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Strategies for Achieving a Zero-Waste Kitchen in Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

You’re unlikely to eliminate all your sources of overuse immediately. Training Staff It does no good to look at waste reduction strategies for your restaurant’s operations if your staff doesn’t have a similar commitment to the concept. Therefore, training in waste reduction is essential.

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Stay Ahead of the Danger: Proactive Food Safety Strategies for Restaurant Managers

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Source Wisely The first step in preventing foodborne illnesses starts long before you begin preparing food—it's all about where you get your ingredients. Sourcing from reputable suppliers ensures that the food you're serving is safe. Let’s take a closer look at those strategies.

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

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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. Independent restaurants can get help through utility energy audit and equipment rebate programs—if their state has them.

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Is Your Ghost Kitchen Haunted by Food Safety Breaches?

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Commit to ongoing training. All workers must be trained in food safety, not just upon hiring, but throughout their tenure. Use tech tools to provide regular training and send small “chunks” of information right to employees’ phones. Audit differently. Make sure food comes from safe source s.

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Six Important Steps Restaurants Should Take to Build a Strong Food Safety Culture

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Trust is built when company leaders demonstrate a strong commitment to food safety and provide the necessary resources – including training, tools, equipment, and support – to ensure compliance with regulations and best practices. Build Trust One of the foundational pillars of a robust food safety culture is trust.

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Managing Risk and Protecting Your Brand

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At its base, strengthening your food safety culture requires great communication, ongoing training and reminders, and an incentive-based system to build collaboration instead of a punitive system, which often compels employees to do the minimum. Increase Self-Assessments at Every Location. Invest in Software Solutions.

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Restaurants Save Money with the Right Recycling Practices 

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When launching such a program, managers can decrease their costs and increase their chances of success by using a bin system to separate recyclables from other trash, educating staff on proper recycling procedures, and monitoring disposal practices to verify that employees are putting their training to work. Source Separation.

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