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

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their views on what trends and challenges owners and operators can expect to see in 2025. In 2025, restaurants need to have a plan in place that ensures they are effectively managing inventory and redirecting unused, still edible food to donations.

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Innovation, Cup by Cup: The Starbucks Sustainability Approach

Modern Restaurant Management

Starbucks recently announced that it aims to have every customer either use their own personal mug or cup or borrow a reusable cup from their local Starbucks — by 2025. The company is testing a variety of programs to determine what will most effectively reduce waste while keeping customers satisfied.

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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. USDA Previews 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines : The U.S.

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How Have Catering Supplies Transformed in 2019?

Modern Restaurant Management

According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and World Economic Forum, our oceans will contain more plastic than fish by 2025. By 2025, McDonald’s plans to recycle guest packaging in 100 percent of its restaurants. Of course, customers also need to play their part by opting for bridgeable products and recycling responsibly.

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Supermarket Food Waste Is a Big Problem. Is Dynamic Pricing the Solution?

EATER

Vermont established a universal recycling law that requires separation and diversion of food scraps from the waste stream. All of this food waste — 35 percent of the U.S. food supply — results in “annual greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those of 42 coal-fired power plants,” according to a report released by the EPA in November 2021.

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What’s Packing Your Food? Restaurant Delivery Packaging Trends

Goliath Consulting

This probably explains the trend of previously-recycled and reusable packaging. For instance, KFC pledged all plastic customer packaging recoverable or reusable by 2025 (13). Taco Bell, too, pledged compostable, recyclable packaging by 2025 (14). Sustainability. Conclusion.

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Safe Distancing Tech and a Farewell to Foam

Modern Restaurant Management

Dunkin’ is also on track to fully transition to new, recyclable hot coffee cup lids in all of its U.S. The company is also on track to be fully transitioned to recyclable hot coffee cup lids in its U.S. The new lids are made of #5 polypropylene that can be recycled in cities and towns that offer #5 recycling.