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Effective Promotional Ingredients for Going Green

Modern Restaurant Management

Consumers are prioritizing sustainability when it comes to dining choices, driving a trend for going green in the restaurant industry. Concerned about climate change and the environment, these consumers are increasingly spending their dining dollars with restaurants demonstrating sustainability initiatives.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

While restaurant sales were lower for November of 2018, November of 2019 did not include the same holiday headwinds. Fine and Family Dining Hurt by Holiday Shift. The best performing segments during November were those whose sales are the most negatively affected by Thanksgiving: fast casual, upscale casual and casual dining.

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Restaurant Sustainability Efforts and Customer Attraction

The Restaurant Group

Today, chefs, owners, employees, and consumers have taken on personal awareness of best practices for the environment and the NRA 2018 State of Restaurant Sustainability Survey results show that it is having an impact on how restaurants operate and on consumers choices. 14% compost some food waste. Managing waste in restaurants.

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How Restaurant Dessert Menus Shaped Our Sweet Tooth

EATER

2008: Cereal Milk launches an empire Christina Tosi invented or popularized a number of household-name desserts — Compost Cookies, Crack Pie ( now Milk Bar Pie ), naked cakes — but her Cereal Milk, which she initially developed at Wylie Dufresne’s wd~50, reshaped the dessert world. And it reveals what we consider to be a treat at all.

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MRM at Five: What Issues Have Impacted Restaurants?

Modern Restaurant Management

environments and are now seen everywhere from fine dining to counter service and everywhere in between. We’re continually learning about new and innovative ways to help our clients be more sustainable—whether that be choosing eco-friendly materials and fixtures or finding new products that use recycled or compostable packaging.

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Switching to Biodegradable Utensils & Straws

KaTom

Plastic cutlery and other disposable dining supplies are the norm in many locations with open dining rooms, a practice that aligns with CDC recommendations to use disposable tableware. Below, you can learn more about the types of biodegradable utensils and straws currently available and decide which are best for your operation.

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Where to Find Vegan and Vegetarian Food in DC

Restaurant Clicks

Fare Well is a “retro chic” casual dining restaurant that offers patio dining as well as takeout. If you follow a Vegan or Vegetarian lifestyle, it is often difficult to find great restaurants to fit your dietary needs. In Washington, D.C., Some restaurants are entirely plant based! Veg Shouk Fancy Radish Greens N’ Teff. HipCityVeg.