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Tips For Restaurants to Reduce Food Waste and Save Significant Money

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Train your staff. Educate your employees why it’s essential to reduce food waste and train them on how to accomplish this. Recycle and compost. Cities will compost organic waste, turning it into fertilizer, or harvest methane from rotting waste, burning it to generate power. Realize that small changes matter.

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Can you run a zero-waste coffee shop?

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We also use compostable and recyclable items, so our landfill bin is only a quarter-full every two weeks.”. This can include staff training, replacing certain equipment with more sustainable alternatives, and informing customers about new systems like reusable cup schemes.

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AMERICAN RESTAURANTS – AN INTERESTING EVOLUTION

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Starting as a raw, not always well thought out movement in the 60’s this became the organic food movement, sustainable practices, recycling and composting, the farm to table movement, and learning about the connections between what we eat and how we feel.

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Zero Restaurant Food Waste for the Environment and Lower CoGS

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Consequently, you must follow proper food storage techniques, and train your staff on these techniques to minimize the amount of perishable goods that go to waste. Compost all remaining food waste. These food scraps are ideal for composting, which returns the nutrients from organic kitchen waste to farms and soils. Conclusion.

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ADJUSTING A COOK’S SKILLS TO MEET A CHANGING INDUSTRY

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Full utilization of ingredients, minimizing waste, composting and portion control will be even more essential than they were in the past. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. Cooks and chefs need to update and enhance their skills to build their personal brand and make a difference in an ever-changing restaurant business.

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BRING BACK THE 20 SEAT BISTRO

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Instead of thirty-gallon trash cans spread out through the kitchen, there were two much smaller cans, a recycling bin, and tubs for compost. PLAN BETTER -TRAIN HARDER. The chef never bought ingredients by the case, but rather what he or she needed to service their space. Maybe it’s time to bring them back.

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7 Tips to Reduce Food Waste & Increase Profit Margins

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San Francisco’s mandatory composting ordinance, for example, encourages residents and businesses to reduce their landfill fees by shifting as much as possible to composting. Improve handling and cooking skills – No chef wants to waste food, but some cooks are just not trained to get that extra squeeze out of every item.

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