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OUR DAILY BREATH: CHEFS AND RESTAURATEURS – DON’T WASTE THIS TIME

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Our first job is certainly to protect ourselves and our families, to stop the spread of the virus in every way within our individual power, but time wasted now will come back to bite us in the near future. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. To fail to recognize that EVERYTHING WILL BE DIFFERENT is a formula for real failure.

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IT’S TIME FOR RESTAURANTS TO PLANT THE SEEDS AND HARVEST THE TALENT

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This is defined in articles from local newspapers to the New York Times, from industry magazines and websites to social media, and from industry blogs to podcasts by the dozens – everyone states the problem, points a finger, and portrays the issue as someone else’s doing. Restaurant waste nips away at profitability – why?

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BRING BACK THE 20 SEAT BISTRO

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There were no sophisticated profit and loss statements or cash flow charts, no point-of-sale systems or computer analytics to pour over and make decisions by; these were not the type of operations that required that level of analysis. This was a lean, fine-tuned machine that worked from the premise of being manageable and comfortable.

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Hotel Profit Margins Decreasing? Five Steps to Reducing Waste

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Five Steps to Reducing Waste. The Impact of Food Waste. U S hotels contribute to the generation of 131 billion pounds of food waste every year , resulting in an enormous environmental impact, and a big dent to profit margins. Waste stretches beyond the physical, say, head of lettuce you’re throwing in the trash.

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THE RESTAURANT ECO-SYSTEM NEEDS HELP

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A reduction in restaurant business leads to crop waste, unplanted land, and serious cash flow problems for farmers. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. The end result is reduced herds, increased cost of feed, land without sufficient grazing, etc., PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. Harvest America Ventures, LLC. Restaurant Consulting.

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Five Ways to Reduce Waste

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Five Ways to Reduce Waste. The Impact of Food Waste. US Restaurants generate between 22 and 33 billion pounds of food waste every year. All that waste adds up. The EPA estimates that food waste is the single largest category in any given landfill. First, all the resources required to produce it are wasted.

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LESSONS GIVEN – LESSONS LEARNED

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Four-page menus do not reflect business common sense – inventories become unmanageable, waste is much more difficult to manage, the level of expertise required of employees grows exponentially, consistency and quality are challenging, and profit is hard to predict and realize. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. CAFÉ Talks Podcast.