Food Waste Intelligence

The dining operation at Arcadia University in Pennsylvania, USA, run by Metz Culinary Management, serves more than 1,000 meals a day, primarily from its all-you-care-to-eat dining hall. Executive Chef Timothy Morris and his team have been using Leanpath to track and prevent their food waste for one year. In that time they’ve already reduced waste by an impressive 45 percent. “It’s really important to me to have the kitchen running as tight as possible,” the chef says. “With the cost of food always going up and the money we’re bringing...

Sheraton Amsterdam Airport Hotel and Conference Center has partnered with technology provider Leanpath in a new effort to reduce its food waste by 50 percent. The hotel’s food waste reduction goal aligns with parent-company Marriott International’s corporate-wide goal of cutting food waste in half by 2025.

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.

The foodservice program at Eskenazi Health in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, is broad and ambitious. They have traditional patient trays, room service and a cafeteria, but they also have a full-service restaurant that operates Monday through Friday. They have a medically tailored meal program that serves the hospital as well as area nursing homes and adult care facilities. They also have a small-footprint grocery on site, stocked primarily with donated food for low-income area residents. A mobile version of the grocery will launch soon t...

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has partnered with Leanpath in a new effort to reduce campus food waste from Rheta's Market by 50 percent.