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There are more than 900 nursing homes in Norway that account for 40 000 occupants. 80% of the care centers occupants are long-term residents. That means there are approximately 11.6 million hot meals served annually. Elderly care centers produce nearly 72% of all food waste produced in the public sector.
We are here to help! In this post, you will find practical tips to reduce food waste in nursing homes and improve sustainable food management in elderly care.
Read more about how our software works in the healthcare industry here.Â
Collect data
Perhaps the most important step, collect data and analyze results! Start by taking measurements. Get to know the scale of the food waste in your facility and control your progress over time.
This also includes observations. Do you know which kind of meals and what type of food are discarded the most by elderly care center residents?
- What types of meals or ingredients are discarded most often?
- Is it meat, vegetarian options, vegetables, pasta, or desserts?
- Are there trends in plate waste or kitchen waste?
Identify at which stage the food is wasted the most:
Knowing when food waste occurs in your care center is just as important as knowing how much is wasted. Food waste can happen at several stages of the process—from storage to preparation to serving.
- Storing – Is food wasted due to improper storage temperatures or missed expiration dates?
- Preparation – Are leftovers generated during food prep?
- Serving – Are portion sizes too large for residents?
By breaking down the stages, you can identify problem areas and apply tailored solutions.
What kind of details can help you to reduce the amount of food being wasted?
Match food supply to demand
Order food in accordance with current capacity. One of the most effective ways to reduce waste is by ordering food based on actual demand. Overestimating how much food is needed often leads to excess that either spoils or ends up in the trash.
Ensure that your kitchen staff or procurement team adjusts food orders according to the current number of residents. If you cooperate with a Central Kitchen in your Municipality, make sure you update a number of the residents regularly.Â
Additionally, observe actual consumption patterns. Do nursing home residents eat less than expected?If meals are consistently coming back unfinished, it may be time to review portion sizes and recipes. This will help align food preparation with what residents can and want to eat, reducing both food waste and costs.
Make small changes to increase food intake
Encouraging residents to eat more of their meals can naturally reduce waste. Research from the University of Stavanger shows that replacing dinnerware in elderly care centers from white to colored increases food intake by care center residents. That could help in both malnutrition problems prevention as well as reducing food waste!
Use smart inventory tools such as Total Ctrl
TotalCtrl introduces a software that improves inventory management in the nursing homes and in healthcare. Gain control, make food management easier and faster, reach sustainable goals, and get valuable time to focus on helping patients that need you.
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Kindergartens are responsible for about 12% of all food waste produced in the public sector. Is there any way to solve it? Today we introduce a few tips on how to successfully reduce food waste in Kindergarten.
Scale your leftovers
This is the key step in the food waste reduction process. Data collection gives you an overview and helps you to keep an eye on the progress.
Kids are conscious and eager to learn about new things. Involve them in the process and show how to measure food waste. Analyze food loss and what kind of food is mostly discarded in your kindergarten. Think about what leftovers could be reused and how.
Few examples?
• Salmon leftovers can be eaten the next day on breakfast with a sandwich or salad.
• Vegetables can be used in omelets
• Dry bread can be turned into croutons
Education and practice
Organize workshops and talk about childrens’ food preferences. Ask what they like or dislike about meals in kindergarten. Maybe there is something that you can improve in the meal plan and make them eat willingly.
Simplified recipes and teach kids how to create a shopping list. It’s the first step to establish good grocery-shopping habits early.
If you have the possibility, take children to the kitchen and show them how food is stored and where you keep fruits, vegetables, and other products.
Implementing inventory software
It is still very common that inventory management in public institutions is very time-consuming and done manually with pen and paper.
TotalCtrl has a solution that reduces the time spent on food management and helps to cut costs and reduce food waste. Through our digital tool TotalCtrl Inventory, you can notice a real difference in the time spent on stocktaking and you can finally focus on the children – because they are the most important ones in kindergarten 😉
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