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Why Restaurants Are Switching to Intelligent Packaging

Modern Restaurant Management

Cross-contamination at a restaurant refers to the transmission of germs or other hazardous microorganisms from food, equipment, or humans to food. This can happen at any point in the food preparation process, including the packing of meals for takeaway and delivery. What Makes Intelligent Packaging So Popular.

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Restaurant Kitchen Staff is Key to Food Cost Savings

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Critically, knowing your AvT numbers through your restaurant operations reporting gives you a concrete starting point to identify the foods that are commonly wasted. Cross-contamination refers to when food becomes unusable during prep or storage because of unsafe practices. Avoid Cross-Contamination That Leads to Food Waste.

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How to Reduce Food Waste in Restaurants: 16 Practical Tips

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Running a foodservice operation involves a lot of moving parts. 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.

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First Robotic Mobile Restaurant and DoorDash’s Commissary Kitchen

Modern Restaurant Management

Additionally, while other smoothie establishments use gallons of water to clean each blender, Ono’s patent-pending automated self-cleaning blender and robotic systems use 28x less water because it only needs to clean the blade and because it’s blended in the customer’s compostable cup. Ono Food Co.

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Now Is the Time to Make Your Kitchen More Sustainable. Here’s How.

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Energy Star deserves a shoutout,” says Sandra Goldmark, director of campus sustainability and climate action at Barnard College, referring to the Environmental Protection Agency and Energy Department program that identifies energy-efficient devices. COVID took care of some of those barriers, forcing many of us to adopt new habits.

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Are reusable coffee pods a viable option?

Perfect Daily Grind

Convenience and growing quality are the biggest driving forces behind capsule sales, but a rising awareness of environmental impact is becoming an increasingly important purchasing factor. The global market includes a number of different solutions for reducing capsule waste, including biodegradable, compostable, and reusable options.

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Restaurants Avoiding Big Delivery Apps Have to Get Creative

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To translate this aesthetic to go, takeout food is creatively wrapped in compostable packaging and adorned with colorful custom labels. In May, Eater SF referred to the bento as some of the “prettiest takeout in San Francisco.”. Delivery companies promise restaurants easy ordering and incremental sales.

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