How To Reduce Food Wastage?

Food management in India is becoming a critical problem due to the continuous increase of the Indian population. It is being observed that Indians waste the maximum amount of food as much as the whole UK consumes. Most food is wasted at weddings, parties, canteens, hotels, family functions, and households. Our streets, garbage bins, and landfills are full of garbage spoiling our environment and have sufficient evidence to prove it. Alarmingly, the UN has reported that about 190 million people in India remain unnourished. It is further estimated that the value of food waste in India is around 92,000 crores per annum.

Food Wastage

The restaurant industry plays a critical role in food wastage and will have to take steps to minimize global food wastage. If not appropriate measures are taken by 2030, the food wastage will affect the environment.

So today, in the light of saving the environment from food wastage, here are few tips on how to reduce food wastage in the restaurant:

Food Donation

In the world of food shortage, it's time to make a food donation a key priority to cater to the people suffering due to the dearth of basic meals. If we partner with NGOs, we can prevent the atrocity of food wastage and help many people consume food.

Smart inventory management

More than ⅓ of food wastage is done by restaurants, caterers, hostels and comes from unused stock. These problem arises because they have poor knowledge and management in inventory, and kitchen staff brings more store than they can use. Hence with the online food ordering application, get daily reports of the store and automatically know what to buy, how much to buy, and reduce your food wastage by ⅓.

Zero-waste practices

You know India has the old tradition not to waste food. It is grannies' philosophy to make a meal from scrap meals. It is a kind of zero-waste practice only when you need it. Nothing should be a waste. Zero waste practices will help household members to reduce food wastage.

Source local produces

As a restaurant owner, buy natural resources from the farmers, which will save the food cost. If you purchase products from the market, that will charge you an excessive amount, which may not be worth it for your restaurant. Manage the food cut costs in your restaurant.

Installing community fridges

Several restaurant brands are launching many initiatives to give extra food to hungry people so that they don't sleep hungry late at night on the streets.

Partner with green companies

Partner with green companies committed to environmental initiatives such as composting and sending zero wastage to the landfills.

Market your restaurant as a green restaurant

Marketing your restaurant as a green restaurant will attract more customers. Nowadays, customers are more likely to spend their time making their environment better. As a restaurant, you must embrace the techniques in the restaurant to attract more customers. Replace your paper menu with a digital menu, consider e-bill instead of giving a paper to customers, and many more. This is a great strategy to pull customers, increase sales, and go green.

Restaurant users strongly believe in the idea of digitizing all the restaurant operations and running everything hassle-free.

Let's take a pledge today to reduce food wastage!