Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Of, course the food must be tasty and appealing at some level and above all else – consistent. How convenient you might ask: we barely need to slow down our cars and roll down the window when our food arrives – that’s convenience. This was (is) the design of classic coffee houses, speakeasys, and corner cafes for generations.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 18, 2023

Covid pulled the drapes back to reveal OZ as just an average guy trying to hide his inadequacies with smoke and mirrors. Here are some thoughts. [] IT’S STILL ABOUT THE FOOD: People go out to eat for a variety of reasons – convenience, social interaction, a change of pace, business travel, vacations, celebration, or habit.

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Lavu

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Improved Communication : Bridges front and back-of-house teams with real-time updates and two-way messaging. The system’s automated organization allowed staff to concentrate fully on food prep, rather than juggling manual order management. This improvement significantly enhances how kitchens operate and deliver service.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Around 33 to 40 percent of food goes to waste each year. A large chunk of that comes down to complex problems in global food supply chain management that most restaurants have little control over. What restaurants can do, however, is re-think how their direct food supply is managed – from transport to inventory control.

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Culinary Cues

JULY 12, 2020

They say we’re back. The kitchen lights are back on, deliveries arrive, the battery of ranges is fired up, and cooks (some of us) are welcomed back. Sure, there are temperature checks at the back door, masks donned upon arrival, and deep hand cleaning constantly throughout the day, but in reality no one knows if this is enough.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 18, 2019

January is fast-approaching, and hot lunch spots will soon be back on the mind of every highschool and college student in your area. Want to capture the hungry, back-to-school lunch crowd for January? Give BOGO a go Even though eating alone is a growing trend , food remains a fundamentally social experience.

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Embrace the Suck

DECEMBER 25, 2019

You have a major food distributor in your market that you are probably buying from. You have a major food distributor in your market that you are probably buying from. It could be Sysco, US Foods, Performance Food Group, Ben E. Keith, Shamrock Foods, Gordon FoodService or another regional brand.

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Future Food

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Suddenly we find that 2024 is almost behind us now but Future Food would like to share with you the trends and insight that we see across the food and hospitality sector. Discretionary spending has flatlined and shifted for food and hospitality but spending on essential items is slightly up. Source mccrindle.com.au

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Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Come on – is this the way to address your food cost woes? What if they invest in either an in-house artisan baker or buy from a seriously talented Boulanger? What if it didn’t come from that bakeshop in the corner of your kitchen, but rather from the back of a full-service vendor’s delivery truck?

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SpotOn

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

There's room for fast food chains, fine dining restaurants, and casual dining restaurants, steakhouses, falafel spots, taco trucks. Amid the casual atmosphere, there's usually a preference for high-quality food, fresh ingredients, and craft alcoholic beverages. The restaurant industry is a big tent.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 18, 2020

At the beginning of the pandemic, Paul Dioguardi, owner of Colorado-based Hickory House Ribs, realized there was only so much he could do with the amount of available restaurant tables so he decided to focus on growing the catering side of the business. We advertised in local papers, supporting youth sports and wrapping our vehicles.

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Sling

MAY 13, 2023

Whether you’re looking to hire employees for a fine dining establishment, a food truck, or a fast food business, you’ll need any number of restaurant positions to make up the foundation of your team. A fine dining establishment may need all 24 positions on this list, while a food truck may only need three or four.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

I just thought, The power is out, everybody is home and these houses are like matchboxes, just going up in flames.” The Noguchis built Chef Hui in 2018 to strengthen relationships between Hawaiʻi’s chefs, farmers, and food producers and the community at large, and during the pandemic, it organized efforts to feed vulnerable communities.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 20, 2020

If your cooks are mostly fulfilling off-site orders, you can do away with niceties like a slick front of house, visual merchandising, and a location with hungry walk-ins. Without these pricey anchors dragging down your profitability, you just might be able to focus on making food, and not making rent.

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Cheetah

JANUARY 30, 2022

Disposable restaurant supplies are part of critical inventory used by every restaurant, food-truck and caterer on a daily basis. They include everything from back-of-house supplies like gloves and containers, to customer-facing single use-items like takeout packaging, utensils, napkins, and straws. Restaurant Supplies.

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Cheetah

JANUARY 30, 2022

Disposable restaurant supplies are part of critical inventory used by every restaurant, food-truck and caterer on a daily basis. They include everything from back-of-house supplies like gloves and containers, to customer-facing single use-items like takeout packaging, utensils, napkins, and straws. Restaurant Supplies.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 23, 2021

At the same time, many of those restaurant employees – front and back of the house, were taking their time trying to decide if it made sense to return to an industry that was unpredictable, low paying, void of reasonable benefit plans, and now a target for customer anger and angst as servers suddenly became covid policemen.

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EATER

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In 2025, a 350-acre Walmart campus is projected to open as its own self-contained community, complete with a food hall, hotel and rooftop bar, on-site childcare, parking garages, an amphitheater, bike paths, and a couple of lakes. All the while, the food scene has grown alongside the town. Plating dishes at Conifer.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Few scenarios strike more fear into a restauranteur’s heart than the prospect of serving food to patrons that makes them sick. However, even with the greatest attention to food safety, there is no single way to eliminate all foodborne illness because its sources are numerous and diverse. Traceability Is Essential.

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Clover - Restaurants

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Ensure the food gets to their table ASAP and circle back to check-in shortly after. In each case, the table will need cleaning and set-up before the next party of guests can sit down. Simply pick a popular service period and count the number of parties seated during that time. Divide by the number of tables in your restaurant.

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EATER

JANUARY 8, 2021

How two Mexican-American birrieros made the beloved dish a sensation in America In 2005, two Mexican-American teenagers from LA met at the fair in Coatzingo, Puebla, during Semana Santa, or Holy Week, a time when countless Mexican-American families head back to their family’s hometowns all over Mexico to visit relatives.

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Cheetah

MAY 17, 2022

Tucked away in a dingy back alley in the Northwest corner of the Tenderloin district in San Francisco sits an unassuming set of doors, secured by an unassuming metal gate. Take a step back from the front porch however, and you’ll note that the building is covered in art with beautiful and inspiring phrases like, ‘today was a good day’.

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The Food Corridor

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

It is designed for multiple food businesses to use simultaneously, with easy loading. Lakou Kitchen is perfect for chefs, caterers, food trucks, and other food services. It is housed in a building that was formerly an ironworks company in the vibrant artist community of Valley Arts District.

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Open for Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

It’s hard to imagine a food business that could benefit from the organization and precision tracking of a POS system but these are the broad categories of restaurants that can especially benefit: Full service restaurants. Food trucks. It’s a restaurant technology topic restaurant owners should all understand.

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Open for Business

JANUARY 26, 2023

Before launching any new menu promotion idea, it’s a good idea to go back to basics and get clear a few basic points first. And if restaurant owners don’t put restaurant marketing efforts behind a promotion, the best concepts can stall. Quick links What are restaurant promotions? Who is the target customer base? What is the goal?

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Future Food

MARCH 22, 2022

Food consulting and the re-imagination of industrial space. In response, hospitality operators and food consultants have had to reimagine the possibilities of industrial space and unconventional hospitality locales, asking ourselves the question: ‘what is entertainment?’ Is there a new apartment block going up in your neighbourhood?

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 12, 2021

No matter the type of restaurant you own, the type of food you serve, or the usual customers who walk through your door, you need to focus on making your off-premise sales a keystone aspect of your restaurant business. Restaurants are unique, and as such, need a unique approach to off-premise sales. Benefits of Off-Premise Sales.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

At my house, it was the Entenmann’s mini chocolate chip cookies , marshmallow-iced devil’s food cake , and the mini chocolate-iced doughnuts. My friend Kate with her Entenmann’s food truck in 1985; photo used here with her parents’ enthusiastic blessing. Her own son now gets Entenmann’s Little Bites for his own snacktime.

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Future Food

MAY 3, 2021

As cities around the world open their doors to welcome back hungry and thirsty customers, they do so by introducing new and creative ideas, to make customer feel safe – both hygienically and socially. Currently there are several new food and hospitality anchors being developed; all within CBD locations.

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Apicbase

MARCH 28, 2024

The restaurant profit margin takes into account all your revenue streams, from in-house dining and takeaway orders to branded merchandise and meal kits. They also include variable costs such as food costs, hourly staff wages, and equipment maintenance. A slight improvement in your net profit makes a huge difference.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Over the years it housed a saloon, stage, and movie theater. Over the years it housed a saloon, stage, and movie theater. For some, it was simply home. The fire that reduced the historic town to ash on August 8, 2023 was unsparing. It took the lives and livelihoods of so many of our community members.

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Cheetah

APRIL 13, 2021

Back then, it wasn’t uncommon to see chefs in the middle of a shift or late at night making calls to different vendors, sending texts or faxes. Back then, it wasn’t uncommon to see chefs in the middle of a shift or late at night making calls to different vendors, sending texts or faxes. Reading Time: 5 minutes.

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Restaurant Clicks

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Taquitos West Ave Tacos el Regio Garcia’s Mexican Food El Pastor es Mi Señor Tacos and Chelas Mexican Kitchen Pete’s Tako House Ray’s Drive Inn Chelas Taco Henry’s Puffy Taco Tacos N Salsa Little Taco Factory Taqueria El Trombo Taco House Taqueria Datapoint Torchys Tacos Carnitas Lonja The Jerk Shack. Taquitos West Ave.

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Cheetah

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Those rushing back to their local restaurants for the full dine-in experience have lots to choose from. To compete, restaurants are reinventing themselves by incorporating emerging food trends into their menus – most notably by showcasing local food products and unique ingredients. Reading Time: 4 minutes.

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Cheetah

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Supply chain disruptions and shortages like these are hitting every part of the food service industry hard. Learn how this affects your business, from restaurant suppliers struggling to keep up, to rising food prices led by labor shortages and increased consumer demand for quick, cheap food. Reading Time: 5 minutes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

However, many of the food industry problems that have been exacerbated by the pandemic, have been aggressively simmering under the surface for years. Virtual kitchens, with their low barriers to entry and streamlined delivery focus, are a smart and inexpensive way to get your food into customers’ hands.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

New restaurant and food businesses are opening at pre-pandemic levels, with the number of new openings increasingly more in line with 2018 and 2019 volumes, according to third quarter data for the Yelp Economic Average (YEA) report. “Business owners have proven their resilience throughout the course of this pandemic.

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