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For Restaurants Cutting Their Carbon Footprint, Composting Food Scraps Is Just the Beginning

EATER

As part of creating that good environment, she’s taken multiple steps to cut Rifrullo’s carbon footprint, including composting all food scraps, one of the most important steps restaurants can take to combat climate change. For takeout, she uses compostable containers and wooden silverware.

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The Cost of B-ing Good

Modern Restaurant Management

These trends are driven by Millennial and Gen Z consumers, who are more willing to pay a premium for sustainable products; those consumers also tend to be more online and acutely aware of the impact of business practices on the lives of people and the future of the planet.

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How To Reduce Food Waste in Restaurants

The Restaurant Group

Educating Customers on Waste Reduction Add Notes to Menus : Encourage mindful ordering with simple messages. Share Your Story : Highlight your sustainability efforts in menus and online. Composting and Recycling Programs Start Composting : Divert organic waste to composting facilities.

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28 Strategies to Cut Costs in the Restaurant Business

Lavu

Another solution is to start a composting program for food scraps and other organic waste. By turning these scraps into compost, you can reduce the amount of waste that ends up in landfills. This can help prevent over-ordering of ingredients, leading to excess inventory and unnecessary expenses.

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Carry-Out Services: 7 Brilliant Marketing Strategies to Launch Your Restaurant’s New Offering

Restaurant Engine

Your customers need to be able to find your online ordering quickly and easily. In addition, your online ordering system should be user-friendly. Make sure to include the following things on your website: A prominent, well-placed “Order Now” button at the top of your homepage. A mobile-optimized ordering interface.

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MRM Research Roundup: To-Go Trends, State of the Plate, and Black Market Reservations

Modern Restaurant Management

Off-Premises Dining Is Essential Nearly 75 percent of all restaurant traffic now happens off-premises—meaning that almost three out of four restaurant orders are taken to go. More than 60 percent say they’re ordering off-premises more often than a year ago. Older adults still prefer in-person ordering.

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Reducing Restaurant Food Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

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. The next time that your restaurant prepares a pan of food that goes uneaten, or has an inventory order that surpasses demand, think donation. Composting.