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7 Tips to Reduce Food Waste & Increase Profit Margins

Cheetah

Taking advantage of the growing trend of reducing food waste is a great way to achieve both. By taking a few simple actions to reduce food waste, operators can position themselves as a conscious business that appeals to the heart of their patrons. The Food Waste Pandemic. Covid-19 Boosts Food Waste Reduction Trend.

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Why Restaurants Are Switching to Intelligent Packaging

Modern Restaurant Management

According to Future Market Insights, since 2021, online food delivery services market is growing at over 9.5% Majority of people believe that compostable packaging can be thrown away with the rest trash and it will decompose on its own. of overall waste generated in 2021. million tonnes or 28.1%

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How Food Service Entrepreneurs Are Finding Creative Ways to Manage Food Costs

Restaurant Engine

If you are purchasing food for items that don’t sell very well, you are probably wasting food. Labeling also helps ensure you use everything in your fridge and don’t waste anything. Train them well and explain to them how important it is to reduce food waste and ultimately food costs. Look at what is selling and what isn’t.

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Exploring the nutraceutical properties of coffee

Perfect Daily Grind

With growing pressure to minimise the amount of waste produced by the coffee supply chain , there is understandably interest from food and pharmaceutical companies about reusing the byproducts of coffee production as functional ingredients. billion valuation in 2021. billion by 2026 – a significant increase on the US $289.8

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Coffee News Recap, 30 Sep: SCA announces 2022 WBC and WBrC winners at MICE, new study links daily coffee consumption with increased longevity & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

revenue growth in 2021, bolstered by rising Nespresso sales. Total 2021 revenue for the UK branch of the multinational was £1.93 Coffee Planet partners with The Waste Lab to implement sustainable waste solutions. OCRI uses recyclable and compostable packaging and has reduced food waste in its coffee shops to less than 3%.

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July/August 2020 Legal Update

Modern Restaurant Management

California Requires Quick Service Restaurants to Make Composting Bins Available : On July 1, a California law, requiring restaurants, malls and other businesses to make composting and recycling bins accessible to customers officially went into effect. Full-service restaurants are exempt from this law if employees sort organic waste.

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Chefs speak: 4 major issues for restaurants in 2023

Open for Business

between November 2021 and November 2022, according to the National Restaurant Association. “We We are always looking to find ways in which there will be less waste. We recycle and compost. There is so much waste in restaurants for no reason. Pricing became a flashpoint as well. Menu prices rose by 8.5%

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