Food waste management: Minimizing food waste in food service industry in Johor
Unsustainable system of food consumption cause food waste issues occurred. This is an unacceptable ethical decision because of many people suffer in hunger and also bring global warming problem. The purpose of this study is to identify the source of food waste in food service industry and minimize t...
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| author | Ong, Ping Wen Salleh, Nurul Azita |
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| description | Unsustainable system of food consumption cause food waste issues occurred. This is an unacceptable ethical decision because of many people suffer in hunger and also bring global warming problem. The purpose of this study is to identify the source of food waste in food service industry and minimize the food waste problem base on food service providers’ perspective in Johor. This study conducted qualitative research method, the data is collected through semi-structured interview from 4 food service providers in Johor. As a result, the sources of food waste are generated from preparation losses, service losses, and plate waste. The ways to minimize food waste are menu planning, food storage management, staff training, provide take-home service, food donation, animal feed, and composting. Hence, this study provides important information for future research to create software to implement food waste manage effectively. |
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| spelling | uum-285242022-01-31T10:34:07Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/28524/ Food waste management: Minimizing food waste in food service industry in Johor Ong, Ping Wen Salleh, Nurul Azita HD28 Management. Industrial Management Unsustainable system of food consumption cause food waste issues occurred. This is an unacceptable ethical decision because of many people suffer in hunger and also bring global warming problem. The purpose of this study is to identify the source of food waste in food service industry and minimize the food waste problem base on food service providers’ perspective in Johor. This study conducted qualitative research method, the data is collected through semi-structured interview from 4 food service providers in Johor. As a result, the sources of food waste are generated from preparation losses, service losses, and plate waste. The ways to minimize food waste are menu planning, food storage management, staff training, provide take-home service, food donation, animal feed, and composting. Hence, this study provides important information for future research to create software to implement food waste manage effectively. Universiti Utara Malaysia 2020 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/28524/1/STMLGG%2001%2042%202020%20103-105.pdf Ong, Ping Wen and Salleh, Nurul Azita (2020) Food waste management: Minimizing food waste in food service industry in Johor. Symposium on Technology Management and Logistics (STML Go Green) 2019: Management of Technology, Volume 1, 1 (42). pp. 103-105. ISSN eISBN: 978-967-2296-21-0 |
| spellingShingle | HD28 Management. Industrial Management Ong, Ping Wen Salleh, Nurul Azita Food waste management: Minimizing food waste in food service industry in Johor |
| title | Food waste management: Minimizing food waste in food service industry in Johor |
| title_full | Food waste management: Minimizing food waste in food service industry in Johor |
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| title_short | Food waste management: Minimizing food waste in food service industry in Johor |
| title_sort | food waste management minimizing food waste in food service industry in johor |
| topic | HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
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