Recently, in the occasion of Compass Groupâs annual Stop Food Waste Day, CP Kelcoâs employees had the opportunity to buy the canteenâs homemade products based on food waste, to take home. The money from the sale will be donated to Broen Køge, that helps vulnerable children and teenagers â only after CP Kelco has doubled the amount.
Cookies with banana peels, chips from root peels, meatballs made from vegetables and bread from excess potato soup, etc. is lined appetizingly up in CP Kelcoâs canteen. The many products are based on leftover food waste, that in most households would have ended up in the trash bin â but not for Lis Hunnerup, the head chef in CP Kelcoâs canteen, who has been with Compass Group since 1996, with only a few detours.
âMy heart beats for food waste, and it also beats for children â so the food stall unites those two important things for meâ says Lis, who grew up as a post-war child, which led her to being focused on using scraps and stubble since childhood. âWe must utilize the resources and take care of the climateâ that is infinitely important to me, emphasizes Lis.
Romkugler in high demand
At the pectin company, CP Kelco, the good initiative is appreciated, and the stall is busy over the lunch break. Especially Lisâ homemade romkugler are very popular. The total sale ended at DKK 3.220 â an amount that CP Kelco doubles to support Broen Køgeâs efforts.
Jørn Stryger, factory director at CP Kelco, says:
âAt CP Kelco, we ourselves, use a byproduct, and we pay great attention to utilize the resources optimally throughout our value chain. That is why we are very happy to support the food waste initiative. There is no reason to throw stuff out. We have what we have on this planet, and we must protect it. Lis is good at working magic with the leftovers, ant itâs good inspiration for all of us to follow suit in our own homesâ.
After CP Kelcoâs doubling of the amount, Broen Køge ensures that the money from the food waste, is converted into support for socially disadvantaged children and teenagers, which includes among other things: equipment for sports, scouting, music, or other leisure activities.
âAt CP Kelco, we would very much like to help support the effort for vulnerable children and teenagers. Broen Køge provides an important and professional effort. Itâs great that we can help contribute, and in a way where we combine two issues that are important to us. Concludes Jørn Stryger.