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5 Ways AI Reduces Food Waste in Restaurants by 30%

The Rail

Example : IHG Hotels & Resorts partnered with Winnow, an AI-powered food waste solution that helps the hotel chain optimize food production across several of their properties. Within a year, the hotel group reduced food waste by 36% in four of its pilot hotels.

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Making Your Food Delivery Business More Sustainable

Modern Restaurant Management

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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The Connection Between Used Cooking Oil and Climate Change

Modern Restaurant Management

Recycling your restaurant’s used cooking oil isn’t just a way to address your waste problems – it can help fight climate change. Consider the fact that kitchens in hotels and restaurants generate about three billion pounds of used cooking oil each year, according to the Environment Protection Agency (EPA).

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Can Your Food Delivery Business Be More Sustainable?

Modern Restaurant Management

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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‘Induction Cooking Improves Food Quality and also the Quality of Life for Chefs and Staff’

Modern Restaurant Management

Kitchens also consume water at alarming rates—hotels, for example, average nearly 20,000 gallons of water per day, with kitchens as the primary culprits. Meanwhile, the chefs working in this environment face harmful pollutants, which can degrade their mental and physical health over time.

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The Cost of B-ing Good

Modern Restaurant Management

B Corp Restaurants As of early 2024, almost 150 restaurants around the world have achieved the certification, from fine-dining independents to fast-casual chains, with hotels, breweries and food delivery companies also dotting the list. But is B Corp certification something restaurants should pursue?

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

Modern Restaurant Management

The research found that 60 percent of Americans tip bartenders, 44 percent tip taxi drivers, 33 percent tip hotel cleaners and 24 percent tip hotel bellhops, while just 17 percent claim not to tip anybody. Despite economic woes, nearly half of consumers still spend monthly on clothing (46 percent) and personal care (44 percent).