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Food Waste Reduction
Alliance
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Capitol Area Food Bank Hunger Summit
September 27, 2013
Meghan Stasz
Senior Director, Sustainability

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Food Waste Reduction Alliance
• Managed & staffed by GMA, FMI, and National Restaurant Assn
• Co-Chaired by General Mills, Publix, and Yum! Brands
• 3 year initiative, launched summer, 2011
• Scope: U.S.-focused, manufacturing retail and/or in-restaurant
• Not included: agriculture/on-farm, consumer in-home

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Food Waste Reduction Alliance: membership

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Reduce
Food Waste
Generation
Reuse-
Donate safe,
nutritious,
food
Recycle
unavoidable
waste
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3 Goals:

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Policy
Chair: Laura Abshire, Ntl Restaurant Assn
Co-Chair: Meghan Stasz, GMA
Co-Chair: Carrie Calvert, Feeding America
Emerging Solutions
Chair: Jason Wadsworth, Wegman’s
Co-Chair: Gail Tavill, ConAgra Foods
Assessment
Chair: Michael Hewett
Publix
Food Waste Leadership Committee
Chair: Susan Kujava, General Mills
Co-Chair: Michael Hewett, Publix
Co-Chair: Bridgette Bell, Yum! Brands
GMA Staff Lead: Meghan Stasz
FMI Staff Lead: Jeanne VonZastrow
Ntl Restaurant Assn Staff Lead: Laura Abshire
Tier 1, 2011 Stakeholders
Tier 2, 2012
Recruitment
Goal-Setting
New Technologies/
Solutions
Best Practices
Guides
Policy Priorities
Advocacy
Communication
Chair: Susan Kujava
General Mills
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Areas of Opportunity
Assessment
Barriers to increased donation
• Liability concerns
• Transportation constraints
Barriers to increased diversion
• Insufficient recycling options (infrastructure)
• Transportation constraints
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Areas of Opportunity
Best Practices
• Best Practices Guide & Toolkit to be released fall, 2013
• Highlight real and perceived barriers to reduced food waste generation and
increased donation
• Best Practices:
• Conduct waste characterization assessment
• Establish SOP's related to donations and diversion
• Develop/Strengthen relationships with donation agencies & diversion partners
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Contact Information
Laura Abshire, National Restaurant Association, Labshire@restaurant.org
Meghan Stasz, GMA, Mstasz@gmaonline.org
Jeanne VonZastrow, FMI, Jvonzastrow@fmi.org
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