New digital regime tackles the regiment's food-wastage problem!

• Large caterer looked for solutions to be environmentally 'responsible' regarding its large food waste problem
• It introduced a food-wastage monitoring and reporting app which led to a 40 % cut in food waste in the garrison restaurant

Leijona Catering, a specialist in catering for the military, prepares thousands of meals a week, with 2 000 conscripts and professional soldiers eating at the Ruben garrison restaurant. The catering firm wanted to operate responsibly and contribute to reducing food wastage, thus they introduced a digital application into their process. Today, it is used by all of the company's restaurants.

Before adopting the app in 2016, Leijona generated 2 million kilos of biowaste. The app is currently used for monitoring kitchen and catering wastage. The firm does not yet monitor all food wastage using the digital app, but an extension of its use is being planned.

Key benefits

• The application provides comprehensive waste reports, including graphs which helps the catering firm compare restaurant results
• Food waste has fallen by 40 % in the garrison restaurant
• Biowaste volumes fell by over 100 000 kg during the first year 
• Adopting the app has provided financial benefits through a reduction of waste, personnel, and raw material costs, among others