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Gen Z Wants More Than Good Food — Here’s How to Keep Them Coming Back

Modern Restaurant Management

This generation prioritizes social responsibility over traditional brand loyalty and gravitates toward integrity, sustainability, and values-driven experiences. The restaurant industry is undergoing a significant shift as Gen Z diners reshape dining expectations. By actively investing in the community through events such as LOOK!

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Restaurant Trends to Look For in 2025

Modern Restaurant Management

To reduce what goes to a landfill, more restaurants will start using closed-loop composting that turns waste into compost in 24 hours using heat and microbes. ” That’s what we’re seeing as the next loyalty step for restaurants. However, that is all very technical and dry.

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Effective Promotional Ingredients for Going Green

Modern Restaurant Management

These practices include using energy efficient lighting (79 percent of restaurant operators said they use CFL or LED lighting), engaging in recycling (65 percent of operators recycle cardboard and paper) and reducing food waste (22 percent donate leftover food and 14 percent compost food waste).

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Dinner, With a Side of Climate Preaching

EATER

PLNT Burger further incentivizes plant-based purchases by turning that data into a loyalty program, rewarding customers with free food for amounts of water or land “saved.” Firetype Chocolate used to offer free pieces of chocolate as part of a birthday program at its home within Thornes Marketplace in Northampton, Massachusetts.

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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. Brands can switch to plant-based, compostable containers and cutlery made from renewable materials.

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Be the Change: How Snooze Prioritizes Sustainability

Modern Restaurant Management

We also see the Change Maker program as a way to identify future leaders for Snooze. Our Change Maker program is one way we weave that passion into our restaurants, empowering Snoozers at every level to take action and lead the way. Today, we’re continuing to invest in this role and the incredible Snoozers who step into it.

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How to Grow Your Catering Business

Goliath Consulting

And while a little competition never hurts, continuing investments in your catering program will be paramount to your business’s success. Those who can harness technological tools like online ordering and loyalty programs are better positioned to succeed ,,, minimizing friction for the end user” (2). TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TRENDS.

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