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For Restaurants Cutting Their Carbon Footprint, Composting Food Scraps Is Just the Beginning

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As part of creating that good environment, she’s taken multiple steps to cut Rifrullo’s carbon footprint, including composting all food scraps, one of the most important steps restaurants can take to combat climate change. For takeout, she uses compostable containers and wooden silverware.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

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While restaurant sales were lower for November of 2018, November of 2019 did not include the same holiday headwinds. Second, the shift of Thanksgiving into December of 2019 converts from tailwind to headwind this month. percent from 2018 to 2019, sales for the whole weekend only increased about four percent. First, at 2.1

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Dinner, With a Side of Climate Preaching

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Instead, you’ll see signage about the health benefits of plant-based eating — the “primary drivers of consumer choice are personal benefit,” says Goldman — and the menu board, designed like any one in other fast-food chains. Climate messaging can’t work if customers are too put off to walk through the door once, let alone habitually.

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The Cost of B-ing Good

Modern Restaurant Management

Waste management programs like recycling, composting, and any food-waste reduction measuring done can also help in this category. Hog Island Oyster Company, a proud ambassador of B Corp certification in a 2019 Food & Wine article, has since let go of the certification.

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MRM Plant-Based: Five Easy Ways To Increase Your Sales (Without Cauliflower Pizza)

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Grubhub released its annual “ Year In Food ” report, highlighting the top trends of 2019 and found that vegan and vegetarian orders rose by 27 percent in popularity overall in 2019 as compared to 2018. It’s obvious the demand for plant-based food is a growing trend. And if you have not given this much thought.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Currying Up Favor and Committed Taco

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Ingredients are clean and sourced from local vendors whenever possible, and the menu is designed to support vegan, gluten-free, and Halal diets in an effort to accommodate all guests, no matter their dietary preferences. Taco Bell committed to making all consumer-facing packaging recyclable, compostable or reusable by 2025 worldwide.

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Decade of Disruption: Restaurant Insiders Dish What’s on the Plate

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Restaurant design footprint will fundamentally change with more BOH kitchen size needed and less FOH seats as more people gravitate toward digital and delivery. Restaurateurs will need to be more digitally savvy and relevant to the star power of design and bar rescues that are a hot in media. The sleeping giant is virtual kitchens.