Your Business is Food
Do you know what food waste is costing your business? Research tells us that
food
manufacturers across the UK waste almost 1 million tonnes* of food a year
costing some £1.2 bn.
This means as a business you could stand to save an average of £1200 for every
tonne of food
waste prevented on site.
Your Business is Food is a new campaign developed by WRAP and supported and
delivered by FDF and other partners to help food manufacturing businesses make
financial savings
by reducing food waste. Through use of a few simple tools and other resources
it
is designed to help
companies boost profits in ways that shouldn’t cost the Earth or be too
time consuming.
Food waste can be generated across all stages of manufacturing operations. From
purchasing
and processing to storage and transport. Yet many manufacturers underestimate
just how much
waste is costing them. It’s not only food that’s thrown away, but
the money spent on
ingredients, packaging, energy, water and labour to manufacture it. These costs
can be anywhere
between five and twenty times the cost of disposal. If you would like to
explore the business
case for reducing your food waste further, please see the business case flyer.
By using the Your Business is Food resource materials, you can reduce food thrown
away and save money.
The Benefits:
- Save money on purchasing and waste disposal
- Less food thrown away means more profit and reduced costs
- Reducing food waste benefits the environment and your company’s reputation
Take action - Reducing food waste is easier than you might think
- Step 1: Review the food you throw away
- Step 2: Make an action plan
- Step 3: Keep it going!
Several resources are available for download from this page:
To help us establish where members are starting on the current journey and
thereby the impact of
the campaign, we have created a short
survey which we would be grateful if you
could complete. All
such individual feedback will be treated confidentially and only aggregated
trends will be reported
when discussing the campaign.
* Figure correct at the time of launch. WRAP restated food waste figures in
2018. Further
information »
Last reviewed: 11 Dec 2018