The Complete Solution for Food Waste Management
Others just measure waste, we provide a complete solution. Measurement is just the beginning. Leanpath’s AI-powered platform goes beyond measurement to deliver actionable insights and guided workflows. We provide the system you need to drive lasting change, cut costs, and achieve your financial and sustainability goals at scale.
Go Beyond Measurement to Unlock Actionable Insights
Gain strategic, enterprise-level visibility into your operations.
- Don’t just see what you’re wasting, understand why. We reveal the root cause of inefficiency, unlocking key opportunities to cut costs and improve operations.
- AI-powered reporting delivered in real time, providing the clarity you need to act decisively.
- Single-site, multi-site, regional, and global reporting capabilities to ensure compliance and drive consistency at every level.
Drive Results
We go beyond tracking and reporting. Our platform is designed to operationalize your insights, using guided workflows and intelligent tools to embed food waste prevention into your daily routines.
- AI-enabled Goals provide customized, prescriptive recommendations to prevent waste.
- AI-driven daily action items, waste summaries, and team engagement tools build a culture of prevention and action.
- Intelligent early warnings and phone alerts deliver notifications of high-value waste issues, ensuring consistency.
A True Partner in Your Success
We act as an extension of your team, not just a vendor. True transformation requires more than just technology; it requires a partner deeply invested in your long-term results. From day one, we provide the blueprint for change and the dedicated, ongoing support needed to ensure you achieve your goals.
- Comprehensive Training: On-site and virtual programs that empower your teams from day one.
- Continuous Learning: A vast library of self-paced resources to drive ongoing improvement.
- Strategic Coaching: Ongoing guidance from seasoned chefs and data experts, customized to your kitchen’s unique needs.
Optimized for Enterprise, Multi-Site, and Global Operations
As the industry leader, Leanpath has more global deployments than any other provider. We have the deep technical and culinary expertise to drive success at scale
- Tracking solutions to fit kitchens of all sizes.
- Over 40 languages supported
- Multi-site reporting and analytics that allow leaders to see across their full portfolio and drive organization-wide compliance
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Here’s our proven process for building a custom food waste management solution that meets the unique needs of your organization.
Partnership & Discovery.
We gain a deep understanding of your operation and goals. Our consultative process ensures we understand your needs, scale, and budget. This partnership continues with our culinary-led customer success team who guides you post-launch.
Solution Design.
Based on your food spend and number of sites, from one to thousands, Leanpath will customize an array of AI-powered trackers to capture your full excess food stream, including plate waste and donations.
Platform Customization.
We build a package of reporting and prevention tools that match your goals, from standard reporting to enterprise-level intelligence and guided workflows for multi-site program management.
Training & Coaching.
We design a training and coaching program that ensures your success. You choose the level of support you need from our team of seasoned chefs and food waste experts—from self-paced virtual programs to on-site, culinary-led sessions.
Food waste management FAQs
Food waste management means preventing waste from occurring in the first place, finding alternative uses for surplus food, and responsibly disposing of unavoidable waste. It’s a critical focus due to the significant financial losses from wasted ingredients, the ethical implications of discarding food while others face hunger, and the substantial environmental impact of food decomposing in landfills, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. Leanpath provides the industry’s most complete solution within this framework. We go beyond simple tracking to provide the actionable insights and proven system to understand your waste patterns, implement targeted prevention strategies, and drive operational efficiency. By making waste visible and measurable, Leanpath transforms it from a problem into a strategic opportunity
Leanpath leverages AI to enhance our food waste management technology in several key ways. Our AI-powered solutions automatically identify and categorize food waste, streamlining tracking and improving data accuracy. This advanced analysis moves beyond simple metrics to provide actionable insights into waste patterns and their root cause. Furthermore, our AI provides prescriptive recommendations for operational adjustments, simplifying the job of chefs and managers. By integrating AI, we empower kitchens with smarter, more efficient tools to minimize waste and maximize savings.
Leanpath can be deployed in a matter of weeks, with support and training throughout the process. Once your Leanpath equipment is onsite, a “baseline” period will begin, when food waste is tracked, but no operational adjustments are made. This data will be used to measure your future food waste reduction success.
By implementing Leanpath’s proven food waste management solution, our partners typically achieve a 50 percent or greater reduction in food waste, leading to a decrease in food purchase costs of 2-8 percent at scale. You will also reduce your greenhouse gas footprint, providing defensible data for your sustainability goals. This fosters a mission-driven work environment, boosting team engagement and overall performance.
Leanpath provides adaptable, subscription-based access to our comprehensive food waste management system. The specific investment is tailored to meet the unique needs, scale, and budget of your operation, and typically delivers a 2-7x ROI. To understand the specific cost for your organization, we encourage you to partner with our expert team for a personalized consultation.