Sodexo doubles down on food recovery as clients shut doors amid pandemic

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With school closures and companies mandating employees to work from home, the facilities management company's food waste reduction efforts have even more relevance

When the University of Massachusetts Boston decided to move classes online for the rest of the semester, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the school's dining service had roughly one to two pallets of fresh...

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