Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature a webinar that looks into the future of restaurants, face pay, delivery robots, drone delivery and a new venture for MRM. The Main Course. "We always viewed a podcast as a natural extension of the MRM brand," said Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia. "When Restaurant of the Future Panel.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 14, 2020

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is expanding its franchise opportunities to feature another nontraditional franchise model – virtual kitchens and has executed area development agreements to bring more of Dickey’s slow-smoked, Texas-style barbecue to Chicago, Houston and Orlando, as well as make its debut in Providence, Rhode Island.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As guests gravitate towards digital for control and convenience and operators sought to improve operational efficiencies, brands realized the importance of implementing technology both back- and front-of-house in an effort to do more with less and make every guest feel like a regular. Here are some of their insights.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) plans to bring its signature California-style pizzas, pastas, salads and more to Canada for the first time. Send news to Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. CPK Heads North. Giorgio Minardi and Naheed Shariff. Founded in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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The Restaurant Times

JULY 5, 2020

As customer safety and staff well-being become top concerns for restauranteurs, we will discuss some proven ways to help your restaurant instill trust among the customers and ensure a safe reopening. The New Definition Of Guest Experience In The Post COVID-19 World. Focus On Customers And Staff’s Safety.

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Apicbase

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

First, let’s look at the definition of restaurant operations management. First, let’s look at the definition of restaurant operations management. This strategic orchestration extends to menu planning, pricing, inventory management, health and safety protocols, and the testing and implementation of new technology.

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Lavu

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Particularly when it comes to restaurant management which requires knowledge of both front of house and back of house needs. In its most fundamental definition, a POS framework is a mix of POS equipment and POS programming to make a POS machine for preparing an exchange and installment. POS stands for point of sale.

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Apicbase

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

From the bustling kitchen to the welcoming front-of-house, this discipline centres on: streamlining processes, enhancing efficiency, and ultimately delivering a seamless dining experience. What Is Restaurant Operations Management? Efficiently run a restaurant, craft seamless experiences, and watch growth unfold.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the great gift of a restaurant gift card, learning about event professionals, top QSR traffic and digital ordering strategies. Holiday Traffic Not Enough. Topline numbers show robust restaurant sales growth during November. Same-store sales growth was 1.6

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Lavu

JANUARY 15, 2020

This article will delve into this in more details by focusing on: Definition of restaurant financing. Definition of restaurant financing. Restaurant Financing and Restaurant Loans. Owning a restaurant is both an exciting and challenging experience. Before the challenge of making a profit, you also have to identify sources of financing.

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Restaurant Clicks

JULY 9, 2021

Bern’s Steakhouse Iavarone’s Italian Steakhouse Élevage SoHo Kitchen and Bar Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Bar Seasons 52 Pané Rustica Rusty Pelican Ulele Oystercatchers Haven Mis en Place Restaurant Donatello Italian Restaurant Terra Gaucha Brazilian Steakhouse Charley’s Steakhouse Riveters. Bern’s Steak House. Make a Reservation.

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Open for Business

DECEMBER 18, 2023

These are the standard Angel Shot drink code definitions used by most establishments with the system in place. Training all front-of-house staff, security, and even kitchen teams on the meaning of special drink orders is crucial. This may include getting the police involved.

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The Restaurant Times

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Cloud kitchens, also known as ghost kitchens, virtual restaurants, dark kitchens, or delivery-only restaurants, have become more prevalent in the current restaurant scenario. Let us look at the top profitable lessons that foodservice operators in the UAE can learn from the cloud kitchen model. Baking Company, and Joga.

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Touch Bistro

JULY 20, 2021

In this kitchen equipment list, we’ll cover: 24 essential pieces of restaurant equipment 6 factors to consider when purchasing restaurant equipment. An oven is one of the critical pieces of equipment used in a restaurant kitchen (unless you run a raw food or sushi restaurant, of course). Let’s get started. Great for pizza.

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Apicbase

MARCH 28, 2024

Kitchen management software comes in all shapes and sizes. With more people using the data to organize workflows for purchasing, inventory, production, and even HACCP, the need for a definitive source of truth that is able to capture all the data and connect them in a coherent way has grown exponentially.

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Web Diner

MAY 11, 2021

Reducing Front-line Friction by Incorporating Digital-Only Items. This is an addition to their virtual kitchen’s lineup. The focus must move from covering the process solely from kitchen to restaurant table and also cover the process going from the kitchen to point of delivery. It goes on and on.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

I think that guests will be choosy with where they go out in the future, and concepts that provide an authentic and safe experience will definitely have the edge. We celebrate this as it benefits us all when brands focus on sustainability. Carbon emissions labeling helps inform our impact on planetary health. Lavu CEO Saleem S.

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EATER

MARCH 12, 2025

Masked chefs make pizza in a restaurant kitchen in 2022. No takeout, a small staff, an open kitchen so we can interact with the guests. Its definitely been nice to see that dream become a reality. At first he wasnt even sure if he wanted to keep going in an industry that required such long, grueling hours for little pay.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

New & Notable spotlights the latest news restaurateurs need to know. TEAM Schostak Family Celebrates Anniversary and Employees. TEAM Schostak Family Restaurants (TSFR) is celebrating its 40th anniversary along with the anniversaries of employees that have been with the company for 20 years or more.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

I was shocked to read it, not because I think front-of-house staff should never be able to sit down, but because it just hadn’t occurred to me that it would be possible. Together, Panda Express says this will mean employees can spend less time actively cooking in a hot kitchen.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

One woman’s journey into the heart of grain and how our flour is made Where were you during the great bread baking boom of 2020? Me, I was cleaning out a trash can full of dog food to make room for 50 pounds of flour. In went the white stuff, a flurry of particles clouding around me like a halo. But I also couldn’t explain what made it different.

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7 Shifts

JULY 27, 2023

Jason Hammel opened Lula Cafe in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood back in 1999. More than 20 years later, the award-winning farm-to-table institution is one of the city's most celebrated restaurants. For an industry with a high rate of first-year closures, Lula Cafe's longevity is a testament to what Hammel calls a youthful mindset.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2019

They touched on topics such as delivery, ghost (dark) kitchens, automation, plant-based menu items, food waste, sustainability, staffing and retention and more. The biggest trend by far, for now, and going into 2020 is ghost kitchens (AKA delivery only, virtual kitchens, cloud kitchens, pick-up only, etc.). Chick-fil-A.

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Apicbase

MAY 29, 2024

Every few months, a media article declares the death of ghost kitchens as a viable business model. The truth is ghost kitchens are alive and well. Interestingly, in the article, “ghost kitchens” is enclosed in quotation marks, meaning that the term was new at the time. Market data, however, tells a different story.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Some, like Ratatouille and Chef , are obvious picks — they are largely set in restaurants or kitchens, there are chefs involved, etc. But what exactly constitutes a great food movie? Well, that really depends. Other films employ food in more subtle ways, to further the narrative or help us connect with a character.

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EATER

AUGUST 21, 2020

Peter Meehan’s transgressive vision helped redefine food media with the groundbreaking Lucky Peach , and later transformed the LA Times ’s food coverage. But that vision came with a toxic management style characterized by intimidation, a barrage of sexualized commentary, and explosive anger, according to two dozen current and former staffers.

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EATER

JULY 22, 2021

Chef Russell Jackson opened the fine dining restaurant Reverence in Harlem just months before the pandemic began. Chefs Russell Jackson and Ian Boden struggled to reconcile their visions of fine dining with their communities’ desires. Chef Russell Jackson was tired. He let out a sigh, rubbing his hands over his face, dusty with five-o’clock shadow.

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