addressing food waste we have an opportunity to address two of the biggest problems facing our people and our planet: climate change and food insecurity." Leanpath Co-Founder and CEO Andrew Shakman on the inspiration behind the B Corp he started, the enormous challenge--and opportunity--of food waste, and the simple change to kitchen culture that allows foodservice organizations to take control of their own food waste. All in 2 minutes.

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