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AMERICAN RESTAURANTS – AN INTERESTING EVOLUTION

Culinary Cues

Many, saw restaurants and taverns to be American while exposing others to their food, beverage, and style of hospitality. Prohibition and the Speakeasy: Prohibition from 1920-1933 made it illegal to produce, distribute, serve, or consume alcoholic beverages except as a sacrament in the church and for medicinal purposes prescribed by doctors.

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Zero Restaurant Food Waste for the Environment and Lower CoGS

Restaurant365

Consequently, you must follow proper food storage techniques, and train your staff on these techniques to minimize the amount of perishable goods that go to waste. Compost all remaining food waste. These food scraps are ideal for composting, which returns the nutrients from organic kitchen waste to farms and soils. Conclusion.

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Hospo Reset’s Product of the Week

Ken Burgin

Every week in the Hospo Reset Newsletter, we share a product or service that’s caught our eye – for kitchen & beverage management, staffing, facilities management, marketing and overall productivity. Restoke manages back of house functions like recipes, menus, ordering, work lists, staff training, plus health & safety.

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Restaurant Kitchen Staff is Key to Food Cost Savings

Restaurant365

Training your store-level managers and your kitchen staff about food waste reduction is critical to improving overall Cost of Goods Sold (CoGS). Train your store-level managers. The success of your food waste optimization hinges on prioritizing training for your store-level managers in every area.

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7 Ways to Reduce Food Waste in Your Restaurant

Lavu

Compost Any Wasted Food Your Restaurant Can Converting organic waste into compost is an environmentally friendly practice, transforming waste into nutrient-rich soil. While the composting process may seem intricate, the following tips can guide you through it and reduce the food and beverage industry’s environmental impact.

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Coffee News Recap, 16 Dec: ICO lowers coffee consumption growth forecast to 1% to 2% until 2030, CEPEA says more rainfall needed in Brazil for successful 2022/23 harvest & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

Decafino compostable pouches are made from plant-based polylactic acid plastic, and include food-grade seaweed extract and natural minerals. The competition will include 24 coffee professionals, and will be held at Caffelito’s training centre in the capital city of Tashkent.

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Waste Reduction for Better Food and Increased Sales

Modern Restaurant Management

Historically, we have trained cafeteria staff to cook food from scratch while also reducing food and labor waste. based Nardin Academy to set up a waste tracking system for recycling, compost, and landfill refuse that helped Nardin divert 86 percent of its cafeteria waste during the school year.

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