Innovation

Timboo Cafe works to prevent hunger and food waste, one of the biggest problems in the world. The business runs a "menu engineering" practice to prevent food waste. What is menu engineering? It is the systematic evaluation of the menu, powerful marketing, and control tool in food and beverage units, in terms of sales and cost, using a product in many dishes and presenting it as a new dish. The company carries out a wide range of studies while preparing menus. Care is taken to use the product to be added to the menu in at least three different ways. For example, the product designed as crispy chicken pieces can be served as a main course with french fries and sauces, while the same chickens can be presented on the menu as salads and sandwiches using a different cooking technique. The cafe aims to minimize waste with this method.

Inspiration

Many countries and organizations are working on hunger, one of the global problems. Difficulties in food production and transportation caused by climate change are some of the important factors in the emergence of the problem of hunger. Therefore, TimbooCafe also decided to carry out studies to draw attention to these issues, raise awareness and prevent waste. Furthermore, based on the "First In, First Out" practice, which is the first rule in food safety and is the business's primary motivation, it aims to minimize the stocking time of the products and consume the food in its freshest form. In addition, it is important to consume foods healthy and without waste in Turkish culture, and this practice has been carried out by being inspired by Turkish culture.

Overall impact

With this innovation, Timboo Cafe aims to always offer fresh and food-safe products with maximum product variety in all its branches. The business, which has many components, ensures that all products are used without waste. While many products are wasted, they are thrown into the environment as garbage, which pollutes the soil and causes great harm to the environment. Crop growth decreases in polluted soil, which causes hunger over time. This innovation also contributes to the environmental (limited destruction) impact and benefits its business. They also pay special attention to food safety. They aim to use every ingredient fresh and safe.

The Timboo Cafe menu engineering system helps reduce food, produce, and consumables waste, reinforcing businesses' focus on sustainability.

Business benefit

Thanks to menu engineering, stock costs are reduced, and food safety increases. In this way, wastage was prevented, less money was spent and more savings were achieved.

Social and environmental benefit

2.37 billion people are hungry or do not regularly have a healthy and balanced diet. Being aware that hunger is a huge problem, a social benefit is created by ensuring that food is used without wastage, with the awareness reaching all its employees and their families, starting from all production and kitchen teams. In addition, it has been tried to create benefits for the environment by not wasting it.

Food waste is highly harmful to our world. When we waste food, we also waste all the energy and water needed to grow, harvest, transport, and package it. In addition, a greenhouse gas called methane is produced when food rots in landfills. This gas can trap heat in the atmosphere; this process is called the greenhouse effect. With the increase in greenhouse gas emissions over the last few centuries, the greenhouse effect has steadily grown more powerful and has contributed to warming our planet at an alarming rate. This is extremely harmful to the environment and contributes to climate change. So when businesses make a conscious effort to eliminate food waste, they are doing great things for society and the environment.

By using this innovation, many businesses can take a step to play a role in reducing waste and damage to the environment, which is one of the biggest problems of hunger.

Interview

Bahar Şahin, Corporate Communications Director