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Why Restaurants Are Switching to Intelligent Packaging

Modern Restaurant Management

Research has shown that 72% of Americans say that packaging design affects their buying decisions. As people still want to be amazed by the experience of eating at home, restaurant owners are using innovative intelligent and personalized packaging options to make their food feel like a complete meal before the consumer eats it.

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Restaurant Sustainability Efforts and Customer Attraction

The Restaurant Group

For some time now, the members of the foodservice industry in some areas have been forced, at a minimum, to practice proper waste disposal and recycling. More than 60% recycle cardboard/paper and fats/oils/grease. Less than 30% recycle aluminum/metal/glass/flexible plastics. 14% compost some food waste.

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MRM at Five: What Issues Have Impacted Restaurants?

Modern Restaurant Management

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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What’s Packing Your Food? Restaurant Delivery Packaging Trends

Goliath Consulting

On the other hand, restaurants with innovative, sustainable packaging can increase traffic among consumers. This probably explains the trend of previously-recycled and reusable packaging. Taco Bell, too, pledged compostable, recyclable packaging by 2025 (14). Sustainability. Conclusion.

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2022 Restaurant Industry Trends: Part 2

The Restaurant Group

As food deliveries and takeaways continue to rule the food industry in 2022, forward-looking restaurants are now moving away from plastic and other non-recyclable materials in their food packaging. They are increasingly adopting compostable packaging materials in food deliveries to reduce their carbon footprint.

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The Trends to Watch in 2022 & Beyond

Future Food

Menus and food designed to travel. Waste reduction across all waste streams will become a greater focus as recycling rules change and operators are forcing suppliers to rethink their product distribution methods. The uprise in delivery has manifestly changed chef’s thinking and influenced menu development.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Chick-Fil-A drove growth through menu innovation, but more importantly, it was one of the main characters in the much-hyped Chicken Wars saga (8.2 From beer made from rejected cereal pieces to containers made from organic mushroom waste, food waste will lead the way for more sustainable consumption and innovation.

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