We always get
some ikea food when we go to shop.
Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Senior Food Analyst at NBC News and former U.S. White House Chef Michael La Cour, Managing Director,
IKEA Food Services AB Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa
Michael La Cour is Managing Director of
IKEA Food Services AB, where he spearheads the «Food Is Precious» initiative to halve food waste from IKEA's food operations by August 2020.
Driven by the IKEA vision to create a better everyday life for the many people, Michael La Cour has been leading the development of
IKEA Food Services AB for the past years with focus on health and sustainability.
We're delighted to announce that Michael La Cour, MD
IKEA Food Services AB, has joined Champions 12.3 as a Champion.
IKEA Food — the world's largest foodservice cafeteria and Sweden's largest food exporter — is investing in a number of organic farming and ethical sourcing projects.
So lucky that you got to make a dessert with
IKEA food.
Close to one billion people visit IKEA every year, and of those, 660 million enjoy
the IKEA Food offer.
Additionally, results have been shared on
IKEA Food Services Instagram account.
In this video,
an IKEA Food Waste Champion shares her experience working with the program.
CHAMPIONS INCLUDE: Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Michael La Cour, Managing Director,
IKEA Food Services AB Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Former White House Chef, Founder of TROVE and Venture Partner, Acre Venture Partners Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa
Not exact matches
It counts the likes of
IKEA, Compass Group, and AccorHotels as customers, and estimates its 600 - plus clients are saving 4,300 tonnes of
food waste annually through the use of the Winnow system.
With that in mind, he decided that
IKEA needed to offer
food to their shoppers.
Fluorescent lighting is to
food photography what
IKEA is to a craft artisan furniture store: an embarrassment.
(The one pictured above uses Swedish Pearl Sugar, which you can buy at
IKEA or import
food stores).
IKEA sees transparency around results as an opportunity to inspire and motivate others to take on the challenge of diminishing
food waste in their own homes or operations, both within
IKEA and outside of the company.
It also provides a holistic and informed view of the company's
food operations, which allows
IKEA to analyze how different parts of the operation can affect
food waste.
So far, measurement of
food loss and waste and implementation of
food loss and waste reduction strategies has been a resounding success at
IKEA.
One must also lead by example, which is why
IKEA is measuring waste within its own operations in restaurants, bistros, and Swedish
Food Markets around the world.
IKEA decided early on to share the progress and the results of its
food waste initiative.
In the first phase of the program, «smart scales» are being used to measure the
food thrown away in IKEA's direct operations at restaurants (in the kitchens), bistros, and Swedish Food Mark
food thrown away in
IKEA's direct operations at restaurants (in the kitchens), bistros, and Swedish
Food Mark
Food Markets.
Through the «
Food is Precious» initiative, IKEA is working to reduce food waste within its stores as well as to inspire further action from oth
Food is Precious» initiative,
IKEA is working to reduce
food waste within its stores as well as to inspire further action from oth
food waste within its stores as well as to inspire further action from others.
Food has always been an important part of
IKEA.
IKEA has faced a large challenge in aligning its work across different markets, each of which has a different culture, maturity, and perspective on
food waste.
The idea to create a program around
food waste at
IKEA was circulated among
IKEA management in the fall of 2014, and the pilot program was prepared during the winter of 2014 - 15.
The global «
Food is Precious» initiative started in December 2016 and concerns, as a first step, the food waste in IKEA's own kitchen and bistro operations, the IKEA Swedish Food Market, and the next step will include the plate waste from the customers eating in the sto
Food is Precious» initiative started in December 2016 and concerns, as a first step, the
food waste in IKEA's own kitchen and bistro operations, the IKEA Swedish Food Market, and the next step will include the plate waste from the customers eating in the sto
food waste in
IKEA's own kitchen and bistro operations, the
IKEA Swedish
Food Market, and the next step will include the plate waste from the customers eating in the sto
Food Market, and the next step will include the plate waste from the customers eating in the stores.
That sparked motivation among co-workers who play a very important role in the
food waste initiative at
IKEA.
The data collected when weighing and registering
food waste helps
IKEA identify ways to prevent
food waste.
In light of this,
IKEA wants to help lead the fight against
food waste.
Surveys show that 50 % of co-workers who are working with the initiative are inspired by
IKEA's leadership and are taking steps to reduce
food waste at home.
Being careful with resources is a core value for
IKEA and with the
Food is Precious initiative IKEA aims to cut food waste by 50 % in all IKEA stores by August 2
Food is Precious initiative
IKEA aims to cut
food waste by 50 % in all IKEA stores by August 2
food waste by 50 % in all
IKEA stores by August 2020.
Along with Michael's decision to join Champions 12.3 as a Champion,
IKEA announced today their goal of halving their
food waste by the end of their August 2020.
Michael has experience from the
food retail business prior to joining
IKEA, where he has now been working for the past two decades.
By May of this year, over 20 percent of all
IKEA stores had begun implementing the
food waste reduction system.
We partner with leading foodservice and hospitality organizations — including Google,
IKEA, Aramark and Sodexo — by providing smart
food waste prevention solutions including data collection IoT tools, powerful cloud - based analytics and expert culinary guidance.
Right after the bank and before
IKEA, we had lunch together at our neighborhood spot, the one with really crappy service and the mediocre
food that we can't seem to stop fre...
And then I got them a little basket of play
food from
IKEA.
IKEA has banned BPA (Bisphenol A) in plastic products in the children's range (0 - 7 years) and in all
food - contact products.
There are plenty of reasons to love
IKEA, from the amazing selection of affordable furniture to the yummy Swedish
foods they carry.
Your milk isn't the only BYO
food allowed:
IKEA's website also assures parents, «You're welcome to heat your child's
food using our microwave ovens and bottle warmers.
From booster seats to
IKEA crib mattresses to Graco strollers and Beech - Nut baby
food, here are the recent major baby gear recalls.
Lindestam has her own solution for homesickness and an antidote to Glasgow cuisine: «Homesickness for me is easily cured with some news over the Internet and, in more severe cases, a trip to
IKEA to get some
food.»
Companies like LeanPath, a scale - like technology that measures and tracks scraps and is helping
IKEA cut down on its
food waste by 50 percent by 2020, and consulting services like Foodprint Group, which is currently strategizing how
food mecca Eataly can produce less waste while remaining cost efficient, are getting the word out that less
food wasted means less money wasted, too.
Just waiting on
IKEA, Zara, and better Asian
food!
Funding comes from Sainsbury's,
IKEA, players of the People's Postcode Lottery, Yorkshire Tea and since last year, Defra, (Department for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs).
For this civilian, the jargon within, and the acronyms, and the dozens upon dozens of rules from cash collection to
food management teams to preparing various forms make it as quick to understand as
IKEA assembly instructions.
Alex Da Corte (Pew Fellow, 2012) scans grocery stores, street corners, and
IKEA showrooms to find materials for his assemblages and videos, which utilize everything from
food to hardware.
An
IKEA cartoon provides interviewing
food for thought.
Don't call me Gramps, you don't want to yawn because you decided to run every conceivable errand from picking up dry cleaning to making an
IKEA run for new drapes to buying coffee to schlepping home four bags from Key
Food.
I also love those metal
IKEA trash cans, perfect for Jack's
food!