How to measure food waste without adding admin work

If logging takes longer than the disposal, your program will die. Design for the rail, not the back office.

Capture has to happen in the flow of work—ideally at the point of disposal.

Automate categorization where possible; make manual override rare and fast.

Roll up to the dashboards managers already use; avoid new weekly spreadsheet rituals.

Start with one outlet and a clear review cadence before scaling metrics everywhere.