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2025 Outlook: Experts Weigh In on Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part One

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When consumers order more food online, it’s clearly good for business – but it can also make it harder for businesses to manage inventory. In 2025, restaurants need to have a plan in place that ensures they are effectively managing inventory and redirecting unused, still edible food to donations.

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Self-Ordering Kiosks: One Solution to the Current Labor Shortage

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The food and beverage industry is on a hiring frenzy. With pandemic-related restrictions being eased and dine-in being allowed again, restaurant owners are in need of a lot of staff. A recent study by The Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed that, despite regular hiring since this spring, the food and beverage industry still remains 1.5

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The Top Five Startup Costs Restaurant Owners Need to Know

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Remember that it can also be expensive to hire and train new employees. Therefore, if you have exceptional employees at your restaurant, do everything you can to keep them around. Food and Beverage Inventory and Paper Supplies. For example, the cost related to printing menus can also be expensive.

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15 Restaurant Metrics to Know and How To Use Them

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Numbers can give us insights into everything from profits and losses to average customer spend to how often employees cycle through. Inventory turnover ratio. Employee turnover rate. Your CoGSs is an essential number to have when determining your menu prices, inventory and impacts your net profit margin. Break-even point.

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2023 Outlook: Trends and Challenges Restaurants Will See, Part Two

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We will continue to evaluate tech solutions and find what best enhances the Fogo experience for both our guests and employees. In 2023, we can anticipate businesses really focusing in on value and doing what they can to attract and retain both employees and guests. Slow movers tie up inventory -and the cash needed to by that inventory.

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The Next Generation of the Dining Experience

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More importantly, we are going to see a stronger first party connection between restaurants and their guests, one that is more personalized–and therefore more satisfactory, as well as better experiences for restaurant employees who have a real opportunity to redefine the role of service. So what exactly does this future look like?

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Murky Forecast for Restaurants?

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59 percent changed the food and beverage items offered on the menu. According to the survey, a majority of both fullservice operators (63 percent) and limited-service operators (61 percent) say their restaurant does not have enough employees to meet customer demand. 48 percent reduced hours of operation on days open.

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