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Restaurant Sustainability is About Success, Not Just Recycling.

Ken Burgin

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. Listen to the Hospo Reset Podcast on Reducing Food Waste – New Strategies and Solutions. They have a vital purpose and passion.

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How can specialty coffee push for a circular economy model?

Perfect Daily Grind

This ranges from using more sustainable processing methods on farms to using recyclable and compostable packaging. Essentially, this model encourages the continued use of resources for as long as possible, with the goal of reducing waste production. A large part of this revolves around the concept of a circular economy. And with 10.88

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An Environmentally Friendly Strategy to Reduce Restaurant Costs

Modern Restaurant Management

Food waste generated by restaurants has long been an expensive and environmentally harmful problem. Now, there are solutions to change this that actually turn the waste into a resource that doesn't just benefit the environment, but the restaurants themselves. The Food Waste Reduction Alliance stated in a report that only 14.3

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15 Powerful Ways To Reduce Food Waste In Multi-Site Restaurants

Apicbase

Every report on food waste is a jaw-dropper. Food waste is a monumental problem with massive consequences. An estimated 32% of all food produced worldwide is lost or wasted from farm to fork (some reports even say between 40-50%). Food loss and waste represent about $940 billion in annual economic losses. on food costs.

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Why Restaurants Are Switching to Intelligent Packaging

Modern Restaurant Management

As people still want to be amazed by the experience of eating at home, restaurant owners are using innovative intelligent and personalized packaging options to make their food feel like a complete meal before the consumer eats it. of overall waste generated in 2021. million tonnes or 28.1%

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Restaurant Sustainability Efforts and Customer Attraction

The Restaurant Group

According to the National Restaurant Association’s “What’s Hot” report, American Culinary Federation chefs named sustainability and waste reduction in the top trends of the year. The focus of the resulting report is on the conservation of resources, waste management, and consumer insights.

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Coffee News Recap, 30 Sep: SCA announces 2022 WBC and WBrC winners at MICE, new study links daily coffee consumption with increased longevity & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

The online event is part of the WCA’s TechnoCoffee Innovation Series, and will cover topics related to data interoperability and transparency in the coffee sector. Coffee Planet partners with The Waste Lab to implement sustainable waste solutions. Nucleus Coffee Tools wins 2022 MICE Product Innovation Award.

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