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## Food Waste Intelligence

## [40 Million pounds of food waste prevented in 5 years](https://blog.leanpath.com/40-million-pounds-of-food-waste-prevented-in-5-years)

Posted By [Steven Finn, Vice President of Food Waste Prevention.](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/steven-finn-vice-president-of-food-waste-prevention) on Jul 11, 2019

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Leanpath has long been dedicated to scaling food waste prevention. This is reflected in our mission – to make food waste prevention and measurement everyday practice in the world’s kitchens.

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## [How IKEA West Chester kept nearly 5k meals from going to waste](https://blog.leanpath.com/ikea-west-chester-saved-5k-meals-with-leanpath)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Jun 25, 2019

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IKEA West Chester, located 30 miles outside Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, has been using the Leanpath food waste prevention platform in its restaurant and bistro for a little over a year. The store measured an initial annualized food waste weight of 14,000 kilograms. By setting goals and keeping the team focused and trained, the store cut its food waste by 20 percent in one year. That translates to nearly 5,000 meals saved from the bin.

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## [Leanpath Wins Two Global Good Awards](https://blog.leanpath.com/leanpath-wins-at-global-good-awards)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Jun 20, 2019

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Leanpath received awards in the Tech for Good and Special Judges Award categories at the prestigious 2019 Global Good Awards, celebrating companies that are solving some of the world's most intractable problems.

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## [Andrew Shakman on the past, present and future of food waste](https://blog.leanpath.com/andrew-shakman-past-present-future-of-food-waste-university-of-massachusetts)

Posted By [CJ Bonge, Marketing Coordinator](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/cj-bonge-marketing-coordinator) on Jun 17, 2019

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Leanpath CEO Andrew Shakman shared his view of the past, present and future of food waste at the 25th annual Chef's Culinary Conference at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

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## [See how The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City reduced food waste by 54% with Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/ritz-carlton-pentagon-city-reduced-food-waste-54-percent)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Jun 06, 2019

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The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City has been a Leanpath client since 2016. Since then they have reduced food waste by 54%, saving 61,000 pounds of food waste from hitting the landfill. We visited the team in Washington, DC, to talk about their success in preventing food waste with Leanpath.

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