Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2024

– Salad House CEO Joey Cioffi In 2025, restaurant chains will increase their usage of connected equipment to be more responsive, resilient, and ready to meet evolving customer expectations in a data-first, efficiency-focused world. Additionally, supply chain disruptions can complicate sourcing efforts.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

As these restaurants (and others) have discovered, technology has become instrumental in improving their safety and quality programs, increasing compliance, keeping up with ever-changing regulations, improving the customer experience, and differentiating themselves from the competition. Increase quality and safety across the supply chain.

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Food Safety Kitchen Safety Food Supply Audits 489

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

How do you handle unexpected challenges, such as equipment failure or supply shortages? How do you ensure compliance with food safety and hygiene regulations? For example, the manager might share how they implemented cross-training among the staff, like teaching servers to handle some basic tasks in the kitchen.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 29, 2022

Leveraging a physical-digital-physical framework ensures that restaurant management is maximizing their digital assets, human labor, and capital equipment investments. Many restaurant managers have already moved to digital food safety programs that give them visibility into the state of their assets across multiple locations.

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Operations Food Safety Kitchen Safety Front of House 473

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 6, 2022

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, a new trend in the food service industry has risen in popularity—ghost kitchens. In addition to restaurant operators opening or transitioning to the ghost kitchen strategy, grocers are also exploring this new concept. Euromonitor estimates that ghost kitchens could top $1 trillion in revenue by 2030.

Operations 491

Operations Kitchen Safety Food Safety Waste 491

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

You’re also hostage to other rising costs and supply chain delays, and want to deliver the experiences your diners expect, now and into 2022. The technology empowers operators to make direct, digital connections with their equipment (e.g., Maintaining Equipment. freezers, food warmers, fryers, etc.).

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Equipment Kitchen Safety Food Supply Food Safety 493

Culinary Cues

APRIL 13, 2020

We also know that the health and safety regulations for restaurants will change significantly as we make every attempt to keep the public and our staff safe and at ease. It is very likely that the Public Health Service will contemplate development and implementation of product and people sanitizing before entering production kitchens.

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Kitchen Safety Uniforms Food Safety Employee Relations 558

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 1, 2021

Technology will be vital in the months – and years – ahead as the pandemic continues to change the conversation about food safety. Restaurants now must prioritize the overall safety of the restaurant environment, in addition to addressing food safety itself. Deploying RFID for Supply Chain Traceability.

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Technology Kitchen Safety Food Safety Food Supply 454

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2023

However, persistent labor shortages are pushing restaurants to explore automation and artificial intelligence to streamline operations – from kitchen management to customer service – to alleviate staffing pressures while also enhancing efficiency.

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2024 Food Supply Kitchen Safety Influencer 506

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Shaw's “ Who Watches the Kitchen ?” Alongside wild stories detailing how foodborne illnesses can happen, Shaw offers practical solutions to avoid food safety breaches. Read on for an excerpt from "Who Watches the Kitchen?" " Why write this book now? They are a valuable resource. Francine L.

Kitchen Safety 474

Kitchen Safety Food Safety Allergens Employee Relations 474

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Equipment rental, including refrigerator truck or equipment. Emergency preparedness supplies are a good idea to have on hand at all times. Hurricanes may necessitate further emergency supplies. First aid supplies. Bottled water supplies. Ensure a Clean Water Supply. Police and Fire departments.

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Food Supply Food Safety Kitchen Safety Supplies 485

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 14, 2022

Make sure the important areas of your kitchen are easily visible on surveillance such as the cooler and cabinets, register and all entrances and exits. Stealing supplies, ingredients and other inventory items is common and can be hard to monitor. Supplies and ingredients can get expensive. Why is this helpful?

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Point of Sale Kitchen Safety Back of House Inventory 508

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 30, 2021

Arkansas Enacts Food Freedom Act : On April 30, 2021, Arkansas enacted the Food Freedom Act that exempts certain producers of homemade foods or drinks products from any state food safety licensure, certification, or inspection. The law allows home cooks to prepare meals from their homes and sell to consumers without being a licensed kitchen.

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2021 Restaurant Law Kitchen Safety Food Safety 474

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 2, 2020

Everyone agrees that with COVID-19, the public has a heightened safety awareness. The public is watching operators very closely to see if they are doing all the things to make safety your #1 priority. Safety is Priority #1. During COVID and post COVID shutdown, there’s a whole new dynamic- safety.

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Training Kitchen Safety Food Safety Website Management 545

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 25, 2020

Good design practices should be the industry standard but better systems and equipment must be considered. Airflow within restaurants should flow from cleaner sources to dirtier sources – from dining areas to kitchens, restrooms to pick up / delivery spaces and more.

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Design Guest Recovery Consumer Goods Fine Dining 531

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Restaurants must adopt tech solutions to boost safety, quality, accuracy, transparency, consistency, and compliance – all factors that contribute to brand excellence. When you invest in modern training programs, your employees better understand (and comply with) safety and QA protocols and deliver safer experiences for guests.

Food Safety 474

Food Safety Kitchen Safety Loyalty Program Employee Relations 474

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 10, 2020

The National Restaurant Association remains on top of the issue providing updates and resources including a fact sheet and a webpage with an FAQ, industry guidance, and food safety guidelines provided by ServeSafe to address increasing questions about COVID-19. We ensure food safety. Eat healthier.”

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Kitchen Safety Food Safety Cash Management Food Supply 516

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2020

Tripadvisor® launched a new suite of “Travel Safe” tools to help consumers find, filter for, and validate health and safety information to feel more confident with their future travel choices across town and around the world. Travel Safe features are available in all 49 markets where Tripadvisor operates.

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Guest Recovery Mobile Ordering Kitchen Safety Food Safety 539

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2021

In the absence of proper hygiene and safety protocols, the entire food chain — from the farmer who grows the produce to the consumer who eats it — is compromised. Proper food safety practices may help prevent numerous mishaps, such as foodborne illnesses and damage to your restaurant’s reputation.

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Food Safety Kitchen Safety Food Food Supply 474

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Kitchen operations. Food safety and restaurant cleanliness. Kitchen Operations. Different inventory platforms exist to prevent this, and some have forecasting mechanisms while others are simpler, providing timely alerts when supplies run low. Food Safety and Restaurant Cleanliness. Dining room procedures.

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Technology Operations Food Safety Kitchen Safety 492

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Our restaurant of the future is designed to benefit guests, employees and franchisees, with a new external design and a reimagined kitchen that will make it easier for us to serve hot, delicious food quickly for frictionless guest experiences, and we expect to see a lot more of that next year. Clinton Anderson, CEO, Fourth Enterprises.

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2022 Food Supply Back of House Kitchen Safety 450

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Bid-On-Equipment found that 43 percent of Americans feel unsafe dining inside a restaurant currently and that 65 percent are spending more than ever on takeout. Food Safety Supply Chain. Zebra Technologies Corporation announced the results of its Food Safety Supply Chain Vision Study. How Diners Feel.

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2020 Food Safety Food Supply Kitchen Safety 474

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

These tools help connect commercial kitchens to cloud kitchens so that the tools can analyze how much food is wasted every day. When chefs are provided with real-time data, they are able to make necessary improvements and tweak their production processes to decrease food waste and make their kitchens profitable.

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Technology Food Supply Kitchen Safety Waste 551

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 3, 2021

Still, QSRs are faced with daily challenges of disrupted supply chains, new consumer habits, and constantly changing regulatory mandates at the federal, state and local level. Factored in are disruptions to staffing, supply chain, and changing regulations, driving a need to change menus almost daily in many locations. Automated Safety.

Technology 493

Technology Mobile Ordering Kitchen Safety Food Safety 493

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 9, 2021

Fresh prepared produce delivers many benefits to foodservice operations from cost and labor savings along with increasing back of house efficiency, food safety, and freshness. Supply Chain Shortages. One of the biggest pain points during and after the pandemic was supply chain. Ghost Kitchen Roll Out.

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Kitchen Safety Food Supply Fast Casual Food Safety 421

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

While the pandemic forced consumers to leverage contactless payment, such as tap-to-pay, out of pure health and safety concerns, it’s quickly become the normal course of business for restaurants aiming to streamline operations and maximize convenience. The workforce also experienced a major reset.

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Front of House Loyalty Program Recruiting Customer Experience 221

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

A lot of retailers rushed to market in response to COVID-19 to provide mobile experiences that prioritized safety and contactless interactions. Chipotle recently announced its first digital-only restaurant called the Chipotle Digital Kitchen. Safety is paramount: Gone are the days of buffet style displays and bulk serving.

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2021 Mobile Ordering Kitchen Safety Loyalty Program 576

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The goal of an effective water filtration system in a restaurant setting, then, is to remove these impurities and contaminants before they make their way into equipment, foods, and beverages. These filters are designed to remove impurities like sediment, minerals, and chemicals from the water supply. Why Filtration Systems Matter.

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Food Supply Equipment Kitchen Safety Supplies 405

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 30, 2022

Today’s modern restaurant operators face challenges that no other generation has faced, thanks to COVID-19 closures, supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, menu labeling, and food safety challenges. This is the largest fine ever in a food safety case. For instance, Stewart Parnell, a former executive for Peanut Corp.

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Food Safety Technology Kitchen Safety Food 447

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 6, 2022

Restaurant’s safety protocols were done “behind the scenes,” and guests most likely didn’t care about the sanitation of high-touch surfaces or whether they were sitting within six feet of other tables. Employees began participating in new tasks, learning more about safety protocols. The Demand for Transparency.

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Audits Kitchen Safety Back of House Point of Sale 474

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In a landscape where precision equates to performance, prepping your commercial kitchen for the sweltering conditions and guest upsurge of the warmer months is an exercise in foresight and expertise. The harmony between these two will dictate your kitchen's efficiency.

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Kitchen Safety Equipment Food Safety Customer Service 294

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 20, 2022

Some of the biggest disruptors will result from the increase in information technology, autonomous vehicles, automation and robotics in the kitchen, and AI chefs. Automation and Robotics in the Kitchen. With the increasing presence of robotic equipment, kitchen staff are going to be required to possess non-traditional skillsets.

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Food Order Waste Online Ordering Email Marketing 520

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2022

Use tech tools to track supplier certifications to be sure your suppliers are consistently practicing proper food safety and quality protocols. Optimize your supply chain. Software solutions help optimize supply chains so your products ship and reach your restaurant more quickly and effectively. Feed the hungry.

Waste 539

Waste Compost Food Recycling 539

ChowNow

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

For example: If you want to improve efficiency look for software that integrates with your POS and kitchen systems. Order Management : Reduce human error and speed up service with tableside ordering, kitchen display system (KDS) integration, and self-service kiosks. Your goals should guide your tech choices.

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2025 Technology Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering 195

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Open Up More 'Ghost Kitchens' Restaurant locations are having a hard time keeping up with all the mandated restrictions to dining in. It’s a giant expense to gear up to reopen, invest in perishable supplies, rehire staff, upgrade safety measures … all just to close up shop again.

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Innovation Hiring Mobile Ordering Online Ordering 558

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 23, 2020

The architecture can be used in both front-of-house and back-of-house applications to create an experience that is consistent from the kitchen all the way to the guest dining tables, and save valuable time and money. Build Data-First Architectures. Personalize and Optimize with Machine Learning.

Back of House 568

Back of House Front of House Kitchen Safety Mobile Ordering 568

7 Shifts

MAY 11, 2020

.” — Erica Gillespie, Ani Ramen Spend some time figuring out how long you’ll need to properly (and successfully) reopen—with considerations for new employee health & safety training, inventory delivery, PPE equipment orders, menu planning, etc. Social distancing and protective equipment ??

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BOH Food Safety FOH Equipment 368