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Watch: Controlling food waste in COVID-era healthcare (webinar)

Posted by Leanpath on October 9, 2020

Healthcare is the most complex foodservice segment by far. Most have some mix of retail foodservice, catering, physician dining, other services like day care, and, of course, patient feeding with its clinical demands. Perhaps as a result of the complexity, healthcare foodservice, compared to other segments, also sees the highest rates of food waste, based on Leanpath data.

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Topics: Food Waste Strategies

COVID-19 is impacting the quality of produce deliveries. Here’s how to keep it from leading to food waste.

Posted by Robb White, CEC CCA AAC; Executive Chef & Food Waste Prevention Catalyst on September 30, 2020

All facets of the foodservice industry have been affected by COVID-19, including food suppliers. The vendor partners we get our meats, seafood, and produce from are also seeing significant challenges as demand for products has reduced and supply in some areas is excessively high. The problem is, because demand is reduced, suppliers have more product on hand. This can sometimes lead to deliveries coming later in the window of freshness, which increases the risk of food waste. This is creating two issues: one, kitchens have to retrain their staff on inspecting produce; and two, operators need to figure out ways to use produce faster when they do get poor quality.

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Topics: Food Waste Strategies

New report: Anaerobic digestion is no silver bullet for food waste

Posted by Steven Finn, Vice President of Food Waste Prevention. on September 21, 2020

If you want your work addressing food waste to have the biggest impact on greenhouse gas emissions, prevent food waste to begin with, don’t rely on anaerobic digesters to deal with it. That’s the finding from a new report from UK-based food systems research group Feedback Global.

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Topics: measurement, Food Waste Strategies

Leanpath Scout, a new food waste Tracker for lower-volume kitchens

Posted by Leanpath on September 1, 2020

We're proud to introduce Leanpath Scout, a food waste Tracker custom designed to fit in small spaces, achieve fast ROI even with lower food budgets and still deliver big food waste reduction.

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Topics: measurement, Food Waste Strategies, COVID-19

ReFED, Leanpath and others offer food waste guidance when reopening

Posted by Leanpath on August 18, 2020

Food waste prevention matters now more than ever for foodservice bottom-lines. Lower traffic, unpredictable production levels, new service styles, all combine to put added pressure on already narrow margins–and increase the likelihood of food waste.

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Topics: Food Waste Strategies, COVID-19