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Protecting the Planet and Profits

Modern Restaurant Management

When considering the transport element, the method of transport is more significant than distance travelled and avoiding food that has been air-freighted will have the most significant travel-based impact. Owing to the ever-increasing decarbonisation of the electricity supply, electricity is a lower carbon energy source than gas.

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Trash or Treasure? Used Cooking Oil’s Golden Allure Isn’t Just About its Color

Modern Restaurant Management

In the 1990’s, key players in the rendering industry began producing biofuel from recycled animal fats and cooking oils on a commercial scale. While these mandates help the environment and put safer fuel on our roads, it also can unintentionally promote bad practices if the buyer doesn’t track the material back to its source.

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How to Write a FAQ or Frequently Asked Questions page for a Restaurant or Cafe

Ken Burgin

You can subtly promote special services (eg a loyalty scheme), and what makes the venue unique or superior, such as sourcing local ingredients or hosting live music nights. What’s the best way to get there by public transport? What are you doing for sustainability and recycling? How do I access this?

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Setting Up A Sustainable Food Truck In 2021

The Restaurant Times

Source Your Raw Materials Locally. It is a better option to rely on local vendors to build a sustainable supply chain as opposed to getting raw materials transported from far-off places. When you source your raw materials from local sources, they are actually fresh. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

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6 Ways To Enhance Waste Management System To Reduce Restaurant Operating Costs

The Restaurant Times

A restaurant generates food waste from numerous sources. Until and unless these sources are identified, it will be quite impossible to control the wastage. You need to conduct waste audits to know the exact amount of food waste that gets generated from various sources. Source: CAKE Mix. Conduct Waste Audits. Use The 3 Rs.

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How is the home espresso machine market evolving?

Perfect Daily Grind

Now more than ever, consumers are looking to buy products that are ethically sourced. However, while there is rightly a focus on the use of fertilisers and how coffee is transported internationally, the process of brewing coffee also uses energy, and therefore has a carbon footprint. Environmental & social responsibility.

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The Top 10 U.S. Food Vendors: Do you know everything you should about your restaurant food vendors?

Marketman

The environmental impact of how products were transported. Number 8: DOT Transportation – Family-owned and -operated, DOT Transportation serves customers in all 50 states, as well as 39 countries. Sustainability and social responsibility are top-of-mind for DOT Transportation. But, their efforts don’t stop there.