Food Management

Howard Behar is one of three top executives who have helped shape one of the most recognized companies in the world: Starbucks. A widely acclaimed leader, Behar, with his signature energy, smarts, high expectations, and belief in people, has become a symbol of the soul and candor of the Starbucks culture.

Fossil fuels and livestock grazing are often targeted as major culprits behind climate change and desertification. But Allan Savory, cofounder of the Savory Institute, begs to differ. The bigger problem, he warns, is our mismanagement of resources. Livestock grazing is not the problem; it's how we graze livestock. If we don't change the way we approach land management, irreparable harm from climate change could continue long after we replace fossil fuels.

Whole Foods Market's cofounder and CEO for forty-four years, John Mackey offers an intimate and provocative account of the rise of this iconic company and the personal and spiritual journey that inspired its remarkable impact.

Losing weight and successfully maintaining it over the long term is not as much about what you put in your stomach; it's more about what's happening in the brain. In Brain-Powered Weight Loss, psychotherapist and weight management expert Eliza Kingsford shows that more than 90 percent of people who go on diet programs (even healthy ones) fail or eventually regain because they have a dysfunctional relationship with food.

In January 2023, bestselling author Johann Hari started to inject himself once a week with Ozempic, the diabetes drug that produces significant weight loss. He wasn’t alone—credible predictions suggest that in two years, a quarter of the U.S. population will be taking this class of drug. Proponents say that this is a biological solution to a biological problem. While 95 percent of diets fail, the average person taking one of the new drugs will lose a quarter of their body weight in six months, and keep it off for as long as they take it.

Ready to master off-grid survival and achieve self-sufficiency? Even if you've never set foot off the grid! Does the idea of off-grid living excite you, yet feel overwhelming? Are you unsure where to start or worried about lacking critical survival skills? You're not alone. Many aspire to break free from modern utilities but hesitate due to complexity. The truth? Living off-grid is achievable, and you don’t have to figure it out alone.

When you become a Chef for the first time, you may be put in a position where you know how to cook, but not how to lead and manage. This audiobook will teach you everything you need to know to become a Chef Leader in the kitchen.

Are you a “prepper”? Are you concerned about stockpiling food to prepare for a disaster? Most disasters that disrupt the food supply chain are more common than you might think. These disasters may be local such as floods, fires, hurricanes, and tornadoes, but they may also be on a more global scale, as is the case with pandemics, war, and widespread famine.

Ron Shaich is a business visionary who has been part of building three iconic restaurant brands: Au Bon Pain, Panera Bread, and now Cava. Along the way, he developed "fast casual," a $100 billion-plus segment of the industry. Now he reveals what he learned about entrepreneurship, running large enterprises, business transformation, and life itself. He illustrates these lessons with his experiences turning a small cookie store into 2,400 restaurants with $5 billion in revenue, delivering annual investor returns of 25% over two decades, and outperforming both Starbucks and Chipotle.

Renowned business author David Magee fuses both the interesting history and philosophy of one of America's most well-known companies in this entertaining aid for business management. While other American businesses are crumbling under low-cost foreign competition, John Deere Company thrives by maintaining such ideas as building the best product, being open to change and innovation, listening rather than leading, and keeping virtuous business practices.

Entrepreneur’s Guide to Consumer Packaged Goods: The Winning Growth Strategy for a Food & Beverage CPG Startup is a high-level resource for getting started in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry. The book analyzes the strategies needed to scale and grow a CPG business. It covers the strategic blunders to avoid and all other relevant topics needed to launch a CPG company.

Eat this, not that. Enjoy all foods in moderation. Love yourself. Lose weight. These are just a few of the contradictory messages many of us face every day. No wonder we've never felt more confused about what to eat, how our bodies "should" look, and what it means to be "healthy." Through personal narratives, clinical examples, extant research, as well as expert and stakeholder insights, The New Food Fight offers an incisive guide to the complex and increasingly polarized fields of eating disorders and weight management.

My name is Susan Kilmer, and I am the author of this "starting a business" guide. Over the course of my business and entrepreneurship background, I have taught hundreds of aspiring entrepreneurs how to start a business and business owners how to keep their businesses going, and the one thing they have all said at one time or another is, "I wish there was some manual or guide that would walk me through the steps of what I need to know to start and operate my business." I listened, and I did it. I created this concise guide on how you can start a business.

Growing your own organic vegetables and fruits in containers, pots, and grow bags is easier than you think! All you need is this book, the right conditions, and some patience! You can grow your food indoors, on balconies, windowsills, rooftops or patios–just about anywhere.

In this audiobook, you will discover the proven formula to finally reverse the signs of aging. Most people believe that sags, bags, and wrinkles are inevitable as we grow older - but they are not! The fact is that most signs of aging are caused by one thing.... There is strong evidence that chronic inflammation is a major driver of many chronic diseases including diabetes, autoimmune disease, strokes, obesity, heart disease, digestive disorders, and certain cancers.

In Anti Inflammatory Diet: The Simple Plan Proven to Fight Pain & Disease with Whole Foods & Natural Remedies, Marcus Peterson walks you through how to identify the symptoms of Inflammation and understand its underlying causes. With the 24 Anti-Inflammatory Diet Tips in this book, you'll avoid inflammation risk factors in your everyday life - and feel better right away!

50 Things to Know Books bring you 10 books in one called 500 Things to Know About Saving Money by authors with experience from around the world. This book includes: 50 Things to Know About Saving Money When You Are Shopping For Food: Ways to Start Saving At the Check-Out to Stay Out of Debt, 50 Things to Know About Couponing: Getting the Most Out of Your Money, 50 Things to Know about Cooking on a Budget: Eating Healthy and Delicious Meals without Spending Too Much Money, and seven more titles.

Adéntrate en tu papel de líder culinario con confianza y experiencia, armado con "Fundamentos de Liderazgo Culinario". Esta guía atractiva no es solo un libro, sino un kit completo para chefs que se adentran en el liderazgo por primera vez.

This short book explores why processed foods are the probable cause of our epidemics of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer and explains what we can do to start reversing the effects. After decades of being taught that we need to eat less and move more, this book helps the listener understand what they can do to lose weight and be healthier without starving themselves.

From the author of The First Timer’s Cookbook and The First Timer’s Bakebook, comes the management playbook specifically written for food service professionals. (Standards plus accountability) consistency equals success. By becoming a servant leader and following this leadership formula, you will lead your teams to lasting success! Developed over 25 years, this management formula is based on principles and experiences, various success, and more importantly failures of Chef Shawn Bucher’s career in the food service industry.