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The Cost of B-ing Good

Modern Restaurant Management

For Sleepy Bee, we submitted our assessment in June 2021, entered the review process in March 2022, and completed it in November of 2022. Waste management programs like recycling, composting, and any food-waste reduction measuring done can also help in this category.

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AI Food Intelligence and Now Serving Democracy

Modern Restaurant Management

By 2022, it’s expected to more than double to $11.6 Not only is single-use plastic cutlery not recyclable, it’s ending up in our oceans and killing sea life. PE coatings, along with any remaining liquid and food left behind from use, have historically left single-use paper cups out of the recovery and recycling process.

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Restaurant Experts Talk Sustainability Tips and Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

We use recyclable packaging and keep takeout packaging products to the minimum. This list can go on and on for waste, however, when waste is FINALLY just waste, compost is the answer or if the trimmings are safe, I'll give them to my sous chef, who then feeds them to her chickens. Using creative plating opportunities when arisen.

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7 Guest Preference Predictions for 2022

Restaurant365

As we end 2021 and consider the vast increase in takeout, comfort food, and overconsumption of alcohol that took place during the throws of the pandemic, many of us are resolved to doing better in 2022. Below are our 7 guest preference predictions for 2022. Sustainability will be top of mind. Each provides something different.

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How can specialty coffee push for a circular economy model?

Perfect Daily Grind

This ranges from using more sustainable processing methods on farms to using recyclable and compostable packaging. The practice of reusing and recycling materials has been implemented for centuries by many communities around the world. A large part of this revolves around the concept of a circular economy. And with 10.88

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Supermarket Food Waste Is a Big Problem. Is Dynamic Pricing the Solution?

EATER

Meanwhile, roughly 25 percent of adults reported food insecurity in 2022. Vermont established a universal recycling law that requires separation and diversion of food scraps from the waste stream. Every year, about 130 billion meals, or $408 billion in food, are thrown away in the U.S., according to Feeding America.

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The Trends to Watch in 2022 & Beyond

Future Food

The Trends to Watch in 2022 & Beyond The changing face of Food & Hospitality. With the pandemic starting to ease in some parts of the country and lockdowns becoming a thing of the past (hopefully), 2022 brings some cautious optimism to the industry as businesses start to see light at the end of the tunnel.

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