The Restaurant Group

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Introduction to Food Waste in Restaurants Food waste is a significant challenge for the restaurant industry, impacting both the environment and profitability. Understanding how to reduce food waste in restaurants is the first step toward sustainable and cost-effective operations.

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Waste Compost Food Recycling 78

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Hot Palette Holdings uses AI to improve their forecasting, optimize inventory, and reduce waste. As restaurants implement tech tools, they’re experiencing numerous benefits, including waste (and cost) savings, more effective scheduling, and increased customer satisfaction, to name just a few. Elevate quality management programs.

Food Safety 489

Food Safety Kitchen Safety Audits Food Supply 489

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Both of these technological advancements are instrumental in ensuring excellent customer service and reducing food waste. As far as food waste is concerned, manual inventory monitoring is usually one of the main culprits. Inventory shortage limits the restaurant’s earning potential, and excess stocks or inventory are wasted.

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Technology Operations Food Safety Kitchen Safety 492

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 24, 2024

B Corp Certification, a credential bestowed by the non-profit organization B Labs, is a way for businesses to address those concerns and more as they undertake an in-depth auditing process, and come out with a seal of authenticity around their sustainability and social responsibility claims and a branding kit to help promote it.

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Certification Fast Casual Front of House Sustainability 221

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Today’s digital solutions allow you to audit and evaluate your supply chain’s sustainability and resilience. This exercise can also help you identify – and resolve – issues that are wasting money, like over portioning, over ordering, and theft. Reduce food waste. Adjust your menu.

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Food Supply Supplies Food Waste 530

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 29, 2021

Number Three : Audit your time keeping. Number Four : Audit sales every half-hour in your POS system. If you select bad people, if you find good people and you don't train them, any bad employees, they are costing you in workers’ comp, wasted food, pissed off guests, reduced sales.

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Audits POS Sports Training 520

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Elevate inspections and audits. Instead, rely on integrated tech tools for easier, faster, and more accurate inspections and audits. Are you minimizing waste (and associated costs)? Tech tools can help boost efficiency, reduce waste, staff smarter, as well as improve inventory, ordering, inspections, and more.

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Audits Food Safety 2040 Consumer Goods 473

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 24, 2023

AI can also improve sustainability within restaurants – and throughout their supply chains – with huge benefits that include waste and carbon emissions reduction, cost savings, and meeting consumer demand. Here, AI can help verify suppliers’ compliance with audit and certification standards. Building consumer trust.

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Supplies Sustainability Food Supply Food Safety 419

ChowNow

MARCH 14, 2025

Without a strong system in place, even the best restaurants in the world will struggle with unhappy customers, high turnover rates, wasted inventory, and razor-thin profit margins. Food Waste and Supply Chain Disruptions Unreliable suppliers, fluctuating food costs, and excessive waste can quickly eat into a restaurants bottom line.

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Operations Management Management Front of House 195

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 29, 2022

Restaurant management and operations personnel are always on the search for proactive ways to increase operational efficiency and reduce waste while complying with local regulations. Today, the sophistication of IoT technology available to the restaurant sector is at an all-time high. Leveraging Digital Visibility.

Operations 473

Operations Food Safety Kitchen Safety Front of House 473

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Restaurants should routinely conduct supplier audits to be certain that all food safety and QA practices are being followed before the food even arrives at your restaurant. Additionally, audits and confirmation of safety certifications should be standard operating procedure before working with new vendors.

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Food Safety Kitchen Safety Loyalty Program Employee Relations 474

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Improve inventory management – With cloud, valuable time and resources managing inventory manually becomes a thing of the past since you can access what ingredients, for instance, are available on site, what items are about to expire and what food items are going to waste. Say you’re overseeing 500 locations nationwide.

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Customer Experience Operations Loyalty Program Front of House 508

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 25, 2021

One of the largest problems on the hands of restaurant and catering professionals through the unpredictable supply and demand of COVID-19 was food waste. Often, the resulting waste was not only the food but also the associated costs and energy spent on more waste management.

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Operations Ordering Sustainability Food Supply 493

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2024

Focus on Sustainability The impact of food waste is staggering, with U.S. restaurants contributing an estimated 22 to 33 billion pounds of food waste annually , costing the industry billions in losses. Operationally, restaurants can conduct audits to identify inefficiencies, monitor waste, and implement reduction plans.

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2024 Customer Experience Compost Loyalty Program 473

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

In 2018, when China stopped accepting plastics and recycling from the US, waste management professionals wondered whether the recycling industry could survive the loss of a major market for America’s commodity scrap. Though landfill closures have also contributed to rising costs, recycling is still the cheaper option for waste disposal.

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Recycling Waste Training Workshop 383

The Restaurant Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Proper inventory tracking helps reduce waste, control costs, and boost profits. Why Every Restaurant Should Prioritize Inventory Control Effective inventory control means fewer surprises, less waste, and better financial management. Waste reduction directly increases profit margins. Complete monthly audits for long-term stock.

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Inventory Management Management Audits 88

ChowNow

MARCH 27, 2025

How to track and improve order accuracy Restaurants can track accuracy by monitoring refund trends, conducting random order audits, and collecting customer feedback. Youll also know which dishes to cutsaving you money in wasted food and labor. Staff training: Ensure employees double-check orders before sealing bags.

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Delivery Online Ordering Loyalty Program Food 195

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 27, 2023

Even without accounting for the emissions impact of a restaurant's supply chain, the amount of environmental damage from materials consumed and wasted in the food preparation process can be staggering. Reduce material consumption and waste This is probably the easiest way for restaurants to reduce their carbon footprint.

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Transportation Food Supply Supplies Waste 450

The Rail

JANUARY 1, 2024

One of these is your attitude to waste. It’s no wonder, then, that more restaurants are training their staff in zero-waste methods. Let’s explore why zero-waste training is essential and how you can best approach it. This means that every wasted portion of ingredients impacts your profit margins.

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Waste Training Audits Consumer Goods 147

7 Shifts

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Step 1: Audit Your Current Location(s) Before you start planning for your future, take a look at your past and your present. Still, you should conduct a thorough audit of your current restaurant(s) before expanding your business further. Read on for our actionable, step-by-step process on how to expand your franchise.

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Franchising Franchise Audits Point of Sale 368

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

With current supply chain issues and these brands already operating under thin margins, we expect operators to be strategic when it comes to menu sizes, limited offerings and daypart offerings to limit waste, cut costs, and maximize profitability. Moving forward, organizations will stop doing the same annual audits for all suppliers.

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2022 Food Supply Back of House Kitchen Safety 450

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

However, low-quality content that is not optimized for SERPs may simply waste your time and effort, especially if it is not targeting relevant and attainable keywords that have commercial intent. Improving your rankings may require a detailed technical SEO audit and cleanup process. Ensure There Are No Technical SEO Errors.

SEO 450

SEO Social Media Audits Point of Sale 450

Lavu

MARCH 17, 2025

By accurately calculating food costs, restaurant owners can set the right menu prices, reduce waste, and maximize their profits. Reduce Waste : Track daily waste, use FIFO (First In, First Out), and train staff on portion control. Smart pricing not only protects your margins but also helps minimize waste.

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Food Waste Inventory Seasonal Menu 78

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

A great restaurant manager will monitor inventory closely to reduce waste and make the most of bulk ordering and negotiating with suppliers. A restaurant manager should know the importance of internal audits in spotting potential issues before health inspectors do.

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Leadership Management Management Operations 195

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2023

” To prevent food loss and waste across the food supply chain and help ensure safe, good-quality food gets to those who need it most, the 2022 Food Code has clarified that food that is stored, prepared, packaged, displayed, and labeled according to Food Code safety provisions can be donated.

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2022 Allergens Food Food Safety 471

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 21, 2022

However, these two professions also contend with miscommunication, lack of quality pitches, and unprepared sources, which can break a story, especially in the hospitality industry where items like employment regulations, infection outbreaks, audits, and supply chain issues are dynamic and challenging. Provide Quality Data and Sources.

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Hospitality Audits Sourcing Waste 332

The Restaurant Times

JANUARY 14, 2022

Globally, food waste generates 4.4 This is one of the reasons why food waste has been gaining momentum over the past few years. In the US, food waste and related packaging account for almost 45% of the material that goes into landfills. Step-by-step Guide For Starting A Waste-Free Restaurant In The US.

Waste 98

Waste License Loyalty Program Website Management 98

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Portion control Portion control or managing the amount of food served to customers can help you reduce waste, use ingredients wisely, and maintain consistent restaurant food costs. Strategies to accomplish this include conducting regular inventory audits, setting par levels, and negotiating better pricing with your suppliers.

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2024 Seasonal Menu Inventory Audits 195

The Rail

MAY 23, 2024

Low Waste Wines Vineyards and wineries around the world are pivoting towards more sustainable solutions. of solid waste via recycling, composting, and repurposing; Purchasing carbon credits for unavoidable emissions. These steps contribute to achieving a net-zero and zero-waste status.

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Sustainability Brewery Audits Vineyard 130

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

This capability can prove invaluable for refining pricing strategies, optimising ingredient and waste management, and planning forthcoming shifts, among other benefits. While you can not always control the commodity pricing, you can control how you manage it by reducing waste, optimizing efficiencies and leveraging margins.

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2024 Loyalty Program Cash Management Customer Experience 539

Lavu

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In the face of a staggering global issue, restaurants must proactively avoid food waste. billion tons of food are wasted annually across the globe. Restaurants, a big part of this challenge, can substantially impact by adopting sustainable practices and reducing their contribution to food waste.

Waste 78

Waste Food Compost Audits 78

Xtra Chef

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The holiday season can be a boon for many restaurants, but it can also exacerbate an issue that plagues the restaurant industry all year long: food waste. The Issue of Food Waste in the Restaurant Industry. Food waste in the restaurant industry is real. million tons of food waste annually.

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Waste Front of House Food Compost 75

Restaurant365

JULY 14, 2021

Restaurant food waste is a pressing topic in the food and restaurant industry. ” However, the impact of food waste doesn’t just stop at landfills. ” However, the impact of food waste doesn’t just stop at landfills. Are you ready to see what you can implement to start reducing your restaurant food waste?

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Waste Compost Food Inventory 78

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

GFCO is the only gluten-free certification that holds companies and products accountable through audits, random product testing and process surveillance. All GFCO certification bodies are accredited to ISO 17065, ensuring they follow internationally established best practices for auditing and product certification.

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Bar Cash Management Loyalty Program Point of Sale 386

The Rail

MARCH 22, 2024

Conducting an Energy Audit The first step towards improving restaurant efficiency is conducting an energy audit. An audit can help identify outdated equipment that is consuming more resources than necessary. Dining establishments can conduct the audits online or hire a professional to perform a detailed assessment.

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Audits Sustainability Loyalty Program Compost 130

Cheetah

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

85% of Food in Restaurants Is Wasted According to the Food Waste Reduction Alliance, in the restaurant industry, about 85% of food ends up in the trash. coalition found that for every $1 a restaurant invested in reducing food waste it made a return of $7. Reducing food waste can do more than help you save a few bucks.

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Waste Audits Food Back of House 60

The Rail

MAY 2, 2024

Develop a plan to prioritize using perishable items to minimize waste in the days leading up to the move. Conduct a Post-Relocation Inventory Audit After completing the relocation process, conduct a thorough inventory audit to reconcile discrepancies and ensure all items have been accounted for.

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Inventory Management Management Transportation 130