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What makes a kitchen a fair place to work? If you’ve seen the #FairKitchens hashtag on social media and wondered exactly what it’s about, meet the movement dedicated to ensuring a happier, healthier work life for everyone. Founded in 2018 amid growing awareness of widespread wellbeing and mental health issues throughout the foodservice and hospitality … Continued
For restaurants, cafés, bars and foodservice operators, transforming your business to become sustainable is not an easy process and the route taken is a little different for everyone. The good news – there are many ways to minimise your environmental impact and reviewing your recipe’s ingredients is one route to explore. Using Foodprint data, let’s … Continued
Searching for meal planning and cooking inspiration for your clients? You’ll be happy to hear that Nutritics has hundreds of easy and delicious recipes available, ready to use in your clients’ meal plans. As part of our commitment to providing our users with the best tools possible, we have added hundreds of sample recipes to Nutritics — free … Continued
Every September, the Soil Association celebrates organic food as part of ‘Organic September’… In our latest article, Laura Kirwan PhD looks at the organic food movement and whether more restaurants should be using organic food on their menus… What is organic food? Put simply, organic food is a system of food production that aims to produce high-quality produce using … Continued
At Nutritics, we’re on a mission to help everyone better understand and reduce the impact of our food supply. With this in mind, we’ve created Foodprint: our latest innovation that enables the calculation and labelling of the carbon footprint of foods and recipes. For many food businesses, implementing more sustainable business practices is fast becoming … Continued
Staff training is a vital component of ensuring quality service in your restaurant, and this should include an education around the dishes on your menu. In this article, we outline five key benefits to making sure your front-of-house team knows your menu inside and out, and outline how you can introduce this type of training. … Continued
Upselling on your food menu is a practice worth nurturing in your restaurant. Not only will your business enjoy additional revenue, but your customers will feel well looked after, with a meal customised to their taste. To make upselling a successful part of your operation, it needs to become a key component of your overall … Continued
The global food system today has an enormous impact on the environment. One-third of food produced around the world is lost or wasted. On average, 70% of freshwater withdrawal is used for agriculture. Up to 37% of greenhouse gas emissions originate on the journey from farm to fork. Driven by striking statistics like these, the … Continued
Obtaining accurate nutrition information for recipes is a complex process. Nutrient calculations are based on: Factors that alter nutrient content during preparation are: It is always best to obtain an accurate recipe yield by weighing the final recipe after cooking; however, this is not always practical. Nutritics is developed with the best practice and industry … Continued
Whether you’re revamping your existing menu or building a new one from scratch, it’s smart to be strategic about which dishes you include. In this article, we share a straightforward menu analysis process that will allow you to see which menu items are best serving your business, which ones might need some work — and … Continued