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AN EVEN BIGGER THREAT TO RESTAURANT SURVIVAL

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Growing cycles will continue to change, unpredictable alterations in weather patterns will continue to haunt farmers, and crops that would normally thrive in certain parts of the world may not be able to survive there now. [] WAR: Ukraine was the 5 th or 6 th largest agricultural country in the world.

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How Does the Seasonal Transition Affect Produce Price and Availability?

Modern Restaurant Management

Have you ever wondered how, despite changing climates and seasons, the same leafy greens you use in your menu items are available year-round? Transitions occur in almost all produce categories, as growing seasons are dictated by weather. agriculture. In 2019, the U.S. How Produce Markets are Impacted by the Transition.

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How Proper Produce Management Impacts Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

Access to fresh quality produce impacts many elements of restaurant planning, from determining what is in season for menu items to identifying the right price point to be profitable. Unfortunately, when crops are impacted one season, there can be a trickle effect to the next year as well. Take for example the recent U.S.

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How (and Why) to Forage for Ant Eggs in a Northeastern Thai Forest

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But Num says the exercise isn’t about gathering enough eggs to fill out a menu. Though the region is a huge agricultural powerhouse, it’s relatively poor and chronically underrated by city folk from Bangkok and Central Thailand, akin to the divide between coastal capitals and flyover states in the U.S. Chef Num at work.

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Tech to Trash Can – How Technology Is Redefining Food Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

The Department of Agriculture estimates that U.S. While it’s still necessary to take full inventories on a regular cadence, for the sake of calculating food waste, doing a quick inventory of the top items is a lot faster than running through everything on the menu. restaurants lose $162 billion annually in food waste costs.

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Three New Cookbooks Celebrate Foraging

EATER

The primary source of sustenance for most of human history, foraging began to fall out of fashion with the invention of agriculture about 12,000 years ago, and its decline continued somewhat steadily until 2020. Organized by season into four main sections, the book begins with the sunlit sensory overload of spring.

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10 Tips to Effectively Control Restaurant Food Costs

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Restaurants that succeed in improving their food costs without immediately resorting to band-aid strategies like raising their menu prices or trying to work with less staff gain a tremendous competitive advantage. Make It Seasonal. Then, calculate what percentage of your menu price comes from food. Recalculate Food Costs.

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