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Tips For Restaurants to Reduce Food Waste and Save Significant Money

Modern Restaurant Management

Use tech tools to track supplier certifications to be sure your suppliers are consistently practicing proper food safety and quality protocols. Recycle and compost. Cities will compost organic waste, turning it into fertilizer, or harvest methane from rotting waste, burning it to generate power. Optimize your supply chain.

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Effective Promotional Ingredients for Going Green

Modern Restaurant Management

These practices include using energy efficient lighting (79 percent of restaurant operators said they use CFL or LED lighting), engaging in recycling (65 percent of operators recycle cardboard and paper) and reducing food waste (22 percent donate leftover food and 14 percent compost food waste).

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An Ethos Worth Investing In

Modern Restaurant Management

We invest a bit more in working with suppliers that have third-party certifications ensuring they fish sustainably. Surprisingly, at a certain point in quantity, compostable flatware can be purchased for the same rate as the unsustainable plastic option. As a result, we have a happy team that stays with us longer and is happy at work.

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Exploring the compostable coffee capsule market

Perfect Daily Grind

One of these alternatives is compostable coffee capsules. What are compostable capsules? He tells me: “A truly compostable coffee capsule is one that has been verified to be able to break down under certain conditions. There are two certification categories for compostable pods: industrial and home-compatible.

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Coffee News Recap, 5 Aug: Brazilian arabica could rebound in 2023/24, September futures fall & other stories

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The winning team will join winners from other events for a five-day “mystery coffee vacation” RAVE launches compostable coffee bags for easy brewing. Pact Coffee obtains B Corp certification. The certification means that Pact meets high standards of social and environmental impact initiatives.

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Coffee News Recap, 30 Sep: SCA announces 2022 WBC and WBrC winners at MICE, new study links daily coffee consumption with increased longevity & other stories

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Ozone Coffee and Hasbean (OCRI) achieve B Corp certification. The UK roasters completed a two-year certification process to score over 80 points on the 100-point B Corp scale. OCRI uses recyclable and compostable packaging and has reduced food waste in its coffee shops to less than 3%.

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Coffee News Recap, 27 Jan: Proud Mary Coffee to sell Panamanian Gesha for US $150 per cup, PRF El Salvador to host 2023 Salvadoran Barista Championship & other stories

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JDE Peet’s to launch fully compostable coffee capsule in 2023. Certification body 4C launches Gender Equality Add-On. The organisation says its new add-on certification feature and diagnostic tool can help to improve farm management practices and increase profitability.

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