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Plant Based Protein Adds Innovation, Sustainability and Profits to Restaurant Menus

Sante

Rather today’s consumer demands menu innovation as well as eco-friendly and sustainable practices. Buyer's Edge compared case purchases of meat substitute products by its 20,000+ restaurant customers from 2018 to 2019. Restaurants can accomplish these goals while adding to their bottom line. from $62 a case to $99 a case.

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How to Meet The Needs of Today’s Coffee Shop Customer

Perfect Daily Grind

“The world we live in is fast-paced, with consumers becoming more and more focused on quality over quantity in many aspects of life,” says Dan Fellows, World Coffee in Good Spirits Champion 2018 and 2019. According to Mintel, over a million British coffee-drinkers switched to decaf in 2018 alone. Sustainability Is in The Spotlight.

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#LifeOrDeathRecipe Challenge and ‘A Woman’s Place’

Modern Restaurant Management

Today, her success has finally proven to her parents that cooking is a viable and sustainable career for women. In 2018 she became the first solo woman to win Grand Cochon, a national whole hog cook-off. While her interest was in savory cuisine, she began working her way up through opportunities in pastry where she grew creatively.

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Healthy Fast Food Trend Part 1: Beyond Plant Based Burgers

Cheetah

In 2018, ultra-processed foods provided 57% of calories ingested by the average American. Covid-19 encouraged many people to become more aware of their wellbeing and boosted the trend towards healthier, more sustainable living, and better fast food. . Fast Food Restaurant Chains Add Healthy Options.

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Give Some, Take Some: How the Community Fridge Fights Food Insecurity

EATER

The space and the fridge at 234 Glenmore Avenue have become hubs for organizers in the Black Lives Matter movement since the protests began at the end of May, and protesters who have taken to the streets to demand justice have inherited boxes of donated fresh produce to sustain their energy in the fight.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-October-2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

percent (the first quarter of 2018 at -0.05 Same-store sales growth is expected to continue to be sluggish during the fourth quarter given the softening economic conditions and the fact that the fourth quarter of 2018 was the strongest in terms of same-store sales with 1.4 percent sales growth can be considered essentially flat).

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