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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. 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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The Trends to Watch in 2022 & Beyond

Future Food

Compostable and Biodegradable packaging has been and remains to be one of the most highly recommended environmental solutions in the food sector and welcomed by many food retailers, however an ultimate push towards a reduction in disposables, full stop, may be the stimulus for greater uptake in reusables and returnables.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

In their Q3 2019 Food Sector Retail Index, Placer.ai, the world’s most advanced foot traffic analytics platform, looks at ten of the biggest QSR brands to see who came out on top this quarter. Chick-Fil-A drove growth through menu innovation, but more importantly, it was one of the main characters in the much-hyped Chicken Wars saga (8.2

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The Top 10 U.S. Food Vendors: Do you know everything you should about your restaurant food vendors?

Marketman

From fuel usage and energy efficiency to reducing, reusing and recycling, DOT Transportation has made great strides in their sustainability efforts. In fact, they have significantly curbed energy consumption and recycle more than 1 million pounds of cardboard, pallets, paper products, and stretch wrap.

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The Top 10 U.S. Food Vendors: Do you know everything you should about your restaurant food vendors?

Marketman

From fuel usage and energy efficiency to reducing, reusing and recycling, DOT Transportation has made great strides in their sustainability efforts. In fact, they have significantly curbed energy consumption and recycle more than 1 million pounds of cardboard, pallets, paper products, and stretch wrap.

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AI Food Intelligence and Now Serving Democracy

Modern Restaurant Management

Focused on the retail, services and restaurant industries, the SpotOn ecosystem offers powerful technology to small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) at a price they can afford. Restaurants have been pivoting to reach and serve customers in new ways, and retailers have been seeing the lines blur between brick and mortar and e-commerce.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Currying Up Favor and Committed Taco

Modern Restaurant Management

Curry Up Now also limits their disposal waste by using real plates, silverware and cloth napkins in-house and packaging all to-go orders in recyclable and compostable containers. Taco Bell committed to making all consumer-facing packaging recyclable, compostable or reusable by 2025 worldwide.

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