The hospitality and food service sectors could save millions each year simply through better resource planning, reducing the amount of waste they produce and recycling more.
Resource efficiency experts Green Gain have developed a comprehensive package of support specifically designed to meet the needs of businesses working in the Hospitality, Tourism, Food and Drink service and manufacturing sectors. We can work with business to identify opportunities for efficient work practices and to formulate a strategy for improvement.
Green Gain recently provided support to help the EJ Catering to identify and implement simple, no-cost
measures around portion control and planning, stock management, preparation and
procurement. Green Gain identified that a large proportion of the waste could be
minimised and reused through better refrigeration. We developed a clear
business case for further investment in a £12,000 refrigerated vehicle. Green Gain supported the business to access public sector capital grant funding of over
£7,000 so that they could take forward this investment. The measures that we helped to put in place have led to landfill diversion of 8 tonnes per
annum, a reduction in CO2 emissions of 33 tonnes and cost savings of £14,000
per year. Payback on the investment was achieved within the first year.
“Green Gain has helped
reduce our wastage, reduce our costs and more importantly allowed us to become
more sustainable in our day to day operations…thank you for all your work,
you guys rock!”
Emma
Jenkins, Creative Director, EJ Catering Ltd
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Email us now to find out how you can reduce your food waste and maximise your profit margins: info@greengain.co.uk
Food waste facts
- The cost of food being wasted in the UK from the UK Hospitality and Food Service (HaFS) sector was estimated at £2.5 billion per year in 2011, rising to £3.0 billion per year by 2016.
- On average 21% of food waste arises from spoilage; 45% from food preparation and 34% from consumer plates.
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