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Dining Trends for 2024

Modern Restaurant Management

Experiential dining, plant-based menus and sustainability were hot topics in the Les Dames d’Escoffier International (LDEI) 2023 Trends Report. The discussion included food, beverage, nutrition, lifestyle and unique aspects of boutique and high volume foodservice. Lcal and sustainable food is a mega trend in the restaurant business.

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The Digital Revolution, Evolving Consumer Expectations and Other Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

Technology Integration – Restaurants leveraged AI, IoT, 5G, and quantum computing to optimize operations, enhance inventory management, streamline supply chains, improve food safety, and more. Regulatory Compliance – Staying abreast of evolving food safety regulations remained a persistent challenge in 2023.

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Ensuring Food Security through Sustainable and Cost-Effective Practices

Culinary Digital

In this blog, we talk about the rising global concerns around food security. We also discuss how modern approaches have improved consumption habits and nutritional awareness – while, resolving issues around wastage and costs and promoting sustainable practices for all. ranks 13th. Annually, the U.S. Annually, the U.S.

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Addressing deforestation in coffee production

Perfect Daily Grind

Sustainability continues to be a major focus across the coffee industry, specifically in coffee production. In the simplest definition, deforestation is the removal of trees to increase land area for agricultural and commercial purposes. Among the many environmental issues in the coffee sector is deforestation. What is deforestation?

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Medellín’s Cafes and Farms Are Taking Back Colombian Coffee

EATER

They’ve also helped reshape dynamics around the supply chain and the economic significance of Colombian coffee. As a family-owned company, we have to ensure the long-term sustainability of our business. If we do not ensure that our producers have a high and sustainable income, we will not have producers in the years to come.”

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How can digitalisation connect consumers to coffee farmers?

Perfect Daily Grind

Digitalisation is an important topic at both ends of the supply chain. And will doing so help the coffee industry become more transparent and sustainable? One of the many benefits we see from digitalising the coffee supply chain is an improvement in access to education and farming tools. But how can this be achieved?

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How can we improve access to finance for smallholder coffee farmers?

Perfect Daily Grind

Smallholder coffee farmers are responsible for between 70 and 80% of the world’s coffee supply. Family emergencies or food insecurity can further keep coffee-farming families, with few financial options, trapped in cycles of poverty. Larissa Céron works at Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG) Sustainable Business Unit in Hamburg.