Topanga Blog
Explore our latest blog posts for expert insights on building a best-in-class reusables program, cutting food waste, and running a smarter, more sustainable kitchen.
2026 U.S. Food Waste Legislation Guide for Foodservice Leaders
US food waste laws are tightening fast, making accurate waste tracking essential. This 2026 guide covers food waste mandates across the US, including Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts, California, Maryland, New York, Rhode Island and Washington State.
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2026 U.S. Food Waste Legislation Guide for Foodservice Leaders
US food waste laws are tightening fast, making accurate waste tracking essential. This 2026 guide covers food waste mandates across the US, including Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts, California, Maryland, New York, Rhode Island and Washington State.
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Unlock Your Campus’s Reuse Potential With High-Impact Comms
While reusable containers offer the capacity for sustainability, it’s diner behavior that determines success. With our new ReusePass Engagement+ suite, dining programs can increase reuse ROI and meet sustainability goals by leveraging high-impact, targeted user communications.
NetMenu & Topanga’s StreamLine: Fight Food Waste with Better Data
NetMenu is now officially integrated with StreamLine, our production tracking and optimization platform. We're excited to be partnering with Tranasct + CBORD to give to commercial kitchens in higher education, healthcare, senior living, and corporate catering smarter ways to operate efficiently and prevent waste.
Healthcare Foodservice is Rising to the Challenge
Faced with budget pressures and staff shortages, healthcare foodservice is undergoing a quiet but necessary revolution. Here’s how robotics, AI and automation are creating more efficient, sustainable and deeply personalized dining experiences.
How to Successfully Implement New Foodservice Tools Without Overwhelming Your Team
With the right approach, rolling out new technology becomes the turning point that makes operations easier—from production tracking to waste management to team communication. Here's how to execute a successful foodservice software rollout without overwhelming your team.
Making the Switch: Why Reusables Programs Are the Future of Campus Dining
Making reusables work at scale requires more than good intentions. It requires smart infrastructure—especially when it comes to reusable container tracking and program management. Together, let's explore this.
Beyond Waste: Know What’s Prepared and Carried Over
Only tracking food waste assumes foodservice kitchens are predictable. We know they're not—so we've expanded our StreamLine smart scale's tracking capabilities to now record prepared and carryover food.
AI & Food Waste
Artificial Intelligence food waste solutions are transforming operations, helping kitchens reduce waste by 50-70% through smart tracking, predictive analytics, and automated insights. Here's how AI food waste reduction technology is revolutionizing kitchen operations—and why early adopters are achieving dramatic results.
Galley & Topanga's StreamLine: Turning Line-Level Data into Savings
We’ve partnered with Galley, the leading Culinary Resource Planning (CRP) platform, to build the foundation for smarter, more connected workflows across foodservice kitchens. StreamLine, our prep-to-post-service data capture system, is now integrated with Galley's CRP—unlocking accurate, line-level data for more confident planning.