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Revolutionizing Restaurant Supply Chains: The Impact of AI on Transparency, Validation, Verification, and Sustainability

Modern Restaurant Management

AI can also improve sustainability within restaurants – and throughout their supply chains – with huge benefits that include waste and carbon emissions reduction, cost savings, and meeting consumer demand. Restaurant managers must ensure that their suppliers’ sources are trustworthy, and their products are high-quality.

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Dining Trends for 2024

Modern Restaurant Management

Experiential dining, plant-based menus and sustainability were hot topics in the Les Dames d’Escoffier International (LDEI) 2023 Trends Report. Culinary methods and sources of inspiration for menus and venues were also part of this group’s discussion. Chef Showcases – Consumers are hungry for culinary experiences curated by chefs.

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Ensuring Food Security through Sustainable and Cost-Effective Practices

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We also discuss how modern approaches have improved consumption habits and nutritional awareness – while, resolving issues around wastage and costs and promoting sustainable practices for all. Source : Adobe Stock In terms of Affordability, Availability, Quality & Safety, Sustainability & Adaptation, the U.S. ranks 13th.

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How Restaurants Can Attract Gen Z Customers by Embracing Brand Purpose and Social Responsibility

Modern Restaurant Management

Understanding the Importance of Brand Purpose In today’s marketplace, brand purpose refers to the reason for your restaurant’s existence beyond making a profit. Sustainable sourcing is one social responsibility initiative that resonates with Gen Z.

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Coffee News Recap, 31 Mar: SCA announces 2023 Sustainability Award winners, new study suggests how coffee helps to lower risk of type 2 diabetes & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

International Trade Centre partners with International Coffee Organisation on new Sustainability Initiatives in the Coffee Sector mapping project. Specialty Coffee Association announces 2023 Sustainability Award winners. Global Coffee Platform recognises five sustainability schemes aligned with the Coffee Sustainability Reference Code.

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Why are YouTube coffee brands becoming more popular?

Perfect Daily Grind

However, in the 21st century, it has increasingly come to refer to online content creators. BIGFACE also purchased more than 1,000lbs of the highest-scoring coffee at Cup of Excellence El Salvador in 2021 – showing that some of these brands also have a growing interest in sourcing higher-quality coffee. How do YouTubers sell coffee?

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How to Write the Perfect Restaurant Mission Statement: Guide + Examples

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Ensure all the elements of running and growing your restaurant — marketing , customer service, sourcing suppliers—align under one, coherent message. Tim Berry refers to this as your market-defining story and explains: “A really good market-defining story explains the need, or the want, or—if you like jargon—the so-called “why to buy.”