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The New Order: Five Important Focus Areas for Greener Operations

Modern Restaurant Management

Luckily, a commitment to more sustainable operations can coexist with healthy profits, and even growing margins. Below are five important areas of focus for restaurant and catering professionals who are re-imagining their operations for a newer, more sustainable normal. First Priority: Getting Smarter.

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Effective Promotional Ingredients for Going Green

Modern Restaurant Management

This preference for environmentally conscious brands makes it critical for restaurants to find ways to integrate sustainability into operations and develop a plan to promote these sustainability initiatives through various channels including digital, marketing materials, and streamlined internal communications and messaging.

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Supporting Guests and the Environment with Sustainable Restrooms

Modern Restaurant Management

Consider a variety of features and solutions that your facility can invest in to reduce its carbon footprint and provide visitors with a clean and green restroom, including: Look for restroom products made from renewable sources and/or from recycled materials. Source products with sustainability certifications.

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Managing Your Restaurant’s Maintenance & Sanitization During COVID-19

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Enhanced focus on sanitization and social distancing have become the minimum restaurant operating requirements during the pandemic. Ask if the service provider will issue a window certificate for you to use for the added level of confidence your staff and guests are looking for when working or dining in your establishment.

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Tips For Restaurants to Reduce Food Waste and Save Significant Money

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurant operators would be wise to take the following steps to reduce food waste and save money. Use tech tools to track supplier certifications to be sure your suppliers are consistently practicing proper food safety and quality protocols. Recycle and compost. Food takes up more space in US landfills than anything else.

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Adding Sustainable Alcohol Options to Your Restaurant

The Rail

of solid waste via recycling, composting, and repurposing; Purchasing carbon credits for unavoidable emissions. When searching for low-waste vineyards in your area, look for certification from a wine industry sustainability body. They may even be able to suggest improvements to your operations that you had previously overlooked.

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Can you run a zero-waste coffee shop?

Perfect Daily Grind

Essentially, the concept of zero waste is based on the elimination of waste, mainly through reusing and recycling products, materials, and packaging. This is a daunting task considering that a staggering 91% of all plastics ever produced haven’t been recycled – ending up in landfills and oceans around the world instead.

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