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Why Restaurants Are Switching to Intelligent Packaging

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2020, many restaurants closed their dining rooms and used online food delivery services to not only protect their staff and customers but also to stay relevant and connected with their customers. Majority of people believe that compostable packaging can be thrown away with the rest trash and it will decompose on its own.

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The Future of Food is Exciting - Food and Hospitality Trends of 2020

Future Food

Trends that will shape the future of your food and hospitality projects for 2020. Menu shapers will become seriously experimental with the flexitarian crowd in 2020. Integration of these elements will shape the design briefs of 2020 and beyond. Trends are no longer limited to the cuisines on offer or the style of service.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

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. This was largely due to a favorable shift in the Thanksgiving holiday. Same-store sales growth was 1.6 percentage points.”

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How a New York City Restaurant Loses Money on a $14 Sandwich

EATER

The food [at] Dirt Candy doesn’t lend itself to delivery,” owner Amanda Cohen said in the spring of 2020, unsure when she’d be able to reopen. “We to -$2.48 (loss) Profit (outdoor dining): $0.90 (profit). The choice of an oval container, made of biodegradable and compostable sugarcane pulp, hurtles food costs upward to 24 percent.

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Have Delivery Apps Changed What a Restaurant Is?

EATER

Although we did offer delivery, our menu decisions, like most of our decisions, had up until that point prioritized the entire dining room experience. The pandemic has forced restaurants to accommodate delivery in order to stay relevant. And there’s no going back now. But it was an upgrade in flavor deemed worth the investment.

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Organic Waste Recycling for Foodservice: What You Need To Know

Sustainability Beyond the Plate

Composting can be considered a form of recycling. A compostable item is a certain type of biodegradable item that breaks down relatively quickly into humus , a substance that enriches soil. An extensive list of composting terms and their definitions can be found here. Let’s talk about what that means for you.

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First Robotic Mobile Restaurant and DoorDash’s Commissary Kitchen

Modern Restaurant Management

Combining our backgrounds in tech, automation, and culinary fine dining, we knew we could fill this void to give more people access to healthy, high-quality food.” From cups to straws, all of Ono’s consumables are compostable, making Ono more sustainable compared to traditional smoothie establishments. Ono Food Co.