The Rail

OCTOBER 17, 2024

While the cost of food waste isn’t a secret , you probably overlook it, considering it a part of doing business in this industry. The Problem with Restaurants’ Supply Chain Food Waste You’ve probably felt forced to raise menu prices to offset losses incurred by wholesale prices rising and fewer people eating out.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 14, 2025

Embracing the "just-in-time" philosophy, which involves ordering perishable ingredients in smaller quantities and more frequently to reduce waste, free up storage space, and ensure every ingredient is at peak freshness when it hits the plate. It's a living, breathing asset that requires careful attention to control costs under.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 16, 2025

Moving to more eco-friendly options like biodegradable materials using bamboo or already recycled paper helps reduce unwanted waste from clogging landfills. More than 63 percent of municipal solid waste in the US was a result of food packaging.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 23, 2024

In 2025, expect to see more restaurants and bars adopting eco-friendly practices, such as reducing food waste, sourcing locally, and using energy-efficient equipment. For instance, smart inventory systems can help reduce waste, while energy-efficient appliances cut operational costs and carbon footprints.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 23, 2025

Effective, sustainable SOPs focus on minimizing waste and maximizing productivity. These strategies enhance daily efficiency, reduce resource waste, and create a supportive environment for staff and managers alike.

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Restaurant Business

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This level of precision in forecasting helps restaurants reduce food waste - a significant issue in the industry - by up to 20%. AI systems can analyze historical sales data, current trends, and even factors like weather to predict demand accurately. In the kitchen, AI-powered systems are monitoring food production in real-time.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Better data means faster responses to safety issues, less waste, and more satisfied customers who trust in the care you take with their food. Resources and training materials are available to make this process easier and ensure everyone is aligned. The time to act is now.

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Food Safety Management Management Kitchen Safety 524

EATER

OCTOBER 15, 2024

When food waste goes to landfills, it creates methane , a powerful greenhouse gas. Food waste from all sources is responsible for eight percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, and the U.S. But restaurants have other, less visible sources of waste that also contribute to climate change. But I have to remember.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Restaurants prepare ingredients and schedule staff based on anticipated guest numbers, and when diners fail to arrive, this precision quickly unravels into wasted food and unnecessary labor expenses. Beyond the immediate lost revenue from empty reserved tables, these missed bookings disrupt carefully planned kitchen and staffing operations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 24, 2025

The courses includes foundational knowledge on emerging green technologies, strategies for waste reduction, and operational efficiencies that align with sustainability goals. The goal of which is to provide a framework by which professionals can use to create more efficient, equitable, and profitable culinary ecosystems.

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Sustainability Food Equipment Design 448

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 16, 2025

Moving to more eco-friendly options like biodegradable materials using bamboo or already recycled paper helps reduce unwanted waste from clogging landfills. More than 63 percent of municipal solid waste in the US was a result of food packaging.

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Sustainability Delivery Recycling Food 221

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 17, 2024

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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Recycling Sustainability Waste Innovation 251

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 21, 2025

Predictive analytics powered by insights from this tech helps ensure everyone is prepared during peak hours while minimizing food waste and unnecessary cost, streamlining processes for front and back-of-house staff. Self-service technology allows restaurants to focus on what really matters–customer satisfaction.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Controlling food waste is a hot topic in the industry as well. Food Waste Management Food waste management has always been a challenge for the restaurant industry. Because each person is different and may not have been trained well in food preparation, the level of waste can be extremely high.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Inventory management tools, for example, enable the real-time tracking of food stock, alerting staff to use items before they spoil and reducing waste. Back-office digital innovations are also helping restaurants manage costs and make the most of their workforce. Staffing and workforce management tools are also proving useful.

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Marketing Tip Distribution Mobile Ordering Customer Experience 449

EATER

DECEMBER 4, 2024

If you’re giving away bubbles for free, this is the most economical — and waste-free — way to do it. 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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Fine Dining Customer Experience Compost Recycling 329

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Staff productivity plays the largest role in restaurant revenue, which is why it’s so important to invest in your recruiting and hiring strategies, finding like-minded individuals to move your restaurant forward while minimizing time waste. According to Forbes , 50% of employees waste parts of their day on their phones.

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Mobile Ordering Back of House Customer Service Online Ordering 221

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 6, 2022

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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Waste Compost 2050 Recycling 450

Restaurant Business

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

" How can restaurants create less waste and mitigate the damage? Food rotting in landfills creates a "super pollutant."

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2024

This zero waste cooking technique will also allow chefs and bartenders to creatively repurpose leftover produce and give it new life. For instance, Metz is leaning into upcycling, zero-waste, excess food remediation initiatives, and providing compostable takeout dinnerware for eco-conscious dining. ” – T.J.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This exercise can also help you identify – and resolve – issues that are wasting money, like over portioning, over ordering, and theft. Reduce food waste. In the US, we waste between 30-40 percent of our food supply, which equates to an astonishing 133 billion pounds and $161 billion in waste, according to the USDA.

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Food Supply Supplies Food Waste 530

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 2, 2022

To maximize your existing resources: Reduce food waste. Restaurants toss a jaw-dropping 22-33 billion pounds of food each year, and food waste costs the hospitality industry an astonishing $100 billion annually. With prices skyrocketing, restaurants should focus on eliminating food waste.

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Food Safety Food Supply Waste Sustainability 546

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 28, 2021

When inventory management is done the right way, operators can reduce costs, reduce waste, and reduce the number of hours spent managing this important variable of their business. ” Reduce Waste. This leaves room for unused ingredients to go to waste. Which means money down the drain for you.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Integrating IoT devices and connectivity drives efficiency, enhances food safety, mitigates risks, increases transparency, reduces waste, and provides many other benefits for restaurants. Optimizing shelf life and reducing waste. restaurants waste an astonishing $57 billion each year on uneaten food? Did you know that U.S.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 20, 2022

According to estimates, the restaurant industry is by itself responsible for approximately hundred million dollars a year of food waste. Restaurants can then adjust their food purchasing decisions accordingly, reducing their spending amounts as well as their contribution to food waste. Integrated Inventory and Purchasing.

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Food Order Waste Online Ordering Email Marketing 520

Restaurant Business

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Shareholder advocacy groups are calling on public restaurant companies to measure and reduce the organic waste they send to landfills.

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Waste Food Operations 264

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Other things to do: manage food waste and examine your P&L. "It's "It's always worth revisiting the topic of food waste with your Heart of House team, working with them to make sure food specs and portion sizes are being properly adhered to across the board," Powers said. "Take

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 1, 2023

Everything from decreasing food waste to exploring how automation can increase revenue for small business restaurants is related to BOH procedures. They include restaurant management tips for cutting costs, decreasing food waste, and much more. Here are some back of office trends to watch for in 2023.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 30, 2023

This also prevents the waste of costly oil and keeps food quality up to standard. Eliminating Waste Speaking of waste prevention: Imagine discarding $20,000 worth of inventory and closing for two days because of a malfunctioning walk-in cooler.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 30, 2024

This reduces waste and ensures menu availability, even during busy periods. While the potential of AI is undeniable, rushed or poorly calibrated applications risk alienating customers with clunky interactions rather than improving their experience.

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