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Beyond the Plate: Evolution and Exploration in the 2024 Restaurant Scene

Modern Restaurant Management

Technology plays a key role in redefining and enhancing dining experiences Approximately 55 percent of restaurants planned to integrate new technologies in 2023, with 56 percent aiming to automate more online functions in 2024. Focus on Sustainability The impact of food waste is staggering, with U.S.

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How can specialty coffee push for a circular economy model?

Perfect Daily Grind

This ranges from using more sustainable processing methods on farms to using recyclable and compostable packaging. Essentially, this model encourages the continued use of resources for as long as possible, with the goal of reducing waste production. A large part of this revolves around the concept of a circular economy. And with 10.88

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Hospitality trends restaurants should know in 2023

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No one would have guessed that so many people would be working remotely in 2023, or that TikTok would become the next social media powerhouse. Digital ordering has been a game changer, and the latest trends for 2023 could change how hospitality businesses operate even more. At the upcoming St.

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Chefs speak: 4 major issues for restaurants in 2023

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The biggest issue on almost every restaurateur’s mind heading into 2023 is the same as last year: staffing. 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. Ongoing staffing shortage. Passing pivots, permanent pivots.

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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

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%. Florida roaster Booming Brew to plant 5,000 trees by end of 2023.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

From beer made from rejected cereal pieces to containers made from organic mushroom waste, food waste will lead the way for more sustainable consumption and innovation. In the IDTechEx report “ Plant-based and Cultured Meat 2020-2030 ”, we forecast that the first products will not be released until 2023.

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The Challenges — and Opportunities — of Establishing a More Circular Mushroom Economy

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Photo courtesy of Tivoli Mushrooms As demand flourishes, managing the waste from the growing process (known as substrate) poses some problems but brings solutions that could ensure a sustainable future for the market This story originally appeared on Civil Eats. Fruiting mushrooms in substrate. It wasn’t a tough sell.

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