The hospitality and foodservice industry throws away an estimated 1.1m tonnes of food every year. The website features insightful resources such as a money saving menu planner, a Guardians of Grub cost savings skills course and tips in the form of videos on how to tackle food waste.
Eleanor Morris, special advisor for business collaboration at WRAP, said: “As a climate action NGO, WRAP is delighted by this collaboration between Guardians of Grub and Hellmann’s, an industry first which we hope is the start of many more. We know that wasting food is an ongoing issue for the Hospitality and Food Service Industry, damaging profits and the environment.
“By working together, we can accelerate the pace of change in reducing wasted food. We want the sector to feed people, not bins, and also be profitable. We welcome organisations like Unilever helping HaFS organisations with access to useful tools and knowledge to enable them to do this.”
In the UK alone 12% of food waste comes from the hospitality and food service industry and on average 18% of food purchased in this sector is thrown away. Recent research undertaken by Guardians of Grub found that food waste is costing the UK food industry on average £3.2 billion a year.
A QR code will feature on Hellmann’s Real Mayonnaise 10 litre tubs meaning operators and caterers can be directed straight to the website for more information about how to reduce their food waste.
Alex Hall, executive chef at Unilever UK&I, added: “Given the challenges operators are facing, from rising costs to staff shortages - every penny and every process needs to be checked and audited to ensure that nothing is wasted. This is why, together, we have created the new menu planning guide and template to help the operators take an easy assessment of their business to see what changes they can make, to deliver a more profitable and less wasteful business for the future and the planet.”