article thumbnail

Restaurants Save Money with the Right Recycling Practices 

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2018, when China stopped accepting plastics and recycling from the US, waste management professionals wondered whether the recycling industry could survive the loss of a major market for America’s commodity scrap. While recycling costs have undeniably increased, demand for high quality recyclables is still growing.

Recycling 126
article thumbnail

The New Order: Five Important Focus Areas for Greener Operations

Modern Restaurant Management

Still recovering from diminished margins, restaurateurs are facing heightened consumer standards in the new, post-pandemic market. Luckily, a commitment to more sustainable operations can coexist with healthy profits, and even growing margins. And many of those standards involve responsibility in its many forms.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Food Service Packaging Market Report

Modern Restaurant Management

As per the report by Global Market Insights Inc. Worldwide food service packaging market was valued at over USD 118 billion in 2021 and will surpass a revenue collection of USD 186 billion by 2028 with an annual growth rate of five percent from 2022 to 2030. European Customers To Increase their Preference for Green Packaging.

Marketing 162
article thumbnail

AMERICAN RESTAURANTS – AN INTERESTING EVOLUTION

Culinary Cues

The Depression: The Roaring Twenties ended when the markets collapsed worldwide. The Great Restaurateurs: A new generation of restaurant operators found a home in established, bustling communities leading way to the “era of the restaurateur”. But the days of the restaurateur-centric operations were fading quickly.

Hotels 333
article thumbnail

Effective Promotional Ingredients for Going Green

Modern Restaurant Management

This preference for environmentally conscious brands makes it critical for restaurants to find ways to integrate sustainability into operations and develop a plan to promote these sustainability initiatives through various channels including digital, marketing materials, and streamlined internal communications and messaging.

Recycling 224
article thumbnail

BRING BACK THE 20 SEAT BISTRO

Culinary Cues

A chef/owner was busy by the stove with an assistant who also washed dishes and bussed tables and out front a single server and maybe, in the busiest of operations, a host/bartender who was likely the spouse of the chef. That was it! Those four or five employees were like family.

Seating 440
article thumbnail

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. The practice of reusing and recycling materials has been implemented for centuries by many communities around the world. Some coffee shops and roasters have already been operating in a circular economy for decades.

Recycling 171