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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.

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Reducing Restaurant Food Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

Donation, composting, and organic recycling are all available options to restaurant operators attempting to reduce the amount of food scraps entering their solid waste bins. Composting. The Green Restaurant Association claims that close to 95 percent of restaurants’ waste streams could be recycled or composted.

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We Deserve Free Sparkling Water

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Sinzer also considers what ensures diners feel like the price tag equates to a full experience. “We There is a lot of waste in restaurants in general, even though we recycle and compost,” says Gregory Gourdet of Kann in Portland, Oregon.

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Supermarket Food Waste Is a Big Problem. Is Dynamic Pricing the Solution?

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In the bread aisle, you see two loaves identically wrapped; both are perfectly edible, but one is a day older and costs half the price. This is a business practice called dynamic pricing, and it may be coming soon to a supermarket near you. The price is changing throughout the [time] horizon.” Which do you choose?

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Waste Reduction for Better Food and Increased Sales

Modern Restaurant Management

-based Nardin Academy to set up a waste tracking system for recycling, compost, and landfill refuse that helped Nardin divert 86 percent of its cafeteria waste during the school year. Cutting the waste made the kitchen more efficient, enabling Nardin to buy higher-quality sourced food and green products at a better price.

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As Consumers Prioritize Sustainability, Forward-Thinking Operators Accommodate

Restaurant Business

When they choose where to dine, that’s no different—for operators, offering sustainable packaging products is a way to generate value, and according to Technomic’s 2023 Value and Pricing Consumer Trend Report, 75% of consumers say value is important or extremely important when deciding where to dine.

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BRING BACK THE 20 SEAT BISTRO

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Instead of thirty-gallon trash cans spread out through the kitchen, there were two much smaller cans, a recycling bin, and tubs for compost. The chef never bought ingredients by the case, but rather what he or she needed to service their space. Good friends, good food, good times.”.

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