Investing in sustainability is proven to have a positive impact on the environment – and your pocketbook – in many different ways.
On the one hand, more and more customers are looking for restaurants that share their values and choose restaurants where the food, in addition to being healthy, is also sustainable.
On the other hand, there are efficient appliances that contribute to reduce the environmental impact, in addition to considerably reducing your bill at the end of the month.
We thought it would be interesting for you to find out what steps you can take to make your restaurant more sustainable, while at the same time generating value for your company and differentiating yourself from your competition:
Caring for the environment is everyone’s responsibility / Unplash
1 / Starting from scratch: eco-design or sustainable architecture
If you are starting to design your restaurant, you should know that there are many systems developed to reduce your environmental impact.
You can implement a lighting system that is designed to optimize efficiency,install faucets with motion sensors that reduce water waste, decorate with furniture made from recycled materials or install photovoltaic solar panels that favor the use of renewable energy, among other systems.
2 / Investing in efficient appliances
Ovens, dishwashers, air conditioning… Restaurants need many electrical appliances for their daily operation.
Using local and seasonal products is another way to cook more responsibly / Unplash.
3 / Don’t throw away, reinvent recipes
Before throwing food away, think about what you could invent with it. It is not a question of using outdated products, but to revive the cooking of our grandmothers, when with a stew, they ate three days.
Another option would be to donate your leftover food to organizations that work with people without means, such as soup kitchens and homeless shelters.
4 / Promotes responsible consumption
It creates menus that are aware of the overexploitation of resources, works with suggestions, seasonal products and KM.0 that motivate responsible consumption of our food, favor the reduction of aggressive cultivation and stimulate local business.
5 / Paper is OUT
Printing menus, minutes and suggestion cards generate a constant waste of paper that you can easily reduce through digital letters.
Whiteboards are a more analog method, but equally sustainable and ideal for going paperless in your restaurant.
6 / Use sustainable products
It uses napkins and take-away containers made from recycled materials, biodegradable kitchenware and eco-friendly dishwashers, among other products, to promote more socially and environmentally friendly consumption and significantly reduce the environmental damage caused by waste.
7 / Chemical free cleaning
At Yelow we help your hospitality business work more efficiently and sustainably. Get to know the ‘Ecoworld’ solutionan ozonation system for kitchen cleaning and washing of food products 100% free of polluting chemicals.
Now that we’ve explained some of the steps your restaurant can take to become more sustainable, download our catalog and contact our consulting team to help you in everything you need.
