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Service clock 11:58 AM 0.0 lb kept off the line in a sample service Book a demo

End of service

Food waste reduction, in the kitchens’ own numbers.

Three operations, three kinds of kitchen, written up as service reports.

46%less overproductionHalverson College, eight months
41%less overproductionMarrow Lake University, ten weeks
7xtimes the cost returnedCayo Lantern Resort, five months

Service reports

A college dining servery before lunch, steam tables under warm heat lamps (illustration)
Service report 14:00 PM

Halverson College

Dining services for 2,100 students

Before. Production planned from estimates; overproduction at every station.

What changed. One station first; within weeks, overproduction there fell 35%. Every hall was scanning by spring.

  • Overproductiondown 46% in eight months
  • Plate costdown 7%
  • Returnabout six times the cost, in savings
“The production sheet finally matches the line.”
Renata Silva, Director of Dining
A commercial kitchen pass at lunch, hotel pans under heat lamps (illustration)
Service report 24:05 PM

Marrow Lake University

11 stations across three dining commons

Before. Grill and dairy stations cooked to last term's averages.

What changed. Scans at every station for ten weeks, then batch sizes set from the numbers.

  • Overproductiondown 41% in ten weeks
  • Dairy, during a price spikedown 38%
  • Stations scanning11
“We stopped guessing at the grill.”
Owen Park, Executive Chef
A resort breakfast buffet at dawn, chafing dishes along a wooden counter (illustration)
Service report 34:10 PM

Cayo Lantern Resort, Belize

Four buffet venues

Before. Every buffet tray kept full all service, whatever guests ate.

What changed. Item-level data showed which dishes drove demand; chefs trimmed the rest without a gap on the line.

  • Buffet overproductiondown 19% in five months
  • Returnabout seven times the cost
  • Venues4
“We trimmed the dishes nobody was eating and the buffet never looked thinner.”
Lucia Marín, Food and Beverage Director

From the line

What chefs notice first.

A dining hall was prepping seven pans of rice for every three it served. Two weeks of scans later, prep matched the line.

On the wall

Recognition

  • 2025 Back-of-House Innovation Prize

The report

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