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Dinner, With a Side of Climate Preaching

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Instead, you’ll see signage about the health benefits of plant-based eating — the “primary drivers of consumer choice are personal benefit,” says Goldman — and the menu board, designed like any one in other fast-food chains. So he took action. Wonho Frank Lee The dining room at Yang’s Kitchen.

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Emerging from COVID With a More Sustainable Approach

Modern Restaurant Management

A Sustainable Supply Chain. During the height of the pandemic, it seemed as though so many facets of the food industry were up in the air, including stress on supply chains. Composting food scraps and leftovers. Food processing, in some facilities, has been slowed down substantially due to labor shortages or complete shutdowns.

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Be the Change: How Snooze Prioritizes Sustainability

Modern Restaurant Management

The restaurant industry is known for razor-thin margins and is highly sensitive to shifts in the supply chain, agriculture and broader economic pressures. From compostable and recyclable containers to eco-friendly materials, we're always looking for ways to minimize waste while maintaining the quality and care our Guests expect.

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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.

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Protecting the Planet and Profits

Modern Restaurant Management

Drivers for implementing carbon reduction efforts come from customers, our supply chain, the government and investors. Owing to the ever-increasing decarbonisation of the electricity supply, electricity is a lower carbon energy source than gas. With it the need to reduce carbon emissions from business activity has grown too.

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BRING BACK THE 20 SEAT BISTRO

Culinary Cues

The dish machine was likely an under counter unit and there was no need for a walk-in cooler since supplies were purchased every day; a reach-in or two would suffice. Instead of thirty-gallon trash cans spread out through the kitchen, there were two much smaller cans, a recycling bin, and tubs for compost.

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The Cost of B-ing Good

Modern Restaurant Management

There are questions about DEI efforts in the workplace and what civic engagement or charitable giving you might champion, but the biggest section dives into your supply chain management and local economic development. They remain a benefit corporation in the state of California (a corporate entity designation available in 36 states).