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## Food Waste Intelligence

## [Preventing food waste in senior dining, a case study](https://blog.leanpath.com/preventing-food-waste-in-senior-dining-a-case-study)

Posted By [Sam Smith](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/sam-smith-1) on Apr 06, 2022

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The foodservice operation at Mt. San Antonio Gardens, a retirement community in California, is run by Sodexo, and serves 1,500 covers a day with buffet and tableside service. The kitchen team, led by General Manager Jack Forrest, began using Waste Watch Powered by Leanpath to track and prevent food waste in 2020. They’ve already prevented 56 percent of their food waste.

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## [Sodexo site wins US EPA award for preventing 5,242 meals from going to waste using Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/sodexo-site-wins-us-epa-award-for-preventing-5242-meals-from-going-to-waste)

Posted By [Sam Smith](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/sam-smith-1) on Feb 16, 2022

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Sodexo, through its foodservice work at Good Samaritan Medical Center, in Lafayette, Colorado, is a national award winner in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencies 2021 Food Recovery Challenge competition. Sodexo won the award for its work preventing food waste with Leanpath. “Our success with waste reduction throughout the COVID-19 pandemic is truly a testament to our team and their resiliency, consistency, and hard work,” said Natosha Jergensen, General Manager, Sodexo at Good Samaritan Medical Center. “We believe sustainability...

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## [Daily routines lead to big food waste reduction at the University of Virginia](https://blog.leanpath.com/daily-routines-lead-to-big-food-waste-reduction-at-the-university-of-virginia)

Posted By [Sam Smith](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/sam-smith-1) on Jan 26, 2022

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UVA Dine, operated by Aramark, has been tracking food waste with Leanpath since 2018. The team has racked up impressive results using the program, including reducing their food waste by 59%. They have achieved these results by using tracking data to identify food waste instances and trends and addressing them with their kitchen teams.

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## [Sodexo rolls out Leanpath at 1,200 sites globally - Food Waste](https://blog.leanpath.com/sodexo-rolls-out-leanpath-at-1200-sites-globally.-heres-how-one-site-has-used-it-to-adapt-to-covid-changes)

Posted By [Sam Smith](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/sam-smith-1) on Feb 16, 2021

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As soon as the COVID-19 pandemic reached the U.S., Vidant Medical Center in eastern North Carolina began to prepare for the potential of overcrowding, supply chain interruptions, and overwhelming strain on the staff. To support the patients and staff, Vidant’s dining services team jumped in to adapt their operations. “Our customer base dropped dramatically almost overnight,” said Troy Sheppard, Food & Nutrition Service Line Administrator and Client Executive with Sodexo, which provides dining operations for Vidant Health system. Incre...

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## [How Swedish hospital cut its food waste by 53 percent](https://blog.leanpath.com/how-swedish-cut-food-waste-by-53-percent)

Posted By [Sam Smith](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/sam-smith-1) on May 29, 2020

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Swedish is the largest non-profit healthcare provider in the Puget Sound, Washington, area. Six of its dispersed facilities utilize the Leanpath platform to prevent food waste. The healthcare foodservice operation at its First Hill campus is run by Corporate Executive Chef Zachary Schwab. First Hill typically has about 1,800 covers a day in patient services, with 600 meals a day retail and around 10 catered events. Schwab has overseen food waste reduction with Leanpath since 2007. That experience has led to the development of system-w...

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