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## Food Waste Intelligence

## [The Ultimate Guide to Preventing Food Waste at the Buffet](https://blog.leanpath.com/buffet-whitepaper-2018)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Oct 05, 2018

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There are three big reasons the buffet is a key source of food waste. First, it’s challenging to match supply and demand in an all-you-care-to-eat format. The default is overproduction: better to have too much on display than disappoint a customer with too little. Second, a buffet has to be aggressively merchandised. Half empty pans and blank spots on the line kill the look of a bountiful buffet. And third, when faced with that bounty, customers have a hard time gauging their own appetite and will often simply take more than they can ...

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## [LeanPath Wins Global Game Changers Award](https://blog.leanpath.com/global-game-changers-award-2018)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Sep 14, 2018

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## [LeanPath wins Sodexo Vendor of the Year Award](https://blog.leanpath.com/leanpath-sodexo-vendor-partner-of-the-year-2018)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Jul 20, 2018

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At its June banquet in Washington, DC, Sodexo presented LeanPath with its 2018 Vendor of the Year Award in the category of Better Tomorrow 2025, Sodexo’s ambitious corporate responsibility roadmap. We are extremely honored by this recognition. We began a focused partnership with Sodexo in 2010. In 2016 we launched the development of the WasteWatch powered by LeanPath customized food waste tracking platform that is currently being deployed at Sodexo sites worldwide. Judy Panayos, Sodexo’s Senior Director Performance, Sustainability and...

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## [LeanPath Wins UK National Recycling Award](https://blog.leanpath.com/mrw-efficiency-award)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Jun 29, 2018

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## [LeanPath Presented with the 2018 Food at Google Support Team of the Year Award in EMEA](https://blog.leanpath.com/google-support-team-of-the-year-2018)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Jun 28, 2018

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