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Innovation, Cup by Cup: The Starbucks Sustainability Approach

Modern Restaurant Management

Waste is an immense issue within the restaurant industry, and Starbucks itself distributes over six billion single-use cups each year — most of which are unable to be recycled and end up directly in landfills or the environment. That’s why holistic, sustainable innovation is so important.

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Restaurant Sustainability is About Success, Not Just Recycling.

Ken Burgin

Now more than ever, with soaring supply prices, staff shortages and crazy weather, sustainability makes sense across all business areas – it’s much more than recycled packaging and local vegetables. Check the weekly discoveries on Hospo Reset – information & inspiration for restaurant, cafe & foodservice operators.

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How can specialty coffee push for a circular economy model?

Perfect Daily Grind

This ranges from using more sustainable processing methods on farms to using recyclable and compostable packaging. The practice of reusing and recycling materials has been implemented for centuries by many communities around the world. Some coffee shops and roasters have already been operating in a circular economy for decades.

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Four Steps to Manage Restaurant Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

Whichever your specific goals are, they will fall under one of the following categories: reduce waste production, reuse and recycle. Reuse and Recycle. A single restaurant disposes 50 tons of waste every year , and out of the food waste disposed of, 76 percent are organic, meaning they can be recycled. now recycle their waste.

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6 Tips to Make the Switch to Sustainable To-Go Containers Painless

Cheetah

To successfully navigate towards a healthy planet, while maintaining a healthy business, restaurant operators must understand the alternatives and start experimenting with sustainable to-go packaging. More than 180 billion single use takeout containers are thrown away in the US every year, and recycling is not a solution.

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Inspiring! 3 Restaurants Show How they Adapted During the COVID-19 Pandemic

7 Shifts

While it's undoubtedly a difficult time for restaurants, this has also been an era of innovation and resilience. Today we're announcing the winners and showing you how they adapted their operations to survive COVID-19. But Hamburger Mary's is eco-conscious and encourages guests to recycle!

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AI Food Intelligence and Now Serving Democracy

Modern Restaurant Management

. “We will continue to create innovative products and further our go-to-market approach to ensure merchants nationwide have access to the tools they need to run their businesses. sweepstakes that gives restaurant operators the chance to win a state-of-the-art mobile ordering system. ” Tastewise Data. .

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