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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. The key lesson both establishments teach?

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How Do We Get People to Compost?

EATER

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. Marina Lohrbach /Shutterstock.

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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. Increase quality and safety across the supply chain. One weak link in the supply chain could cause a food safety breach that could put your guests and brand at risk.

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What Hotel Menu Trends Will Define 2022?

Hot Schedules

Leading up to this, its pivotal that operators navigate global supply chain disruptions to continue enticing potential diners with a killer offering. With the very food and beverages your restaurant relies upon to operate no longer assured, knowing who to trust and what to expect over the coming months becomes essential. Heart Care.

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The Trends to Watch in 2022 & Beyond

Future Food

The Trends to Watch in 2022 & Beyond The changing face of Food & Hospitality. Whilst some food and hospitality businesses chose to pivot their businesses early, out of necessity, others have elected to respond to changes in consumer preferences and are quickly reshaping the food and hospitality landscape in front of our eyes.

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Restaurant Sustainability Efforts and Customer Attraction

The Restaurant Group

3/4 buy some packaging/supplies that contain recycled materials or are certified compostable. Nearly 50% track food waste. 14% compost some food waste. An important point to be highlighted is that Baby boomers, ages 54-72, had a slightly higher tendency to be swayed by a food outlet’s sustainability efforts.

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Restaurant Sustainability is About Success, Not Just Recycling.

Ken Burgin

Now more than ever, with soaring supply prices, staff shortages and crazy weather, sustainability makes sense across all business areas – it’s much more than recycled packaging and local vegetables. Sustainable businesses buy locall y when they can because disruptions in Australia and worldwide remind us that supply lines are fragile.