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Dinner, With a Side of Climate Preaching

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Yang’s Kitchen , which Chris Yang opened in Los Angeles with his wife in 2019, has always focused on quality ingredients , like locally milled flour for its scallion pancakes, and produce from Food Roots , which distributes locally grown Asian fruits and vegetables. We call it out. You know where it’s from.

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The Cost of B-ing Good

Modern Restaurant Management

How much you choose to source from local suppliers (for food, packaging, retail items, etc), the ways in which you hold your larger suppliers accountable to their impact, and how specifically you are committed to serving the communities in which you operate are all factors that will be considered. Is It Worth It?

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MRM Research Roundup: To-Go Trends, State of the Plate, and Black Market Reservations

Modern Restaurant Management

“It now accounts for a larger share of sales for 58 percent of limited-service and 41 percent of full-service operators compared with 2019—providing a critical path to restaurant resilience and growth despite ongoing economic pressures.” Chad Moutray, Chief Economist at the National Restaurant Association.

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Coffee News Recap, 4 Jul: C price drops below US $3/lb, four new World Coffee Champions crowned in Geneva & other stories

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The single-serve pods contain LyoExtract crystals for three-second hot or cold drinks. The pods are compostable in commercial facilities, and the beans are sourced from cooperatives in Colombia, Ethiopia, and Yunnan. Hamburg, Germany) Wed, 2 Jul – Coulee Coffee unveils automated compostable pour-over system.

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AI Food Intelligence and Now Serving Democracy

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Restaurants have been pivoting to reach and serve customers in new ways, and retailers have been seeing the lines blur between brick and mortar and e-commerce. Serving Up a Side of Democracy. ” With 42 locations in the US, Nando’s will serve as a COVID-safe voter-registration resource hub in every community it serves.

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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. 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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MRM Franchise Feed: Currying Up Favor and Committed Taco

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Curry Up Now also limits their disposal waste by using real plates, silverware and cloth napkins in-house and packaging all to-go orders in recyclable and compostable containers. Taco Bell committed to making all consumer-facing packaging recyclable, compostable or reusable by 2025 worldwide. Taco Bell's 2020 Commitments.

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