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The Secrets to Successful Catering

Modern Restaurant Management

A strong catering business can be a restaurant’s biggest moneymaker. Most of the year, catering can comprise 10 to 15 percent of your total sales, but during December, if 20 percent of sales are not coming from catering, you’re missing an opportunity. And you’re getting them for free!).

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

Modern Restaurant Management

Steady Online Ordering Brings Food Waste, Donations to the Forefront of Priorities Ordering food online increases restaurant sales, but it also can potentially increase wasted food if proactive measures aren’t taken – for both the business and consumers at home.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

This shift ensures that operations run smoothly, and sales revenue is optimized. These changes have become permanent shifts in how they target customers, market themselves, and design their offerings." One of the biggest struggles for restaurants post-covid is staffing. This trend has held on in the last five years.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

"As awful as it was, the pandemic pushed restaurants to completely rethink their operations in order to survive, and some of the changes they made during the pandemic have continued to be beneficial to those restaurants and industry at large." Landlord/Tenant Disputes : in my practice, I have seen a huge increase in lease disputes.

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Catering for Restaurants

Goliath Consulting

Important points to consider before starting a catering program. Off-premise catering is undoubtedly a compelling business opportunity for restaurant owners. Catering also gives businesses brand exposure and valuable marketing opportunities. But on average these numbers are much more modest. annually through 2019 (4).

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Five Ways Restaurant Technology Makes or Breaks Business

Modern Restaurant Management

When teams can utilize modern applications to run an efficient business and better understand and cater to patrons, then technology can become a valuable asset, not a hindrance. As these values shift, an advanced restaurant point of sale should support multiple methods for guests to place orders. According to the U.S.

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The Next Generation of Catering Is Coming for Your Dinner Party

EATER

Cha Pornea If you want restaurant cooking in your own home, minus the Sternos and steam tables, you’re in luck Historically, there have been two options for dinner parties: You can DIY, or you can cater. Though there are plenty of good catering options out there, the branding sucks. Welcome to the New Catering.

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