Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

I may be in the minority, but I have always felt, and often promoted, that restaurants can and occasionally do serve a higher purpose. Since those early days as an apprentice and maybe even before as a 16-year-old dishwasher, I saw something special in restaurant life. Yes, life – since those who find that higher purpose will likely invest a significant amount of time in a restaurant kitchen, not because they must, but rather because they want to.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The inevitable cycle of seasonal-driven activity fluctuations occurs each year, but it can still catch the restaurant industry off guard if they’re not prepared. As these chaotic holiday months approach, restaurants may find themselves needing to stock both their kitchen and their staff, but neither is as easy as it sounds. This is especially true as restaurants prepare for another uncertain holiday season.

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Open for Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Restaurant technology has changed everything about the way people do business today. Once upon a time, most restaurants operated on a patchwork of paper systems involving notebooks and back-of-the-napkin calculations, not to mention information owners and managers kept in their heads, hunches, and habits. Today, digital tools can streamline almost every aspect of running a restaurant business.

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The Rail

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

By Jennesa Ongkit, Contributor If you run a bar or restaurant, you already know how prevalent the Internet is for hungry diners looking for a new place to eat. Consequently, if the Internet doesn't have much information about your restaurant, you can lose potential guests. The great news is that there are ways for you to get yourself listed on the Internet.

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Perfect Daily Grind

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The Republic of Guinea (also known as Guinea) is a West African country which borders several countries, including Sierra Leone , Guinea Bissau, Senegal, Mali, Liberia, and Côte d’Ivoire. Although it’s by no means a popular coffee origin, Guinea produces significant volumes of robusta – meaning coffee is an important cash crop for the country’s economy.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

As is the norm in the widespread economic landscape of 2022, inflation has well-and-truly hit the restaurant industry. In August of this year, the cost for consumers of purchasing food away from home rose by 8.3 percent compared to the same period in 2021. Additionally, menu prices at casual dining establishments rose by an average of 9 percent year over year from 2021.

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The Restaurant Group

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Restaurant Trends If you’re trying to determine the outlook for restaurant businesses in 2023, you need to keep track of the restaurant trends driving growth amidst the current economic situation. Technological developments, COVID-19, induced economic slowdown, inflationary pressures, and labor shortages—these will all affect the restaurant industry moving forward.

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Open for Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

When it comes to tech tools for restaurants, some places only want a basic restaurant waitlist app. Others need an all-in-one platform that helps with every area of the hospitality business. But today, pretty much all restaurateurs rely on at least some restaurant technology. And it usually takes the form of apps on their iPhones. In fact, restaurants use an average of 3 technology tools to manage their back offices alone.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Access to fresh quality produce impacts many elements of restaurant planning, from determining what is in season for menu items to identifying the right price point to be profitable. However, despite thoughtful planning and projections, unpredictable weather can wreak havoc on produce supplies. Take for example the recent U.S. summer droughts and heatwaves.

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Harbor Touch

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Are you thinking about opening your own bar? This can be a very lucrative business venture, but it is essential to do your research first. There are many things to consider when opening a bar, from the type of establishment you want to open to the licensing and zoning requirements in your area. This blog post will give you some valuable tips on how to open a bar that will keep people coming back for more.

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Restaurant Technology Guys

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The restaurant industry is rapidly advancing when it comes to integrating technology. The handheld POS device is one piece that is making things easier for restaurants and customers. This highly convenient and versatile handheld unit is excellent for streamlining payments and speeding up the customer's wait times for checking out. . The post Improve Restaurant Services With Handheld POS Devices appeared first on Restaurant Technology Guys.

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Open for Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Aspiring restaurateurs once looked to the food truck as a way to break into the business. It was faster, easier, and cheaper than launching a brick-and-mortar restaurant. Today, advances in restaurant technology have made ghost kitchens the preferred way to launch a restaurant concept quickly on the cheap. The mania for delivery drives the continued success of ghost kitchens.

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Restaurant Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

As labor costs soar and the labor shortage persists, it has never been more critical for operators to ensure their employees are being paid correctly and that morale is high. Inaccuracies in wage distribution, particularly in regards to tips, can not only cause legal issues for restaurants, but they can also alienate workers if they aren’t being paid properly—which can exacerbate labor woes even further.

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Restaurant Engine

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

With some creative social media marketing you can convert your followers. Did you know that social media influences more than 50% of diners ? With so many people looking for a place to eat, hunting for reviews, and trying to see what others are eating, social media is the perfect place for your restaurant. Whether you are focusing on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, or Snap Chat, you should know how to convert social media fans into paying customers.

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Sculpture Hospitality

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

One of the quickest ways to improve your bottom line is to implement a proper pricing strategy at your restaurant. Being too aggressive with your pricing can stop customers from visiting your restaurant. Yet if the pricing is too weak, you may get more visits, but you will also miss out on profits.

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Open for Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Reservations are nothing new. Fine-dining restaurants and their guests have long relied on the predictability that reservations bring. Increasingly, it isn’t just white tablecloth spots that benefit from letting guests book in advance. Restaurants at every level benefit from reservations systems. And thanks to restaurant technology , restaurateurs can now take reservation management to a whole new level.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Shutterstock. Don’t let cocktails fall by the wayside in the flurry of holiday dinner prep In the endless iterating that goes into devising a menu for a holiday dinner, it’s stupidly easy to forget the drinks. There will always be wine and beer, sure, and the cooler is stocked with canned seltzer, but digesting too much information about the best appetizers and flakiest pie recipes means cocktails can fall by the wayside.

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Bizimply

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

How can you overcome the inflation increase and keep your business surviving and thriving in the current cost of living crisis. The post Surviving the Cost of Living Crisis: Keeping Business Thriving appeared first on Bizimply.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2022

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NOVEMBER 21, 2022

When it comes to payments, the more convenient and seamless the experience for guests, the better. That’s why restaurants are increasingly adopting contactless payment systems. Contactless technology provides faster and easier ways to pay and can be a win-win for both guests and restaurants. Here’s what you need to know about contactless payment systems if you own or operate a restaurant.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Keke Palmer | Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK. “I don’t want to go to anybody’s house where they don’t season their food.” Keke Palmer is the definition of a multi-hyphenate. She’s an actress who’s appeared in acclaimed films like Akeelah and the Bee and Jordan Peele’s Nope , a singer who’s released multiple albums, a podcast host, and bonafide social media star.

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Bottleneck Management

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Ah, game day. The best day of the week. The feeling of community in a sea of strangers. A chance to forget the real world and cheer on your team with a group of your closest friends, or strangers who will be close friends by the end of the game. After all, 70% of Americans claim to be sports fans in some form, varying from causal to super-fan. Something that makes game days so much fun is the traditions that both teams and fans alike have created.

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Future Food

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Across Australia in a diversity of sectors, employees that have live-in accommodation and food provided by their employer, as part of their working life, experience a gap in living standards. The gap in expectations is continuously fluctuating with everyday home life, no more so than from the perspective of millennials and Gen Z who have high expectations.

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Open for Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

On top of all their other tasks, restaurant owners must stay up to date on the latest technology. The apps, screens, and software that make up the world of restaurant technology are an essential part of the industry today. Fortunately, it’s not that time consuming to keep up with the latest technology trends if you incorporate these 10 habits into your life.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Heedayah Lockman /Eater. Get out the pasta sheets and embrace the magic At the beginning of the pandemic, like many young-ish people, my partner and I moved back in with my mom and stepdad for a few months while we figured some s**t out. It was a soft landing after an international relocation — soft because my parents are two remarkably chill people who also happen to have a pool.

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Evergreen

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

As we head into the end of the year, restaurants and bars must think outside the box to keep customers engaged. With the F&B space being so popular and competitive, marketing is a pivotal way to make your […].

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Gecko Hospitality

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Building Up Your Staff for Hiring Season: Strategies for Successful Finding, Interviewing, and Onboarding Candidates. Hiring for hospitality businesses is always a challenge. With the onset of the pandemic, the mass exodus of hospitality workers, and inflation, finding qualified candidates can be difficult. Now, ramping up for the hiring season just added another dimension.

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Open for Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Those with a passion for hospitality care more about people than computers. But today, restaurant tech plays a major role in improving the guest experience. Technology will never be able to replace the personal touch of a seasoned server or the empathy of a veteran bartender, but it can be a huge help in increasing guest satisfaction and delivering a great guest experience.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Now you can pick up some British Christmas ephemera at Target. | Marks & Spencer. The holiday pop-up collection of the year, explained Target, the big-box retailer, is selling a 15-item collection of Christmas food novelties from Marks & Spencer, my all-time favo(u)rite British grocery store. The lineup, available in shops and online, is heavy on collector’s tins, including one that’s a music box and one shaped like a double-decker bus.

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The Food Corridor

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Looking for your shared kitchen home in Portland, OR? Below are our top picks for Shared Kitchens in Portland. To see a full list of commercial and commissary kitchens in Portland, check out The Kitchen Door. Portland Mercado Kitchen – 7238 SE Foster Rd, Portland, OR The Portland Mercado Kitchen is a 24/7 access, affordable, licensed non-profit commissary that welcomes entrepreneurs in the beginning stages of their food business or who are looking to expand their small scale business.

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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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