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How Do We Get People to Compost?

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Composting is good for everything and everyone, but food waste continues to be a major problem In the United States, food waste amounts to a whopping 30 to 40 percent of the food supply. New York City, on the other hand, introduced a curbside composting program that failed completely because there was little incentive to participate.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

Brands find themselves at a pivotal juncture, where they have the opportunity to both captivate customers and secure their loyalty through a thoughtful blend of innovation and tradition. Finding the balance between innovation and tradition is the secret recipe for enduring success in the evolving dining industry.

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Adopting Tech Solutions Is the Smartest Decision Restaurants Can Make

Modern Restaurant Management

Innovative tech tools, like AI, can improve forecasting, inventory management, scheduling, customer service, marketing, and many other essential business tasks. But if they skip handwashing, don’t carefully sanitize equipment and surfaces, or ignore cross-contamination hazards, they could cause an expensive, damaging food breach.

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Why Restaurants Are Switching to Intelligent Packaging

Modern Restaurant Management

Cross-contamination at a restaurant refers to the transmission of germs or other hazardous microorganisms from food, equipment, or humans to food. Majority of people believe that compostable packaging can be thrown away with the rest trash and it will decompose on its own. What Makes Intelligent Packaging So Popular.

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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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An Environmentally Friendly Strategy to Reduce Restaurant Costs

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurant waste treatment now offers various innovative solutions, which every restaurant can adopt without too much effort. If no action is taken, the world will be on a dangerous path to more waste and overwhelming pollution. The time to act is now. So what can we do with all this food waste?

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The Tech Revolution Reshaping the Restaurant Experience

Modern Restaurant Management

In a world reshaped by the pandemic, evolving labor markets, and shifts in consumer behaviors, restaurant owners are increasingly turning to technological innovations. For example, compostable materials, such as biodegradable packaging and utensils made from renewable resources, have gained widespread acceptance.