Getting Started
Help feed people not bins, defend your profits and protect our world: whether you’re an individual, independent business, single site or larger operator working to save food in Hospitality and Food Service (HaFS).
Help create the momentum to make measuring and reducing wasted food everyday practice in the sector. This guide will give you the tools you need to identify hotspots to protect profits and the planet.
Wasted food costs food businesses £10,000, on average. per site per year. And a whopping 75% of this food could have been eaten! Which impacts on climate change: for every kilogram of food wasted, on average, you also throw away an estimated equivalent of 3.39kg of CO2.
The Guardians of Grub campaign supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 of halving food waste by 2030 and because wasting food feeds climate change, this also contributes to Net Zero or carbon reduction targets.
This guide will give you the tools you need to identify hotspots to protect profits and the planet.
There are three main actions to making a difference:
1. Join the Guardians of Grub campaign
Become a Guardian and take the pledge to demonstrate your commitment to rise up against wasted food.
Sign the pledge and join the ranks of Guardians of Grub from the across the Hospitality and Food Service sector.
Next, read our Partnership roles to determine the type of Guardian you are going to be - Guardian, Champion, Ambassador or Supporting Partner.
Let us know what you’re up to and, if appropriate, we can add you to our Wall of Fame.
2. Select your Guardians of Grub Champion to lead the troops
Choose a Champion
Before we get into the Guardians of Grub tools and tips, business owners need to identify the right person to make change happen; someone passionate about making a difference who can be their Champion.
A Champion
Your Champion needs to rally the troops. Explain why every member of staff is a Guardian of Grub and implement regular meetings so that everyone has a voice. Making sure staff are empowered to bring ideas to the table.
When you’ve chosen your Champion, our two-page to do list for Operators explains how to make the most impact linking actions and the Guardians of Grub resources available.
But No Hero Stands Alone
We have a range of engaging materials that will help get everyone on board which you can find here. A great place to start is our 15 minute Cost Saving Skills Course. It inspires and trains staff to measure and reduce food waste.
The Business Case Presentation sets out the cast-iron profit and planet protecting case for foodwaste measurement to persuade colleagues to care about saving carbon and cost. And if you want to hear about our next
Becoming a Champion behaviour change course, just email guardiansofgrub@wrap.org.uk
