Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 23, 2024

From a strict business standpoint this statement seems reasonable, however at what personal price. “If A stake in the ground that insists you will only buy ingredients from local farmers and vendors may not be wise based on consistency, availability, price controls, quality and service.

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 10, 2025

How each area contributes to the whole is a lesson learned in large properties like hotels, resorts, and clubs. [] MENU DIVERSITY A multi-outlet hotel, as an example, will likely have a breakfast restaurant, a family oriented mid-priced restaurant, and a fine-dining operation.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 29, 2025

This leads to the intent of this article. Whether for a price or as a gift from the heart like World Central Kitchen, cooking is essential and core to our existence as a society. Beyond the restaurant business, cooks and chefs, restaurateurs and bakers, and servers and baristas are very generous people.

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ChowNow

MARCH 27, 2025

In this article, youll learn: The 10 KPIs for online food delivery every restaurant should monitor Why these metrics matter to your business How to track and improve them Lets dive into the KPIs that can make or break your online delivery strategy. Portion size. How well your menu is optimized for delivery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

You can't scroll news sites without seeing more articles about inflation, but was does it mean for restaurants? Those who don’t are effectively lowering their prices. Understand if your prices are keeping pace with inflation and maintain a markup that matches the costs associated with paying suppliers and staff.

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ChowNow

MARCH 21, 2025

Understanding your target market is the foundation of making smart decisions for your menu, pricing, and overall guest experience. In this article, you will learn: How to define your restaurants target market to guide your business decisions. Income: Do your customers prioritize affordability, or are they willing to pay premium prices?

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ChowNow

MARCH 13, 2025

In this article, you will learn: How a centralized delivery system eliminates the chaos of managing multiple platforms. Are delivery prices aligned with in-house costs? The result: Menus, pricing, and availability stay consistent across all platforms, ensuring a smoother customer experience. Which apps are performing best?

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ChowNow

MARCH 20, 2025

In this article, youll learn: How menu management software streamlines menu updates and eliminates manual errors Why outdated or inconsistent menus can impact customer satisfaction and revenue Key features to look for when choosing the right software for your restaurant Lets explore why every restaurant needs menu management software.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 10, 2022

Nobody has time for that when there is a crowded dining room, to-go orders flying out the window and customers complaining about their favorite menu items going up in price. We’re going to park this one here until a little later in this article. Are you doing anything with that data? Partner with Supply Chain Experts.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

This article will cover how implementing automation tools like IoT monitoring can save your business money, protect your inventory, and save time. Rising Overhead Costs Are Hiking up Prices. Inflation drives price increases for raw materials and labor costs, which are some of a restaurant's most significant expenses.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 28, 2024

It just goes to show how important drink pricing and cost management are to maximizing profits. In this article: How to calculate your profit margin for your bar What is the average profit margin for bars? Factors such as over-pouring, theft, or inaccurate pricing can increase your pour cost and hurt your profits.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Customers are becoming more discerning about value and anxious about the price of a meal (from quick service to fine dining). Many are once again viewing restaurants as a luxury they can do without versus a necessary part of American culture and a convenience for families with multiple wage earners and impossible schedules.

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ChowNow

MARCH 7, 2025

In this article, you will learn: Why you should use your customer data to help your restaurant grow The different kinds of data you have available to you to use The best ways to use customer data to make better decisions Lets explore why customer data is one of your most powerful tools for growing your restaurant. You can increase revenue.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The article below covers some of the factors you should consider in your social media strategy – including what to look for when choosing the right social media platform for your restaurant’s marketing strategy. Twitter, for example, is perfect for sharing news articles, quotes, and other bite-sized pieces of information.

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Perfect Daily Grind

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Over the past year or so, coffee prices have been steadily increasing. The first sign that prices would increase was a sudden frost which hit some of Brazil’s major coffee-producing regions in late July 2021. Since then, prices have consistently remained above the US $2 mark. Exploring prices and costs at origin.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 14, 2022

Last month, our article summarized the “state of the market” for employee benefits in the restaurant sector. In our last article in MRM, we noted that none of our restaurant groups raised employee medical premiums for the 2022 plan year. Restaurants Can’t Increase Employee Premiums.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Running your own online ordering system gives you complete control over pricing, promotions, and customer data, helping you maximize profits while still offering convenience. Theres little room for branding, and menu presentation, pricing, and promotions are often influenced by the platforms rules rather than the restaurants preferences.

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ChowNow

MARCH 28, 2025

Adjust your prices to match demand with minimal effort Dynamic pricing sounds complicated, but with AI, it can be pretty straightforward. Some platforms use it to automatically adjust menu prices based on demand, time of day, or day of the week.

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Perfect Daily Grind

APRIL 4, 2022

In the coffee industry, larger roasters generally have a greater capacity to manage price risk, but small and medium-sized roasters also have tools at their disposal. To learn more about how coffee roasters can manage and minimise the impact of price risk, I spoke to some industry experts to learn more. What is price risk?

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Perfect Daily Grind

APRIL 30, 2023

Over the past year or so, rising food prices and energy costs have been affecting many people around the world. In fact, in March 2023, the BBC reported that food prices had reached a 45-year high in the UK , with many other major coffee consuming countries also going through similar price increases.

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Culinary Cues

JULY 22, 2021

There have been numerous articles from restaurateurs asking customers to “give us a break, be patient, we’re trying our best, it’s not our fault that the food isn’t quite right, that the service is painfully slow, that servers are not well trained, or we just seem to be disorganized.” Back to survival mode – let’s just get through it.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 20, 2024

There’s a reactionary movement that I keep seeing in restaurants; a movement that assumes the answer to the restaurant bottom line is to take more and give less or give too much to justify raising prices. A menu should thus be designed and priced to make those items seem essential.

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Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 27, 2023

A restaurant centric operation relies on analytics, competitor analysis, surveys, budgeting, price comparisons, and knowledge of what the marketplace is comfortable with. They look for consistent, personalized quality commitments, a “yes” attitude when special requests are made, dependability, and a pricing that makes sense.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2023

With the COVID impacts behind us, people are back in restaurants but as the CNN article stated, it is different. Nearly a third of restaurants (29 percent) are considering raising prices. More than half of consumers (55 percent) said they would tolerate a one – ten percent price increase.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

In this article, you will learn: How to improve your restaurants visibility so more people discover you Engagement strategies that turn first-time visitors into repeat customers Practical marketing tactics to fill more tables and increase takeout orders Here are eight strategies proven to attract more customers to your restaurant.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 15, 2023

Here’s the kicker: It cost each restaurant $900 to participate in the week (I guess to cover town wide promotion expenses) and every restaurant must agree to deep discount pricing for guests. There is no cache of money to turn to, and the prices we charge are not based on greed, but necessity. We would love that.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2021

For example, a CBS MoneyWatch article from June of this year cited several well-known fast-casual brands' move to boost prices as much as 4 percent to help offset higher labor and other costs. More recent price increases have nearly doubled this number.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MARCH 21, 2023

And while these actors can certainly play an important role, their presence in the supply chain can often mean that producers end up receiving a smaller percentage of the final price of each cup of coffee. As part of this, farmers can receive higher prices for their coffee. This is especially important to note.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 30, 2023

Without a CULTURE OF QUALITY, the relationship of price to results is not always clear. When you push those expensive ingredients to the eventual plate what is most important is guest reaction: “Is it worth the price”. Quality and price are not always synonymous. But I wonder – is this true? Is it worth it!

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Culinary Cues

MAY 8, 2023

It sounded like an appropriate title for an article about life in the kitchen. He or she is a negotiator working with vendors for the best product, delivered when needed, at the most appropriate price and monitoring a system of checks and balances to ensure everyone understands this.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 27, 2022

They may have discovered you from an Eater article, booked their reservation through OpenTable, or located you via Google Maps, and they will surely review their experience on Yelp — whether positive or negative — when their meal is complete. Restaurant customers do everything from their phones. They’re Easier to Update.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 5, 2022

In my last article I discussed how robots will transform our industry in a big way, but that is a few years off. In this article I will discuss the strategies that I have implemented with my clients across the country. We have created appetizer packages that offer a nice selection of our menu at a reasonable price per person.

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ChowNow

MARCH 20, 2025

To learn more about order aggregation, read our article on How to Simplify Order Management Across Multiple Platforms. Instead of updating menus separately across multiple ordering platforms, restaurants can make changes in one place and have them reflected everywhere, guaranteeing consistency in pricing, availability, and item descriptions.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

While these platforms do bring in orders, they also come with the price of high commission fees, loss of customer data, and a weaker connection between you and your guests. Third-party delivery apps start out as a convenient way to reach new customers, but they always take a significant chunk of your profits.

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Culinary Cues

JULY 15, 2022

Most of the articles we read point to the pandemic as the culprit as well as the centralization of processing ownership. All the above factors are beginning to change the price point making it difficult for families to fill their dinner table. All of this is changing rapidly, and it is beyond the consumer’s control.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 16, 2020

Consider the following: Facebook : Popular with baby boomers and Gen Xers looking for engaging content such as photos, videos, and articles with links. Some platforms such as Facebook have apps that run coupons and contests for you, making it even easier to lure diners with a two-for-one entree detail or half-price happy hour snacks.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 21, 2023

Food was only surpassed by the breadth of wine lists and depth of distilled beverages, high priced art on the walls, enormously expensive glassware, Italian bone china plates, and custom sterling flatware. The entire experience was elevated and so were prices.

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