One of the world's biggest hotel chains announced it will plant vegetable gardens at many of its hotels as part of a plan to cut food waste by a third Accor Hotels, which includes the Pullman, Sofitel, Novotel,
Mercure and Ibis chains, intends to "reduce food waste by 3o%, in particular by sourcing food locally," chief executive Sebast¬ien Bazin has said.
The French group, which generates 25-3o% of its revenue by serving 150 million meals a year, will first work out how much food it is wasting. Its restaurants will he required to weigh and record food that
is thrown away in order to best determine how to cut waste. Amir Nahai, who leads Accor's food operations, said that menus currently offering up to 40 main courses would be slimmed down.
"In the future we're going to have menus with 10, 15 or 20 main courses, with more local products," he said.
The group intends to plant vegetable gardens in many of its 3,900 hotels. Accor Hotels also aims to improve the energy efficiency in its buildings with the ultimate target of making them carbon neutral.
