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Why Restaurants Are Switching to Intelligent Packaging

Modern Restaurant Management

We've all ordered our favorite food online at least once from a local restaurant, and it was cold when it arrived at our doorstep. Events like this not only ruined our entire eating experience, but also prevented us from ordering food from this restaurant for a while. Delivery of cold food leads to loss of customer.

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ADJUSTING A COOK’S SKILLS TO MEET A CHANGING INDUSTRY

Culinary Cues

The good news is that restaurants are beginning to see an increase in sales as more and more customers return to in person dining in addition to their new habit of ordering for home delivery. Full utilization of ingredients, minimizing waste, composting and portion control will be even more essential than they were in the past.

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Shifting Priorities During COVID-19: Waste Goes up as Restaurants aim to Stop the Spread of the Pandemic

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The climate was improving, and providing food orders began rolling in, including a significant request for a 100-man occasion, settled in advance for the next week. It’s time to look at the packaging you use for to-go and delivery orders as we shift from serving customers in dining halls to curbside service and delivery only.

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Zero Restaurant Food Waste for the Environment and Lower CoGS

Restaurant365

Ordering too much inventory can lead to wasted food or dishes that are served past their peak of freshness. An accurate inventory count helps prevent ordering too much food. Compost all remaining food waste. These food scraps are ideal for composting, which returns the nutrients from organic kitchen waste to farms and soils.

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7 Guest Preference Predictions for 2022

Restaurant365

Fortunately, there are a lot of great options when it comes to recyclable and compostable takeout containers and paper products. Reusable, recyclable, and compostable are the three major categories that fall under the sustainable packaging category. Each provides something different.

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Restaurant Kitchen Staff is Key to Food Cost Savings

Restaurant365

Controlling your restaurant food cost depends on multiple factors, such as understanding actual versus theoretical food costs (AvT), first-in/first-out (FIFO) storage, ordering at the right levels, and reducing waste, errors, over portioning, and theft. Evaluate your systems: are your servers trained to repeat orders back to guests?

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Turn Your Restaurant Leftovers into Profit

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It May Look Like Waste Now, But Wait Till You Read This If you’ve been following our blog, you probably managed to minimize your waste by at least 10%, which means great news for your revenue stream. Learn about Composting Composting is not just about doing your share for the environment by separating plastics from biodegradables.

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