Cheetah

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Pinching pennies might have worked pre-Covid, but to survive today’s increased wages and higher food costs restaurants will have to find new ways to increase profits. Taking advantage of the growing trend of reducing food waste is a great way to achieve both. The Food Waste Pandemic. Covid-19 Boosts Food Waste Reduction Trend.

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Restaurant Engine

MARCH 13, 2024

Incorporating food service trends brings in returning customers to see what’s new. In this article, we take a broad look at food service trends to know in 2024. In this article, we take a broad look at food service trends to know in 2024. Here are some ideas: Compost leftover food scraps and paper products.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2022

We've all ordered our favorite food online at least once from a local restaurant, and it was cold when it arrived at our doorstep. Events like this not only ruined our entire eating experience, but also prevented us from ordering food from this restaurant for a while. Delivery of cold food leads to loss of customer.

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Future Food

JULY 30, 2019

The art and science of reducing food packaging in all food service outlets. Single-use food & beverage packaging has always been a concern for the environment and with recent high profile campaigns seeking to ban single use plastics, governments are now looking to legislate in line with community expectations.

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Restaurant Engine

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Manage your food costs and watch your restaurant grow and thrive. Food prices are rising across the board, and this affects restaurants just like yours. As a food service entrepreneur, you want to control your costs as much as possible, so you don’t have to drastically increase menu prices and pass them on to your customers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 17, 2020

Until recently, Beyond Green Sustainable Food Partners was mainly a foodservice consulting company for schools and other large institutions, and we catered food to preschools on the side. Historically, we have trained cafeteria staff to cook food from scratch while also reducing food and labor waste.

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Restaurant365

JULY 14, 2021

Restaurant food waste is a pressing topic in the food and restaurant industry. Studies show that about 35% of all food produced in the United States goes unsold or uneaten. ” However, the impact of food waste doesn’t just stop at landfills. Start by auditing your food waste. Here are 15 practical tips.

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Restaurant365

JUNE 22, 2021

As a restaurant owner or operator, keeping your food costs low is a continual challenge. Food cost is one of the largest expenses for your restaurant, and because it is a controllable cost, you can influence how it impacts your bottom line. The biggest factor in reducing food waste is how invested your store-level managers are.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 21, 2022

Fast Facts: Food related waste, including straws, cutlery, and takeout containers, make up more than 60% of the most commonly collected items at the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC). Reusable, recyclable, and compostable are the three major categories that fall under the sustainable packaging category. Compostable.

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Perfect Daily Grind

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

We also use compostable and recyclable items, so our landfill bin is only a quarter-full every two weeks.”. According to a UK survey on consumer shopping preferences , more than half of people surveyed were interested in food and beverage businesses which include zero-waste practices.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 19, 2023

Many, saw restaurants and taverns to be American while exposing others to their food, beverage, and style of hospitality. Speakeasies did oftentimes serve food, but it was not the centerpiece of their existence. Despite a steep decline in food prices, many families did without milk or meat.” -The That was about to evolve.

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Cheetah

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

Use of to-go food containers surged during the pandemic’s delivery boom. Even those marked BPA free leach hormones when in contact with food or subjected to changes in temperature. Polystyrene foam, commonly used in clamshell food packaging, is one of the worst. Everyone Wants Eco To-Go Food Containers.

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Future Food

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Trends that will shape the future of your food and hospitality projects for 2020. However, food and service will always be at the heart of hospitality. Home Meal Replacement food choices, primarily from supermarkets, will continue to be a major growth category. Supermarkets will continue to grow their ‘food court offer.’ (E.g.

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Xtra Chef

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Food waste is a serious environmental and humanitarian issue. But restaurant food waste poses a huge problem for overall profitability in the business: The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that restaurants waste $162 billion in food each year. Food costs are responsible for most of the expenses a restaurant has.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Food waste generated by restaurants has long been an expensive and environmentally harmful problem. Tremendous amounts of food are being thrown away, accumulating to an astronomical amount of polluting waste, which mostly remains untreated and creates colossal environmental damage. percent of the leftover food is recycled, 1.4

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It’s wise to invest in fully featured software options, which offer audit management and compliance tracking capabilities to maximize the safety of your food, guests, and business. One weak link in the supply chain could cause a food safety breach that could put your guests and brand at risk. Manage labor shortages.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 22, 2022

The food was, of course excellent, but more importantly reflective of the region and its history and the experiences of the chef. Instead of thirty-gallon trash cans spread out through the kitchen, there were two much smaller cans, a recycling bin, and tubs for compost. Good friends, good food, good times.”. author unknown.

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Goliath Consulting

MAY 10, 2021

Here we share some of the major food and beverage trends operators can expect this upcoming season. Especially compostable menus.) According to the Food Dive Team, more companies have been “jumping on the healthy and immunity bandwagon by promoting immunity-boosting ingredients from elderberries and probiotics to turmeric and moringa.”

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Lavu

APRIL 13, 2020

Donate Food Waste to Local Charities. Since events are canceling and dining halls are closed, many restaurant owners are seeing an influx of food waste and looking for ways to avoid throwing the food in the trash. You can also look into compostable packaging options and inform customers their takeout packaging can be composted.

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MBB Hospitality

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In the restaurant industry, managing food costs is not just an operational task—it’s a strategic imperative. Understanding and optimizing restaurant food costs can be the difference between profitability and financial struggle. This means going beyond the surface to scrutinize every aspect of your food expenses.

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Open for Business

APRIL 24, 2023

Photo credit: Forage Composting At Forage in Boston, the kitchen focuses on using all parts of its ingredients to cut food waste to the bone. They produce a paltry 5 gallons of unused food per day. And the minimal food scraps go straight to the compost bin—never to a landfill. Photo credit: The Shuckery.

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Xtra Chef

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The holiday season can be a boon for many restaurants, but it can also exacerbate an issue that plagues the restaurant industry all year long: food waste. The Issue of Food Waste in the Restaurant Industry. Food waste in the restaurant industry is real. million tons of food waste annually.

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Cheetah

JANUARY 30, 2022

Disposable restaurant supplies are part of critical inventory used by every restaurant, food-truck and caterer on a daily basis. Compostable containers , for example, are in high demand by consumers, and offering them at a premium is now common. This is both for food safety, but also for personal health. Reading Time: 3 minutes.

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Cheetah

JANUARY 30, 2022

Disposable restaurant supplies are part of critical inventory used by every restaurant, food-truck and caterer on a daily basis. Compostable containers , for example, are in high demand by consumers, and offering them at a premium is now common. This is both for food safety, but also for personal health. Reading Time: 3 minutes.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 24, 2022

In response, we’ve seen a rising number of initiatives to combat this – whether that’s compostable or biodegradable products, or increasing access to plastic recycling streams. Research has shown that BPA can leach into food and beverages, especially when the plastic packaging is exposed to heat, which can include coffee capsule extraction.

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Perfect Daily Grind

APRIL 25, 2022

The global market includes a number of different solutions for reducing capsule waste, including biodegradable, compostable, and reusable options. Compostable. She defines compostable capsules. Compostable materials can be placed in soil to break down, but they have to decompose into matter which benefits the soil,” she says.

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Goliath Consulting

MARCH 14, 2020

A restaurant’s packaging is not just a vehicle for carrying food—it’s a statement that informs customers about your business’s brand and values. According to Technomic, a food industry research firm, 64% of consumers consider high quality packaging an important factor in deciding where to order food (1). Presentation.

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The Restaurant Times

AUGUST 5, 2022

If you are planning to start your food truck, you must know that it involves a lot of work because you will be competing with more than 35,000 food trucks that are currently operating in the US. The number of food trucks has grown almost four times in the last decade resulting in very high competition. Food Service License.

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EATER

JUNE 7, 2021

The Bamboozle compost bin. Composting smells were almost enough to put me off the whole endeavor, but this bin takes care of that (and it looks cute too) Like many an idealistic cook, I have stopped and started attempts to compost my food waste many times. Enter: this adorable compost bin.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Additionally, kitchen analytics technology ensures that food preparation is perfectly timed, slicing through wait times even during busy hours. For example, compostable materials, such as biodegradable packaging and utensils made from renewable resources, have gained widespread acceptance.

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Bottleneck Management

MAY 3, 2023

By doing so, you reduce the distance that food needs to travel to get to your restaurant, thereby reducing transportation-related emissions. Reduce Food Waste Reducing food waste is another effective way to make your restaurant more sustainable. It all starts with awareness.”

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Perfect Daily Grind

AUGUST 21, 2022

As more and more countries implement bans on single-use cups and plastics , we’ve seen the number of biodegradable, compostable, and recyclable alternatives increase. Furthermore, while biodegradable and compostable single-use cups are designed to break down faster, this largely depends on how they are disposed of. Enjoyed this?

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Since the day man first cooked over fire, food production has been associated with the burning of carbon-based materials, and so the release of carbon dioxide gas. Restaurants use two of the main contributors to carbon emissions of all industries – food and energy. Let’s take food first.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 20, 2021

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. Food processing, in some facilities, has been slowed down substantially due to labor shortages or complete shutdowns. Composting food scraps and leftovers. Offer seasonal items.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 13, 2022

As we end 2021 and consider the vast increase in takeout, comfort food, and overconsumption of alcohol that took place during the throws of the pandemic, many of us are resolved to doing better in 2022. Fortunately, there are a lot of great options when it comes to recyclable and compostable takeout containers and paper products.

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Touch Bistro

MAY 10, 2021

And one area that is often overlooked is the question of how to reduce food waste in restaurants. Food waste costs restaurants a staggering $162 billion per year , and in America alone, restaurants generate as much as 33 billion pounds of food waste per year. Different Types of Restaurant Food Waste.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

About half of consumers indicated that a “restaurant’s efforts to reduce food waste, recycle or donate food can be factors in choosing where to dine.” Additionally, food bloggers who focus on green restaurants can be a great way to spread a restaurant’s sustainability story.

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