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Tips For Restaurants to Reduce Food Waste and Save Significant Money

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The restaurant industry loses an astounding $162 billion each year in food waste. All restaurants should proactively work to reduce food waste, which will also help you save money, increase profits, spotlight your commitment to sustainability, and help the environment. Between a third and a half of food is wasted worldwide annually.

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Adopting Tech Solutions Is the Smartest Decision Restaurants Can Make

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It’s wise to invest in fully featured software options, which offer audit management and compliance tracking capabilities to maximize the safety of your food, guests, and business. Increase quality and safety across the supply chain. Manage labor shortages. Improve the customer experience.

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How Do We Get People to Compost?

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Composting is good for everything and everyone, but food waste continues to be a major problem In the United States, food waste amounts to a whopping 30 to 40 percent of the food supply. Marina Lohrbach /Shutterstock.

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Four Steps to Manage Restaurant Waste

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Research from the University of Arizona shows that fast-food restaurants waste 9.55 Considering that the cost of food is the second-largest expense in the restaurant industry, these numbers translate to hundreds of dollars in wasted revenue each day. This way, you can go back and work on the supply and demand metrics.

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Protecting the Planet and Profits

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Since the day man first cooked over fire, food production has been associated with the burning of carbon-based materials, and so the release of carbon dioxide gas. Drivers for implementing carbon reduction efforts come from customers, our supply chain, the government and investors. Let’s take food first.

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Beyond the Plate: Evolution and Exploration in the 2024 Restaurant Scene

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The year 2024 promises a journey of adaptation and fierce competition for the restaurant industry as it manages stronger-than-expected economic data and slowing inflation while dealing with the headwinds of short labor supply, more demanding customers and an uncertain political environment. The key lesson both establishments teach?

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BRING BACK THE 20 SEAT BISTRO

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The food was, of course excellent, but more importantly reflective of the region and its history and the experiences of the chef. The kitchen was not filled with the most sophisticated equipment and certainly not computerized. Good friends, good food, good times.”. Those four or five employees were like family. author unknown.

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