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Four Steps to Manage Restaurant Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

Waste management is one of the challenges affecting the restaurant industry. Research from the University of Arizona shows that fast-food restaurants waste 9.55 percent, while full-service restaurants waste 11.3 Therefore, you should start by monitoring waste production before consolidating your efforts. Map Your Goals.

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The Connection Between Used Cooking Oil and Climate Change

Modern Restaurant Management

Recycling your restaurant’s used cooking oil isn’t just a way to address your waste problems – it can help fight climate change. Not only that, but in the United States restaurants generate about 22 to 33 billion pounds of food waste annually. That’s a lot of waste.

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Innovation, Cup by Cup: The Starbucks Sustainability Approach

Modern Restaurant Management

The company is testing a variety of programs to determine what will most effectively reduce waste while keeping customers satisfied. Meanwhile, the entire restaurant industry struggles immensely with waste from single-use plastics. That’s why holistic, sustainable innovation is so important.

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Restaurant Sustainability is About Success, Not Just Recycling.

Ken Burgin

Now more than ever, with soaring supply prices, staff shortages and crazy weather, sustainability makes sense across all business areas – it’s much more than recycled packaging and local vegetables. Listen to the Hospo Reset Podcast on Reducing Food Waste – New Strategies and Solutions. They have a vital purpose and passion.

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How can specialty coffee push for a circular economy model?

Perfect Daily Grind

This ranges from using more sustainable processing methods on farms to using recyclable and compostable packaging. Essentially, this model encourages the continued use of resources for as long as possible, with the goal of reducing waste production. A large part of this revolves around the concept of a circular economy. And with 10.88

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An Environmentally Friendly Strategy to Reduce Restaurant Costs

Modern Restaurant Management

Food waste generated by restaurants has long been an expensive and environmentally harmful problem. Now, there are solutions to change this that actually turn the waste into a resource that doesn't just benefit the environment, but the restaurants themselves. The Food Waste Reduction Alliance stated in a report that only 14.3

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10 Tips for Promoting Sustainability in the Food Industry

Modern Restaurant Management

Rather than waste food, we can redistribute it. A circular economy moves away from the make-take-waste model and toward a model in which we design out waste and pollution, keep products and materials in use, and regenerate natural systems. We can tap into innovation to solve food sustainability challenges. Think Circular.