Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 12, 2021

He or she must relish viable analytics, well designed budgets, and profit/loss statements. This does not mean that the chef or professional cook must be expert at any of these processes or skills, or that he or she be the designer and driver of these important pieces of the business puzzle.

Restaurant Law 405

Restaurant Law Education Definition Social Media 405

Culinary Cues

JANUARY 20, 2024

A menu should thus be designed and priced to make those items seem essential. Design your wine by the glass program to make sense for the guest and the property. If we fail to look at the entire restaurant package, then we fail to realize how to earn profit. There is no logical reason for a pound of meat.

Fine Dining 402

Fine Dining Food Truck Back of House Pricing 402

Culinary Cues

MARCH 9, 2021

While the hot line may be home to the adrenaline rush and the machismo associated with a bit of suffering to accompany the excitement – the cold kitchen is a place of a methodical approach towards design and structure. There can be no “utilitarian” salad in a true garde manger department.

Presentation 399

Presentation Fine Dining Seasonal Menu Design 399

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Every day a cook designs and executes a menu that requires an understanding of texture, smell, taste, and sound, while painting a beautiful dish on a plate.

Back of House 433

Back of House Reference Presentation Mobile Ordering 433

Culinary Cues

APRIL 13, 2020

Someone will push for stricter controls on this – be prepared to see a plethora of new equipment designed to accomplish this goal. [] MORE FREQUENT HEALTH INSPECTIONS. The typical design of a restaurant leads to the smallest amount of kitchen space to accomplish the job – leaving more space for revenue generation out front.

Kitchen Safety 558

Kitchen Safety Uniforms Food Safety Employee Relations 558

Culinary Cues

APRIL 25, 2021

Little attention is paid to the “experience” of eating which is made perfectly clear by the incredible growth of drive thru delivery and systems designed to move people and turn tables (or cars). They are typically cost effective and designed to be profitable as a result of volume.

Food 428

Food Fine Dining Café Customer Experience 428

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 22, 2022

Sure, this is naïve, but remember this country’s restaurant business was built on the backs of private, single unit entrepreneurships.

Seating 452

Seating Front of House Back of House Cash Management 452

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Designed for the needs of the single operator all the way up to national franchises, ExpandShare has the tools needed to create training for front-line staff, managers, and operators alike. The app claims to harness cognitive psychology and learning science in its design, earning the praise of experts in those fields.

Management 367

Management Management Operations Mobile Ordering 367

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Designed for the needs of the single operator all the way up to national franchises, ExpandShare has the tools needed to create training for front-line staff, managers, and operators alike. The app claims to harness cognitive psychology and learning science in its design, earning the praise of experts in those fields.

Management 352

Management Management Operations Mobile Ordering 352

Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

How much effort is placed on the design of plated foods, the contrast and complement of colors, shapes, and assembly? Is your ventilation system designed to push positive kitchen odors to the dining room or outside the entrance? Yet, we often design restaurants with little or no consideration for acoustics.

Fine Dining 328

Fine Dining Dine-in Front of House Design 328

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

SurveyMonkey and Typeform are survey tools that offer more customization in terms of design. You can also use pre-made templates specifically designed for the restaurant industry. It’s a widely used tool since most people have Gmail accounts so there’s less barrier to collecting feedback.

Marketing 370

Marketing Social Media SEO Customer Service 370

Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Consider this – the menu is the most important component of a successful restaurant and once designed it can, and should, impact every other aspect of the business. Far too many times the menu takes a back seat to all other planning that will lead to serious miscalculations along the way.

Menu 401

Menu Seasonal Menu Front of House Reference 401

7 Shifts

JULY 16, 2021

Design the Floor Plan Layout. For more menu design tips, read 9 Restaurant Menu Design Tips That Will Help You Boost Profits. Design the Floor Plan Layout. Once you have an idea of how you want to lay our your shop, you can design a floor plan. Coffee Shop Concepts. Research the Market. Find the Right Location.

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License Hiring Equipment Small Business 459

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Future foodspaces will need to be designed to meet the personalized needs of diverse customer bases, according to Culinary Crossroads: How Societal Shifts Are Defining Tomorrow’s Dining , the latest whitepaper from IA Interior Architects research initiative, HumanX. "The

Fine Dining 180

Fine Dining Customer Experience Design Dine-in 180

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Restaurant concepts define the overall theme or idea behind a restaurant, including cuisine, service style, music, and menu design. Menu design. The design of your restaurant should also reflect the concept. A restaurant concept is the theme that defines who you are as a restaurant.

Fast Casual 370

Fast Casual Food Truck Casual Customer Service 370

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Everyone admires the line cook and the line cook knows it – thus the swagger (sometimes ill-founded).

Kitchen Safety 380

Kitchen Safety Food Safety Back of House Front of House 380

7 Shifts

AUGUST 18, 2024

Planning Your Menu Here are a few bar menu design tips : Your food should match the concept and theme. Planning Your Bar Design The bar design needs to fall into what the bar concept is and for operational efficiency and customer/staff flow. For example, don't offer Mexican dishes if you're a Thai restaurant or bar.

Bar 370

Bar License Email Marketing Customer Service 370

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 5, 2024

Designed by Overland Partners and operated by Michaels On East, the eatery's seasonally inspired menu features produce from The Drs. What were any design challenges? Michael Klauber worked with world-renowned kitchen designer Jimi Yui, of Yui Design. who designed the Green Orchid Restaurant kitchen.

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Certification Sustainability Design Seasonal Menu 189

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 31, 2022

It also shows that you've done your research given the market, suppliers, and have an idea on menu design. Design Mockups. If you’ve worked with a building renovator and/or interior designer, include any graphic mockups of what the space would look like. Section 3: Conduct a market analysis.

Point of Sale 397

Point of Sale Back of House Document Download 397

7 Shifts

JULY 29, 2021

As Kaldi's grew, they knew they needed to add a part-time graphic designer to their team to design, they put it out there via 7shifts announcements. Some people from the café; applied and we hired one of them. They already know the culture and it's easier that way to fit in, I think,” says Kildron.

Communication 370

Communication Employee Relations Coaching 2014 370

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 30, 2024

Here are the essential questions to ask yourself before designing an LTO: Are there any consumer trends you anticipate in the coming months? Here are the essential questions to ask yourself after designing an LTO, before marketing: Does the LTO meet the pre-established goals of the LTO? What kind of LTO would you be interested in?

Food Supply 197

Food Supply Seasonal Menu Supplies Design 197

Culinary Cues

MARCH 3, 2021

Chefs and those aspiring to become chefs gave up any semblance of balance in their lives to be part of this madness, dozens of vendors were required to meet the ingredient needs of complex menus, dining room table tops were plagued by extraordinarily expensive inventories of Riedl glassware, bone china and sterling silver flatware; and wine cellars (..)

Dine-in 427

Dine-in Small Business Seasonal Menu Café 427

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Some programs are designed to intercept the data flowing to and from a POS system, as was that case with a breach at Wendy's locations. The report also noted the use of keyloggers, which are programs designed to capture the keys struck on a keyboard. Remember to update your passwords and don't leave sticky notes lying around!

Audits 370

Audits POS Loyalty Program Information 370

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 11, 2024

From an architectural and design standpoint, what are best practices for expanding a brand to a new location? Equally, it’s important for designers to honor the brand while guiding new locations to adapt to specific markets and trends, creating a distinct, unique experience that separates itself while keeping a hold on that connection.

Design 35

Design Dine-in Sourcing Magazine 35

Culinary Cues

JANUARY 8, 2021

Chef’s who are able to progressively teach cooks and even service staff about the ingredient, preparations, flavor profiles, pairings, and presentations of the food that is designed and produced in the kitchen will be in high demand.

2021 467

2021 Social Media Kitchen Safety Restaurant Law 467

7 Shifts

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Think Outside The Box It’s obvious to create beautiful dishes and a designated photo spot, but think about other ways you can get creative and inspire people to share photos of your restaurant. Create beautiful dishes, design a photo spot and make your customers truly want to mention your restaurant on their Instagram pages.

Social Media 397

Social Media Customer Service Take-out Seasonal Menu 397

Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

More difficult than you may have thought, more chaotic than you might expect, more poetic than you realize, and more fulfilling than you would understand: this, to me, describes the environment of the professional kitchen that few customers are able to view or experience.

Seasonal Menu 527

Seasonal Menu Back of House Customer Service Front of House 527

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 6, 2024

The experience agency, who designed new restaurant prototypes for clients such as Burger King, Panda Express and Panera Bread, surveyed consumers to gain a better understanding of the current customer journey and what guests value most about the restaurant experience, particularly at casual dining and fast casual restaurants.

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Customer Experience Fast Casual 2024 Dine-in 197

7 Shifts

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Franchises work in part due to consistency of brand, menu, design, and service. New menu items, a focus on delivery and digital ordering, and a sleek new building design all support that notion. With all of that, it’s easy to see why franchisor-franchisee relationship can so quickly boil down to a purely transactional one.

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Franchise Franchising Email Marketing Communication 435

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 5, 2024

Fully custom merchandise allows you the control to design it and print it exactly how you envision and offers a level of customization that makes it unique to your brand. Keeping colors consistent, messaging and designs fitting into your brand’s visual identity will help create a more cohesive and stronger brand delivery.

Merchandise 202

Merchandise Brewery Design Magazine 202

7 Shifts

AUGUST 12, 2020

Work on your brand strategy Create the face of your brand You probably already have a logo, a nicely designed menu, and all the other trimmings to make your restaurant look and feel like a cohesive brand. Before you get any ideas of a cheesy radio spot, take a step back and look at the bigger picture.

Marketing 418

Marketing 2020 SEO Loyalty Program 418

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

This guide is designed to help you stay in front of Predictive Scheduling changes and make sure your restaurant is fully compliant. As a growing number of municipalities propose and approve legislative changes around scheduling practices, many restaurateurs are wondering: how will predictive scheduling impact my business? Table of Contents.

Restaurant Law 370

Restaurant Law 2017 Retail Franchising 370

7 Shifts

JULY 30, 2021

From the pictures you choose to feature, to the site's overall design, take the time to make it your own. VIP programs are designed for you to show your appreciation to your most loyal customers. Create an awesome website. You and your team are in full control of your website-use it to tell the story you want! VIP programs.

Email Marketing 370

Email Marketing Social Media Loyalty Program Website Management 370