Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

In terms of pricing, we did have to raise our prices a bit in 2021 due to cost increases, and we’ve been able to keep them steady, fortunately. But it also fast-tracked the adoption of technology and AI, setting small businesses up for smarter, more sustainable growth moving forward.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2024

2025 Cocktail/Beverage Trends Ingredients on the Rise Super Juice Acid correction is a technique that allows bartenders to sustainably mimic flavors not locally available, such as using acid-corrected local citruses in Roatán in the Caribbean to replace lemons in cocktails.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 20, 2021

Total restaurant visits were down -6 percent in May 2021 compared to May 2019 but were up +23 percent from a year ago, recovering from a -23 percent decline in May 2020. Snack periods, were down -5 percent in May 2021 compared to May 2020, and for a pre-pandemic view, down -11 percent compared to same month two years ago. ” 2.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Uncovering consumer confidence and preferences in an ever-shifting market as a result of COVID-19 restrictions, Restaurants Canada is shining a light on what restaurateurs and chefs can expect with the release of the 2021 Discerning Diner Report. Sales velocity is now -1 percent vs August 28, 2021. California.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 31, 2021

Sales velocity is now -3 percent vs August 14, 2021. Sales velocity is now -3 percent vs August 14, 2021. Sales velocity is now -3 percent vs August 14, 2021. Sales velocity is now +1 percent vs August 14, 2021. Sales velocity is now 0 percent vs August 14, 2021. Sales velocity is now -4 percent vs August 24, 2019.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Read any article enumerating the current or emerging trends in restaurants and retail and you will see ideas of health and wellness, environmental sustainability, and brand authenticity coming to the fore. For Sleepy Bee, we submitted our assessment in June 2021, entered the review process in March 2022, and completed it in November of 2022.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 25, 2021

Throughout the paused activity of 2020 and 2021, people everywhere were reminded of the delicate ecosystem that exists between individuals and their communities, as well as between people and their planet. Luckily, a commitment to more sustainable operations can coexist with healthy profits, and even growing margins.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2022

Intelligent packaging allows restaurant owners to charge premium amount for well packaged meal, as consumers believe that sustainable packaging has a higher perceived value. Restaurants Are Stepping up their Online Food Delivery Game through Smart and Sustainable Packaging. of overall waste generated in 2021.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

The pandemic has permanently altered the consumer-restaurant relationship with operators investing in technology and real estate to align with changing consumer preferences, according to the 2021 Restaurant Franchise Pulse survey, conducted by TD Bank. Sustainability and healthy options rising in importance.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

In every bite, they remind us that Native foods are not relics but vibrant expressions of identity, sustainability, and survival, deeply connected to the land and the people who steward it. Thirty Nine Restaurant opened in 2021, closed for reconceptualization in 2023, and is slated to reopen in early 2025.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 6, 2022

In this blog, we will discuss the use of vegan chocolate and vegan flours and how confectioners are striving for sustainable options. The fact that vegan chocolate contains neither additives nor products derived from animals makes it an excellent source of dietary essentials. The vegan community appreciates it for this reason.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Food and beverage sales in the restaurant and foodservice industry are projected to total $789 billion in 2021, up 19.7 For example, restaurants that can source ingredients locally should be vocal about their commitment to supporting local producers and sustainability as brand differentiators. Staffing Shortages Continue.

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ChowNow

JANUARY 19, 2022

For ingrained, they source organic ingredients and superfoods to incorporate functionality into tasty treats. However, as a lean team that prioritized sourcing the best ingredients over everything else, ingrained’s online ordering needed to be cost-effective, streamlined, and simple. With an Instagram audience of 13.5k

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EATER

APRIL 2, 2025

Amid unprecedented chaos that shuttered thousands of restaurants across the country, the organization canceled its ceremonies in 2020 and 2021. Ethical sourcing will also be considered.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Two restaurants are recognized for their sustainability efforts: Hwanggeum Kongbat, which prioritizes local ingredients and engages in practices like sending back its leftover pureed soybean from its house-made tofu to farms for feed; and A Flower Blossom on the Rice, which sources almost all its ingredients from organic farms.

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Perfect Daily Grind

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

billion in earnings from 2021/22 coffee exports. ofi secures US $1.975 billion sustainability-linked loan. The three-year loan, which also includes a two and three-year revolving credit facility, will be used to achieve the food and beverage supplier’s sustainability targets – including in its coffee supply chains.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

“As many companies look to create a new normal for employees, Church’s has chartered a course that focuses on sustaining our team members and securing the continuity of our business,” said Karen Viera, Chief People Officer for Church’s Chicken. ” Curry Up Now Adds Incentives LTO.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 8, 2023

Sustainability continues to be a pressing issue in the specialty coffee sector – and for good reason. With demand for more sustainable coffee continuing to grow , it’s essential that industry professionals and stakeholders limit their environmental impact as much as possible. What does “sustainable” really mean?

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The Restaurant Times

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Sustainability is a concept that has gained popularity everywhere, including in the restaurant industry. When it comes to food trucks, a lack of sustainability can give rise to multiple problems. Setting up a sustainable food truck is, therefore, a new concept. . 7 Ways To Set Up A Sustainable Food Truck.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Though many of the market forces that shaped the restaurant industry in 2021 were closely linked to disruption from the pandemic's onset in 2020, 2022 brings new challenges — and opportunities. Sourcing ingredients locally or from all-natural farms. Focus on seasonal produce to ensure peak freshness.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2021

As brands look to 2021, here are five operational best practices restaurants can use to boost CX and gain a competitive edge during today’s complex market: 1. In this new normal, nothing became more important to CX — and to business sustainability — than safety, cleanliness, hygiene, and sanitation practices.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Whether it’s helping them adjust to evolving guidelines or uncovering additional sources of profit, we’re committed to staying right beside our operators through it all, helping them Make It." Currently available in parts of Florida and Massachusetts, the national rollout will continue through 2021.

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The Rail

MARCH 31, 2023

Emphasis on Sustainability and Seasonal Eating Every year, there’s building excitement among people who want to do their part to live a more sustainable life. They will show their intentions by shopping at eco-friendly retailers and eating at sustainable restaurants. Several technologies can help you keep up with this trend.

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EATER

APRIL 25, 2022

In November 2021, Kurt Oriol started Campo Grande, a company that specializes in high-end Spanish food products. Campo Grande joins a growing number of specialty seafood companies offering curated selections that are sustainably sourced and of exceptional quality. But perhaps that’s changing.

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EATER

MAY 10, 2023

Ashley Randall Photography Crudo e Nudo made a thriving restaurant business out of sustainable seafood by reimagining what service looks like We often presume to understand restaurant economics because we know what a chicken breast costs at the supermarket. “I I could make this dish at home for $5,” goes the refrain. Profit: $9.32 (42.36

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Platt, who is in charge of sustainability initiatives at Andina, did the only thing he could: He and his staff took salmon off Andina’s menu. And there’s mustard: Prices skyrocketed in 2021 due to a severe drought in Canada, the world’s largest producer of brown mustard seeds. However, local sourcing isn’t always a guarantee of supply.

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EATER

JANUARY 8, 2024

Luis Herrera, the executive chef and partner at Ensenada in Brooklyn, New York, has been working with Resident since 2021, mostly on its more lucrative private dinners. I think more and more chefs are shifting into [private work], because working in a restaurant is — I don’t think it’s sustainable long-term,” Herrera says.

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EATER

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The Los Angeles-based business — named for a 16th-century term for the wives and daughters of fishermen that evolved into a slur for brash women — offers stylish tins of ethically sourced, sustainable seafood like smoked Atlantic salmon and wild-caught sardines. Everything was a challenge — and that was the fun part! What were they?

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

million over the next five years to build and sustain the program. The program will begin accepting applications in the first quarter of 2021. As part of the company’s commitment to advance racial equality, PepsiCo is the founding sponsor committing $2.5 Holsom by Yogurtland. ” Delivering Jobs. million in marketplace sales.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Additionally, these software platforms have been critical in helping companies strategically source raw materials effectively. In addition, there is an increasing emphasis on sustainability with our restaurant customers. Six key predictions for 2022 include: A focus on building an agile, resilient supply chain.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2025

The research found that businesses worldwide – particularly restaurants – intend to experiment more in 2025, especially with customer retention programs like loyalty, as they face the triple challenge of sustained high inflation, shrinking consumer wallets and the need to raise prices across the board.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Typically smaller but more frequent increases, especially on the big movers, will produce better, more sustainable results. Typically smaller but more frequent increases, especially on the big movers, will produce better, more sustainable results. Don’t be afraid to increase price. Your CPA can help with this.

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Perfect Daily Grind

OCTOBER 7, 2022

As part of the initiative, local artists in three US cities – Atlanta, Milwaukee, and Portland, OR – designed street art murals to raise awareness of sustainability issues in the coffee supply chain. million bags in August 2021. Nestlé commits US $1 billion to support sustainable coffee farming. million bags in September 2021.

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EATER

JULY 8, 2022

In the best case, we could also continue to strategize our expansion within the framework of a sustainable restaurant structure. We believed the temporary slowness would afford us gradual, sustainable growth. Our first full-time employee started in April 2021. In the beginning, we felt we had very little to lose.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In 2021, Laura added the Wendy’s brand to her role with responsibility for implementing Develop­ment Days and quarterly business plans for TSFR’s 56 Wendy’s restaurants. When TSFR sold the Burger King busi­ness in 2015, Laura transitioned to the Director of Learning & Development for Del Taco and MOD Pizza.

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EATER

MARCH 7, 2023

Roughly 35 to 40 percent of all the farm’s customers now accept a discount, and that’s twice the number that did during the market’s first pay-what-you-can season in 2021. I don’t know that we could keep our doors open if our only source of revenue was the pay-what-you-can farm stand,” says Spoor. “We

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Hot Schedules

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The healthy and sustainable eating trend is not going away and will most likely continue to rise in popularity into the new year. 2021 was the Year of the Chickpea, and the trend will carry into 2022 – not just humus, but new products coming to market like chickpea-based ice cream, pastas, and flour. Sustainability. Heart Care.

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