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

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Rifrullo’s rustic-modern décor, mismatched dishware, and chalkboard sign welcoming guests to “be yourself, make friends, find harmony, and relax,” are as inviting as its prices, which top out at $16 for the salmon burger. For takeout, she uses compostable containers and wooden silverware. I struggle with it.

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Dinner, With a Side of Climate Preaching

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And this was on top of general griping about his restaurant’s high prices compared to other Asian restaurants in the San Gabriel Valley, says Yang. Preparing customers for higher prices requires initiating an explicit conversation the customer usually won’t start. We had been at $2.50 a piece, and now we’re up to around $2.65.

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2025 F&B Trends: Newstalgia, Stealth Health, and Botanical Beverages

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High menu prices have been an issue in the industry in recent years due to inflation, resulting in a decline in traffic as diners wish to spend less. In 2025, operators can offer elevated foodservice experiences at more affordable prices through emphasizing value in LTOs to drive sales.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

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Meanwhile, new ingredient growing regions, such as those in Africa and India, and agricultural innovations, including floating farms, will emerge to tackle global food insecurity. Global food prices are rising worldwide. Twenty-six countries in the index report food price inflation of 5 percent or higher in the past year.

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Coffee News Recap, 9 Sep: US coffee shop sales to grow by 10.5% in 2022, August robusta prices increase by 9.2% & other stories

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Robusta prices increase by 9.2% The International Coffee Organisation’s August report states that falling global arabica stocks have pushed robusta prices to increase. CoffeeB says its products are compostable and will break down within four weeks. Lamastus Family Estates 2022 auction achieves record price of US $6,034/lb.

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Coffee News Recap, 13 May: Peru’s 2022/23 coffee production to exceed 4 million bags, Vietnam to replant 107,000ha of coffee trees by 2025 & other stories

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million as a result of inflation and rising gas prices. According to an annual report from the United States Department of Agriculture, Peru’s coffee production will increase 2.2% Research will take place at the university-led Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment (Idaho CAFE). on 2021/22. Fri, 13 May.

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Orange Is the New Yolk

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Later, I fried one next to my last CSA (community-supported agriculture) egg, laid in the Catskills by a pasture-raised hen. Them being the industrial farms whose eggs turn up at lower price points — I recently saw a dozen sold for $2.19 — in styrofoam containers at your local grocery store.