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Cracking the Egg Crisis: Understanding Rising Prices, Supply Chain Solutions, and Strategies for Producers

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In January 2025, the Agriculture Department predicts that egg prices could rise by an additional 20 percent by the end of the year, potentially reaching $5 per dozen. As 2025 unfolds, businesses and producers must remain agile, adapting to changing conditions and emerging opportunities in the evolving agricultural landscape.

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‘Induction Cooking Improves Food Quality and also the Quality of Life for Chefs and Staff’

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These programs empower participants to design, manage, and operate high-performing, eco-friendly kitchens, equipping them with the tools to lead in this green industrial revolution. their equipment) is lasting as long as possible. Overall, the operation is saving money and is ensuring that their investment (i.e.

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For Restaurants Cutting Their Carbon Footprint, Composting Food Scraps Is Just the Beginning

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Heating and cooling, refrigeration, and cooking equipment are the biggest energy users, followed by lighting. More Energy Guzzlers Cooking equipment is just one facet of restaurant energy use. Budderfly also installed a new HVAC system at one location and made other equipment upgrades that have cut his energy use by 20 percent.

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How Better Cooking Oil Management Enhances Efficiency and Reduces Costs

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Fresh Oil Sourcing : Choosing sustainably sourced oils—such as those from farms that practice responsible agricultural methods—helps protect ecosystems and promotes biodiversity. This also supports local economies and reduces the carbon footprint associated with transporting oils over long distances.

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How Education Can Attract Workers to QSRs Amid High Turnover

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Consider a large Mexican fast-casual chain that implemented a tuition coverage program for employees pursuing degrees in fields like agriculture, culinary arts, and hospitality. They want education that fits into their busy lives and equips them with transferable skills that they can apply in their roles.

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Tips to Navigate a Perfect Storm That’s Threatening Our Food Supply

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Vertical farming is an agricultural process where crops are grown vertically, in controlled indoor environments, rather than in traditional, horizontal rows outside. Food waste occurs for many reasons, including spoilage, equipment malfunction (such as faulty walk-in coolers), improper storage (e.g., Rely on vertical farming.

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Tea Is a Natural Complement to the Modern Foodie Experience

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Specialty tea looks and tastes like an agricultural product – it’s handcrafted, grown and processed in small lots, and is identifiable as whole leaf tea. The start-up cost for required equipment is also minimal because it doesn’t require any costly equipment. What is specialty tea? in product cost.