Pearl Arora
Prose Education

MLA 8
Arora, Pearl. "From Food Waste to Business Efficiency: Investigating the Causes and Reduction of Cooked Food Waste in Indian Restaurants." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 11, no. 10, Oct. 2026, pp. 6051-6063, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2026.v11i10.039. Accessed Oct. 2026.
APA 6
Arora, P. (2026, October). From Food Waste to Business Efficiency: Investigating the Causes and Reduction of Cooked Food Waste in Indian Restaurants. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 11(10), 6051-6063. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2026.v11i10.039
Chicago
Arora, Pearl. "From Food Waste to Business Efficiency: Investigating the Causes and Reduction of Cooked Food Waste in Indian Restaurants." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 11, no. 10 (October 2026), 6051-6063. Accessed October, 2026. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2026.v11i10.039.

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