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2025 Outlook: Experts Weigh In on Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part One

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Steady Online Ordering Brings Food Waste, Donations to the Forefront of Priorities Ordering food online increases restaurant sales, but it also can potentially increase wasted food if proactive measures aren’t taken – for both the business and consumers at home.

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How the Pandemic Has Forever Changed the Way We Eat

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According to SEC filings, food delivery apps experienced tremendous growth in 2020 earning a combined $5.5 billion in revenue from April through September of 2020—compared with $2.5 Legislators Will Rethink How to Better Manage Product Waste. billion from the same period in 2019.

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July/August 2020 Legal Update

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The Real Economic Support That Acknowledges Unique Restaurant Assistance Needed To Survive Act of 2020 or RESTAURANTS Act of 2020 would establish $120 billion in forgivable grant funding directed towards independent restaurants. Full-service restaurants are exempt from this law if employees sort organic waste.

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AI Food Intelligence and Now Serving Democracy

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“Our customers have been through a lot in 2020, and we want to be sure that they are able to successfully reach their patrons and embrace this new way of dining,” says Ed Wayda, senior brand manager for Smithfield Culinary. The contest ends on December 31, 2020. 2-11, 2020. 16-25, 2020. 13-22, 2020.

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The Cost of B-ing Good

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At Sleepy Bee, our work towards B Corp certification began in the summer of 2020, a time when many of us in the industry were wondering, “What are we doing here?” Waste management programs like recycling, composting, and any food-waste reduction measuring done can also help in this category.

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How to Engage Your Employees in Sustainability

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If you’re reducing food waste or saving energy and need employees on board, read on. In creating strategies for a recycling and food waste plan, ask them how they would put that into practice. Check your utility bills or your waste pickup information. Students and teenagers. Ask for Feedback and Input.

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The New Order: Five Important Focus Areas for Greener Operations

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Throughout the paused activity of 2020 and 2021, people everywhere were reminded of the delicate ecosystem that exists between individuals and their communities, as well as between people and their planet. Often, the resulting waste was not only the food but also the associated costs and energy spent on more waste management.

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