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QSR Brands Can Leverage Technology to Overcome a Recession

Modern Restaurant Management

Smart kitchen equipment, such as automated stove tops and automatic recycling oil fryers, make order fulfillment easier, faster, and more consistent. During the pandemic, menu prices frequently changed, and products were often out-of-stock due to supply chain shortages. Thus, automation of product updates was essential.

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Trends in Supply Chain Management in the Restaurant Industry

The Rail

By Briana Hilton, Contributor The “ slow food movement ” has been given a big push by new post-pandemic demands, with many restaurants now nearshoring or reshoring (sourcing supplies closer to their location so as to have greater control over supply). Embracing Circular Supply Chains.

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How Have Catering Supplies Transformed in 2019?

Modern Restaurant Management

Catering supplies have evolved with these trends, and items such as biodegradable and reusable packaging have been introduced. With more people waking up to the climate emergency, customers are demanding eco-friendly catering supplies. By 2025, McDonald’s plans to recycle guest packaging in 100 percent of its restaurants.

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Resolving environmental issues in coffee production

Perfect Daily Grind

Although it’s estimated that smallholder farmers produce up to 80% of the world’s coffee supply , most of them only grow coffee on 30ha or less – meaning their carbon footprints are minimal compared to larger coffee farms and multinational coffee companies. What about the rest of the supply chain?

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Can you run a zero-waste coffee shop?

Perfect Daily Grind

At every level of the coffee supply chain, sustainability is a pressing issue. Essentially, the concept of zero waste is based on the elimination of waste, mainly through reusing and recycling products, materials, and packaging. We also use compostable and recyclable items, so our landfill bin is only a quarter-full every two weeks.”.

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Protecting the Planet and Profits

Modern Restaurant Management

Drivers for implementing carbon reduction efforts come from customers, our supply chain, the government and investors. Owing to the ever-increasing decarbonisation of the electricity supply, electricity is a lower carbon energy source than gas. With it the need to reduce carbon emissions from business activity has grown too.

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7 Guest Preference Predictions for 2022

Restaurant365

Fortunately, there are a lot of great options when it comes to recyclable and compostable takeout containers and paper products. Reusable, recyclable, and compostable are the three major categories that fall under the sustainable packaging category. Each provides something different. Healthy twists on comfort foods.

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