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Emerging from COVID With a More Sustainable Approach

Modern Restaurant Management

Disruptions in processing, as well as transportation, have created numerous problems for restaurant owners across the country. It’s also a more environmentally friendly endeavor as it doesn’t rely as much on large forms of transportation. Offer seasonal items. Composting food scraps and leftovers.

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How Organic Ingredients Can Enhance Your Restaurant’s Sustainability Initiatives

The Rail

They generate large amounts of waste and carbon emissions through food production and transportation. Additionally, sourcing organic products from local providers can help reduce food miles and carbon emissions associated with transportation. Organic farming methods enhance soil health through crop rotation and cover cropping.

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Embracing Hyperlocal Ingredients: Transforming Menus and Communities

Modern Restaurant Management

Sustainability and the Local Economy Sustainability is a trend in its own right, but it is also a perfect counterpart to hyperlocal ingredients, which have fewer packaging, storing, and transportation needs. The global economy allows people to eat food out of season and irregardless of its origin, but that comes at a cost.

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How To Reduce Food Waste in Restaurants

The Restaurant Group

Menu Optimization for Waste Reduction A thoughtful menu design can minimize waste while offering dishes that excite customers. Designing a Waste-Conscious Menu Feature Versatile Ingredients : Use items that work across multiple dishes. Partner with Local Farms : Support local producers and reduce transport emissions.

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Summer 2021 Food & Beverage Trends

Goliath Consulting

With the pandemic and climate change being hot topics in recent months, Summer 2021 will have guests wanting to see more healthy and sustainable items on their menu. Here we share some of the major food and beverage trends operators can expect this upcoming season. Plants will continue growing on menus. Plant-forward.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

According to new research from the National Restaurant Association, 72 percent of people want a restaurant gift card this holiday season. Given that the 2019 holiday season is shorter than last year, brands will need strong gift card promotions throughout December to optimize their overall sales. Go with a Restaurant Gift Card.

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Have Delivery Apps Changed What a Restaurant Is?

EATER

Although we did offer delivery, our menu decisions, like most of our decisions, had up until that point prioritized the entire dining room experience. No one could have convinced me that a pandemic was headed our way, and that third-party delivery would be our main outlet for months at a time.

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