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Change the Flow of Food

Interested in making an impact? The Hotel Kitchen platform is your one-stop resource for food waste prevention, corporate training and sustainable hotel management. Cutting food waste in half by 2030 is essential for reducing environmental impact and achieving climate goals. Together, we can transform the food system—lowering costs, enhancing guest experiences, and protecting our planet’s resources for years to come.

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Fighting Food Waste: Videos & Training Series

Up to 40% of food is wasted—but you can help change that. Our Lobster Ink hospitality courses include five videos that train staff in food waste prevention and training in effective hotel kitchen management.

Properties using strategies from HotelKitchen.org reduced waste by 17–38%. Watch now to learn your role in sustainable hotel practices and operational excellence in hospitality.

Join 36,000 food waste champions. Access the course on Lobster Ink to get the manual, facilitation guide, and track your team’s progress.

In Partnership

HotelKitchen is presented in partnership with the American Hotel & Lodging Association’s Responsible Stay initiative, which helps America’s hotels reduce their carbon footprint, saving millions of gallons of water annually, and keeping millions of pounds of plastics and food waste out of landfill each year.

Collaborative Pathways

Discover the benefits of joint collaboration designed to drive meaningful action.

Led by ReFED and World Wildlife Fund, the U.S. Food Waste Pact builds on the success of the Pacific Coast Food Waste Commitment (PCFWC). In just 4 years, PCFWC retail signatories saw their unsold food rates decrease by 28%, estimated carbon footprint of unsold food in the region decrease by 30%, and their donation rate increase by 20% by following a Target, Measure, Act approach to fighting food waste.

The International Food Waste Coalition (IFWC) is a not-for-profit organization, set up to foster collaboration and coordinate action to reduce food loss and waste across Europe’s hospitality and food service sector.