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La Mediterranee – Sustainability, Profitability and Purpose – One Owner’s Journey

Cheetah

And, as if every minute didn’t already matter to a restaurant owner, the time commitment to turn a restaurant into a more sustainable business may not seem feasible. Now is the time when consumers are most excited to support your sustainable initiatives! Eventually, Vanick took the family business into his own hands. .

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Dining Trends for 2024

Modern Restaurant Management

Experiential dining, plant-based menus and sustainability were hot topics in the Les Dames d’Escoffier International (LDEI) 2023 Trends Report. The discussion included food, beverage, nutrition, lifestyle and unique aspects of boutique and high volume foodservice. Lcal and sustainable food is a mega trend in the restaurant business.

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How Restaurants Can Drive Profits and Growth During a Perfect Storm

Modern Restaurant Management

Soaring prices, continued supply chain disruptions, and ongoing staffing shortages are creating a perfect storm for restaurants. Food and labor costs are elevated and expected to remain high in 2022 , negatively impacting restaurants’ profit margins. To maximize your existing resources: Reduce food waste.

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Growing a Restaurant Strategically – The Keys Are Alignment, Timing and Control

Modern Restaurant Management

Sustainable restaurant expansion requires balancing excitement with patience and perspective. There’s an art to scaling any small business intelligently. Sustainable restaurant expansion requires balancing excitement with patience and perspective.

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Strategies for Financial Stability and Efficiency in Restaurant Supply Chains

Modern Restaurant Management

While commodity shortages, transportation logjams and other disruptions have eased, restaurants and other food service providers continue to apply lessons learned from recent periods of instability to make logistics and resupply processes more nimble and resilient. The best plans utilize: More sustainable and diverse suppliers.

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Restaurant Sustainability is About Success, Not Just Recycling.

Ken Burgin

Sustainability is about survival and prosperity – can we put that upfront? Now more than ever, with soaring supply prices, staff shortages and crazy weather, sustainability makes sense across all business areas – it’s much more than recycled packaging and local vegetables.

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La Meditteranee – Sustainability, Profitability and Purpose – One Owner’s Journey

Cheetah

And, as if every minute didn’t already matter to a restaurant owner, the time commitment to turn a restaurant into a more sustainable business may not seem feasible. At Cheetah, we’re here to challenge those preconceptions and argue that going green with your restaurant is actually well worth the investment.