Hotel Food Waste Management: Cut Costs & Enhance Sustainability
We provide the complete food waste management solution for the world’s leading hospitality brands, turning F&B waste into bottom-line growth and a measurable sustainability story.
In hospitality, F&B is a critical element of the guest experience and a direct reflection of your brand. But you must balance this with the urgent need to control food and labor costs.
Leanpath provides the proven system to do both. We empower you to deliver an exceptional guest experience while gaining actionable insight into your operations, cutting costs, and showcasing a powerful, data-backed sustainability mission.
“Leanpath data is priceless. It helps us understand where to focus our efforts in reducing food waste and it keeps the team more conscious about controlling waste as a part of the kitchen culture.”
Gain Actionable Insight into Buffets & Catering
Our AI-powered platform provides actionable insights into your biggest waste source: overproduction. Leanpath data shows 53% of a typical hospitality kitchen’s waste comes from buffets and catering guarantees. Our system gives you the operational precision to refine production sheets, optimize kitchen workflows, and stop this hidden drain on your profits.
“You waste food every day, but you don’t know how much. Leanpath allows you to see the waste and understand where to focus your efforts to reduce it.”
Optimize Labor and Improve Profitability
When you stop wasting food, you stop wasting the valuable labor hours used to purchase, prep, and discard it. Our proven system helps you streamline kitchen workflows and improve labor productivity. Leanpath data shows that cutting overproduction waste in half can lead to a 4-8% increase in profitability.
“The biggest surprise has been how my team, from stewards to cooks, really latched onto [reducing food waste]. Not only did they embrace it, they started making recommendations.”
Standardize Excellence from Property to Portfolio
Our solution is designed to scale from a single property to a global enterprise. We provide the enterprise-level intelligence and proven, repeatable process you need to gain visibility and ensure compliance across your entire portfolio. You get simple tools for kitchen teams, deep multi-site reporting for leadership, and expert coaching from our team of seasoned chefs.
“The whole exercise has bolstered our competitive edge. Not having to increase our prices to compensate for cost of goods: that’s given us a head start above our competitors.”
Proof in Practice
The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City is a prime example of driving brand-level sustainability goals. As part of Marriott’s global commitment, the property used Leanpath’s proven system and defensible data to exceed the brand’s 50% reduction goal.
Reduce buffet waste
Read how the Novotel Brisbane cut food waste by 66% by managing it’s breakfast buffet more efficiently.
Refine production sheets
Marriott’s Hotel Alfonso XIII cut it’s food waste by 66% by using Leanpath data to hone production levels. Find out how.
64% reduction in food waste
The Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa Edinburgh found great food waste reduction success by focusing on staff dining.
51% reduction in food waste
Leanapth data showed the team at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront what they were wasting and why.
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