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MARCH 20, 2023

In spite of inflation, increasing prices, and overall economic uncertainty, there’s one thing that people remain willing to pay up for: Sustainability. Even Michelin has gotten into the sustainable food movement, awarding a green star for restaurants that uphold the highest environmental standards. According to one recent survey, 66% of consumers are willing to pay more for something that’s environmentally friendly.

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Crunchtime

MARCH 23, 2023

Managing inventory and food costs can be a tedious and time-consuming process and can be even more difficult for scratch kitchens - restaurants that create their menu items entirely out of individual ingredients. Scratch kitchens often find it hard to gauge actual food cost, as many components go into each recipe, and market costs often change, causing variability that is difficult to measure.

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Goliath Consulting

MARCH 20, 2023

According to the National Restaurant Associate’s “What’s Hot Chef’s Survey, ” Pop-up restaurants are the sixth most popular restaurant concept trend. 1 While pop-up restaurants are trendy, they are an influential force in the food industry regarding creative freedom, generating revenue, and creating buzz. What is a Pop-Up Restaurant?

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Restaurant Business

MARCH 22, 2023

When people think about automation in foodservice, they often picture cold, indifferent efficiency—the last things any operator wants to provide in a great customer experience. In reality, automation brings valuable efficiency gains to labor-strapped operators while also helping them provide better customer service. It does so by saving time and energy for employees so they can focus more on what humans do best: making every guest feel welcome, ensuring the food is delicious and ultimately impro

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 22, 2023

There’s no denying the strain that staffing shortages have on the QSR industry. While there’s hope across the industry that this trend is easing, staffing challenges will likely remain for many throughout the year. As if hiring struggles weren’t enough of a problem, retaining employees remains a challenge, with the quit rate in food service at approximately 5.4 – 6.2 percent in late 2022.

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Bingage

MARCH 18, 2023

When you think about shopping or eating out, you might click on your favourite brand. Am I right? From shopping to eating to hanging out, people mostly prefer their favourite place/shop. Do you know why? What’s the reason? What is it that allows a customer to keep coming back to back for more? Maybe the quality of the product is good, maybe the prices are reasonable, maybe the shipping is quick and seamless, better customer experience or the brand sends you super personalized discounts and

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Restaurant Business

MARCH 21, 2023

The regulations have actually been simplified at the federal level. But they remain sufficiently complicated to require some navigating.

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Open for Business

MARCH 21, 2023

Though every restaurant kitchen is a special snowflake, most have this in common: a heavy duty commercial range lit up with flickering blue gas flames. It’s an altar to #cheflife. The element of fire is central to restaurant mythology. It’s dramatic, it’s extreme, and it’s a little dangerous. Fire is the heart of a chef’s magic act of transforming raw ingredients into the food guests crave.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 21, 2023

With a looming recession, the QSR industry has been brainstorming ways to soften the expected blow to business. Many brands have been experimenting with new technology to help reduce the demand for labor and combat recent price inflation. However, technology is not yet advanced enough to supplant the human element in QSR locations, and with a recent push to increase minimum wage policies across the country, that labor is becoming increasingly expensive.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MARCH 21, 2023

There are many actors involved in the coffee supply chain. From producers to traders to roasters to baristas, every industry professional adds value to the coffee sector. However, there are also a number of intermediaries in the coffee supply chain, including those who mill, transport, and export coffee in producing countries. And while these actors can certainly play an important role, their presence in the supply chain can often mean that producers end up receiving a smaller percentage of the

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Food Business

MARCH 24, 2023

We dig into the fifth pillar of a successful business: avenues and distribution to bring product to market. Going deep with the Six Pillars of Success as a method for business owners to roadmap change and stability into their business. The Six Pillars are Brand Strategy, Financial Stability, Operations, Product Quality, Avenues & Distribution, and Hospitality.

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Restaurant Technology Guys

MARCH 19, 2023

Join Jeremy and Carl Jacobs, the CEO of Apicbase, where they talk back-of-house and why this is critical for a restaurant’s bottom line. Carl helps restaurant chains and dark kitchens to automate time-consuming back-of-house operations such as inventory & procurement in order to make them more profitable. In this episode Jeremy and Carl talk about: To download Carl’s ebook on Digital Transformation in the Restaurant industry, follow this link : [link] For a Full Transcript of the Show Click

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2023

Although restaurants are increasingly interested in meeting the needs of gluten-free consumers, there’s plenty of room for improvement in the messaging used to communicate about gluten-free options. When staff are unable to answer basic questions about your gluten-free menu, or ask inappropriate questions of guests who inquire about gluten-free options, consumers may have doubts about your ability to ensure their safety or prepare a dish that meets their dietary needs.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MARCH 20, 2023

Between 2014 and 2021, global ecommerce sales grew by over 269%. According to Statista, by 2027, the global ecommerce market will be worth almost US $7.4 billion. This figure has more than likely increased because of the Covid-19 pandemic, too. A recent study from the Pew Research Centre found that 90% of US citizens said the internet was “essential” for them during the pandemic.

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The Rail

MARCH 21, 2023

By Andrea Abbondanza, Contributor In our previous QR blog post , we looked at seven reasons why your restaurant should start using QR codes and the immense benefits they provide both your guests and your staff. They help with everything from always have an updated menu, to faster service, to direct in-house marketing, and even less stressful staff! By placing QR codes in strategic locations throughout the restaurant, your guests can easily access the information they need without needing physica

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Sculpture Hospitality

MARCH 21, 2023

As a business owner or manager, one of your top priorities is ensuring that your inventory is properly managed. Without accurate and up-to-date inventory records, it's impossible to make informed decisions about purchasing, pricing, and sales.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 20, 2023

Restaurant financial statements are an untapped source of potential growth. After all, they are made up of data, and you can use data to drive improvement. How do you determine which data to look for to optimize your statements? How to Analyze Different Restaurant Financial Statements To help you make the most of your restaurant financial statements, let’s break down how you should approach a few different types.

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Restaurant Business

MARCH 24, 2023

More than ever before, restaurant operators are focusing on recruiting, retaining and developing talent for this key position, which many say is the heart of any successful operation.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MARCH 19, 2023

As with any agricultural commodity, capital and access to finance are essential for coffee farmers. Moreover, access to capital becomes even more important when we consider that some producers have been facing financial challenges for many years. Coffee is a seasonal product, which means that it is harvested at a certain time every year. In turn, coffee producers are usually paid in a lump sum once a year when they sell their harvest.

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Open for Business

MARCH 23, 2023

Restaurant marketing jobs are some of the most important roles in the hospitality industry. A solid marketing strategy will help you attract new guests and keep them coming back, but marketing duties often fall to the bottom of a busy restaurant owner or manager’s to-do list. Hiring the right people for restaurant marketing jobs can mean you’re getting more out of your marketing efforts.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 23, 2023

Less than 24 hours before Silicon Valley Bank failed, restaurant analysts at Revenue Management Solution s released our monthly impact report. At the time, we lauded stability. Our graphs of early 2022 quick-service restaurant traffic trends looked like a mountain range — a significant dip in performance followed by a steep climb, thanks to the appearance and ultimate retreat of the omicron variant.

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Restaurant Business

MARCH 18, 2023

Rice Enterprises, a longtime operator out of the Pittsburgh area, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy less than two years after it was sued over the rape of a 14-year-old employee by one of its managers.

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Sling

MARCH 23, 2023

Looking for the best restaurant schedule software for your business? We can help. In this article, we discuss the essential components to look for in a scheduling app and then list some of the best options on the market today. Table of contents Essential components of restaurant scheduling apps Best restaurant scheduling apps Essential components of restaurant schedule software 1) Shift scheduling The most essential component of any restaurant schedule software is quick, easy, and intuitive shif

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Open for Business

MARCH 21, 2023

Word-of-mouth marketing and evangelism marketing are valuable parts of a restaurant’s marketing strategy. Both terms refer to the same thing: getting people to talk about your business and growing your customer base. Because word-of-mouth marketing is an unpaid form of advertising, you can use this important tool no matter your restaurant’s marketing budget.

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Crunchtime

MARCH 21, 2023

With the speed of change in the industry, restaurants face a range of new challenges that make managing day-to-day profitability, brand standards, and the overall customer experience across locations more difficult than ever before.

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Bottleneck Management

MARCH 21, 2023

Must-Have Kitchen Gadgets Some gadgets just make life easier. Chef Zach Van Gaasbeek , Bottleneck’s VP of Culinary Operations, tells us about the must-have kitchen gadgets he has at home. Immersion Blender This handheld blender is a quick and easy way to puree soups, sauces, or even smoothies. It allows you to blend right in your pot and helps avoid having to clean additional equipment.

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MARCH 24, 2023

Cookie jars from CB2, BBC Ice Cream x Todd James, Supreme x Pillsbury, World Market, Hazy Mae, Williams-Sonoma, and Modigliani. | Lille Allen/Eater The cookie jar continues to be a vessel for cheeky self expression, if not for cookies themselves Recipes, money, written affirmations, and receipts. That’s what Hazy Mae keeps in her ceramic cookie jars.

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Restaurant Business

MARCH 21, 2023

The days of the tip jar are mostly in the past. But are POS tip prompts hurting more than helping? Fast-food employees give their perspective.

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Foodable

MARCH 21, 2023

Listen to "10. The Startup Nation; Hospitality and Tech" on Spreaker. Joining IFBTA CEO Rob Grimes this week on Accelerate is Tomer Moore, founder of the Israeli Restaurant Association; Misadanim Chazakim Beyachad (Restauranteurs are Stronger Together). Tomer has background as a restauranteur, opening over 10 restaurants and working with Tech startups.

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Chowly

MARCH 21, 2023

Every day as a restaurant owner/operator brings a new challenge. Customer appetites, holiday trends, best practices — all of these and more morph over time. The trick to making the most of the dynamic nature of business is to stay current and adaptable. Technology can help significantly in this regard, but it’s important to know what you’re looking for and why.

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Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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