Founder of Rubies in the Rubble, Jenny Costa TELLS US ABOUT making delicious condiments from surplus ingredients that would otherwise go to waste. Prompted by an article in the Evening Standard I started researching food waste. It was something I had never thought about or even really knew existed on scale. So, in discovering that we …
Winnow builds AI tools to help chefs run more profitable and sustainable kitchens by cutting food waste. Food waste is a serious issue with ⅓ of all food being wasted. Chefs often waste food because they lack the right tools to give them the necessary information to control their kitchens. At Winnow, our mission is …
David Coaton, Corporate Sector Director – Hospitality, SWRnewstar Food waste is still a huge problem globally and specifically within the UK. Whilst good progress has been made, there is still so much more to be done. Globally, 1/3 of food waste produced is wasted and in the UK alone, WRAP estimate that up to 10 …
Cat Butterfield & Lily Gray from First Mile According to the U.N FAO, if food waste were a country, its impact on global warming would come third after the US and China. In the UK 41% of the waste produced by pubs, restaurants and hotels is food waste, with 45% coming from food prep, 21% …
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Vernon Mascarenhas, Nature’s Choice. In conjunction with Waste Knot. During our time providing fresh produce to establishments all across London and with a lot of direct contact with farmers, we quickly realised there was a very real problem with waste, both prefarm gate and in the kitchens, with lesser-known produce or simply using the produce from …
Kate Mortimer, Group Marketing and Communications Manager, Olleco Food is estimated to be responsible for around 30% of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. As it breaks down in landfill, food waste gives off methane – which is 25 times more damaging to the environment than CO₂. However, there is a simple solution. By separating food …
Anoushka Grover, Marketing Manager AT Too Good To Go, An app that lets everyone do their bit to reduce waste, while also getting delicious food and supporting local businesses. It costs 97p[1] to throw away one plate of food. But it’s not just your business that pays when you waste food – the planet pays too. …
Rebecca Wetten, Head of Hotels, Cafes and Restaurants – UK, at KARMA, an app that helps you save great food from being wasted ⅓ of all food is wasted and, as well as the environmental and ethical issues with this, the global economic loss of this in-store is $100 billion. Karma is a Swedish-born food waste app that …
“Being part of the SRA has raised our awareness in so many more areas where food is or has the potential to be wasted. We will continue to make small changes and amplify them throughout our estate with the support of the SRA, and do what we can to save unnecessary waste and re-direct surplus …
“At Vacherin, we recognise that wasted food is bad for our environment, but it’s also bad for business.” VACHERIN were highly commended for the waste no food award at the food made good awards 2018 Every year, the UK food service industry throws out a million tonnes of food, enough food to fill the Shard almost 11 …
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