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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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Food waste is one of the biggest tragedies of our time. We use the natural environment and human effort to produce food and nearly 30% of what we produce goes to the trash bin.
Food leftovers that go to the landfill emit significant amounts of methane and carbon dioxide which contribute to increasing greenhouse gas emissions. It also affects the landscape that we live in. Each of us has an impact on the amount of food wasted, But municipalities hold the power to change the way we handle the waste.
Let’s have a look on what your municipality can do about food waste:
Recycling systems
Providing proper recycling for a municipality is a necessity, but what specifically can one do with leftovers? Food leftovers can be turned into bioenergy during the decomposition process. Cooperation with food waste management companies is an efficient method to ensure that all of the organic leftovers will be turned into bioenergy.
Educational campaigns
Providing educational campaigns amongst society and especially at schools is crucial. Increased awareness will turn into less food waste generated by households. This is a long-term plan, but it’s totally worth investing in it!
Cooperation between Government and Food Industry
The Food Industry is responsible for 46% of food loss. Therefore, cooperation between the industry and the authorities is extremely important. The government should be the leading force in executing change, by setting goals and introducing laws and regulations. An important aspect is financing support in the introduction of sustainable technologies and supporting initiatives undertaken by industry.
Food banks
Food banks collect food from entrepreneurs and supermarkets. They store it in warehouses or hand it over immediately if it is food with a short use-by date. Food banks donate food to aid organizations that run shelters or deliver food packages to the people in need.
Introducing food inventory management Systems in public institutions
The biggest contributors to food waste in the public sector are elderly care centers with as much as 71% of the waste and 12% of both schools and kindergartens. Those amounts can be significantly reduced by implementing suitable inventory software.
With TotalCtrl Inventory, you can reach the goal of reducing food waste and have a real impact on the future of our planet!
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Would you like to live more sustainably, but you don’t know how to start? Wasting food is one of the biggest environmental problems. According to statistics, food waste produces 6% of global CO2 emissions and the food industry emits 26% of global CO2 emissions.
In this article, you will find 6 tips on how to reduce food waste in your daily life.
1. Plan your grocery shopping and avoid overbuying
Most of us have a habit of buying more products than we actually need. Let’s change it! Reorganize your grocery shopping and start by creating a list of products that you are using and like the most. Before you go shopping, try to do an inventory of what you already have in your pantry, fridge, and freezer.Â
Check the “best before” dates when you buy the products and make sure you will use them before they expire
It might be difficult, but try to avoid buying more products than you need. It’s better to go to the grocery store frequently than once a week. Another way to keep track of groceries is by using grocery inventory apps.
Read more about Grocery Shopping Hacks
2.  Keep leftovers
If you cook frequently and have small amounts of leftovers, put them in the glass container. Too much potion for dinner? You can eat it the next day. Did you cook too much rice? You can add it to the next lunch.
More ideas on what to do with leftovers
3.  Keep tops, stalks, peels, and do the Vegetable Broth
 Do you peel vegetables? Then don’t throw the skin. These leftovers have power! Many nutrients and minerals are located just under the skin. From these leftovers, you can prepare amazing Vegetable Broth and then use it as a base for soup
4. Choose a smaller plate
Do you know that the size of your plate can change your perspective on how much you eat?Â
You can fill up your big plate and don’t even realize you overeating. Change your plate and bowl for a smaller one and check if you still need more food after eating your portion. Â
Research proves this step help reducing food waste by 25%.
5. Say Hello to your freezer
Freezing is the best way of preserving food.Â
If you have cooked too much and don’t want to eat the same meal for a week, just freeze it! Divide the meal into portions, put in bags or containers, and leave it in the freezer.Â
What else can you save before spoiling by freezing? Fruits, veggies, bread, meat, greens, and herbs
6. Blend it!
Too many fruits in your pantry?
You can save them from spoiling by making a smoothie! You don’t need any recipe, you can mix whatever you have and whatever you want.Â
There are many simple methods on how to save food, those were only a few examples. Remember that small changes to your daily habits can make a big impact not only on our planet but also on your pocket. Try pantry inventory software.
Good luck!
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