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## Food Waste Intelligence

## [Andrew Shakman on the past, present and future of food waste](https://blog.leanpath.com/andrew-shakman-past-present-future-of-food-waste-university-of-massachusetts)

Posted By [CJ Bonge, Marketing Coordinator](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/cj-bonge-marketing-coordinator) on Jun 17, 2019

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Leanpath CEO Andrew Shakman shared his view of the past, present and future of food waste at the 25th annual Chef's Culinary Conference at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

[Read More \>\>](https://blog.leanpath.com/andrew-shakman-past-present-future-of-food-waste-university-of-massachusetts)

#### Topics:

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## [See how The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City reduced food waste by 54% with Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/ritz-carlton-pentagon-city-reduced-food-waste-54-percent)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Jun 06, 2019

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The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City has been a Leanpath client since 2016. Since then they have reduced food waste by 54%, saving 61,000 pounds of food waste from hitting the landfill. We visited the team in Washington, DC, to talk about their success in preventing food waste with Leanpath.

[Read More \>\>](https://blog.leanpath.com/ritz-carlton-pentagon-city-reduced-food-waste-54-percent)

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## [See how Sodexo prevents food waste with Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/see-how-sodexo-prevents-food-waste-with-leanpath)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on May 23, 2019

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In 2017, Sodexo automated its food waste tracking program, WasteWatch, creating WasteWatch powered by Leanpath. In May 2019, Sodexo announced it will roll out WWxLP to 3,000 sites worldwide. We visited two U.S. sites to understand their success in preventing food waste with Leanpath.

[Read More \>\>](https://blog.leanpath.com/see-how-sodexo-prevents-food-waste-with-leanpath)

#### Topics:

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## [Video Case Study: Healthcare Food Waste Strategies at Palomar Health](https://blog.leanpath.com/healthcare-food-waste-strategies-at-palomar-health)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Mar 21, 2019

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There are so many moving parts in hospital foodservice that chefs and managers rarely have time to identify the root causes of food waste, let alone strategize to improve their operations. That's why Palomar Health trusts Leanpath technology to measure their food waste, analyze food waste data, and provide reporting and expert coaching to guide their prevention efforts.

[Read More \>\>](https://blog.leanpath.com/healthcare-food-waste-strategies-at-palomar-health)

#### Topics:

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## [Video Case Study : Preventing Food Waste at Google](https://blog.leanpath.com/google-video-case-study)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Nov 09, 2018

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Leanpath is deployed in nearly 200 Google cafes in 21 countries. Since 2014 when we started working together, Leanpath has helped Google prevent 4 million pounds of food waste from going to the landfill. See how they’ve done it.

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