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

EATER

Rifrullo Café, a cozy farm-to-table restaurant in Brookline, Massachusetts, hums with customers on a steamy July mid-morning. As a chef, I have a responsibility to do my best to create good environments for people, customers, and the community,” says Marnell-Suhanosky. Food service buildings in the U.S.,

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Reducing Restaurant Food Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

Donation, composting, and organic recycling are all available options to restaurant operators attempting to reduce the amount of food scraps entering their solid waste bins. Audit the waste stream and try to identify current trends and how much waste is actually being generated. Composting. Organic Recycling.

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Adopting Tech Solutions Is the Smartest Decision Restaurants Can Make

Modern Restaurant Management

Sweetgreen implemented tech solutions to improve their operations, boost sustainability , and personalize customers’ experiences. Innovative tech tools, like AI, can improve forecasting, inventory management, scheduling, customer service, marketing, and many other essential business tasks. Maximize compliance.

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The Cost of B-ing Good

Modern Restaurant Management

B Corp Certification, a credential bestowed by the non-profit organization B Labs, is a way for businesses to address those concerns and more as they undertake an in-depth auditing process, and come out with a seal of authenticity around their sustainability and social responsibility claims and a branding kit to help promote it.

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Beyond the Plate: Evolution and Exploration in the 2024 Restaurant Scene

Modern Restaurant Management

The year 2024 promises a journey of adaptation and fierce competition for the restaurant industry as it manages stronger-than-expected economic data and slowing inflation while dealing with the headwinds of short labor supply, more demanding customers and an uncertain political environment. The key lesson both establishments teach?

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Four Steps to Manage Restaurant Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

percent, while full-service restaurants waste 11.3 You can also consult your employees and customers when doing the waste audit. Evaluate Your Current Services. These wastes can also be transported to landfills to make compost manure and enrich the soil. percent on average.

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How To Reduce Food Waste in Restaurants

The Restaurant Group

Conducting a Food Waste Audit A food waste audit identifies where and how waste occurs in your restaurant. Steps to Track and Analyze Waste Monitor Food Prep and Disposal : Use a waste log to record whats discarded during prep and service. Test Before Launch : Conduct a soft launch to gauge customer interest.

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