Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 23, 2024

These changes are driven by a combination of consumer demands, technological breakthroughs, and the industry’s need to adapt to economic and operational challenges. From reimagining workflows to enhancing guest interactions, technology is shaping how restaurants, bars, and hospitality businesses operate.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Integrating IoT devices and connectivity drives efficiency, enhances food safety, mitigates risks, increases transparency, reduces waste, and provides many other benefits for restaurants. IoT devices provide real-time data on critical factors, including equipment performance, energy consumption, and production processes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2025

At this time of year, restaurant operators often search for ways to be more efficient, reduce costs and be more profitable. What are common misconceptions restaurant operators have regarding the impact of cooking oil on sustainability? What is the connection between restaurant cooking oil and sustainability?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2021

Waste management is one of the challenges affecting the restaurant industry. Research from the University of Arizona shows that fast-food restaurants waste 9.55 percent, while full-service restaurants waste 11.3 Therefore, you should start by monitoring waste production before consolidating your efforts. Map Your Goals.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 7, 2022

A busy restaurant requires industrial-grade equipment. Our checklist has the essential equipment for an efficient kitchen, in addition to a list of tips for running your kitchen safely and profitably. Your restaurant's range is often its most important piece of equipment. Equipment for Restaurant Kitchens: Considerations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Whether that be via restaurant operations, menu improvements, or services, there are quite a few criteria that restaurant owners constantly juggle to create the perfect balance. There are many challenges to running a restaurant, and during day-to-day operations, it can be easy to lose sight of the overall vision.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2022

The restaurant industry loses an astounding $162 billion each year in food waste. All restaurants should proactively work to reduce food waste, which will also help you save money, increase profits, spotlight your commitment to sustainability, and help the environment. Between a third and a half of food is wasted worldwide annually.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 6, 2022

In addition to restaurant operators opening or transitioning to the ghost kitchen strategy, grocers are also exploring this new concept. In an increasingly competitive market, operators can implement useful technologies to ensure success. Meanwhile, 61 percent of operators are encouraged to move their production to off-site provisions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 29, 2022

Restaurant management and operations personnel are always on the search for proactive ways to increase operational efficiency and reduce waste while complying with local regulations. Transparency across operations allows corrective actions to take place before an incident occurs. Leveraging Digital Visibility.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Food waste is recognized as an endemic challenge around the world. is wasted each year, about 119 billion pounds, estimated at over $408 billion. For restaurants, an industry with challenging profit margins, minimizing food waste is nothing less than a survival strategy. But unchecked waste can threaten the bottom line.

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EATER

OCTOBER 15, 2024

When food waste goes to landfills, it creates methane , a powerful greenhouse gas. Food waste from all sources is responsible for eight percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, and the U.S. But restaurants have other, less visible sources of waste that also contribute to climate change. Not all California restaurateurs agree.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Looking for someone to oversee day-to-day operations is a critical business decision that needs careful consideration. How do you handle unexpected challenges, such as equipment failure or supply shortages? For example, they may hold regular team meetings to go over new policies or operational updates.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Advanced networking solutions have emerged as a critical player in this revolution, offering the potential to enhance restaurant operations dramatically. At the core, these solutions include high-speed internet, ensuring all digital operations run smoothly and without interruption.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

However, according to the USDA , up to 40 percent of the nation’s food supply is wasted each year – the economic equivalent of approximately $161 billion. With government mandates on social distancing, it has taken the restaurant industry into a new operating environment. The Challenge.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2021

With the new year just around the corner, many restaurants are deciding how they can enhance their operations going forward. There are different IoT-based solutions on the market designed to decrease downtime, increase energy and operational efficiency and improve overall customer experience. Connected Equipment.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2021

However, in the process of resuming and continuing restaurant operations, operators need to take steps to lower the risk of infection among employees and customers and prevent the spread of COVID-19. Kitchen operations. Employees can better understand their tasks and responsibilities with structured restaurant operations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Enter the cloud, which helps restaurant operators deliver services and make informed business decisions based on up-to-date data, right here, right now. This allows restaurant operators to know, for instance, what’s selling faster than hot cakes or which dishes are performing poorly. Time to Get Your Head in the Cloud.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Globally, one third of the food produced for human consumption is wasted. So, how can we both solve the food waste issue and ensure better food availability? Waste can occur anywhere along the food supply chain, which includes production, processing, distribution, and consumption. Improving Distribution.

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The Rail

JANUARY 3, 2025

Regular staff training ensures your employees are equipped to handle a fast-paced restaurant environment and the challenges that come with it, deliver exceptional service, and adapt to evolving industry trends to stay competitive. Cash handling : How to operate a cash register, manage transactions, and process payments.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

With labor being a challenge in today’s restaurants but with business booming, the key to success is finding equipment that can speed up prep time. Here are five types of equipment that can make your life easier. Operators can process several pounds of vegetables each minute.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 22, 2024

High electric bills and wasted energy are the last things on their minds. According to the National Restaurant Association, operators’ 2024 sales should exceed $1 trillion. By listening to the “nerve center” of every location—its connected equipment.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Inventory management tools, for example, enable the real-time tracking of food stock, alerting staff to use items before they spoil and reducing waste. Back-office digital innovations are also helping restaurants manage costs and make the most of their workforce. Staffing and workforce management tools are also proving useful.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Restaurant owners and operators are facing considerable rising costs from many angles simultaneously. Operational profitability is hard to obtain in moments like this, especially for smaller restaurants. Understandably, restaurants are in no position to waste labor, energy, or cost. Preventing Food Waste Can Save Tons of Money.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2025

Furthermore, CAD supports the design-build lifecycle and maintenance, ensuring continuity and precision from the initial concept to the daily operation of the completed restaurant. pipes intersecting walls) or wrong equipment placements. From this, one can tweak things to have fluent operations, especially during peak hours.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 30, 2023

All this happens when restaurant teams connect their building and kitchen equipment (HVAC, ovens, dishwashers, fryers, refrigerators, freezers, etc.) Automating these procedures can save about an hour of labor per day while improving the customer experience and equipment uptime, protecting inventory and more.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2024

When done on a large scale, this wastes the platform’s marketing budget and eventually leads them to cut down on promotions, slowing order volumes for restaurants. This results in customers waiting longer for their delivery and negatively impacts legitimate drivers operating without this unfair advantage.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 13, 2021

How do restaurant operators find efficiencies to minimize costs without degrading quality or service? One desirable option is to leverage low-power IoT solutions to deliver energy and maintenance efficiencies and reduce operational expenses. Low-power IoT solutions are affordable, secure, and reliable. Each year, insurers pay out $2.5

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 16, 2025

Moving to more eco-friendly options like biodegradable materials using bamboo or already recycled paper helps reduce unwanted waste from clogging landfills. More than 63 percent of municipal solid waste in the US was a result of food packaging. This also lowers operational costs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 1, 2024

He believes that it's underutilized in the restaurant industry and can discuss the benefits it has for inventory management and food waste reduction, and why it’s a secret tech weapon that more brands should utilize. What should restaurant operators understand about RFID?

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Most of the restaurant technology tools operators use every day were first introduced years ago, but it wasnt until the 2020 Tech Boom, brought on by COVID-19, that widespread adoption became essential. Do you lose money due to food waste? Identify your biggest pain points. Start by pinpointing where your restaurant struggles the most.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 30, 2024

It’s time to stop chasing the latest trends and double down on strategies that ensure technology and operations seamlessly work together to improve customer satisfaction. This reduces waste and ensures menu availability, even during busy periods. Instead, the focus should be on sharpening what already works.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2024

This zero waste cooking technique will also allow chefs and bartenders to creatively repurpose leftover produce and give it new life. In 2025, operators can offer elevated foodservice experiences at more affordable prices through emphasizing value in LTOs to drive sales.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Imagine you operate a multi-site restaurant organization known for its elegant holiday dining and delicious catering. You’re wishing for: Efficiency, so you can do more with fewer people and don’t need to cut operating hours. The technology empowers operators to make direct, digital connections with their equipment (e.g.,

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

By investing in a data-driven POS platform, restaurant operators can address labor challenges, fine-tune their stock management, design promotions based on current trends, reduce human error and more. Here's how restaurateurs can maximize the benefits of their POS data. And better customer service also translates to tangible savings.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 27, 2021

Restaurant technology adoption has accelerated throughout the pandemic, shifting digital tools from futuristic nice-to-haves into critical components of day-to-day operations. Technology adoption across the industry has continued to surge; restaurants are juggling upwards of 10 pieces of tech to maintain regular operations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 3, 2025

Restaurant industry challenges are pushing operators to be more creative and efficient with many opting for more multifunctional spaces – especially in a fast-casual setting. Operators are thinking beyond the immediate space, considering how design elements can evolve and become recognizable brand signatures.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 3, 2022

With operational costs sky high and profit margins razor thin (ranging on average from three to nine percent ), restaurant operators are continually looking to keep costs down without degrading quality or service. Lockdowns and restrictions cut into hours of operation and profits. It’s possible by looking at the true ROI.

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