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For Restaurants Cutting Their Carbon Footprint, Composting Food Scraps Is Just the Beginning

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When food waste goes to landfills, it creates methane , a powerful greenhouse gas. Food waste from all sources is responsible for eight percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, and the U.S. But restaurants have other, less visible sources of waste that also contribute to climate change.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

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While restaurant sales were lower for November of 2018, November of 2019 did not include the same holiday headwinds. Second, the shift of Thanksgiving into December of 2019 converts from tailwind to headwind this month. percent from 2018 to 2019, sales for the whole weekend only increased about four percent. First, at 2.1

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‘A Core Tenet of the Hospitality Space Is that You Focus on People Over Profits’

Modern Restaurant Management

The report found demand for eggs has skyrocketed , with per capita consumption growing 20 percent from 2016-2019. Other things to do: manage food waste and examine your P&L. "It's “While seasonality remains an influencing factor, egg use has grown dramatically over the last 20 years. ."

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Changes at McDonald’s and Reducing Food Waste

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This edition of MRM News Bites features McDonalds, the Food Waste Reduction Alliance, OpenTable, Ordermark, Hudson Group, Hakkasan Group , Waitr and Checkers, ICV Partners, Restaurant Technologies, Diebold Nixdorf and Alto-Shaam. " Reducing Food Waste. Changes at the Top for McDonald's.

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How the Pandemic Has Forever Changed the Way We Eat

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billion from the same period in 2019. Legislators Will Rethink How to Better Manage Product Waste. The other big challenge the pandemic has brought to life is forcing businesses and governments to rethink our approach to packaging waste. billion in revenue from April through September of 2020—compared with $2.5

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‘A Core Tenant of the Hospitality Space Is that You Focus on People Over Profits’

Modern Restaurant Management

The report found demand for eggs has skyrocketed , with per capita consumption growing 20 percent from 2016-2019. Other things to do: manage food waste and examine your P&L. "It's “While seasonality remains an influencing factor, egg use has grown dramatically over the last 20 years. ."

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Winnowing Away at Food Waste and Epic Generosity

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Winnow Raises $20M to Fight Food Waste. The company, with US offices located in Iowa City, has recently made headlines in the country, having been selected as a food waste innovator and recipient of the Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Kroger Foundation Grant. 63 million tons of food is wasted every year. ” Marc Zornes.

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