How much food is thrown away each year from each of your hospital each year? What is the total expenditure on food and what proportion is thrown away? Please show results in by month by the last five years.
We do not keep month by month records of food wastage or food expenditure but we have annual information which is below.
| Year | Food Expenditure £ | Food wastage % | Wastage cost £ |
| 2014 | 2,129,785 | 15% | 319,467 |
| 2013 | 1,687,156 | 17% | 286,816 |
| 2012 | 1,751,859 | 12% | 210,223 |
| 2011 | 1,942,222 | 12% | 233,066 |
| 2010 | 2,308,880 | 20% | 461,776 |
The target percentage waste is 10% for the next 12 months
| Food Expenditure | |||||
| 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | |
| Apr | £238,230 | £154,095 | £139,998 | £125,326 | £132,628 |
| May | £198,410 | £136,065 | £133,811 | £157,307 | £159,978 |
| Jun | £151,609 | £130,953 | £162,262 | £133,504 | £125,046 |
| Jul | £164,229 | £118,689 | £132,937 | £125,030 | £113,355 |
| Aug | £146,039 | £129,689 | £150,331 | £151,072 | £159,493 |
| Sep | £136,228 | £187,251 | £129,186 | £122,959 | £125,224 |
| Oct | £135,132 | £113,752 | £127,337 | £124,622 | £157,472 |
| Nov | £138,192 | £128,067 | £150,802 | £150,074 | £163,395 |
| Dec | £125,506 | £197,735 | £150,652 | £137,189 | £116,245 |
| Jan | £96,675 | £126,341 | £122,210 | £152,793 | £143,726 |
| Feb | £114,955 | £152,041 | £146,775 | £122,860 | N/A |
| Mar | £92,032 | £141,583 | £159,981 | £115,774 | N/A |
| Total | £1,737,237 | £1,716,261 | £1,706,282 | £1,618,510 | £1,396,562 |
