1.1 Introduction
Food waste in the hospitality industry as food that is undesirable and disposed of, including both leftovers on guest plates and inedible parts produced in the production of meals (Pirani and Arafat, 2016). According to Wang et al. (2018), when estimating food waste in the hospitality industry, inedible parts of food such as bones or peels should be excluded, while the focus should be on what can be avoided (Parfitt et al., 2005). Many food service operators are reluctant to cooperate with scientific bodies for fear of inappropriate use of this type of information, which is felt to be sensitive (Filimonau et al., 2021).
As a prelude to other parts of this study, this chapter will discuss the background upon which this study was initiated, the statement of problems that led to this study, the Aim and Objectives of the study. Others are Significance of the study, Scope of work, Research hypothesis and questions, Limitations of the Study and Definition of technical terms.
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