Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 10, 2022

The most significant impact of the pandemic on restaurants has been the loss of revenue and business interruptions during shutdowns due to supply chain challenges and worker / capacity restrictions. Many restaurants turned to their insurance policies to provide protection for revenue reimbursement, (i.e., New Risk and Exposures Post-Pandemic.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 25, 2020

In this article, we discuss how restaurant design is changing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and highlight how we must rethink the consumer-facing footprint to make the restaurant experience more sustainable and bolster consumer confidence. The system encourages mixing of room air with supply air for an even temperature distribution.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 15, 2023

Cafés and Bistros should be able to dip into a cache of “extra” money to pay for the entrance fee and since it is thought that restaurants make significant profits from the food they sell, then those deep discounts will be easy to swallow. If you are not in the restaurant business, then maybe this sounds reasonable.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 15, 2020

Grubhub's mid-year report checks in on the popular food trends to date and what quarantined Americans ordered through contact-free delivery, and predicts what we can expect to see more of in the second half of the year. State of the Plate 2020 – top foods across various cities. Top Foods of 2020. miso tofu bowl.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Do you lose money due to food waste? It is the central nervous system of your restaurants operations, and most of the tools we cover in this article will need to integrate with your POS (point-of-sale) system. When integrated with a POS system, they provide accurate food cost calculations, helping operators price menu items correctly.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

In this article: How do you handle inventory management to keep the bar always adequately stocked? Was there a time when you had to adapt to last-minute changes, such as staff illness or unexpected supply shortages? Supply shortages require a different approach. How would you improve or refine our current drink menu?

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Holiday decorations were already on full display, a touch of snow was on the ground and Christmas Carols were drifting through the air, but shoppers and diners were in very short supply. Every restaurant knows that once a customer walks through the door a sale of food and beverage will likely result.

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7 Shifts

APRIL 9, 2020

Whether you have been offering delivery and takeout for years, or have had to make a recent pivot during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to know which food travels best for delivery—and how to change up your menu to stay profitable while dine-in isn't an option.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 20, 2020

While your first concern should be for the health and safety of yourself, staff, customers, and loved ones right now, it would be a lie to say you’re not allowed to be worried about your restaurant during COVID-19. As of this article’s publication, more than 20 U.S. Don’t worry–we’re here to help.

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Goliath Consulting

JUNE 3, 2020

First, we know that consumers will continue to regard safety and sanitation in high importance, possibly going towards 2021 (1). Restaurants need to openly communicate their safety standards to their customers and make sure they are being perceived as a safe establishment.” A Safe Environment with a Touch of Convenience.

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ChowNow

JULY 17, 2024

In this article, we’ll walk through a comprehensive guide on how to write an operations plan for your restaurant, complete with examples. This could include providing exceptional customer service, maintaining high food quality, ensuring a clean and safe environment, and maximizing efficiency. What do you aim to achieve?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

Participants in MyChange with SaverLife receive access to the national SaverLife platform and the opportunity to participate in national savings challenges, access financial education articles, engage in forums and accumulate redeemable points for a chance to win prizes. After his first stint in the NFL, Tebow joined ESPN and the SEC Network.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 15, 2021

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features restaurant industry year-end totals, how restaurant labor is evolving, fast-food brand intimacy and top cities for locavores. Top Fast-Food Brand Intimacy. An Unpopular Year. In December, quick service restaurant chain customer transaction declines were down -8 percent versus last year.

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EATER

MAY 24, 2023

In fact, its lack of quality is often the point, a grand embrace of the lowbrow and cheap that is the cornerstone of so much comfort food. It’s hard to imagine processed food being good. asks Helen Veit, associate professor of history at Michigan State University, who specializes in food and nutrition of the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 7, 2023

For any specialty coffee roaster, one of the key factors to running a successful business is a continuous supply of fresh green coffee. However, with many medium or larger-sized roasters often having anywhere up to a year’s supply of green coffee, how can they manage their inventories as effectively as possible?

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

People who don't work in the restaurant industry think that all there is to being a server is taking orders, bringing out food, and sorting out the bill. Restocking server side work Running out of supplies can turn a calm shift into one reminiscent of a chaotic round of Diner Dash.

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Social Hospitality: Restaurants

JULY 25, 2022

With the food tech market slated to be valued at nearly $342 billion USD by 2027 , the demand for increased technology implementation in the industry will continue to rise. And this seems to be just the beginning of a new era in the way food business owners operate. The Importance of Technology in Food Businesses.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 25, 2020

Restaurant workers must bring in proof of recent employment (paystubs will suffice) and will receive hot meals, toiletries, cleaning supplies, diapers, formula, personal hygiene items, and more. "They're the only vendor — and I'm talking partners, food suppliers, marketing people — who has put out a Coronavirus Kit.

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Social Hospitality: Restaurants

JULY 15, 2022

With the food tech market slated to be valued at nearly $342 billion USD by 2027 , the demand for increased technology implementation in the industry will continue to rise. And this seems to be just the beginning of a new era in the way food business owners operate. That’s not all. Ghost kitchens grew from such.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 17, 2022

You may also like our article on exploring AI in coffee roasting. And ultimately, as the coffee sector has developed, technology has become more important across the supply chain. Considering the boom in online ordering, co-ordinating the preparation of coffee and food has never been so important. Read on to learn more.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Yes, the back of house (BOH) is where food is prepped, cooked, and plated, but it’s also where chaos can quickly ensue if roles, responsibilities, and tasks aren’t communicated well. There’s no need to guess how much food is needed. The top three issues cited were anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. skills in your staff.

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Future Food

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

The Trends to Watch in 2022 & Beyond The changing face of Food & Hospitality. Whilst some food and hospitality businesses chose to pivot their businesses early, out of necessity, others have elected to respond to changes in consumer preferences and are quickly reshaping the food and hospitality landscape in front of our eyes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

In their Q3 2019 Food Sector Retail Index, Placer.ai, the world’s most advanced foot traffic analytics platform, looks at ten of the biggest QSR brands to see who came out on top this quarter. Overwhelmingly, the quality of food is the main factor in determining why consumers pick a particular restaurant when dining out (46 percent).

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Cheetah

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

To compete, restaurants are reinventing themselves by incorporating emerging food trends into their menus – most notably by showcasing local food products and unique ingredients. But access to these trending food items, with fair pricing and reasonable logistics, has been a nightmare – until now. .

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Future Food

OCTOBER 5, 2021

EMBRACING CHANGE TO SURVIVE AND MAXIMISE FOOD SERVICE SALES. The prolonged closures on food and beverage venues have ranged from hard to devastating, not just from a sales perspective, but on the lives of hospitality workers and their families. let’s be clear from the beginning, the new normal, is not normal as we know it.

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Cheetah

APRIL 5, 2021

In our last chapter of the Ghost Kitchen 101 Series, we learned that cloud kitchens are commercial kitchen spaces that provide food businesses the facilities and services needed to prepare delivery-optimized menu items. In this article, we’ll go over the different types of ghost kitchens and how to tell which one is right for your business.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 28, 2023

During this period, we have seen the uptake of automated systems and technologies grow across every level of the coffee supply chain – from production to roasting to brewing. You may also like our article exploring automation in coffee roasting. What about automation in other areas of the coffee supply chain?

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The Rail

AUGUST 16, 2024

And with a million other tasks to manage, safety is often the least of one's concerns. And it’s not that operators don’t care about safety, it’s just often not in the forefront of mind when also dealing with bills, inventory management, guest management, staff scheduling, etc.

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EATER

MAY 29, 2020

I said we need to put safety precautions in place. We have cars, people can pick up food. That one, we would not have been able to do food service. We basically just said, I want to do $35 comfort food. Do I have input in the food? First of all, I did not know if people would order food in the midst of this.

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The Rail

JANUARY 15, 2024

Embracing the Restaurant Cleanliness Basics Regardless of where your restaurant stands, embracing the basics surrounding food and personal hygiene is always a fantastic idea. If that bathroom is out of supplies, the floor is sticky or it smells of urine, I’d wager the kitchen isn’t kept clean either.”

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EATER

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

From the Editor: Everything you missed in food news last week This post originally appeared on February 20, 2020 in Amanda Kludt’s newsletter “From the Editor,” a roundup of the most vital news and stories in the food world each week. I see the food insecurity in my own neighborhood. Read the archives and subscribe now.

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Sling

APRIL 5, 2021

In this article, the experts at Sling share 12 tips to help you keep your employees motivated, engaged, and productive. You don’t have to give anything tangible just yet (we’ll deal with that in the next section), but do supply specific reasons why they did a good job. Try something like, “Great job on that article, James.

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Perfect Daily Grind

AUGUST 21, 2022

You may also like our article on why recycling single-use coffee cups is so difficult. There are a number of sustainability issues across the entire coffee supply chain , but none have quite received the same level of attention as single-use cups. Reducing waste across the supply chain. Want to read more articles like this?

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7 Shifts

JUNE 16, 2024

In 2020, the number of establishments in the food and beverage industry was estimated to be 23.1 You can give your customers 1 point for every $10 they spend at your restaurant (the price point depends on how much you're selling your food and beverages; just make sure to set an achievable price).

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Perfect Daily Grind

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

It’s well established that while the international demand for coffee is high, producers still have a number of problems to contend with in the supply chain, including price fluctuations and Covid-19. Want to read more articles like this? What’s The Benefit For Producers? That remains to be seen. Enjoyed this? Perfect Daily Grind.

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Perfect Daily Grind

DECEMBER 12, 2022

You may also like our article on whether it is possible to get good quality coffee from unripe cherries. In coffee production, bartering is used to acquire supplies in exchange for bags of coffee,” she says. Want to read more articles like this? So how exactly does a barter system work in coffee production? Perfect Daily Grind.

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The Restaurant Times

MAY 22, 2020

The growing popularity of online food delivery has enabled restaurant operators to pivot their operations to ghost kitchens. Existing ghost kitchen businesses are also adjusting their operational efficiency to fulfill the increased demand for proper food delivery.

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