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How can coffee shops reduce single-use cup waste? 

Perfect Daily Grind

However, with consumers becoming increasingly conscious of their environmental impact, it’s clear that more and more businesses need to adapt and move away from disposable cups. According to Clean Water Action , the US alone uses some 130 billion disposable cups per year – which includes coffee cups. But how do these initiatives work?

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Virtual Acceleration, Raising the Bar and Insult Monitor

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of MRM News Bites features a double dose from US Foods, SpotOn Transact, DoorDash Kitchens, Virtual Restaurant Consulting, Tripleseat and Gather, wagamama, Toast, The Gluten Intolerance Group, Instawork and StaffMate Online, Procurant and Yellofin, Sift, 7shifts, ParTech, Revel Systems and Como, Kabbage, Bluecrew and Cuboh.

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New & Notable: TEAM Schostak Celebrates 40, AI in Food Service and Beachy Tech

Modern Restaurant Management

New & Notable spotlights the latest news restaurateurs need to know. TEAM Schostak Family Celebrates Anniversary and Employees. TEAM Schostak Family Restaurants (TSFR) is celebrating its 40th anniversary along with the anniversaries of employees that have been with the company for 20 years or more.

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Hawai?i’s Mushroom Boom Is Here

EATER

Last time the state did an agricultural audit, the number of local farms producing mushrooms had tripled, from three in 2012 to nine in 2017, and funghi farmers say that number has continued to grow. At Lapaʻau Farms in upcountry Maui, Michael and Lauren Marchand harvested and sold 600 pounds of organic oyster mushrooms in early March.

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MRM Plant-Based: Good Food Scorecard and Healthier Hospital Food

Modern Restaurant Management

broadline foodservice sales of plant-based meat have grown 37 percent in the past year. Despite skyrocketing demand for plant-based food across the U.S., 42 of the country’s favorite fast food and restaurant chains still don’t offer a plant-based entrée, according to a report released today by The Good Food Institute (GFI).

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Buy American Restaurant Chains

Aaron Allen & Associates

money spent in restaurants or other establishments outside of the home) reached $854 billion in sales, second only to China. Buying American restaurant chains is becoming a hot topic among the inquires we receive from clients. And we’re not talking Patriotism, here. Second-Largest Foodservice Market Globally: In 2019, the U.S.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Sandwiches Up North and Taco John’s Gets Aggressive

Modern Restaurant Management

Frances Allen has been named Chief Executive Officer and a member of Checkers & Rally’s Board of Directors, effective February 17, 2020. Allen succeeds Rick Silva, who has decided to leave the company after 13 years as CEO and President. She is an accomplished leader in the restaurant industry.

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