Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 24, 2024

B Corp Certification, a credential bestowed by the non-profit organization B Labs, is a way for businesses to address those concerns and more as they undertake an in-depth auditing process, and come out with a seal of authenticity around their sustainability and social responsibility claims and a branding kit to help promote it.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 17, 2023

When restaurants, food businesses, and other organizations become ISO certified, they’re showing that they: Prioritize safety, quality, and compliance, following strict guidelines to ensure safe, high-quality foods. ISO certification is widely considered the global gold standard, so it carries a lot of clout.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2022

The restaurant industry loses an astounding $162 billion each year in food waste. All restaurants should proactively work to reduce food waste, which will also help you save money, increase profits, spotlight your commitment to sustainability, and help the environment. Between a third and a half of food is wasted worldwide annually.

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Goliath Consulting

MARCH 3, 2025

For restaurant owners and operators, success depends on more than just great food and excellent serviceit requires staying informed, connected, and supported. Whether its labor laws, food safety regulations, or tax policies, these associations work to ensure fair legislation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

We were ill-prepared for the COVID pandemic that devastated the food industry with supply chain disruptions, product and labor shortages, and soaring inflation. The biggest learning from COVID is that food businesses must be prepared for any crisis – and ensure their suppliers all along the supply chain are also prepared and resilient.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 31, 2020

This has dramatically impacted the core of the food and restaurant industries, specifically healthy and organic food. Eating organic is by no means a new concept brought on by the pandemic, but the shift in mindsets has thrust this niche food sector into overdrive. The Organic Food Boom. And the numbers are impressive.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2024

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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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Fewer employees have carried the burden of prepping, cooking, and serving food while working to keep guests safe. Restaurants must adopt tech solutions to boost safety, quality, accuracy, transparency, consistency, and compliance – all factors that contribute to brand excellence. Boost safety and quality protocols.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 2, 2022

Food and labor costs are elevated and expected to remain high in 2022 , negatively impacting restaurants’ profit margins. To maximize your existing resources: Reduce food waste. With prices skyrocketing, restaurants should focus on eliminating food waste. safety, quality, inventory, predictive ordering, etc.)

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

The guidance focuses on food safety, cleaning and sanitizing, employee health monitoring and personal hygiene, and social distancing. Each section includes a list of actionable items an operation should consider as it evaluates its safety procedures. Download the full guidance, here. Employee health.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 10, 2020

As restaurants begin the process of reopening, some with an extended period of nonoperation, there are safety precautions that must be considered beyond simply ordering supplies, rehiring staff and opening the doors. This helps ensure adherence to safety protocols that protect staff and patrons and limits liability for the owner as well.

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Food Safety Certification Employee Relations Restaurant Law 429

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 28, 2023

This one effort can help your restaurant ensure you’re aligned with suppliers that prioritize safety and quality efforts. Customers want to know where their food is coming from. They want to know what safety and quality protocols your suppliers practice to ensure that food is safe from point of origin to point of consumption.

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Supplies Food Supply Food Safety Certification 418

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

While everything feels overwhelming in the world, focus on these five solvable challenges: Prioritize a Food Safety Culture. With or without a pandemic, food safety culture is what you do when no one is looking. When employees feel safe, informed, and engaged, then customers will feel safe. Invest in Software Solutions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 30, 2020

We’ve already seen restaurants responding with curbside pickup, no-contact delivery, tamper-evident labeling and packaging, heightened food safety and sanitation policies, and more strict health and safety rules for employees. They expect safer food handling. Using food rotation labels.

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Delivery Food Safety Mobile Ordering Customer Experience 511

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2022

The idea of creating a well-thought, engaging employee handbook isn’t why restaurateurs go into the food industry. Elements from the ServSafe Certification. Keep the vital ServSafe items top of mind such as food handling, good personal hygiene and sanitizing. Safe food preparation. Storing food.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Add cybersecurity risks, mix in consumer desire for transparency, then layer in the collection of consumer data collection and you’ve got a perfect storm of data management challenges across the food supply chain. How Multi-domain Data Governance Works from Farm-to-Fork.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 29, 2020

Food service has changed forever and getting an integrated digital approach to managing all your guidelines and compliance issues, especially across multiple locations, is more crucial than ever. These could be simple health and safety metrics or they could incorporate your specific brand standards.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Give them charging stations and a reason to stay (delicious food, great service, and a comfortable atmosphere) while their cars are charging. You already provide delicious food, exceptional customer service, and an inviting atmosphere, right? Are you ordering proper quantities of food? Ensure safety throughout your supply chain.

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Audits Food Safety 2040 Consumer Goods 473

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 24, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology has become invaluable in the food industry. Validating and verifying food safety. Here, AI can help verify suppliers’ compliance with audit and certification standards. Another crucial aspect of modern restaurant supply chains is validation. Building consumer trust.

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Supplies Sustainability Food Supply Food Safety 419

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Customers with food allergies take a great risk to eat food prepared by someone other than themselves, as they may suffer potentially severe consequences from coming into contact with a triggering allergen. While this is by no means a comprehensive list, these are some common food allergens that you should read up on: Tree Nuts.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 8, 2020

Safety ordinances can vary widely by city, county, and sate. Your safety and sanitation policies should be in alignment with the latest FDA , CDC , state, and local policies regarding COVID-19. ServeSafe and food handler certification. Knowing exactly what is expected of you as a restaurant manager can be confusing.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Good Food Restaurant Scorecard. Despite skyrocketing demand for plant-based food across the U.S., 42 of the country’s favorite fast food and restaurant chains still don’t offer a plant-based entrée, according to a report released today by The Good Food Institute (GFI).

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 30, 2021

Nair, a partner at Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP compiles recent legal news affecting the restaurant, food and beverage and hospitality industries for Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. The act replaces previous regulations on the cottage food industry. The bill would have had a dramatic impact on fast food franchises.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 13, 2021

Bobby Stuckey, the co-founder of Frasca Food and Wine and Pizzeria Locale helped start the #saverestaurants campaign. Jess Lander is a wine, food and travel writer who – as a Napa resident herself – was inspired to find a way to help the struggling small restaurants and their employees in this wine country mainstay.

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Front of House Food Safety Certification Social Media 367

Culinary Cues

MAY 18, 2020

First and foremost – congratulations on earning your degree or certificate. Know that the degree or certificate is more than an acknowledgement of the skills and knowledge that you have gained – it represents your level commitment and discipline that will serve you well. Make sure that you seek out opportunities that involve food.

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White Paper Certification Food Safety Food Supply 520

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

General Mills Foodservice' s Neighborhood to Nation Restaurant Recipe Contest will award $100,000 to restaurants and food trucks nationwide. The Neighborhood to Nation Recipe Contest is open to foodservice operators, chefs and line cooks who develop recipes for menu items served at independent, commercial restaurants or food trucks.

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Food Safety Mobile Ordering Online Ordering Kitchen Safety 527

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Listen to them and apologize if they are unsatisfied with the food or service. Various studies suggest that aggressive hospitality and restaurant industry customers have become an essential safety subject. For instance, you may say, "I see that you are upset because your food arrived cold. Prepare for Aggressive Customers.

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Cash Management Customer Service Food Safety Restaurant Law 493

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 15, 2020

During a pandemic, drone delivery may also enable restaurants to serve customers who feel uncomfortable picking up food from a restaurant or having a delivery drivers come to their homes. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations require that drone obtain a remote pilot certificate.

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Delivery Restaurant Law Food Safety Insurance 483

Hot Schedules

AUGUST 10, 2021

Protecting Your Customers: How to Scale Your Food Safety Culture Across Multiple Locations. While employees know they play a crucial role in food (and ultimately guest) safety, when a 45-minute wait forces everyone to rush, things learned in food safety training can quickly fall to back-of-mind to an undisciplined staff.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

If your employees aren’t properly trained, they could make mistakes that could jeopardize food safety and quality, client satisfaction, and even your restaurant’s reputation. That means providing exceptional customer service, clean facilities, safe food, and accurate orders. Shift that mindset. Implement software.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

He started his career with Hardee’s Food Systems in 1983 ending in the position of District Manager. Paul Soulliere began his career with Hardee's Food Systems in 1978 and worked his way up as Crew Supervisor, Assistant Manager, and Restaurant Manager. Bill is a 1982 graduate of Michigan State University.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

This edition of MRM News Bites features a double dose from US Foods, SpotOn Transact, DoorDash Kitchens, Virtual Restaurant Consulting, Tripleseat and Gather, wagamama, Toast, The Gluten Intolerance Group, Instawork and StaffMate Online, Procurant and Yellofin, Sift, 7shifts, ParTech, Revel Systems and Como, Kabbage, Bluecrew and Cuboh.

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Bar Cash Management Loyalty Program Point of Sale 386

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 13, 2020

Food and Drug Administration guide for retail food stores, restaurants and food pickup and delivery service, and the National Restaurant Association’s guide to reopening. Don’t forget to secure their certificates of insurance, hold-harmless agreements and contracts. These include the U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 18, 2021

When you’re starting a new commercial food business, you’ll need a range of equipment depending on the nature and type of your business. With the right equipment, you can control unnecessary expenses, maintain health and safety regulations, and prevent mishaps in your kitchen. Food Processors or Blenders.

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Equipment Kitchen Safety Certification Food Safety 450

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2020

” Traditionally, to enable delivery most sellers list their menu on food delivery platforms because the restaurant doesn’t have their own couriers. Search filter : A new filter allows users to easily find which hotels and restaurants are taking these added safety precautions. ” Dine Brands Adds to Team.

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Guest Recovery Mobile Ordering Kitchen Safety Food Safety 539

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 14, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature robots in fast food, virtual education and chef-inspired, plant-based ice cream. The deployment will put autonomous frying to work for enhanced production speeds, improved labor allocation and an added layer of health and safety in the cooking process. White Castle Employs Flippy the Robot.

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Mobile Ordering Certification Loyalty Program Kitchen Safety 410

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 15, 2024

Smart fryers and ovens can automate food preparation and cooking, eliminating the need for numerous workers in the kitchen while still ensuring consistent quality and faster service. Proper training enhances safety and reduces costs that could have otherwise gone into lost workdays, medical expenses, and workers' compensation.

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