Future Food

APRIL 20, 2020

West Green Market District - Ohio University, U SA. Modern Elevated Standards of Campus F&B Enhancing the on-campus experience, with ‘High Street’ quality experiences. We all may have tried to erase the sordid memories from our consciousness of the types of food and beverage that we were exposed to during our days as University / TAFE students, but have you ever thought that perhaps our modern-day love affair with consuming all the finest things, may in fact have sprouted from these distant

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Sante

APRIL 19, 2020

Distillers convert to making hand sanitizer. Deborah Grossman. A scan of distilleries in the U.S. and beyond shows how distillers have switched to making hand sanitizer. Though online sales are up, many distillers want to do more for their communities than making liquor. “Business as usual” is an outdated phrase in the U.S. In the beverage world, distillers have turned from infusing botanicals in gin to making high-proof ethanol from their vodka, amaro or donated beer into hand sanit

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Hot Schedules

APRIL 24, 2020

Blog. Connecting With Your Team During COVID. Communication best practices that can help you stay connected to your team, regardless of their employment status. A staggering eight million restaurant employees are out of work as of April 15. Sixty-seven percent of restaurants furloughed their employees and 22% conducted layoffs. As the states begin to mount comeback strategies, it is critically important to keep the lines of communication open with the team members that you intend to bring back.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2020

Staffing has always been a top-of-mind issue for the restaurant industry. but the COVID-19 outbreak has been a total game changer when it comes to employment. How can restaurants weather these complexities? Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine spoke with employment expert Mark Heymann, a founding partner and the chairman and CEO of UniFocus , a workforce performance firm in the service sector, about the impact Coronavirus is having and will continue to have on restaurant employment.

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Lavu

APRIL 24, 2020

Are your restaurant’s social media pages lacking the engagement you need to drive more sales? Now more than ever, your customers are indulging in social media consumption. There’s never been a better time to grow your audience online and engage with potential customers due to lockdown mandates and everyone being at home. If you’re looking for advice to grow your followers online and create engaging social media posts for your restaurant, then this guide is for you.

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Xtra Chef

APRIL 22, 2020

If you have successfully been able to adapt your business to keep your doors open, or even were able to utilize small business assistance programs, it’s likely that you’ve already had your eye on coming out of the other side of the COVID-19 outbreak strong. Whether you’ve been forced to close your doors or are keeping the kitchen open with take-out and delivery, now is a great time to take measures to optimize your standard operations and put your business in a position to succeed when the world

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Lavu

APRIL 22, 2020

Did you know with Lavu’s partnership with MenuDrive, you can partner with premier delivery services for free? If you haven’t taken advantage of this free online ordering and delivery integration tool, click here. Your customers are looking for your restaurant online, and they need pickup and delivery options now, with this no-cost tool you’ll pivot your business to the needs of your customers today.

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7 Shifts

APRIL 20, 2020

The government of Canada recently released the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), which is just the most-recent addition to the robust relief programs Canada is offering to help support individuals and business owners during the time of crisis brought on by COVID-19. This comes at a time where restaurants everywhere are struggling to make ends meet as dining areas are closed and social distancing efforts are in full-swing—leaving restaurateurs to pivot to delivery or takeout, or temporari

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Sling

APRIL 23, 2020

Conducting a team meeting is one of the best ways to foster a sense of unity in your team and solve problems that relate to your business. But conducting a successful and productive team meeting can be a daunting and difficult task. In this article, the management experts at Sling provide tips for planning, leading, and improving the way your team meets together to make your business a success.

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Advertiser: Paycor

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 22, 2020

As previously stated – you can take the chef out of the kitchen, but you can’t take the kitchen out of the chef. This time of displacement is tough on everyone. We feel the difficulty financially, intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually – it is an all-encompassing challenge of a magnitude that we haven’t felt in this country since the World Wars and Great Depression.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 24, 2020

Now that COVID-19 has invaded our lives and taken over nearly every activity we engage in, cleaning is at the forefront of everybody’s mind. Industries all over the world have come to a screeching halt with restaurants being near the top of that list. As for the virus, this too shall pass, but it will leave behind an ongoing post-traumatic ordeal that many people will continue to struggle with.

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7 Shifts

APRIL 24, 2020

The outbreak of COVID-19 in early 2020, and subsequent social distancing and self-isolation protocols have wreaked havoc on restaurant workers everywhere. With most restaurants operating on dine-out only, and many having closed their doors, restaurant staff are left with hours reduced—or out of a job entirely. This blog is dedicated to the hundreds of thousands of restaurant workers struggling in the “new normal” with COVID-19—a collection of strategies, resources, and tips to help you survive a

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Focus POS

APRIL 21, 2020

According to the National Restaurant Association, guests prefer to interact digitally with eateries, by ordering, paying, specifying pickup or delivery and saving order preferences under their customer profiles. This trend will likely continue for the next decade and by 2030, the Association expects the industry to fully integrate with technology that focuses on mobility, ease of use, and heightened security.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 18, 2020

THIS IS A LONG ONE – BUT IMPORTANT FOR ALL WHO ARE SERIOUS ABOUT PROFESSIONAL COOKING. Cooking for others is one of the oldest professions in the civilized world. Cooks have been, and will continue to be, a catalyst for progress and change and their work provides a window into the state of society and the changes that mankind does and will face.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2020

COVID-19 has had a devasting effect on the restaurant industry. Even before COVID-19, owning a restaurant was a challenging proposition, with long hours, low margins, staffing woes and seemingly endless dealings with the health department and landlords, to name a few issues. For restaurateurs, this is the time to plan your future. In March, social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic came into effect and restaurants en masse were forced to close in order to stop the spread of the virus.

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Indoor Media

APRIL 20, 2020

Like thousands of small businesses, IndoorMedia received a notification that the Payment Protection Program ran out of money. Money that was greatly needed to keep hundreds of employees at work at the Houston based advertising company. With 31 years’ experience recommending businesses to shoppers in the local grocery store, IndoorMedia’s register tape division, RTUI, has been through multiple downturns.

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Bottleneck Management

APRIL 18, 2020

Making cocktails at home can be intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be. We’ll skip the clever banter up top and get right to it. After all, it’s COVID-19 quarantine and how many more blog posts and emails can you read?! So without further ado, here’s what we think are the best new cocktails to make at home. Enjoy! Aperol Spritz.

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Typsy

APRIL 21, 2020

With millions of people across the world working from home, or furloughed, undertaking online training has never been more crucial to the continuing success of a business. Skilled, motivated employees are the heart and soul of the hospitality industry, and there’s no better way to stay motivated, invested and skilled than helping workers broaden their knowledge base.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 24, 2020

Given the rapidly changing direction and news on COVID-19, there is a need for multi-location businesses to adjust marketing strategies immediately. Local search and social pages provide the top sources of information consumers are going to in order to stay informed and connected, therefore it’s essential to manage a localized digital presence to remain top-of-mind for consumers.

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Hot Schedules

APRIL 21, 2020

Blog. Ghost Kitchen Masterminds Behind R2 Provisions, Part 2. Chef and new ghost kitchen owner, Rosana Rivera, shares how she’s adjusting restaurant operations amidst a global pandemic. W e continue with part 2 of 2 of the Ghost Kitchen Masterminds interview with Chef Rosana Rivera of R2 Provisions where she shared how operations changed during the COVID pandemic, about her ghost kitchen’s growth, and what to expect when restaurants are ready to open their doors. .

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Food Business

APRIL 20, 2020

This post is written in the middle of COVID-19 pandemic. It’s quite possible that everything we think will either be outdated, laughable or incorrect in a moment. That said, here’s one persons’ observations and anticipations for the world we are about to create. When COVID-19’s effect on restaurants dwindles, people will eat what they love. That will not change.

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Deliverect

APRIL 20, 2020

Over the past few months, delivery and takeout have become a lifeline for restaurants across the globe. While the COVID-19 pandemic is the toughest challenge the industry may have ever had to face, it does illustrate the remarkable resilience of restaurants, who are shifting their entire business model overnight, doing whatever they can to adapt to the crisis.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 22, 2020

Restaurants aren't the only businesses pivoting in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Benchmark Wine Group , which normally has an 80-percent business-to-consumer market, flipped its business model to offer considerable discounts on its rare and well-aged wines to restaurants still in operation. Additionally, the Napa, California-based company launched a unique exchange program and purchasing inventory from wineries to help support the loss of sales to distributors due to restaurant and tast

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OpenTable

APRIL 23, 2020

The restaurant industry is being hit hard by COVID-19 with millions of hospitality workers out of work. OpenTable is committed to supporting the restaurant community and we recognize the road to recovery will be long and difficult. That’s why we’re excited to announce two new initiatives to help restaurants successfully reopen their businesses. First, an enhanced restaurant management platform.

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Restaurant365

APRIL 23, 2020

As a restaurant owner or operator, you know that without monitoring, restaurant expenses can easily grow out of control. Your financial statements, such as your restaurant balance sheet, are tools to understand your business. Now more than ever, as your business runs in a delivery/takeout/curbside model, and prepares for an anticipated phased-in reopening, records of financial activity, organized by different kinds of financial statements, help you lay the foundation for a strong business and ma

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The Restaurant Times

APRIL 18, 2020

Cloud kitchens, famously known as dark kitchens or ghost kitchens, are expanding like wildfire, attracting huge investments and revolutionizing the restaurant industry like never before. With a paradigm shift towards online delivery services, the virtual restaurant model is upping its operational efficiency to fulfill the increased demand for food delivery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 22, 2020

Did you know that, on average, Americans spend 93 percent of their lives indoors? The statistic may come as a surprise, but it shows how important it is to prioritize interior design and pay attention to even the smallest details of a room. A common misconception with interior design – especially for public spaces – is that more is best.

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BNG Point of Sale

APRIL 22, 2020

Handheld POS Systems Are A Popular Option For Mobile Businesses, Learn More About How They Work. Own a restaurant that requires a mobile point of sale system? With the latest technology available for businesses, now many bars, restaurants, and cafes can use a point of sale system that fits in a pocket with similar features to a full POS system. With a properly established handheld POS System, it puts up strong competition compared to a traditional point of sale system.

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