Reducing Food Waste in Foodservice
October 16, 2018 by Doreen Garelick, Dietetic Intern
Our intern Doreen attended a food waste summit for restaurants and compiled these tips to help food service operators redirect…
“We hope that more restaurants adopt SPE standards to forge better health.”
- @MenWhoDine
“Fabulous, finally a healthy alternative and certification. As a person with heart disease eating out is a real gamble, at least now there is a standard I can look for. Godspeed.”
- Glenn
“I would very much appreciate an SPE menu designation. Won't always order that dish, but it's nice to have the option.”
- Jill
“Hold the Butter; YAY! Finally taking eating out to the next level!”
- Theodora
“This is genius and would make eating out so much healthier.”
- Allyson
“This is super cool.”
- Jeff
“Finally I can eat fine dining without all the butter or hidden fats.”
- Calee
“Ambitious new menu label in NYC takes the guesswork out of choosing healthy options.”
- Los Angeles Food Policy Council
“*Sanitas Per Escam* Delicious food, good for you! Amazing restaurant story.”
- Lynne
“Oo, potential progress in healthy eating at restaurants.”
- Christine
“A standardized signal for healthy yet foodie-friendly menu items.”
- Karan
“Taking the guesswork out of it! Healthy and tasty eating out can be pretty hard but they make it easy!.”
- 7 Healthy Habits
“As 'better for you' moves downmarket, signifiers move upmarket: the SPE mark in restaurants.”
- Scott
“SPE = health through food. Delicious healthful food that's now easy to identify. Terrific.”
- Rebecca
“Taking the guesswork out of eating out! We LOVE it!.”
- InspireHealth
“Nutrition nerd's favorite letters - SPE.”
- Joanna
“SPE = health through food. Delicious healthful food that's now easy to identify. Terrific.”
- Rebecca
“A new certification for healthy restaurant dishes because we're all looking to get healthier. Really cool concept!”
- Nicole
“Eating out doesn't mean sacrificing health just like health shouldn't mean sacrificing eating out. Digging the SPE idea.”
- Whitney
“Upscale dining with a healthy seal in an interesting idea.”
- Karen
“I just wanted to say how I'm really glad to hear about your initiative and definitely look forward to seeing more menus with an SPE certification. That said, I was completely floored when I saw that UMass signed up with you guys to improve their dining services. My husband and I are both UMass alums and were lamenting about the old dining halls, knowing now that they're moving in a (much needed!) direction.
"Again, I love what you guys are doing and I can't wait to see more organizations sign up. Keep up the great work!"
- Allison
"I was recently on a Celebrity cruise that served a fabulous carrot cumin gazpacho. I would be very grateful if I could get the recipe from you.
Thank you.
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- Fran