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## Food Waste Intelligence

## [Meet a LeanPath Expert: Victoria Rehkugler](https://blog.leanpath.com/leanpath-expert-victoria-rehkugler)

Posted By [Victoria Rehkugler, LeanPath Trainer & Coach](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/victoria-rehkugler-leanpath-trainer-coach) on Oct 19, 2015

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Editor’s Note: Victoria Rehkugler is a new Trainer/Coach at LeanPath. Based out of New York, she brings a passion for efficiency and resourcefulness to everything she does. She looks forward to continuing her mission of wastelessness by helping LeanPath clients maximize their food waste reduction results. Isn't It Fun to Work With Food? I’ve always found great pleasure and entertainment in the dining experience and sharing food with others. Like many people, that sentiment is what first connected me to the hospitality and foodservice ...

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#### Topics:

[Food Waste Musings](https://blog.leanpath.com/topic/food-waste-musings) [Tips & Tricks](https://blog.leanpath.com/topic/tips-tricks) [Latest News](https://blog.leanpath.com/topic/latest-news)

## [Nation’s First-Ever Food Waste Goal: Cut Food Waste in Half by 2030](https://blog.leanpath.com/nations-first-food-waste-goal)

Posted By [Janet Haugan, Vice President of Customer Success](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/janet-haugan-vice-president-of-customer-success) on Sep 24, 2015

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In case you missed it, there was big news in food waste this month.

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## [Principles of Prevention: Food Waste is a Front-Line Issue](https://blog.leanpath.com/principles-of-prevention-food-waste-is-a-front-line-issue)

Posted By [Andrew Shakman, Co-Founder & CEO](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/andrew-shakman-co-founder-amp-ceo) on Aug 26, 2015

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One of the myths we often hear in foodservice related to food waste is that if you have food waste, it means that a chef or manager isn’t doing his/her job (check out our full food waste myths post here). And while reducing food waste certainly needs to be on the management agenda, solving food waste doesn’t come from a management edict or better IT, solving food waste is about shaping behaviors.

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## [The Foodservice Operator's Guide to Food Recovery](https://blog.leanpath.com/foodservice-operators-guide-to-food-recovery)

Posted By [Brennan Hogan, Marketing Manager](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/brennan-hogan-marketing-manager) on Jul 07, 2015

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In the United States, every day we throw away enough food to fill the Rose Bowl Stadium while at the same time one in six Americans face hunger. How can we turn these troubling statistics around? While there is no one solution, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Food Recovery Hierarchy (Figure 1) is a good place to start. Each level of the hierarchy has unique benefits, but this guide will focus on the second level from the top: feeding hungry people, or food donation.

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#### Topics:

[Tips & Tricks](https://blog.leanpath.com/topic/tips-tricks) [Food Waste Prevention Newsletter](https://blog.leanpath.com/topic/food-waste-prevention-newsletter)

## [Are You Underestimating Food Waste?](https://blog.leanpath.com/are-you-under-estimating-food-waste)

Posted By [Andrew Shakman, Co-Founder & CEO](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/andrew-shakman-co-founder-amp-ceo) on Jul 07, 2015

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Most Consumer Survey Respondents Say They Waste ‘Less than the Average American’ Last month the results from a unique consumer-focused food waste survey were released. The study was conducted in 2014 with research funded by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future. As far as the researchers know, it’s the first nationally representative consumer-focused U.S. food waste survey of its kind. The survey asked a series of questions including how “aware” consumers are about wasted foods, what shapes their behavior, and what motivates t...

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#### Topics:

[Food Waste Musings](https://blog.leanpath.com/topic/food-waste-musings) [Food Waste Prevention Newsletter](https://blog.leanpath.com/topic/food-waste-prevention-newsletter)

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