Perfect Daily Grind

APRIL 4, 2023

Forging connection to origin: a specialty “special” One of the main selling points of specialty coffee is that it is more sustainable, traceable, and transparent than commodity-grade coffee. This helps to elevate the quality perception of your coffee, and shows that you’re going the extra mile [when sourcing].” But why is this?

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Ensure all the elements of running and growing your restaurant — marketing , customer service, sourcing suppliers—align under one, coherent message. She also supports coffee shops that value sustainability and partner with suppliers that use organic farming methods. Consult your mission statement to see if the plan or idea aligns.

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Future Food

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Improving the sustainability of your restaurant during challenging times – a lesson for everyday trading. The question for every restaurateur and food operator in Australia is: What am I doing every day to make my business more sustainable and immune (or partially immune) to market forces? Image via Good Food).

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2022

What were common menu items where prices were raised? . Sixty-seven percent of respondents raised prices throughout their entire menu, and 25 percent on a few items. Because the cost of nearly everything—from ingredients to services—has increased, they have no choice but to raise prices across the board.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 30, 2024

Sustainable restaurant expansion requires balancing excitement with patience and perspective. Sustainable restaurant expansion requires balancing excitement with patience and perspective. Growth stems sustainably from meticulous mastery of the basics – hospitality, food, ambiance, and operations.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

So, as life starts to transition to a level of normalcy, restaurants may find that the pandemic opened the door to a viable, additional source of revenue that isn’t going away. Using everything from hoof to snout will be the price of admission for todays and tomorrow’s cooks. [] Variety on the Plate.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2023

These factors contribute to a volatile supply chain, influencing everything from ingredient availability to menu pricing strategies. These factors contribute to a volatile supply chain, influencing everything from ingredient availability to menu pricing strategies.

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Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 10, 2022

Peet’s Coffee achieves 100% responsibly sourced coffee certification. IDH – The Sustainable Trade Initiative publishes Coffee Farmer Income Resilience Baseline Report. The report concludes crop diversification and intensification of sustainable farming practices are required to improve the socioeconomic livelihoods of producers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2021

For example, a CBS MoneyWatch article from June of this year cited several well-known fast-casual brands' move to boost prices as much as 4 percent to help offset higher labor and other costs. More recent price increases have nearly doubled this number. For example, Aloha Poke’s concept does not require staff to man a 30 ft.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

They drive the demand for clean labels, responsibly sourced ingredients and sustainability. Restaurants that provide clear information about the sourcing of their ingredients and the ethics behind their operations are likely to win the loyalty of this conscientious cohort.

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Clover - Restaurants

APRIL 9, 2024

Restaurant suppliers source and deliver a range of ingredients, from fresh produce and meats to dairy, dry goods, and even desserts. Bulk ordering also allows restaurant owners to get competitive pricing and improve profit margins. Where do you source your products? There are also online vendors and local co-ops to consider.

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Cheetah

JANUARY 31, 2022

Cheetah is here to help stop that trend and reinvigorate small restaurants with transparent sourcing and pricing, strategic partnerships to help grow every aspect of their businesses, and an ever evolving tech platform. Our secret sauce is in the blending of technology with health and sustainability. In a League of Our Own.

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Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 8, 2022

Sustainability continues to be a major focus across the coffee industry, specifically in coffee production. It’s also important to note that cutting down trees can be a form of sustainable forestry in some cases, which leads to further misconceptions about deforestation. Jay Kling is the Director of Coffee for Irving Farm New York.

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Hot Schedules

OCTOBER 5, 2021

You pride yourself on sourcing the best ingredients with the partners who deliver reliably and at an effective cost. Having a supplier that treats you like a partner and not just a revenue source makes your end of the process much more satisfactory. In the restaurant business, relationships are what sustain your enterprise.

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Perfect Daily Grind

APRIL 5, 2022

And will doing so help the coffee industry become more transparent and sustainable? This could be anything from coffee prices and predicted weather conditions to farm maps and soil health. It also restricts access to the information concerning what was paid for the coffee, including farmgate or freight-on-board (FOB) prices.

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Food Supply Agriculture Sustainability Supplies 137

Restaurant365

JANUARY 13, 2022

Sustainability will be top of mind. Many of the sustainability practices that we were committed to pre-COVID flew out the door when we entered this unprecedented era. Reusable, recyclable, and compostable are the three major categories that fall under the sustainable packaging category. Each provides something different.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 5, 2023

Mon, 1 May Westrock Coffee publishes 2022 Sustainability Progress Report. The report highlights the company’s key environmental and social sustainability activities from last year, including increasing global purchases of certified and verified responsibly-sourced coffee by 9% – amounting to an increase of over 19.5

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Perfect Daily Grind

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

To understand more about how the use of technology could affect coffee production in the future, I spoke with several industry professionals who are developing these technologies and who work with Sucafina , a sustainable farm-to-roaster coffee trader. Collins Mugabi is the Sustainability Business Analyst Manager for Sucafina.

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ChowNow

JANUARY 19, 2022

For ingrained, they source organic ingredients and superfoods to incorporate functionality into tasty treats. However, as a lean team that prioritized sourcing the best ingredients over everything else, ingrained’s online ordering needed to be cost-effective, streamlined, and simple. With an Instagram audience of 13.5k

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Perfect Daily Grind

APRIL 17, 2023

From the increasing reliance on technology to a growing emphasis on sustainability , there have been significant developments across all areas of the supply chain. This includes sourcing and trading green coffee. These includes market prices for coffee. The biggest change by far has been the emergence of the internet.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 17, 2023

Dynamic pricing on these platforms might be necessary to combat some of the lost revenue due to fees. Restaurants can showcase their values by participating in charitable events, sourcing sustainable ingredients, or reducing their carbon footprint.

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Lavu

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

By staying on top of profit margins, you can make informed decisions about pricing, portion sizes, and operational costs, thereby improving your profit margins. Therefore, exploring effective ways to increase sales and carefully managing expenses, pricing, and menu offerings become vital strategies in maintaining a healthy profit margin.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Despite the industry being at its most stable since 2019, customers being more educated and engaged around the issues impacting the food system, and massive strides made in creating sustainable and equitable conditions for staff, rising costs are greatly impacting both operations and the public’s dining out frequency.

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Perfect Daily Grind

AUGUST 14, 2022

The idea is simple: by reducing the number of intermediaries in the supply chain, the farmer receives a higher percentage of the final sale price. In the coffee industry, certifications are generally used to prove that a specific coffee was grown or purchased in an environmentally, socially, or financially sustainable way.

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Sling

DECEMBER 10, 2023

statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it) How your market will react to your baked goods Appropriate price points Getting to know your target market can also help you identify factors that influence your potential customers’ buying decisions, allowing you to give them what they want and need.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

This capability can prove invaluable for refining pricing strategies, optimising ingredient and waste management, and planning forthcoming shifts, among other benefits. In 2024, we anticipate a continued evolution, where technology and sustainability will play pivotal roles in reshaping the culinary experience.

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Culinary Cues

JUNE 14, 2022

They understand quality, they appreciate cooking from scratch, they enjoy attractively presented food, and they are interested in the source of quality ingredients. What they are less interested are pretentious environments, stuffy service, gimmicks, and absurd pricing.

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Perfect Daily Grind

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Price of coffee dropped by 12.3% In its latest monthly report, the organisation says that while average prices for all group indicators decreased in November, the ICO Composite Indicator Price stabilised around US 160 cents/lb last month. The auction brought in more than US $303,504, with an average price of US $17.02/lb.

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Perfect Daily Grind

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The survey found that that 35% of respondents were expecting to be operating at a loss or face closure by the end of the year, with 96% of businesses also experiencing higher energy costs and 93% facing food price inflation. Fairtrade launches Living Income Reference Price for Ugandan arabica.

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Perfect Daily Grind

APRIL 6, 2022

To start with, at the minute, the price of green coffee is very high, and that doesn’t seem to be changing any time soon. Beyond that, shipping and logistics prices are through the roof, energy prices are soaring, and so are the costs of everything else related to coffee, such as cupping bowls and spoons, and so on.”.

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MBB Hospitality

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

It involves tracking the cost of each ingredient, understanding seasonality, and recognizing price fluctuations. This granular approach helps in making informed decisions about menu design, portion sizes, and pricing, ensuring that each dish contributes positively to your bottom line.

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Apicbase

APRIL 18, 2024

A restaurant’s raw data includes sales numbers, inventory data, ingredient pricing, recipe quantities and units, and financial figures. Without it, managers would be faced with manually sifting through raw data from multiple sources. An item price report lets you see how prices have changed over time.

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Next Restaurants

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

As the demand for healthier and whole foods that were responsibly-sourced grew, the movement officially began. But when guests enjoy farm-to-fork cuisine, it means the ingredients can easily be tracked to a specific source, whether that’s several local farms or one specific farm. Dining for Sustainability.

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Squirrel Systems

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

As we settle into 2024, the restaurant industry stands on the cusp of transformative changes, shaped by evolving consumer preferences, sustainability concerns, and a relentless pace of technological innovation. Restaurants that spotlight these offerings emphasize their commitment to reducing carbon footprints and supporting local economies.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Yelp’s engaged community of locals who share their opinions and reviews is what enables its community to connect with great local and affordable businesses – more than 85% of the businesses on the list are priced under 30 dollars per person. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that fast-food prices jumped 6.2

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 26, 2021

Many in the industry are already considering growth and seeking to add locations due more available space at an affordable price. Selling ingredients packaged with recipes and prepared family meals has become a source of income for many restaurants and I do not expect consumers to reduce these purchases due to the convenience this offered.

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Future Food

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Modern Menus The humble menu has had a thorough overhaul in the past two years and as businesses are reopening, we are seeing the emphasis that has been placed on menu flexibility, pricing, structure, and menu size. Fresh, local, sustainable, ethical and seasonal will continue to be in fashion and shape most good menus we peruse.

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