Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The increased challenges and stress of the holiday season often reveal pinch points in bar and restaurant operations. The holidays bring an increase in beverage inventory, particularly kegged inventory for bars and restaurants centered around draft programs. Manage and Optimize Your Increased Holiday Inventory.

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Goliath Consulting

JANUARY 16, 2025

This shift is reflected in the growing demand for non-alcoholic beverages and the emergence of alcohol-free bars. These innovative establishments create a social experience similar to traditional bars, minus the booze. To further enhance mood and relaxation, some places, like The Sober Social, add nootropics or adaptogens.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 8, 2020

In order to pull off successful events and cater to their clients’ needs, event planners and their bar staff. Bring sustainability to the bar by using whatever ingredients are already on-hand in the kitchen as garnishes or create daily drink specials based on them. need to be in the know with all the upcoming trends. Even better?

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Goliath Consulting

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Supply chain issues and Covid-19 are not making it easy to run a bar right now. Most bar managers are pulling out their gingerbread martini and hot spiced rum recipes to fill their seasonal drink menus. What trends and opportunities can bar programs leverage in the current market with different dining options and guest preferences?

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Goliath Consulting

JULY 8, 2020

Every bar manager experiences recurring nightmares of that one delivery day. The cases of product continue piling up and floor management responsibilities are preventing the bar manager from vigilantly checking in each order. Does the bar just 86 top shelf tequila for the weekend? Start with the basics of operating a bar.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2023

Society Insurance, which provides coverage to the hospitality industry, has put together four tips on how restaurants and bars can help create a safer environment on St. There are a variety of laws and regulations that could impact a business in relation to service of alcoholic beverages. Patrick’s Day and year-round.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 29, 2024

There has been a lot of fluidity in the beverage sphere over the past few years with the rise of mocktails and other nonalcoholic experience. Alternatively, there's been an uptick in the cannabis-infused beverages market – with the $2.04 Non-alcoholic spirits and similar beverages are a growth category.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 18, 2024

Opening and owning a bar is one of those unique life experiences; you have no idea what it will be like until you actually go for it. In this guide, we're covering everything you need to know about owning a bar to prepare as well as you can for the big opening day. How Do I Run a Profitable Bar?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 29, 2024

Owners of bars, taverns, restaurants and other establishments serving alcohol kept a close eye on a case before the Supreme Court of Florida this year. million jury verdict against a bar awarded to a young woman catastrophically injured when she was hit by a pickup truck driven by an underage 20-year-old who had been drinking at the bar.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Ahead of this year’s football season, the team at Society Insurance has put together the top four tips on how a restaurant and/or bar can protect themselves, their patrons and their employees as well as create a safer environment for football season and beyond. Understand Your State’s Dram Laws.

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SpotOn

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Everyone deserves a drink at a bar, even if that beverage does not include alcohol. The mocktail, also known as an alcohol-free cocktail, isn’t just a luxury drink found in high-end bars. A mocktail is a non-alcoholic beverage expertly crafted to rival the flavors of a normal cocktail. What is a mocktail?

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SpotOn

OCTOBER 28, 2024

While bars sell alcoholic drinks, a high-margin menu item, crafting a profitable bar menu is paramount. Through menu engineering and reporting from your bar POS system , you can determine what's selling and what's not. Here are some tried-and-true moneymakers for your bar menu. Pizza Pizza is a crowd-pleaser.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Over the course of 111 days, Brian Masilionis, Director, On-Premise Commercial Strategy & National Accounts for Southern Glazer’s, led a team of its industry-leading mixologists to sample more than 400 drinks in 83 restaurants, bars and hotels, compiling their insights to discover emerging cocktail and wine trends across the U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

As restaurants reimagined takeout and venues shut down their bars, we too repurposed and rebalanced our portfolio repeatedly to meet changing demands—whether we were converting food packaging supply lines to produce PPE or supporting take-out offerings with tamper-proof food packaging.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 18, 2021

We saw “homegating” become a trend in 2020 and have concluded that because of the innovations being introduced in the space, it will continue for years to come as consumers are now accustomed to enjoying direct-to-consumer food and beverage options. Variety of Alcohol Options at Your Fingertips. sales rose 7.7 percent to $31.2

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

US Foods Springs into Helping Bars and Grills. In other news, US Foods launched its Spring Scoop, “Raising the Bar: The Classics – Celebrated and Elevated.” ” Spring Scoop highlights include: Elevated, Upsell-Worthy Bar-and-Grill Favorites. ” GIG Rebrands Certification Group.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

If you visit the Union Oyster House in Boston (still in operation today) you can belly up to the original oyster bar where some of America’s most prominent early settlers and political leaders enjoyed a pint and a dozen bivalves. Marine Corps were formed and where the first meeting of the Free Masons took place.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The comapny released a look back at how the pandemic has impacted food and beverage trends of 2020 and shared predictions for how evolving consumer behavior will shape 2021 trends. Cocktail/Beverage: 2020 Takeaways. Riesling saw the largest beverage growth, across both alcoholic and non-alcoholic, with a 32-percent increase.

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7 Shifts

JULY 1, 2024

Running a bar is a lucrative business, proven by the fact that this industry is estimated to be valued at a whopping $36 billion in 2024. While this could be a rewarding venture, opening a bar is not exactly the same as opening a food business. How profitable is a bar?

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EATER

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

More recently, as chefs have been working up seasonal menus to highlight local specialties and homegrown bars have been remixing native spirits, Sri Lanka drew millions of tourists in 2024 , announcing the islands comeback on the global stage after a few years of economic uncertainty. But its easy to find great meals if you know where to eat.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Really, wherever food and beverage has an intentional focus on quality and customer experience, fine tea has a rightful place – just like wine and craft beverages. An Alternative to Coffee, Carbonated Beverages and Alcohol. These are just a few of the many options. More Sophisticated Consumer Palates. in product cost.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 6, 2022

Long before the pandemic, hoteliers were looking for ways to refresh their properties' food and beverage offerings, and the pandemic presented the ideal opportunity for restaurants to enter the hotel sphere. This is especially true for the hotel bar.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 24, 2020

city to pass a Beverage Tax in 2016, local operators have overcome the challenges of other taxes that have in many cases had greater impact. The Beverage Tax has been in effect for three and a half years, withstanding legal challenges, continued opposition by the beverage industry. Strategies to Minimize the Impact.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 3, 2024

Celebrities such as Katy Perry, Blake Lively, Kylie Minogue and Bella Hadid are helping to boost the booze-free band wagon by launching non-alcoholic beverages. Adults 18+ specific questions about non-alcoholic beverages to help inform restaurants, retailers, event planners, and food and beverage firms with business strategies.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 18, 2021

In 2020, the pandemic forced over 111,000 bars and restaurants in the United States to close permanently, severely impacting the drinking and dining scene abandoned last winter. Bars—and bartenders—create artistry the people at home cannot duplicate.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In this episode of The Main Course host Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia gets into a spirited discussion about to-go cocktails, 2021 beverage trends and more with Nicole Quist, Beverage Director for bartaco. Things at bartaco changed when COVID-19 became reality. To listen, click here.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Tap 42 Craft Kitchen & Bar features modern interpretations of gastropub fare with signature craft cocktails, an extensive wine list, and more than 42 craft beers to choose from. Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine visited with Tap 42's VP of Development Alex Rudolph at the Aventura location just prior to the pandemic.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The restaurant and bar businesses can be very tough, but sometimes we make it harder on ourselves. Typically, the income statements I review show only gross income as “food and beverage sales.” Prime Costs : The prime costs for restaurants are Food, Beverage and Labor. Cost of goods sold (COGS). Labor cost.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Alcohol is a key driver of sales in the fine dining segment, with nearly two-thirds of orders including alcoholic beverages. In 2020, alcohol will expand further beyond this segment with operators in all but one category planning to increase their alcoholic beverage offerings to keep up with changing consumer tastes and preferences.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

“The product is superior – bar none – to any other on the market and we are so excited to bring a taste of Hawaii to Tennessee,” Rothwell said. The new team members have deep roots in growing Texas restaurants, including Rudy’s Country Store & Bar-B-Q and Mighty Fine Burgers Fries & Shakes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

bars & restaurants returned to and surpassed pre-pandemic levels of employment. A New Wave of Umami Kimpton bar leaders predict more experimentation with different types of fat washing as a new way to create smooth, creamy and velvety undercurrents in spirits rather than more traditional sweet syrups. million in February 2020.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 9, 2023

As consumers experiment with alcohol-free socializing, they want acceptance and inclusion from friends and family, and they look to bartenders and restaurateurs to support the new dry culture with knowledge, a welcoming atmosphere, and amazing non-alcoholic beverages. The most uncomfortable for non-drinkers are bars and house parties.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 31, 2024

They found interest in pumpkin knows no bounds, with all types of establishments adding it to their menus, including cafes, diners, pubs, bakeries, cider works, bars, and even restaurants catering to specific dietary preferences. With the pumpkin spice market forecast to be worth $2.4 year over year.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 23, 2020

This also allows restaurants, bars, breweries, and other local shops to collaborate and share patrons. " This emerging trend in food and beverage service provides plug and play tenant bays that house multiple small kitchens and service areas and allows the user to sit and enjoy their meal in a common environment. ."

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Keeping staff has long been an issue for the food and beverage industry, but many restaurants now feel it is their primary obstacle to running a successful business. Locally-owned establishments, bars, coffee shops, franchises and all other food and beverage businesses must adhere to strict regulations in addition to their own standards.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Restaurants, culinary schools, producers, and those in the beverage business are suffering because of the pandemic, but there were (and still are) plenty of other crisis situations facing these segments long before Covid-19. When WWI and WWII ended – restaurants and bars were some of the first businesses to recover.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

– Chris Adams, VP of Strategy, Oracle Food and Beverage. "As From the increasing demand for low-to-no ABV draft options to the motivation behind rising consumer expectations, these trends have the power to impact the financial performance of the beverage program.

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