Reducing Food Waste Together

Finding Good Food A Home
Partner with National Food Group to reduce food waste and save on food costs.

The unsavory facts of food waste

• Food waste has increased by 10 million tons each decade since 1980¹
• Demand for perfect food means about 1/3 of all food is thrown away²
• Food waste accounts for about 8% of global climate pollution²

There are several ways that working with National Food Group will help reduce your kitchen food waste, while also reducing food cost. By building your menu with us, we'll be working together to save food!

One ingredient, many applications

Turn extra ingredients into creative opportunities by using them in different menu applications. For example, finding new ways to use different global sauces can add many fun, trendy fusion dishes to your menus that will have mouths watering for more. Visit our Chef Recommends page for recipe inspiration.

Make your kitchen a home for Opportunity Buys®

Our Opportunity Buys program enables you to buy high quality, name-brand products at a great value. Give already-produced, wholesome food a home by including Opportunity Buys in your menus. Your food budget will love it, too!

Frozen vs. fresh

With frozen food use what you need when you need it, without worrying about it spoiling. We offer frozen proteins, desserts, fruits, appetizers, and so many other items.  Your ingredients will be ready to go when you need them.

Fully cooked = 100% yield

Reduce your kitchen's food waste by purchasing fully cooked items. This will reduce your kitchen's food waste tally of meat trimming, imperfect vegetables, and more, while also lowering labor costs.

Project SERVE

Through our Project SERVE initiative, we pledge a minimum of 5% of our earnings, donate food that feeds people and fights waste, and are continuing to expand the ways that we can support our global environment. Additionally, we are proud to be a verified member of the Food Recovery community. 

Let's partner together!

Are you in foodservice looking for high value Opportunity Buys to lower your food costs?
Are you a food manufacturer looking for a new home for your quality surplus food? Get more info on how working with National Food Group can help save perfectly good food from going to a landfil, and instead go to a good home!

Contact us to become a customer HERE
Browse our inventory HERE
 

Sources

¹ Ferdman, Roberto A. (2017) Americans throw out more food than plastic, paper, metal, and glass. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/23/americans-throw-out-more-food-than-plastic-paper-metal-or-glass/
² Goldenberg, Suzanne. (2017) Half of all US food produce is thrown away, new research suggests. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/13/us-food-waste-ugly-fruit-vegetables-perfect