Restaurant Engine

MARCH 13, 2024

Here are some ideas: Compost leftover food scraps and paper products. Many cities have companies providing composting services to restaurants. Ditch the Styrofoam to-go packaging and look at compostable products. Shop locally for in-season produce as well as cheese and meat. Be transparent with your menus.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 13, 2022

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. Support of the local food movement.

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MBB Hospitality

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

It involves tracking the cost of each ingredient, understanding seasonality, and recognizing price fluctuations. Using cost percentage formulas, you can determine the ideal cost for each item on your menu. Menu Engineering and Pricing Menu engineering is an essential tactic in the arsenal for controlling food costs.

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Notch

MARCH 17, 2022

In fact, a survey taken by Menu Matters of 750 consumers across the US found that sustainability is more important to consumers now than it was a year ago. Source: Business Chief. Start by: Adding vegetarian and vegan dishes to your menu, or offer meat and dairy substitutions where possible. Green Star Restaurant.

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EATER

APRIL 11, 2023

He plucks them from composted wood chips nestled in cardboard boxes, and carefully puts them in a clean new box. Yang smiles as he shows off his heaping compost pile: He says he reclaims three to five tons of organic green waste every few weeks to produce substrate, the woody equivalent of soil, for his mushrooms.

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The Rail

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

By Indiana Lee, Contributor As we begin to move out of the fall season and into the winter, restaurant and bar owners are making preparations for what tends to be a challenging season. Adapting offerings based on the season is an expected, if somewhat inconvenient, requirement of working in the service industry.

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Restaurant Engine

AUGUST 9, 2023

You don’t want either of these to slip during busy times or busy seasons. Make sure your customers know this by posting it on your menu or even signs around the restaurant. Look into composting as well. Many cities have companies that offer you compost bins for food scraps that they pick up each week.

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Xtra Chef

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Here are four methods that can be implemented to directly address the most common sources. Those projections, along with seasonal recipe modifications, should be used to better anticipate what you’ll actually use. Excess that can’t be repurposed can be considered for composting instead. Order to Par to Reduce Spoilage.

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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. The uprise in delivery has manifestly changed chef’s thinking and influenced menu development.

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Touch Bistro

MAY 10, 2021

Identify Multi-Use Menu Items. Keep in mind that, having too many menu items can make the process of identifying multi-use items difficult. A great way to streamline this activity is by switching to a small menu at your restaurant, which will be easier to manage. Order In-Season. Compost Whenever Possible.

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Future Food

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The evolution, financial viability & marketability of plant based menu options. Menu shapers will become seriously experimental with the flexitarian crowd in 2020. Best wishes of the season and may 2020 bring be a great year for us all the - Team at Future Food. Alternative eating is becoming mainstream.

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Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

All their ingredients, from meat to produce, are locally sourced and sustainable. Not only do they fire pizza in their sizable wood-fired oven, but they also have seasonal wood-fired veggies. Not only do they have a seasonally rotating food menu, but they also have a rotating beer tap menu and more than 60 imported beer selections.

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Restaurant Clicks

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Dining choices have a four-course menu and a chef’s tasting menu. They share their love of food and drinks with customers, and their New American menu relies heavily on the uniqueness of their oak oven and grill. A small menu means perfection in each dish, and the Mushroom Tempura is the perfect start to your meal.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

to add Meatless Farm’s plant-based products to its menu. Beginning today, guests can order from the restaurant’s ‘Meatless Monday’ menu, which consists of Pomodoro’s signature italian dishes, reimagined with 100-percent plant-based ground in place of traditional meat. It’s just a delicious meatball.”

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EATER

AUGUST 17, 2023

By the late aughts, the egg had been been given a bespoke agrarian rebranding: In 2008, Frank Bruni lamented the redundancy of a “hen egg” on the menu at Momofuku Ko; the following year, Eleven Madison Park was serving a poached “farm egg with Parmesan foam,” topped also with brown butter hollandaise and asparagus.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 17, 2020

Ingredients are clean and sourced from local vendors whenever possible, and the menu is designed to support vegan, gluten-free, and Halal diets in an effort to accommodate all guests, no matter their dietary preferences. Taco Bell committed to making all consumer-facing packaging recyclable, compostable or reusable by 2025 worldwide.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 31, 2019

National Menu Trends. They also analyzed how their national menu trends compared to the menus of their James Beard award-winning customers. They also analyzed how their national menu trends compared to the menus of their James Beard award-winning customers. Placer.ai, dug into the numbers to analyze the situation.

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Sustainability Beyond the Plate

JANUARY 26, 2017

Composting can be considered a form of recycling. A compostable item is a certain type of biodegradable item that breaks down relatively quickly into humus , a substance that enriches soil. An extensive list of composting terms and their definitions can be found here. all organic matter) for soil amendments.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 28, 2020

” “Equality is something I advocate for in all aspects of my life, and the kitchen is no exception,” said Bravo’s “Top Chef” Season 10 winner, Kristen Kish. I am fully behind this initiative and hope my industry peers share their support as well.” " Trabon and MenuTrinfo Team Up.

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Restaurant Clicks

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The Firehouse Restaurant Ella Dining Room & Bar Cafeteria 15L Mulvaney’s B&L Ruth’s Chris Steak House Zinfandel Grille Paragary’s Piatti Il Fornaio Sacramento Grange Restaurant & Bar Seasons 52. It implements many eco-friendly projects like recycling and compost to fulfill its green promise.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2019

They touched on topics such as delivery, ghost (dark) kitchens, automation, plant-based menu items, food waste, sustainability, staffing and retention and more. Even cost of sales may go down as the ghost kitchen typically has a smaller, more manageable menu. Plant-based Menu Items. Jim Collins, CEO at Kitchen United.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Additionally, while other smoothie establishments use gallons of water to clean each blender, Ono’s patent-pending automated self-cleaning blender and robotic systems use 28x less water because it only needs to clean the blade and because it’s blended in the customer’s compostable cup. Parts Town and Heritage Combine.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

” Throughout 2020, the culinary team at Walk-On’s will feature select burgers from the menu as the “Game On Burger.” “Everything we serve will be fresh, top quality, and sourced from the best markets around the world. ” For every burger sold, $0.50 will be donated to the Foundation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The offer comes as restaurants brace for a second fall and winter season navigating COVID -19, and as operations become even more complex amidst vaccine requirements, tracking, and more operational challenges. Real-Time Menu Optimization : Promote items with short preparation times (or higher margins) when things are busy.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

From screen to plate, the menu is expected to feature signature dishes and recipes that have been prepared on the show. “With a menu curated from the hit show’s Champion and Finalist recipes, MASTERCHEF is about the passion for cooking and the emotional connection we have with food. You can view the full guide here.

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Restaurant Clicks

OCTOBER 8, 2021

With several options available, you’re bound to find delicious menu options that even meat-lovers can enjoy. Dirt Candy also offers five-course seasonal tasting menus for you to enjoy in their dining rooms or outdoor patio. Toad Style’s menu offers 100% vegan dishes free of soy and palm oil. Order Online.

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