Food Waste Intelligence

When all contributors are factored in–from land use to food waste–the food system contributes approximately 34 percent of global emissions. This surpasses electricity production and industry by approximately 10 percent each, making it the largest greenhouse gas emitting economic sector in the world. The finding, from Project Drawdown, is accompanied by four primary actions to reduce the food system’s impact. The first is to improve food system efficiency. “The best place to start is curbing food loss and waste,” wrote Project Drawdown...

SkyCity Auckland is a premier entertainment destination in New Zealand, with the country’s largest casino, 609 rooms across two hotels (with a third on the way), a 700-seat theater and an array of dining options. SkyCity has deployed Leanpath’s intelligent food waste prevention platform at three of those dining outlets: the staff dining operation, 24/7; the buffet concept, Fortuna; and the 5-star restaurant, The Terrace. In just nine months SkyCity Auckland has reduced food waste by 47 percent across the three locations. “It didn’t su...

Pop quiz: you run a busy hospital kitchen, and one of your food suppliers calls you up to ask why your spend with them has decreased since last year. What do you tell them? If you’re Nuno Matias, Head of Catering at NHS Royal Brompton Hospital, you tell them you’re spending less because you’re not throwing as much of their product away - as a result of managing your food waste with Leanpath. Nuno and his team have fully embraced Leanpath across their whole catering operation, and their results have been excellent. Cost pressure on NHS...

Uniworld Boutique River Cruises rolled out Leanpath across its full fleet of 11 ships in 2023 and has already seen a 36 percent reduction in food waste. But the cruise line is finding even more value in its food waste measurement and prevention by showcasing their work with Leanpath to guests in a special “Progressive Dinner” series (pictured). Here’s how Uniworld explains it in their recently released 2023 Impact Report:

East Carolina University Medical Center’s Beaufort Hospital is a 142-bed healthcare campus in Washington, North Carolina, USA. Food and nutrition services are operated by Sodexo and overseen by General Manager Denise M. Hewitt and Executive Chef John Jacob Phillips (above at his Leanpath Tracker). The team has successfully reduced its kitchen waste by 53 percent since implementing the Leanpath program in 2020. Expanding on that success, beginning in 2023, they started using their program to track plate waste from patient trays, and wi...