What problems does food waste cause?
❓ Why do restaurant operators need to care and how does it relate to your business?
❓ Why should you take action on this? This may be a question that many restaurant owners and hotel operators are wondering.
In addition to reducing food waste, it will also help you cut costs.
The problem of food waste causes environmental problems. Food waste is a part of the global warming crisis.
���� Until there is a trend where consumers all over the world, especially the new generation, call on entrepreneurs to take part in taking responsibility for the world. It has become a 'Global Trend' that is getting stronger and stronger. Even in our own country, Thailand, we have started to see some movement. And we are certain that this will become an increasingly strong and sustainable trend.
✅ Restaurant operators should not overlook this because you can seize this opportunity to adapt and become a trend leader and use it as a driving force to make your business even more 'popular' and successful! But before we get to that, for a clearer understanding, let's take a look at some shocking statistics about the Food Waste situation.
1.3 billion tons, or one-third of all food produced globally each year, is wasted - more than enough to feed 800 million hungry people worldwide. 11 percent of the world's population faces hunger, 36 million people die of hunger worldwide each year - more than half of the population in Thailand. And every 10 seconds, a child dies from not having enough food.
In addition, “food waste” is also an important cause of global warming. 8% of the amount of greenhouse gases that cause global warming comes from the problem of food waste, which releases methane gas that is 14 times more potent than carbon dioxide gas!! Therefore, a pile of garbage with a lot of food waste will be a pile of garbage that releases serious pollution. In addition, there is an amount of carbon dioxide gas of up to 3.3 billion tons that comes from food waste each year worldwide. It is truly a shocking number.
refer :
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) UN's World Population Prospects 2019
These statistics are shocking because they tell us that Thai people produce a very high amount of food waste, more than the United States with a larger population. And if we let our current behavior continue, these statistics are sure to increase.
Global warming is a 'Global Trend' that is gaining momentum and many parties are helping to solve the situation. In Thailand, there are many leading restaurants and hotels that have started to take action, such as famous restaurants Bo.lan, Haoma, and leading hotel brands such as Marriott.
Another interesting part of the success story is the trend of new-age consumers, from Gen Z onwards, especially Millennials all the way up to Alpha, who are interested in environmental issues. There is a trend calling for entrepreneurs to be socially responsible (because they care about their future living in this world). This group of customers is a new generation with both potential and purchasing power, who like to support social enterprises. They are also a generation that naturally likes to 'Like & Share'.
Therefore, the benefits that Horeca entrepreneurs will receive from joining this trend are being able to use Zero Food Waste as a marketing tool to attract new customer groups to their stores and will also receive word-of-mouth public relations from the media because they have a good image as a business that is socially and environmentally responsible. This is Sustainability Marketing, which is the new standard for doing business today. And the most important point is that when you seriously implement Zero Food Waste Management, it also helps you reduce costs, allowing your store to have more income and profits!!
Click to read Zero Food Waste Program to reduce costs, increase profits, and reveal the secret recipe for reducing food waste.
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What is food waste? Reduce costs, increase profits, you can do it! If you understand Zero Food Waste
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Manage raw materials wisely, reduce food waste in the Japanese way
You can follow the Zero Food Waste Program to reduce costs, increase profits, and reveal the secret recipe for reducing food waste via Facebook: Makro Horeca Academy and website.
To increase know-how, increase ideas for restaurant operators to develop their business to be strong and able to 'survive' in the current situation and learn how to reduce food waste which will help reduce costs and create more profit with online content about food waste and methods of managing and reducing food waste.
We also have a highlight activity, Zero Food Waste Workshop, which is a special workshop that is open for interested people to join for free on November 11, 2020. You can follow the details on Facebook: Makro HoReCa Academy.
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