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Food Chain Crisis Explained: Supply Disruptions & Rising Prices

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Heinz nearly ran out of ketchup packets this year, practically triggering a nationwide ketchup shortage. A surge in demand caused by the delivery and take-out boom is partly the reason. Supply chain disruptions and shortages like these are hitting every part of the food service industry hard.

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Food Chain Crisis Explained: Rising Food Prices & Supply Disruptions

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Heinz nearly ran out of ketchup packets this year, practically triggering a nationwide ketchup shortage. A surge in demand caused by the delivery and take-out boom is partly the reason. But the root cause of the current food chain crisis and rising food prices runs deeper than that. Reading Time: 5 minutes.

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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. Regionalized supply chains. Modernizing sourcing technology.

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Decreasing Food Waste Through Advances in Cold Chain Management

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Globally, one third of the food produced for human consumption is wasted. So, how can we both solve the food waste issue and ensure better food availability? Waste can occur anywhere along the food supply chain, which includes production, processing, distribution, and consumption. Improving Distribution.

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2021: A Year of Navigating Shortages

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Restaurants have faced labor shortages, supply and equipment shortages, and climbing food prices, with no past playbook on how to navigate the crisis. In fact, according to the National Restaurant Association, 95% of operators said their restaurant has experienced supply chain delays or shortages in recent months.

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Protecting the Planet and Profits

Modern Restaurant Management

Since the day man first cooked over fire, food production has been associated with the burning of carbon-based materials, and so the release of carbon dioxide gas. Drivers for implementing carbon reduction efforts come from customers, our supply chain, the government and investors. Let’s take food first.

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Tech to Trash Can – How Technology Is Redefining Food Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

Food waste is recognized as an endemic challenge around the world. According to Feeding America , nearly 40 percent of all food in the U.S. For restaurants, an industry with challenging profit margins, minimizing food waste is nothing less than a survival strategy. restaurants lose $162 billion annually in food waste costs.

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