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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

While restaurant sales were lower for November of 2018, November of 2019 did not include the same holiday headwinds. Second, the shift of Thanksgiving into December of 2019 converts from tailwind to headwind this month. percent from 2018 to 2019, sales for the whole weekend only increased about four percent. First, at 2.1

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Can you run a zero-waste coffee shop?

Perfect Daily Grind

Lenka Kriz is a co-owner of Cat & Cow Coffee in New South Wales, Australia – a zero-waste coffee shop she co-founded with her husband in 2019. “[For We also use compostable and recyclable items, so our landfill bin is only a quarter-full every two weeks.”. “It’s about creating a community of people with similar mindsets.”.

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Best Summer Cocktail Trends of 2019

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We’ve scoured the Web, spoken to in-the-know bartenders, and taste-tested the newest drinks to bring you the best summer cocktail trends of 2019. After all, 2019 is the summer of the smoky cocktail (see below). Another summer 2019 cocktail trend, predicted by Rob, is muddled seasonal fruits. Smoke Your Drinks.

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MRM Research Roundup: Halloween-2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

They collected and analyzed sales data between January 2018 and July 2019 from over 10,000 restaurants nationwide, measured the sales performance of each item, and ranked each item based on its overall and trending popularity. The company conducted over 750 trips between July and August of 2019. National Menu Trends.

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Blue Hill at Stone Barns Tells a Beautiful Story. Former Employees Say It’s Too Good to Be True.

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In 2019, Blue Hill at Stone Barns’ most recent full year of operation, it started at $258 per person; tickets to dinner currently cost between $348 and $398. Dan Barber with members of the kitchen team at Blue Hill at Stone Barns during service in 2019. COMPOST oven: 155 degrees.

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What’s the difference between plastic and metal coffee pods?

Perfect Daily Grind

A 2019 report from The Aluminium Association found that consumer recycling rates for aluminium cans in the US was almost 50%, while the industry recycling rate was over 63%. Compostable and biodegradable pods. Plastic waste is understandably a major concern for many consumers. Furthermore, as well as containing polycarbonates, No.

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How can coffee shops reduce single-use cup waste? 

Perfect Daily Grind

In 2019, the leaders of 170 countries pledged to “significantly reduce” their use of plastics (including disposable coffee cups) by 2030. As more and more countries implement bans on single-use cups and plastics , we’ve seen the number of biodegradable, compostable, and recyclable alternatives increase. Can you recycle single-use cups?

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