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Reducing Restaurant Food Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

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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As Consumers Prioritize Sustainability, Forward-Thinking Operators Accommodate

Restaurant Business

When they choose where to dine, that’s no different—for operators, offering sustainable packaging products is a way to generate value, and according to Technomic’s 2023 Value and Pricing Consumer Trend Report, 75% of consumers say value is important or extremely important when deciding where to dine.

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How to Wield Restaurant Food Costs to Your Advantage

MBB Hospitality

It involves tracking the cost of each ingredient, understanding seasonality, and recognizing price fluctuations. This granular approach helps in making informed decisions about menu design, portion sizes, and pricing, ensuring that each dish contributes positively to your bottom line.

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The Future of Food is Exciting - Food and Hospitality Trends of 2020

Future Food

Design-Food-People – This trio of terms will merge to deliver living-spaces which embrace human feelings. Integration of these elements will shape the design briefs of 2020 and beyond. Design will focus heavily on people’s desire to slow-down, to be immersed into space and to feel welcome. Re-imagining Food & Beverage 9.

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5 Tips to Take Your Restaurant to the Next Level

Restaurant Engine

Look into composting as well. Many cities have companies that offer you compost bins for food scraps that they pick up each week. The biggest key here is to let your customers know if you are using locally sourced food, if you’re recycling, and/or composting. Restaurant Web Design, Made Easy.

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An Ethos Worth Investing In

Modern Restaurant Management

While it may not be intuitive to lead with values when a possible recession is on the horizon, customers driven by value are more likely to remain loyal when prices rise. Surprisingly, at a certain point in quantity, compostable flatware can be purchased for the same rate as the unsustainable plastic option.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Global food prices are rising worldwide. Twenty-six countries in the index report food price inflation of 5 percent or higher in the past year. Ongoing turmoil has seen food prices rise most sharply in Venezuela and Syria. .” Findings from the 2019 Global Food Security Index reveal that: ? per person. per person.

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