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

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As part of creating that good environment, she’s taken multiple steps to cut Rifrullo’s carbon footprint, including composting all food scraps, one of the most important steps restaurants can take to combat climate change. Heating and cooling, refrigeration, and cooking equipment are the biggest energy users, followed by lighting.

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Reducing Restaurant Food Waste

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Donation, composting, and organic recycling are all available options to restaurant operators attempting to reduce the amount of food scraps entering their solid waste bins. Composting. The Green Restaurant Association claims that close to 95 percent of restaurants’ waste streams could be recycled or composted.

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BRING BACK THE 20 SEAT BISTRO

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The kitchen was not filled with the most sophisticated equipment and certainly not computerized. Instead of thirty-gallon trash cans spread out through the kitchen, there were two much smaller cans, a recycling bin, and tubs for compost. This restaurant was their house, and they had a handle on how the house was doing.

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

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For example, Chick-fil-A is debuting advanced store designs to engage new audiences, introducing two new architectural concepts. Brands can switch to plant-based, compostable containers and cutlery made from renewable materials. Promoting ethically-raised meats and sustainable seafood also demonstrates responsible practices.

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MRM at Five: What Issues Have Impacted Restaurants?

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What issues have affected the industry over the last five years in the topics of marketing, design, operations, law, finance, technology and equipment? Tableside ordering via tablets, tableside payment, POS systems designed with mobility and flexibility in mind have dominated the market growing out of the fast casual.

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Effective Promotional Ingredients for Going Green

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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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Digital Dining and ‘Restaurant Recovery’ Show

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Visa is introducing a range of locally designed programs and solutions to enable SMBs to drive efficiency and sales through acceptance of digital payments, building online businesses and incentivizing neighborhood support. with menus designed to offer the best-selling delivery items by region, market, and time of day. Visa SMB Help.