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Reducing Restaurant Food Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

According to the food waste hierarchy pyramid, source reduction is the ‘best case scenario’ when it comes to food waste. 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.

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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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Protecting the Planet and Profits

Modern Restaurant Management

Other approaches to reducing your carbon footprint can be achieved from initiatives such as increasing recycling, reuse of packaging as well as reducing waste that goes to landfill for example by offering compostable or even edible packaging and reducing food waste. This is true for both cooking and space heating.

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Organic Waste Recycling for Foodservice: What You Need To Know

Sustainability Beyond the Plate

Until 2016, commercial organic recycling was limited to the dedicated few. If you produce 4 cubic yards* (the size of a standard commercial bin, not the smaller ‘cart’) or more of organic waste per week, you must separate and recycle that waste. Composting can be considered a form of recycling.

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How Have Catering Supplies Transformed in 2019?

Modern Restaurant Management

By 2025, McDonald’s plans to recycle guest packaging in 100 percent of its restaurants. The brand has also pledged that 100 percent of its guest packaging will come from renewable, recycled, or certified sources. Other catering supplies that have been adapted to meet environmental demands include cooking equipment.

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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? We’re also seeing many of our clients find new ways to be more sustainable in sourcing their food products. Mark Hoefer, General Manager, Le Bilboquet Atlanta.

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6 Ways To Enhance Waste Management System To Reduce Restaurant Operating Costs

The Restaurant Times

A restaurant generates food waste from numerous sources. Until and unless these sources are identified, it will be quite impossible to control the wastage. You need to conduct waste audits to know the exact amount of food waste that gets generated from various sources. Source: CAKE Mix. Conduct Waste Audits. Use The 3 Rs.

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