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

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As a chef, I have a responsibility to do my best to create good environments for people, customers, and the community,” says Marnell-Suhanosky. They also use 15 percent of the water consumed by commercial buildings in the U.S., “Community, environment. It’s part of my DNA. Food service buildings in the U.S.,

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2025 F&B Trends: Newstalgia, Stealth Health, and Botanical Beverages

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From salted egg yolks and chili crunch fusions to mushroom-infused teas and freeze-dried fruit powder garnishes, Kimpton’s in-house experts share the standout ingredients, menu items and techniques that will come to the table in 2025.

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Emerging from COVID With a More Sustainable Approach

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Consumer demands have also caused a shortage of certain items, especially meats. It’s a good idea, as a restauranteur, to know where your food is coming from and how it was cared for. Composting food scraps and leftovers. A Sustainable Supply Chain. The average restaurant produces 100,000 pounds of garbage each year.

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The Cost of B-ing Good

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These trends are driven by Millennial and Gen Z consumers, who are more willing to pay a premium for sustainable products; those consumers also tend to be more online and acutely aware of the impact of business practices on the lives of people and the future of the planet.

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Decade of Disruption: Restaurant Insiders Dish What’s on the Plate

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Guests will expect to know every aspect of sourcing and meal preparation, which will disrupt traditional back-of-house systems with technology that connects the farm to the food. We’re seeing massive disruption to front-of-house systems, too, delivering personalized guest experiences from order to payment to final delivery.

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State of the Industry and More Restaurant Research

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The report is an authoritative look at the industry and its opportunities based on a range of national surveys of restaurant owners, operators, chefs, and consumers. In a State of the Restaurant industry report, the Natiional Restaurant Association sees a return to normal with predicted sales growth in 2023. million by the end of 2023.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

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In the case of most of the concepts in these segments, Thanksgiving means significantly less traffic and even closed locations as consumers gather at home for meals with friends and family. Holiday Traffic Not Enough. Topline numbers show robust restaurant sales growth during November. Same-store sales growth was 1.6 percentage points.”

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