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KITCHENFRESHFOOD

Operations and suppliers · 14 min

Too much or too little?

Order too much and it spoils or sits on the shelf. Order too little and you turn customers away. Getting it right every day is what owners call operations.

Ticket 01 · The guess

How much food goes to waste?

Restaurants, cafeterias and caterers buy food every day. Some spoils, some is cooked and never sold, some is left on plates. In 2024, what was all that food worth, as a share of their sales?

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  • ReFED Fact Sheet: Food Waste by Sector: Foodservice (2024 data) · ReFED, 2024

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  • 14%refed.org ·2024 · Surplus food in foodservice (unsold or uneaten) as a share of foodservice sales, 2024, by ReFED's estimate.
  • $157Brefed.org ·2024 · What the surplus food from restaurants, cafeterias and caterers was worth in 2024, by ReFED's estimate.
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FoundationsConcept 9 of 15

Part 1 of 3, 0 done
KITCHENFRESHFOOD

Operations and suppliers · 14 min

Too much or too little?

Order too much and it spoils or sits on the shelf. Order too little and you turn customers away. Getting it right every day is what owners call operations.

Ticket 01 · The guess

How much food goes to waste?

Restaurants, cafeterias and caterers buy food every day. Some spoils, some is cooked and never sold, some is left on plates. In 2024, what was all that food worth, as a share of their sales?

25%
0%40%
Words to know

Spot something wrong?

Tell us what looks off. No name or email needed.

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  • ReFED Fact Sheet: Food Waste by Sector: Foodservice (2024 data) · ReFED, 2024

Every number

  • 14%refed.org ·2024 · Surplus food in foodservice (unsold or uneaten) as a share of foodservice sales, 2024, by ReFED's estimate.
  • $157Brefed.org ·2024 · What the surplus food from restaurants, cafeterias and caterers was worth in 2024, by ReFED's estimate.
  1. Lessons›
  2. Foundations
  • ·Before this: Why can't anyone just copy you?
  • ·Next: Profit, cash, and what you own