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5 Ways AI Reduces Food Waste in Restaurants by 30%

The Rail

In this article, we'll explore five practical ways AI helps restaurants reduce food waste by up to 30%, making sustainability an attainable goal for the industry. Some systems classify and sort waste into compostable, recyclable, or landfill categories, ensuring proper disposal and maximizing recycling rates.

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Why Restaurants Are Switching to Intelligent Packaging

Modern Restaurant Management

Majority of people believe that compostable packaging can be thrown away with the rest trash and it will decompose on its own. However, the reality is compostable packaging are designed to be decomposed and processed in commercial composting facilities that provide the right environment for composting in a short period of time.

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Restaurant Trends to Look For in 2025

Modern Restaurant Management

In almost every conversation I have with other industry professionals, someone will say “before COVID… ” or “since COVID… ” As a matter of fact, in many of my articles I make the same comparison. I’ll make this connection for you later in this article.

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The Cost of B-ing Good

Modern Restaurant Management

Read any article enumerating the current or emerging trends in restaurants and retail and you will see ideas of health and wellness, environmental sustainability, and brand authenticity coming to the fore. Waste management programs like recycling, composting, and any food-waste reduction measuring done can also help in this category.

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July/August 2020 Legal Update

Modern Restaurant Management

Based on the doctrine of standing, the Court found that the plaintiff had not shown any ongoing injury sufficient to establish Article III standing. However, quick or limited-service restaurants and all other businesses that generate organic waste and subscribe to recycling or composting services must make bins accessible to customers.

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Exploring the compostable coffee capsule market

Perfect Daily Grind

One of these alternatives is compostable coffee capsules. You may also like our article on whether coffee capsules can be sustainable. What are compostable capsules? He tells me: “A truly compostable coffee capsule is one that has been verified to be able to break down under certain conditions.

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BRING BACK THE 20 SEAT BISTRO

Culinary Cues

Instead of thirty-gallon trash cans spread out through the kitchen, there were two much smaller cans, a recycling bin, and tubs for compost. More than 800 articles and short stories on kitchens & restaurants. The chef never bought ingredients by the case, but rather what he or she needed to service their space. CAFÉ Talks podcast.

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