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28 Strategies to Cut Costs in the Restaurant Business

Lavu

By closely monitoring and optimizing this percentage, restaurants can better manage their inventory, minimize waste, and lower their overall expenses, ultimately maximizing cost reduction. Yield Percentage: Calculate the yield percentage to account for any waste or shrinkage during cooking. Food cost control is crucial.

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Decade of Disruption: Restaurant Insiders Dish What’s on the Plate

Modern Restaurant Management

Its theatrical and yes it might cost slightly more, but it has a lot of added cool factor for restauranteurs to have their cold side prep cook on the floor- and it’s easier to customize, and cuts down on waste with errant orders. Candace MacDonald, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Carbonate. Kristi Turner, CMO of Compeat.

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Sustainability: The art and science of reducing food packaging in all food service outlets

Future Food

Many food businesses both large and small have been using recycled cups and containers and/or compostable systems as proven solutions to reduce their carbon footprint. Just think of the throw-away coffee cup we buy every day and you will know exactly what I mean - if not, essential viewing - ABC War on Waste - #BYOCoffeeCup tram.

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How to Meet The Needs of Today’s Coffee Shop Customer

Perfect Daily Grind

Making soft and cold drinks in-house rather than providing them in plastic bottles reduces packaging waste as well as catering to those looking for “scratch-made” food and drink. Read How to Create a Coffee Shop Food Menu That Minimises Waste. Consumers today are more engaged, active and aware.”. Enjoyed this? Written by Tanya Newton.

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The Return of Sustainable Restaurant Operations: 6 Easy Ways to Get Started

Notch

The National Restaurant Association’s “What’s Hot” 2022 Culinary Forecast - an annual survey of 350 culinary leaders - found that sustainable packaging, plant-based foods, and zero waste were predicted to be leading culinary concepts this year. And, paper also makes up 26% of landfill waste. Green Star Restaurant.

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Use The Green Approach To Grow Your Restaurant’s Revenue

Marketman

The easiest and probably the most obvious is to reduce waste. Are you doing everything within your power to prevent, recover and recycle waste; or are there still some gaps that need to be plugged. . Take waste out of the equation: Is your restaurant still tossing a substantial amount of unusable food? Buy in Bulk.

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Use The Green Approach To Grow Your Restaurant’s Revenue

Marketman

The easiest and probably the most obvious is to reduce waste. Are you doing everything within your power to prevent, recover and recycle waste; or are there still some gaps that need to be plugged. . Take waste out of the equation: Is your restaurant still tossing a substantial amount of unusable food? Buy in Bulk.