Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 19, 2023

But even without changing the menu, there are several design considerations that can be applied to both new builds and renovations that help reduce waste and carbon emissions. Adaptive Reuse and Recycling The greenest building is one that’s already built. Interior photo of TWO Urban Licks.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In 2017, a US Foods study revealed that nearly 30 percent of food delivery drivers taste the food they’re responsible for delivering, sparking an evolution in packaging design to tamper-proof takeout.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 12, 2025

Cooking should be fun and designed to make all involved happy. Slide the works into a custom, recyclable bag with your logo and pass it on to the customer with a smile and thanks for choosing us. So where are the opportunities to do just that while providing a taste of excellence to a wider audience?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 14, 2021

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 Green Restaurant Association claims that close to 95 percent of restaurants’ waste streams could be recycled or composted. Organic Recycling.

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EATER

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Though the restaurant still uses one gas range, Lyall said they run it just two to three times a week and designed their menus to do without it. composting infrastructure is patchy at best—and it’s not clear that compostable materials, which contain chemical additives like their plastic counterparts, are safe for recycling back into soil.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 16, 2025

Sometimes, these packaging materials end up in recycling where they can be broken down for reuse. However, oils and other foodstuffs are often not accepted in recycling plants. Moving to more eco-friendly options like biodegradable materials using bamboo or already recycled paper helps reduce unwanted waste from clogging landfills.

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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.” Menus are also excellent vehicles for highlighting green practices such as farm to table dishes made with locally grown and harvested fruits, vegetables, meats and seafood.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Consider a variety of features and solutions that your facility can invest in to reduce its carbon footprint and provide visitors with a clean and green restroom, including: Look for restroom products made from renewable sources and/or from recycled materials. Minimize your facility’s output of plastic waste.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 18, 2021

Permaculture is a science based on the principles of ecological design and sustainability within natural ecosystems. A circular economy moves away from the make-take-waste model and toward a model in which we design out waste and pollution, keep products and materials in use, and regenerate natural systems. Consider Permaculture.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

While the company has products specifically designed for each vertical, such as appointments, eCommerce, online ordering and reservation management, its uniqueness lies in offering high-powered capabilities that every business needs. It’s all part of a mad dash to increase participation in democracy in the upcoming election.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

“Jordan and our team wanted to design something that perfectly captures the spirit of the community and our values for repurposing existing structures to give them new life,” said Brian Laubenthal, Principal of Aline Architecture Concept. Ham wanted to design his brewery with the environment in mind.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 22, 2025

As a manager orowner,you must train employeestobag garbage, break down recycling products and dispose of oils properly. Correct trash handling, oildisposal,and more is critical in keeping the backlotof the restaurant clean and clear of debris.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

In creating strategies for a recycling and food waste plan, ask them how they would put that into practice. “10 percent energy reduction compared to 2017 by the end of 2020” or “95 percent correct recycling by July compared to the 55 percent of 2018.” Employees are on the floor daily, making the restaurant run.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 20, 2021

But, when it comes to both front and back-of-house operations, there are things you can do to cut back on waste production, including: Setting up a recycling program. Some of that comes from leftover food that diners didn’t finish, and there isn’t much that can be done about that. Using biodegradable packaging.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 22, 2022

Instead of thirty-gallon trash cans spread out through the kitchen, there were two much smaller cans, a recycling bin, and tubs for compost. The chef never bought ingredients by the case, but rather what he or she needed to service their space.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2021

What issues have affected the industry over the last five years in the topics of marketing, design, operations, law, finance, technology and equipment? Tableside ordering via tablets, tableside payment, POS systems designed with mobility and flexibility in mind have dominated the market growing out of the fast casual.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Waste management programs like recycling, composting, and any food-waste reduction measuring done can also help in this category. They remain a benefit corporation in the state of California (a corporate entity designation available in 36 states).

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

From reusable and recyclable packaging to zero-waste options, restaurants are continuing to prioritize sustainable initiatives. Plant-based proteins are growing increasingly popular on menus and less expensive cuts of protein, such as thighs instead of wings, will have a greater presence in the year to come.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 31, 2020

Judge Stephen Wilson held that the states’ ban was not intended to “create a total ban on foie gras,” but was instead designed to prevent the practice of force-feeding in the state of California. Full-service restaurants are exempt from this law if employees sort organic waste.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 11, 2020

That leaves restaurants with three options: investing in laminated menus so that you can clean and disinfect them between customers, springing for disposable menus and recycle them after each use, or going touchless with online menus and menu QR codes. A strong, consistent message across these channels is key to your success.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 21, 2020

They are cost-effective and reduce the likelihood of contamination – buy disposable menus in bulk and recycle them. Experiment with design programs to create event announcement posters to use for your digital marketing initiatives. Combined with creative design, you can quickly gain your audience’s attention.

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Restaurant Business

MARCH 20, 2024

While implementing recycling programs or oil management systems can indeed contribute to sustainability initiatives in foodservice, they can be much more costly to support, especially in the beginning. However, there’s a new solution—the GC120 from Continental Cup which is curbside recyclable or commercially compostable in 120 days.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

This has led to a rise in the appearance of green kitchens, where the business focuses on reducing as much waste as possible and trying to recycle and reuse leftovers whenever they can. Creating websites with catchy restaurant website design is a long-term solution, although it's a significant investment for many companies.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 12, 2020

Dunkin’ is also on track to fully transition to new, recyclable hot coffee cup lids in all of its U.S. The company is also on track to be fully transitioned to recyclable hot coffee cup lids in its U.S. The new lids are made of #5 polypropylene that can be recycled in cities and towns that offer #5 recycling.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Other approaches to reducing your carbon footprint can be achieved from initiatives such as increasing recycling, reuse of packaging as well as reducing waste that goes to landfill for example by offering compostable or even edible packaging and reducing food waste.

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The Restaurant Group

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Menu Optimization for Waste Reduction A thoughtful menu design can minimize waste while offering dishes that excite customers. Designing a Waste-Conscious Menu Feature Versatile Ingredients : Use items that work across multiple dishes. Plan Around Availability : Design your menu with readily available ingredients.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 8, 2020

The National Restaurant Association found that almost half of consumers surveyed consider a restaurant’s sustainability efforts — such as recycling, donating food, or reducing food waste — when making the decision to spend money on a venue.

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The Rail

APRIL 2, 2025

By Tracie Johnson, Contributor Changing the flooring of a restaurant can give its ambiance fresh vitality and transform everyday areas into cozy comfort canvases of design. A modern flooring design improves general dcor, creates a unique eating experience, and shows a dedication to quality.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 17, 2020

based Nardin Academy to set up a waste tracking system for recycling, compost, and landfill refuse that helped Nardin divert 86 percent of its cafeteria waste during the school year. This means that we produce more meals, which enable us to buy certain ingredients in bulk and save on costs. For example, we once helped Buffalo, N.Y.-based

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 13, 2022

Waste is an immense issue within the restaurant industry, and Starbucks itself distributes over six billion single-use cups each year — most of which are unable to be recycled and end up directly in landfills or the environment. Meanwhile, the entire restaurant industry struggles immensely with waste from single-use plastics.

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EATER

MAY 21, 2025

Across South and East Africa, where safaris are especially popular, youll find operators designing all sorts of inventive food programs; but a few have distinguished themselves at the forefront, serving up thoughtful meals that seamlessly merge with their stunning settings.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Snibbe, and a longtime friend, Haik Zadoyan, to create a line of work-functional shoes with dual density insoles, non-clunky designs, and, in the case of the Snibbs clog, a water-resistant faux leather material that is made out of nearly 100 percent recycled materials.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 26, 2024

It allows chefs, waitstaff, and managers to carry out their designated tasks within the system. For example, you can use recyclable containers with your logo. This platform could integrate with the restaurant's existing POS system. Restaurant Administration Permission management : This component is crucial for role-specific access.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 25, 2021

For the necessary packaging, try to opt for biodegradable materials and packaging with a high recycled content. And a restaurant’s commitment to sustainable practices is perhaps most easily visible through the packaging that they chose. Using less delivery packaging is a great way to begin.

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Perfect Daily Grind

AUGUST 21, 2022

As they’re difficult to recycle, we can also conclude most of these cups end up going to landfill, where they contribute to a growing waste problem. You may also like our article on why recycling single-use coffee cups is so difficult. Can you recycle single-use cups? Read on to learn more about what they had to tell me.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 27, 2022

You might try to recycle your old paper menus when you add new dishes to the mix, but no paper or plastic at all is really the best way to go. The lower your marketing costs, the more money you can spend on essential things like high-quality ingredients, inviting decor, and of course, fair pay for your employees.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2020

Visa is introducing a range of locally designed programs and solutions to enable SMBs to drive efficiency and sales through acceptance of digital payments, building online businesses and incentivizing neighborhood support. ." with menus designed to offer the best-selling delivery items by region, market, and time of day.

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