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Salvage- a solution to restaurant food waste

What is Salavge?

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Salvage is an app that works by an algorithm which allows restaurants/food and beverage sellers to track the amount of food they waste per day. The app essentially helps clients decide how much of which items to produce the next day. Salvage will provide 24-7 customer service that entails personalised and accurate data at an affordable cost to clients. To break it down the app calculates the average cost of goods sold in a week and the average cost of production for the week to find margin of wastage. The monetary loss due to food wastage is tracked over the course of a few months which allows the client to understand exactly by how much percentage profits have been impacted. 

The target customer for Salvage would be food and beverage businesses that aim to minimize food waste and improve their operational efficiency. The consumer base consists of those whose main priority is looking for an affordable, data-driven solution to track and reduce their food wastage, ultimately increasing profitability.

What is the problem being adressed? 

Food waste is a huge problem in India across all food industries because supply often exceeds demand. Around 74 million tonnes of food is wasted every year in India, nearly 10% of the country’s total food output. This causes massive economic losses of about ₹1.52 lakh crore annually. Households waste about 55 kg of food per person each year, making up nearly 60% of the total food waste. Food services, including restaurants, contribute a large share too — an estimated 20–25 million tonnes annually. This means that restaurants may be losing 8–15% of the food they purchase due to waste. 

By decreasing the food waste we will be decreasing the greenhouse gases, carbon footprint, as well as, increasing the economic growth, sustainability and we will have a cleaner planetThe app is quite unique in comparison to the existing competitors as ideally it would provide personalised and accurate data at an affordable rate. The app would be suitable on all devices and would depict data on the basis of the menu of the restaurant.

How does it work?

1)Firstly Salvage calculates the average cost of goods sold in a week and the average cost of production for the week to find the margin of wastage

2) Calculates the amount of items to be produced in the next week is the average cost of goods sold in the previous week to meet current demands

3) Single inputs per month make user interface as smooth as possible

        4) The monetary loss due to food wastage is tracked over the months to allow the user to understand how much percentage profits have been impacted

 

 

 

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  • The concept of Salvage is meaningful and addresses a real problem with food waste. Although there are quite a few other solutions to this problem, this idea shows a little bit more potential especially with its data driven approach. Its a very thoughtful idea over and you have done a great job in addressing this problem.
  • I love the use of statistics to monitor food consumption, and I see this being an omnipresent solution in the future, especially with the use of AI or ML to track data. With that in mind, I do see the use of this product becoming obsolete due to the rise of AI. As someone who believes AI does more harm than good, I definitely hope that doesn’t happen though!
  • It’s an interesting idea which factors into how food waste is a critical problem which needs to be solved
  • Good idea however the app does not factor into how restaurants would deal with unsuspected rushes in the restaurant which could cause problems later on
  • Nice work! Your product creates a nuanced solution for a common problem that's faced all over the world! You're able to help restaurateurs track and assess food requirements. I wonder how your product will deal with special occasions such as festivals? Demands may greatly vary from what you can predict or plan. Festivals also vary locally, so is this something the users will have to input or would you consider incorporating different versions for different regions? Events like weddings also generate massive amounts of food waste. Would you consider expanding to include caterers in your clientele?

    In my opinon, predicting sales is a gamble, and calculating demand and market conditions is difficult. I look forward to further development of your product!
  • Great concept — combining sustainability with profitability. This app could make a real difference in reducing food waste across the F&B industry!
  • Such a smart and practical solution! Love how Salvage uses data to tackle food waste while boosting restaurant efficiency.
  • Salvage capitalizes off a great opportunity pertaining to food waste which continues to be a major problem in our economy, the integration of AI predicating models for forecasting food waste could be a more accurate way for prediction of food to be prepared in following days
  • Salvage has strong potential, but it needs to be more than just a waste calculator. Restaurants want something that saves them time, not adds extra work, so the app should be quick, simple, and ideally automated. Instead of only showing past waste, it should help predict what to cook next and make the advice really clear. The biggest value for restaurants is twofold: they save money on food costs and can also promote themselves as more sustainable, which customers care about. If Salvage stays affordable and easy to use while giving practical insights, it could become a must-have tool for food businesses.
  • Salvage tackles a real pain point, but for it to work, it has to go beyond being just a tracker of averages and numbers. Restaurants already run on thin margins and don’t have time for clunky data entry, so the app has to feel effortless — plugging into their sales systems, giving clear, actionable advice like “cut production of X by 10% on Mondays,” and showing exactly how much money they’re saving week by week. The real selling point isn’t just cutting waste, it’s helping owners boost profits and proudly show customers they’re running a more sustainable business. If you can keep it affordable, easy to use, and smart enough to predict demand instead of just recording waste, Salvage won’t just be another tool — it’ll be a game-changer restaurants actually rely on.
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