Measure what matters
Five consecutive years of operating data from a working Detroit restaurant, a second site in its opening year, and a published methodology that separates what is confirmed from what is modeled.
Five years inside one kitchen
IVY Kitchen + Cocktails, 2021–2025IVY has published a waste reduction impact report every year since 2021. The prevention and diversion rate has climbed every year without exception — from 30.0% to 35.5% — while guest volume grew 18%. That is the operating record the platform is being designed from.
Modeled prevention and diversion rate by year
| Year | Diversion rate | Rate | Covers | Material lb | Tons | Diverted lb | MTCO₂e | Value | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 30.00% | 21,648 | 10,824 | 5.41 | 3,247 | 2.95 | $2,327 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 31.05% | 22,406 | 11,203 | 5.60 | 3,478 | 3.17 | $2,493 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 32.66% | 23,571 | 11,785 | 5.89 | 3,850 | 3.50 | $2,759 | 10 | |
| 2024 | 34.00% | 24,537 | 12,269 | 6.13 | 4,172 | 3.80 | $2,990 | 11 | |
| 2025 | 35.45% | 25,584 | 12,792 | 6.40 | 4,535 | 4.13 | $3,250 | 17 | |
| Total | — | 117,746 | 58,873 | 29.44 | 19,282 | 17.55 | $13,819 | — |
Two anchor sites, 2025
Host-site baselinesAntidóte Detroit opened in 2025 and published an opening-year baseline alongside IVY’s fifth report. Two very different operations — a seven-day full-service restaurant and an 83-seat dinner house nine months old — give the pilot two distinct environments to design against.
| Metric | IVY | Antidóte | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guest covers | 25,584 | 5,226 | 30,810 |
| Modeled food material | 12,792 lb | 2,613 lb | 15,405 lb |
| Modeled prevented / diverted | 4,535 lb | 523 lb | 5,058 lb |
| Modeled diversion rate | 35.45% | 20.00% | 32.83% |
| Modeled GHG benefit | 4.13 MTCO₂e | 0.49 MTCO₂e | 4.62 MTCO₂e |
| Organics pickups | 104 | 39 | 143 |
IVY 2025 — disposition of 12,792 lb of food material
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Published recordEvery figure on this page comes from one of these documents. They are published in full, including their assumptions and their limitations.
Combined Business Model, Impact + Capital Plan
The full platform: six operating layers, the reusable packaging network, the revenue architecture, a $350,000 recommended Phase 1 budget, and a 12-month implementation plan.
Download PDF →IVY Kitchen + Cocktails
25,584 covers, 12,792 lb of food material, a 35.45% modeled prevention and diversion rate.
Download PDF →Antidóte Detroit — opening year
83 seats, roughly nine months of operation, 5,226 covers and a 20% opening-year diversion rate.
Download PDF →IVY Kitchen + Cocktails — baseline year
21,648 covers and a 30.00% modeled diversion rate. The start of the series.
Download PDF →Method in brief
- Food material modeled at 0.50 lb per guest cover — a planning factor applied consistently across all years and both sites
- IVY 2025 disposition: 9.45% source prevention, 2.36% internal reuse, 23.64% organics diversion, 64.55% landfill residual
- 2021–2024 covers calibrated backward from the 2025 pattern at the stated year-over-year growth rates
- Greenhouse gas estimated with the EPA Waste Reduction Model, a high-level comparative tool
- Financial values are planning scenarios, not verified accounting savings
What replaces the assumptions
- POS exports confirming actual covers by day and month
- Scale records and pickup tickets replacing the 0.50 lb factor with measured weights
- Purchasing and waste-hauler documentation
- Destination confirmations from composting and redistribution partners
What we measure going forward
Program metricsPrevention
- Pounds prevented
- Spoilage reduction
- Overproduction
- Avoided purchases
Food recovery
- Pounds recovered
- Meals produced
- Pounds redistributed
- Destinations confirmed
Upcycling
- Pounds converted
- Units produced and sold
- Yield
- Gross margin
Organics
- Pounds composted
- Contamination rate
- Pickup frequency
- Destination
Financial
- Food value protected
- Packaging cost avoided
- Route and labor cost
- Contribution margin
Workforce & network
- Jobs and FTE
- Training completions
- Active sites and retention
- Data completeness
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