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FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Travel around and youll be rewarded. hadynyah/Getty Images A local food expert provides the ideal culinary tour of Sri Lanka, from the islands palm tree-lined beaches to its rolling highland tea plantations Floating just below the southern tip of India, Sri Lanka is a stunningly verdant island cloaked in jungles.

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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. Kitchen workers usually cede the better qualities of a space to customers: Back of house isn’t known for its natural light, ergonomics, or general comfort.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

Restaurant owners negotiated payment plans with their landlords, many of which had prolonged forgiveness dates, but were often not able to pay back rent. " As we mark the fifth anniversary, MRM magazine surveyed restaurant insiders about the pandemic’s lasting impact on their businesses and the industry. ." – Pooja S.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 6, 2020

Dating back to Medieval times when cooking was reserved for nobility and later during the Renaissance when merchant travelers relied on local taverns for respite and a chance to break bread – restaurants and restaurant life has always been present. It is this understanding that will bring the industry back.

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EATER

OCTOBER 17, 2024

When Matteo Lane isn’t performing his distinct brand of scathing yet sincere stand-up, he’s busy eating pasta — and being opinionated about pasta. If you’re a fan of Lane, you’ve likely seen him cook pasta on his YouTube channel , where he makes everything from pancakes to pasta carbonara for his million-plus subscribers on the platform.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The simple things of a piece of land to work, a roof over our heads that can move from house to home, food on our table, clothes on our back, a solid education, good health and a job that provides and gives us satisfaction. I find myself thinking lately of terms the common man, common woman, common child.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

When I survived a house fire myself a few years ago, I tunneled through a complex maze that only displacement due to natural disaster can dredge up: shock at not being able to inhabit my home, loss that must now be juggled and weighed, grief that crystallized through the passing of inevitable time. And yet I still needed to feed myself.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Recent surveys are showing the vast majority of Americans have been cutting back on dining out. Adopt In-House Technology to Improve Service and Reduce Errors. It is of critical importance right now that restaurants give customers every reason to return, and reduce every possible risk that might keep them from coming back.

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EATER

JANUARY 8, 2024

For most of the 20th century, the magazine Good Housekeeping was a key arbiter of dinner party taste, a tradition that dates back to 1905, when the magazine published The Good Housekeeping Hostess , a compendium of hosting tips, dinner party theme ideas, and strict rules for entertaining. Your tea service should be as complicated as possible.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2020

Review mentions of “Back-owned” (and related terms) also skyrocketed, up 426 percent, as people look to support and surface these businesses to the community. In early June, we've seen diners seated come back substantially – now down 57 percent compared to pre-pandemic levels. Yelp's Economic Impact Report.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 6, 2020

Second, it is becoming essential to focus on items that will travel well for upwards of 30 minutes in a third-party delivery or for a customer to pick up. Taking the example of dishes with a high ‘perceived value’, such as proteins, desserts and drinks, can allow for higher prices and better the bottom line. Optimize Inventory.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 6, 2022

Restaurants were unable to operate “normally” during the height of the pandemic, and many wonder if things will ever get back to “normal” for our industry again. During the pandemic, travel restrictions meant restaurants had to figure out new ways to inspect their facilities. The Demand for Transparency.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Shared lodging like bed and breakfasts, boarding houses, and room rentals are falling out of favor, replaced by contactless, host-less vacation rentals. I, however, came back with boiled eggs. But at what cost? They weren’t packed away in the cargo hold; they were plastered in my memory.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2020

When paired with other products like Square Marketing and Square Loyalty, sellers can strengthen customer relationships, create open lines of communication, and incentivize patrons to keep coming back. On-Demand Delivery for Square Online Store. The buyer receives text updates with links to live maps to track delivery progress. Visa SMB Help.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 17, 2020

Orders began to rush in and soon Beto & Son was able to hire back 20 members of their staff and hope revealed itself for Julian and his father. Practically overnight, restaurant owners had to figure out how to support their staff, pay their bills and feed their families and customers. We all had to act quickly.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 7, 2020

Restaurant owners could choose to ignore the guidelines completely or push them to the back burner to deal with later. The research also found that the virus can travel distances far greater than the six feet urged by social distancing guidelines. Connecticut began reopening restaurants at 50 percent capacity back in mid-June.

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Social Hospitality

MAY 6, 2020

Long Island City-based JetBlue and United Airlines are offering free round-trip flights for medical volunteers traveling to New York City to join the frontline in the battle against COVID-19. Four Seasons New York: Housing Healthcare Pros. Amidst the current COVID-19 pandemic, there is a lot of negativity online and in the news.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2021

As Modern Restaurant Management Restaurant (MRM) magazine celebrates its fifth anniversary this month, we reached out to industry insiders to garner their insights on what issues have impacted the industry over the last five years and what issues they feel will impact restaurants in the years to come. “Will this look good on Instagram?

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Avoiding such a calamity will always be a top priority among restaurant managers, not only by optimizing sanitation and safe handling practices in-house, but also through rigorous sourcing and supply chain management. Traceability Is Essential. Traceability Is Essential. Regulatory Requirements.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Here are five I’ve come back to again and again. He opened the first Ruth’s Chris franchise in 1975 and became one of the company’s largest U.S. franchisees. Never Take Advantage of the Guest. At Finally Restaurant Group, we take pride in becoming part of the community in exceptional small towns across the country.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2021

Event Planning Is Back. The survey revealed that after a year of birthday, holiday, graduation and anniversary celebrations over Zoom, respondents are ready to get back to event planning. consumers to better understand their feelings about planning events in 2021.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 19, 2022

For the tour, we traveled to Houston, Kansas City, Las Vegas, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, visiting a wide collection of over 80 bars and restaurants, from brand new and iconic to others that have stood the test of time. It’s a tough balancing act and one critical to our Southern Glazer’s teams across the U.S.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 15, 2020

This dates back to the Renaissance, through this time of enlightenment, the growth of human intellect, during times of conflict and war, struggling through recession and depression, when the structure of society and its government seems to falter and of course, when times are great and life seems to glow with optimism.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Off premise has become a sizable segment of our business, and I don't see it ever going back to pre-COVID numbers. Off premise has become a sizable segment of our business, and I don't see it ever going back to pre-COVID numbers. We celebrate this as it benefits us all when brands focus on sustainability. Lavu CEO Saleem S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Guests will expect to know every aspect of sourcing and meal preparation, which will disrupt traditional back-of-house systems with technology that connects the farm to the food. We’re seeing massive disruption to front-of-house systems, too, delivering personalized guest experiences from order to payment to final delivery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

More Business and Pleasure : “Bleisure” travel is on the rise and next year we predict more people will be combining their business travel with personal leisure, leading to extended stays and more opportunities to explore. Restaurant industry insiders offer their insights on F&B trends we can expect to see in 2024.

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EATER

JULY 24, 2020

Hosts, bartenders, servers, and any other front-of-house workers take the greatest risk by sharing indoor space with customers, who may or may not show symptoms even if they’re infected with COVID-19. A Mexico City waiter armed for service | Claudio Cruz/AFP via Getty Images.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 21, 2023

People traveled cross country to experience these chef extravaganzas. Culinary School Bonanza – Becoming a Chef is Cool: Not too long ago – cooks learned their trade and aspired to become a chef through in-house apprenticeship and the school of hard knocks. PART TWO: The Era of the Chef: Ah, now things really changed.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 9, 2020

Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone is wondering what “regular life” will look like once cities have all reopened and people begin to resume some of their favorite activities like traveling and eating out. Let’s walk through some of the most transformative technological use cases for restaurants of tomorrow.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 9, 2021

The goal of every restaurant and every chef is to create memorable experiences for the guest. Somewhere in our internal job description is a desire, and even a need to build an environment of WOW! Wow visuals on the plate and in the dining room, wow views from every seat, wow service, and of course – wow flavors on the plate.

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EATER

MAY 26, 2021

For the first half of the 20th century, hungry travelers couldn’t do better than a roadside tea room. If you happened to be traveling from Washington, D.C. There were tea rooms at various price levels — “Look at the prices and watch the Fords go by,” wrote one customer in an early guest book — though not all welcomed any traveler.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2020

With travel and larger gatherings constrained due to the pandemic, gift cards are a popular choice. This edition of MRM Research Roundup features news that consumers plan to put restaurants at the top of their shopping lists, the latest stats for on premise and why the restaurant of the future is here now. Diners Show Holiday Spirit.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 20, 2021

restaurant industry has shown remarkable resiliency, having lost as much as 35 percent of visits at the beginning of the pandemic, but still has a ways to go to get back to pre-pandemic levels, reports The NPD Group. How is the US On Premise shaping up as it continues its journey back from COVID-19 disruption? foodservice industry.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 30, 2023

Food traveling via delivery and customer pickup often contend with wide windows of time, so packaging has the added job of maintaining temperature over time and through varied temperatires with both hot and cold climates. Customer expectations are level set by their most advanced in-store and digital experiences.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 3, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the state of flavor, COVID-19 restaurant operations, public acceptance of delivery charges, the best of the best and the most allergy-friendly restaurant chains. DoorDash Deep Dish.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 1, 2024

Looking back can provide us with context and content for making future decisions – lessons learned and all that, or it can also help us to relish what worked and hold on to that for inspiration. SOME TIME IN THE LATE 1960’S: Walking through the back entrance to the Statler Hilton Hotel was like stepping into a totally different world.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In the case of leisure travel, we will begin to see a combination of passenger data, flight status, and restaurant capacity and availability, driving personalized offers and promotions to weary traveling families looking for a safe place to fuel up and relax. Here are their responses. To read part two, click here. generation.

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