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title: The Urgency of Food Waste Prevention in Post-COVID Foodservice (12.10.21)
description: The labor efficiencies, financial savings and sustainability benefits from food waste prevention aren’t nice-to-haves. They’re a necessity.
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# Food Waste Prevention post Covid

Presented by Leanpath Co-Founder and CEO Andrew Shakman  
A live reprise of our most popular 2021 Webinar

At a time when the foodservice industry is being asked to do even more with even less, the labor efficiencies, financial savings and sustainability benefits from food waste prevention aren’t nice-to-haves. They’re a necessity.

In this fast-paced 30-minute webinar, we’ll review 9 reasons why the financial, environmental and social case for food waste prevention make this a top priority for your 2022 strategic plan.

What You Will Learn:

- Why food waste prevention should be your top sustainability initiative
- How food waste contributes to labor inefficiency at a time you can't afford any waste
- The financial and environmental cost of food waste in your operations
- How food waste prevention aligns with your carbon reduction, water reduction and plastics goals
- How to build a business case and engage stakeholders at your organization

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