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Culinary Finance 101: Food Costs for Restaurant Owners

Planning Pod

Many restaurant owners today are struggling to avoid rising food costs eating into profits and hindering their overall growth. At Planning Pod, we’ve noticed an uptick in business owners asking for tips on lowering food costs while maximizing profits. Not sure how to calculate your food cost percentage for a specific dish?

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Food Rules to Effectively Navigate Your Meeting Menus

Smart Meetings

Sustainable Foods. Menu choices are more varied and sustainable than ever before. Fortunately, with good planning and collaboration with venue staff, you can assemble the right food for the right attendee at the right time without budget overruns. food allergy) or nice to have. Gluten-Free. According to the U.S.

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Sustainable Stand Design: Resource Design

Event Industry News

At Resource Design SA we design, develop and provide innovative sustainable solutions that offer the exhibitions industry eco-friendly financially viable alternatives. We are introducing this unique product to the UK market to meet the growing demand for more sustainable products. Food and beverage events. Meeting Rooms.

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3 Shifts in Event Sustainability

PCMA Convene

Instead of advertising its brand, Amazon chose to use its naming rights to spotlight its pledge to reach net-zero carbon emissions by calling the Seattle venue Climate Pledge Arena — just one example how sustainability has become top of mind for organizations and consumers. Michael Dyerland/Visit Seattle). ” — Shawna McKinley.

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Sustainable Growth with Hybrid Events

GEVME

Following we will discuss how companies can have sustainable hybrid events within and outside their organization. This is one of the principal elements to ensure hybrid event sustainability within a company. . The organization has to plan an excellent marketing strategy on how to attract and convert potential attendees. .

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“Meeting Room of the Future” Report: 4 Takeaways for Planners

MeetingsNet

Specifically, creating comfortable conversational environments in prefunction spaces and creating themed food-and-beverage events are among the biggest experience enhancers that venues are providing. When [facility] budgeting gets tight, storage and circulation are often the first spaces to get cut.”

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ExCel London Paves the Way for Green Meetings

Smart Meetings

Breaking down the company’s recent sustainability strategy International exhibition and convention center ExCel London is a carbon-neutral venue and an advocate for the path towards green meetings. Recently, the company debuted a comprehensive sustainability strategy. At over 100,000 sq. It also is home to the U.K.’s