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Beyond the Scoop Shop: A Blueprint for Scaling Artisan Food Businesses

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What starts as a passion for quality, craftsmanship, and unique flavors often turns into a logistical challenge when demand grows beyond the capacity of a single storefront or kitchen. My business plan laid out my steppingstones: open three artisanal ice cream shops, create synergy, and ride out the cash flow.

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part One

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Escoffier is aiding restaurant owners and managers by preparing qualified candidates ready for engaged employment. . The focus now is finding the minimum necessary seating capacity while maximizing kitchen efficiency and service throughput. Delivering on these basics is what keeps customers coming back. How Do You Stack Up?

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part Three

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Many restaurant owners had believed they would be covered in the event of something like the pandemic, and found themselves without a safety net. Overall, the pandemic highlighted the vulnerabilities, margin issues, and lack of safety net to restaurants in a way the industry is still recovering from. – Pooja S.

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Best Practices to Prevent Theft in Your Restaurant

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It’s also more prevalent than some restaurant owners and managers might want to believe. Make sure the important areas of your kitchen are easily visible on surveillance such as the cooler and cabinets, register and all entrances and exits. Restaurant theft is expensive. That totals between $3 and $6 billion annually.

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How Can Restaurants Harness Technology to Combat COVID-19?

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But the news cycle has demonstrated that one day’s positive outlook is countered with dire reports of additional cases the next – with consumers jolted back to compliance with safety recommendations. Increasingly, automation is expanding from back office tasks to the kitchen and beyond.

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part Two

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While the pandemic forced consumers to leverage contactless payment, such as tap-to-pay, out of pure health and safety concerns, it’s quickly become the normal course of business for restaurants aiming to streamline operations and maximize convenience. Technology continues to transform restaurant operations.

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Five Things Every Restaurant Can Do to Boost Profits While Reopening

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If running a restaurant wasn’t already expensive, running one under new distancing regulations means less capacity and investment in safety infrastructure that will take a toll on costs. Lastly, food cost should always be a consideration when making menu changes. This helps make sure each item is selling at a higher margin than before.