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Beyond the Plate: Evolution and Exploration in the 2024 Restaurant Scene

Modern Restaurant Management

The year 2024 promises a journey of adaptation and fierce competition for the restaurant industry as it manages stronger-than-expected economic data and slowing inflation while dealing with the headwinds of short labor supply, more demanding customers and an uncertain political environment. The key lesson both establishments teach?

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Adopting Tech Solutions Is the Smartest Decision Restaurants Can Make

Modern Restaurant Management

Sweetgreen implemented tech solutions to improve their operations, boost sustainability , and personalize customersexperiences. Innovative tech tools, like AI, can improve forecasting, inventory management, scheduling, customer service, marketing, and many other essential business tasks. Maximize compliance.

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Why Restaurants Are Switching to Intelligent Packaging

Modern Restaurant Management

Events like this not only ruined our entire eating experience, but also prevented us from ordering food from this restaurant for a while. Restaurant owners are using intelligent packaging to keep food warm, hygienic, presentable, and ready to eat from kitchen to customer plate. Delivery of cold food leads to loss of customer.

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BRING BACK THE 20 SEAT BISTRO

Culinary Cues

The food was, of course excellent, but more importantly reflective of the region and its history and the experiences of the chef. The kitchen was not filled with the most sophisticated equipment and certainly not computerized. This restaurant was their house, and they had a handle on how the house was doing. author unknown.

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Can you run a zero-waste coffee shop?

Perfect Daily Grind

We also use compostable and recyclable items, so our landfill bin is only a quarter-full every two weeks.”. This can include staff training, replacing certain equipment with more sustainable alternatives, and informing customers about new systems like reusable cup schemes.

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How can specialty coffee push for a circular economy model?

Perfect Daily Grind

This ranges from using more sustainable processing methods on farms to using recyclable and compostable packaging. For example, reusing and recycling coffee grounds into biofuel, compost, or fertiliser is already a popular way of minimising waste production. A large part of this revolves around the concept of a circular economy.

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Environmentally Friendly Tips For Restaurants

Bottleneck Management

Customers are more conscious than ever before about the impact their dining choices have on the environment. Consider donating excess food to local charities or composting food scraps instead of sending them to landfills. Consider using compostable or biodegradable to-go containers, straws, and utensils made from bamboo.

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