PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 8, 2025--
Leanpath, the enterprise standard in food waste management for the foodservice and hospitality industry, today announced the launch of its innovative mobile reporting app. This new solution simplifies how chefs and kitchen managers engage with Leanpath data, bringing streamlined KPIs and actionable insights directly to their smartphones. This marks a significant step in making food waste prevention more accessible and integrated into daily kitchen operations.
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The Leanpath app leverages AI to transform how culinary professionals interact with and respond to food waste data. By providing instant access to critical insights, the app empowers kitchen teams to make informed decisions that reduce waste, increase profitability, and enhance sustainability efforts.
"The foodservice industry is incredibly dynamic and every second counts," said Brennan Hogan, VP of Product at Leanpath. "Our new mobile app is a game-changer for busy culinary professionals. It's like having a food waste prevention expert in your pocket, offering real-time insights and recommendations throughout the day. It's about making food waste prevention as intuitive as checking your social media feed."
Key capabilities of the Leanpath food waste reporting app include:
For more examples and real-life scenarios on how these features work, check out our in-depth blog post.
The Leanpath app integrates seamlessly with the company's existing food waste management platform, which has been instrumental in helping thousands of commercial kitchens worldwide improve their profitability and sustainability. Trusted by industry leaders such as Sodexo, Google, Compass, Aramark and many others, Leanpath's solutions have consistently delivered measurable results in waste reduction and operational efficiency.
"This app represents the next evolution in our mission to make food waste prevention an everyday practice in the world’s kitchens," added Hogan. "By putting food waste insights directly in the hands of culinary teams, we're enabling immediate action and fostering a culture of sustainability that can make a real difference in the fight against food waste."
The Leanpath app is now available on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. To learn more about Leanpath’s food waste prevention solutions, please contact info@leanpath.com.
About Leanpath
Leanpath is the global leader in food waste prevention technology for the foodservice industry. Since 2004, Leanpath's innovative solutions have helped culinary teams in over 50 countries cut food waste in half, significantly improving both profitability and environmental impact. By combining advanced tracking technology with data analytics and AI-driven insights, Leanpath transforms food waste data into actionable intelligence, enabling kitchens to prevent waste before it occurs. Leanpath's clients include some of the world's largest foodservice organizations, universities, hotels, and hospitals, all committed to creating a more sustainable future through smart, data-driven food waste prevention.
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The Leanpath app provides instant access to food waste prevention data critical for foodservice kitchens to run more profitable and sustainable kitchens.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. Here are the key things to know about the death of the Argentine pontiff, history's first from Latin America, who presided over the Catholic Church for more than 12 years.
The death of Francis was announced by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Irish-born Vatican camerlengo, a position that will be important in the coming weeks as he takes charge of the administration of the Holy See until a new pope is elected.
Farrell made the announcement at 9:47 a.m., just over two hours after Francis had died. Farrell spoke from Domus Santa Marta, the apartment on Vatican grounds where Francis lived and where he had returned to recover less than a month after being hospitalized for double pneumonia.
“At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the home of the Father," Farrell said. “His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and of his Church.”
Francis made his final public appearance a day earlier on Easter Sunday, though he had delegated the celebration of the Easter Mass to another cardinal.
He blessed a crowd of faithful from the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica. “Brothers and sisters, Happy Easter,” he said from the same loggia where Jorge Mario Bergoglio was introduced to the world on March 13, 2013 as the 266th pope.
Francis also made a surprise ride in the square in his popemobile, drawing wild cheers and applause.
Beforehand, he met briefly with U.S. Vice President JD Vance.
“I was happy to see him yesterday, though he was obviously very ill," Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, said on Monday during a visit to India.
Even before the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica began tolling to mark Francis’ death, messages of tribute began pouring in from across the world.
Catholic and non-Catholic leaders alike honored a spiritual leader who was a voice for the marginalized and the weak, for migrants and LGBTQ+ people, and who showed concern for nature.
He “cared about the great global challenges of our time — migration, climate change, inequalities, peace — as well as the everyday struggles of the one and all,” European Council President António Costa said.
The outgoing German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said that the world had lost "an advocate for the weak, a reconciling and a warm-hearted person.”
Other religious leaders also praised him for seeking dialogue. The head of the Church of England remembered him for his commitment to improving relations among the world’s religions, while Rome's chief rabbi described Francis' pontificate as an important new chapter in relations between Judaism and Catholicism.
Francis, who suffered from chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, was admitted to Gemelli hospital in Rome on Feb. 14, 2025, for a respiratory crisis that developed into double pneumonia. He spent 38 days there, the longest hospitalization of his papacy.
For the faithful, those were weeks of fear that his illness could be fatal or lead to another papal resignation after that of Pope Benedict XVI, a surprise move that led to the election of Francis.
The pontiff's return to the Vatican on March 23 brought relief to many at the time.
Francis' death now sets off the process of allowing the faithful to pay their final respects, first for Vatican officials in the Santa Marta chapel and then in St. Peter’s for the general public.
A precise sequence of events will include the confirmation of death in the pontiff’s home, the transfer of the coffin to St. Peter’s Basilica for public viewing, a funeral Mass and burial.
The dates haven't been announced yet, but the burial must take place between the fourth and sixth day after his death.
After the funeral, there are nine days of official mourning, known as the “novendiali.”
During this period, cardinals arrive in Rome to participate in a conclave to elect the next pope.
To give everyone time to assemble, the conclave must begin 15-20 days after the “sede vacante” — the “vacant See” — is declared, although it can start sooner if the cardinals agree.
The cardinals will vote in secret sessions, and after each voting sessions, the ballots will be burned in a special stove. Black smoke will indicate that no pope has been elected, while white smoke will indicate that the cardinals have chosen the next head of the Catholic Church.
Vanessa Gera reported from Warsaw, Poland. Colleen Barry contributed to this report from Milan.
Pope Francis appears on the central lodge of St. Peter's Basilica to bestow the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and the world) blessing at the end of the Easter mass presided over by Cardinal Angelo Comastri in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
FILE - Pope Francis speaks during a meeting with the media at the Pope VI hall, at the Vatican, Saturday, March 16, 2013. Speaking of the moment of his election and his conversation with his friend, Cardinal Claudio Hummes, in the Sistine Chapel as the votes were going his way. “When things were looking dangerous, he encouraged me. And when the votes reached two-thirds, there was the usual applause, because the pope had been elected. And he gave me a hug and a kiss and said: ‘Don't forget the poor!’ And those words came to me: the poor, the poor. Then, right away, thinking of the poor, I thought of Francis of Assisi. Then I thought of all the wars, as the votes were still being counted, till the end. Francis is also the man of peace. That is how the name came into my heart: Francis of Assisi. … How I would like a Church which is poor and for the poor!” (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)
Pope Francis appears on the central lodge of St. Peter's Basilica to bestow the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and to the world) blessing at the end of the Easter mass presided over by Cardinal Angelo Comastri in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sunday, April 20, 2025.(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
