Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 27, 2025

As a restaurant manager, you want to do everything in your power to keep your commercial kitchen as well as your entire facility safe and welcoming to staff and patrons alike. However, fire hazards such as neglected kitchen equipment and grease buildup can lead to serious kitchen fires, threatening lives and livelihoods. While there is no way to completely eliminate fire risk in commercial kitchens, you and your staff can take steps to reduce the risk.

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ChowNow

MARCH 27, 2025

Menu pricing isnt just about covering costsits about finding that sweet spot where profitability, customer perception, and operational reality meet. Set prices too low, and youre leaving money on the table. Too high, and youll drive customers away. Somewhere in between is the number that makes sense for your food costs, your market, and your restaurants unique position.

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EATER

MARCH 27, 2025

Would Smartfood betray me? | Lille Allen One womans quest to figure out why her beloved white cheddar popcorn started to disappoint Smartfood White Cheddar popcorn is the only snack I ever want. I mean this. I do not often crave sweets, and while I will happily accept chips and Cheetos and various Haldirams mixes, Smartfood is the only one that sends me into a focused stupor.

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ChowNow

MARCH 27, 2025

If youre one of the thousands of restaurants that added online food delivery in recent years, you might be wondering: is it actually helping my business grow? The only way to know for sure is by tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) that drive business growth. These metrics give you a clear picture of your delivery performancefrom order volume and customer retention to delivery speed and profitability.

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Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

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MARCH 27, 2025

This pasta recipe only uses three ingredients and a little elbow grease Fresh pasta is quite fun to make, especially if you have a few extra hands to help manage the long sheets as you are rolling and cutting them. Since flour and eggs both vary widely, youll need to adjust the recipe to arrive at a smooth, moist but not-too-sticky dough, adding flour if the dough is too sticky and dampening it with a sprinkle of water if its too dry.

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Take-out Management Management Serving 197

Crunchtime

MARCH 27, 2025

Managing food costs is one of the biggest challenges in the restaurant industry. Without effective restaurant inventory management, its easy for waste, inefficiencies, and inaccurate data to erode your profits. Our new ebook, 10 Strategies to Take Control of Food Costs , highlights proven tactics operators can implement to control food costs and streamline operations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 27, 2025

Pooja Nair, Partner at Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP, and aModern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine legal contributor, discusseshow restaurant operators might be impacted bytariffs.

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Magazine Management Management Operations 221

Restaurant Business

MARCH 27, 2025

HMC Hospitality, the operator of Original Hooters restaurants, is working to rescue the larger Hooters of America, Bloomberg reported.

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The Restaurant Group

MARCH 27, 2025

Introduction Have you ever wondered why certain menu items seem more tempting than others? Thats the power of Menu Psychology at work. Its not just about listing dishesits about crafting an experience that subtly guides customer choices, increasing both satisfaction and sales. Menu Psychology involves strategic menu design, menu formatting, menu presentation, and menu organization to make decisions easier for customers while maximizing a restaurant’s revenue.

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SpotOn

MARCH 27, 2025

I just got back from the Bar & Restaurant Expo in Las Vegas. It was my fifth time attending, and as always, walking the show floor was a blast—and an education. When I walk the floor, I’m looking for two things: something I’ve never seen before, or something that’s starting to become a trend. This year, both were easy to spot.

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Advertiser: Paycor

Get ready for the future of business. As HR navigates an ongoing labor shortage, leaders need stronger, more adaptable recruiting strategies. Do you have the tools you need to build a talent pipeline that drives sustainable business growth?

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MARCH 27, 2025

And its adaptable to be completely vegetarian Bolognese sauce isnt a complicated dish; its just a matter of cooking its simple ingredients in stages to build layers of flavor and simmering the sauce for at least 1 to ideally 3 hours. Its best to use a large, heavy-bottomed pot like a cast-iron Dutch oven, which provides even heat and plenty of space for the milk, wine, and tomatoes to reduce as they simmer.

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Serving Food 284

Restaurant Business

MARCH 27, 2025

The casual-dining chain is deep in debt and recently closed several locations around the Midwest.

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EATER

MARCH 27, 2025

Yes, you can eat it straight, but consider its use in pancakes, dips, and more If youve ever made a tray of lasagna or layered a tiramisu, you might find yourself with half a tub of ricotta left over and no idea how to use it. Whatever you do, dont toss it. Milky ricotta is neutral enough in flavor that it can go the route of sweet or savory, making the options for finishing a tub pretty limitless.

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Chef's Resources

MARCH 27, 2025

March 27, 2025 How to Choose the Perfect Restaurant Furniture What is the first thing that you notice about the feel when you walk into a restaurant? Is it the atmosphere and decor that attracts your attention, or the seating choices (tables, chairs, booths, etc.) that makes you linger a bit more? Restaurant furniture is […] The post How to Choose Restaurant Furniture appeared first on Chefs Resources.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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MARCH 27, 2025

The only tool youll need is a thermometer Store-bought ricotta cant hold a candle to creamy, rich homemade cheese. On top of being delicious, homemade cheese is as easy as heating up some milk and doesnt require any special equipment besides a thermometer. Draining the curds in cheese cloth is optional a thin T-shirt or dish towel works just as well.

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Restaurant Business

MARCH 27, 2025

All three brands are owned by High Bluff Capital Partners. Patel will lead the quick-service sandwich brand and fast-casual Mexican concept under Rego Restaurant Group.

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EATER

MARCH 27, 2025

Dina vila Making homemade ravioli or bucatini isnt as intimidating as it may seem especially when youve got these tried-and-tested gadgets and kitchen staples The first time I ate homemade pasta, I felt like I was tasting the world in 4K. Theres nothing wrong with the store-bought stuff Sfoglini s whimsical Vevusio pasta enchants my dinner plate on the regular but something shifted in me, on a molecular level, when I first ate pasta that was made from scratch.

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Equipment 236

Restaurant Business

MARCH 27, 2025

The teahouse concept Chagee has more than 6,400 units in Asia and is now planning its first location in the U.S. following a planned initial public offering.

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Beverage 179

Advertiser: Paycor

The right HR metrics can illuminate hidden trends, justify decisions to the C-suite, and give you an edge in this unpredictable economy. Download Paycor’s guide and learn how to calculate your: Cost-per-Hire Total Financial Impact of Absences Voluntary Turnover Rate And more!

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MARCH 27, 2025

From the fresh pasta to the Bolognese to, yes, even the ricotta Welcome to project pasta. Any eager home cook knows theres nothing more satisfying than a lengthy cooking project thats then showered with the oohs and ahhs of dinner party guests, families, or partners. And although cooking shortcuts and hacks are all the rage these days, theres something primal about a kitchen project that requires time, effort, and technique.

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Restaurant Business

MARCH 27, 2025

The sandwich giant goes all in on the sweet-heat movement, putting its own spin on the popular flavor.

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Food 179

EATER

MARCH 27, 2025

The pasta sheets, ricotta, and bolognese sauce are all made from scratch In each step of You Can Do Thiss series about making a lasagna entirely from scratch, weve walked you through making fresh pasta , ricotta , and Bolognese sauce : This final recipe puts all those components together in the oven. Theres no need to boil fresh pasta sheets in this lasagna recipe, as they are tender enough to cook in the moisture of the sauce.

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Serving 184

Restaurant Business

MARCH 27, 2025

Specialized beverage chains are meeting the demand for affordable, innovative refreshment breaks, and the big guys are taking notice. Taco Bell, McDonalds and others are drinking the Kool-Aid.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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MARCH 27, 2025

Eater Staff Its a great week to save big for people who love Italian majolica, powerful blenders, and West Elm barware What a week for chronically online food-lovers. So far, the internet has unveiled a trailer for the latest show from the Chefs Table multiverse; we learned Ed Sheeran will be opening a pop-up Irish pub on the North Shore ; and spring has been ushered in with sakura season snack box drops and a Big Spring Sale from Amazon on all kinds of spring-reset-worthy kitchen items.

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Restaurant Business

MARCH 27, 2025

The casual-dining chain created some buzz this week by unveiling a bold new look, only to reverse course with the help of actress and superfan Busy Philipps.

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EATER

MARCH 27, 2025

The brands best-selling pro blender, Flip toaster, high-tech air fryer, and Thirsti home soda machine are majorly discounted at Amazons Big Spring Sale Founded in 2009, Ninja has made a name for itself over the past decade and a half by creating appliance after appliance that masters our most important kitchen tasks, from blending to air-frying to, most recently, making soft-serve ice cream at home.

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