Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

This acquisition is a transformative event for FAT Brands in terms of scale and brand awareness. US Foods Ghost Kitchens. launched US Foods Ghost Kitchens, a program designed to guide restaurant operators every step of the way when opening their own operation, helping them easily add a new revenue stream. US Foods Holding Corp.

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APRIL 18, 2025

For starters, their plans include using AI agents to run repetitive admin; applying voice-automated AI to drive-through and back-office operations; implementing computer vision to speed up meal delivery; and sensor-tagging hard-working kitchen kit to predict maintenance needs.

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JUNE 11, 2020

Now that states are beginning to loosen their lockdown restrictions and reopen small businesses like restaurants, it’s fair to wonder how drastically the dine-in experience will have to change to accommodate the new safety requirements. How does that work with the new safety requirements? A New Era of Restaurant Safety.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Now, for restaurant employees and guests alike, nothing matters more than the safety of their experience inside the restaurant. Social distancing can only go so far—there are still many shared devices that guests and staff have to touch, including point-of-sale devices, payment PIN pads, kiosks and kitchen monitors.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2023

How to Better Ensure You Won’t Need Your Fire Extinguisher The best response is to prevent a fire before it starts by updating and cleaning your kitchen equipment, ensuring rags and smoking materials are disposed of properly, investing in Class K extinguishers and finally 86ing flaming shots.

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JUNE 23, 2021

However, with deep-fat frying comes risk as the oil can easily reach near 400 degrees Fahrenheit and is extremely flammable, causing kitchen fires, scalds and more. Ahead of the holiday, Society Insurance, which provides coverage to the hospitality industry, has put together a list of best safety practices for restaurants with deep fryers: 1.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 21, 2020

However, as long as you keep the spotlight on food safety – sanitization, employee health monitoring and personal hygiene, and social distancing – your restaurant won’t be a hub of contagion. The kitchen staff should have hairnets and gloves at all times. Offer Disposable Menus. Ensure On-Premise Sanitization.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 16, 2021

On the positive side, the pandemic forced any number of pivots among restaurateurs as they struggled during the pandemic shutdown to keep their doors open and kitchens cooking. Virtual kitchens, for example, were already accelerating trends when the pandemic hit. Cracker Barrel trialed a chicken and biscuit concept. Apparently.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 8, 2023

It sounded like an appropriate title for an article about life in the kitchen. Kitchen work ages us even though to many it is a calling, something that we love (most of the time). When you work in a kitchen, you know what it means to be exhausted at the end of a shift – especially when it’s 12 hours or more in length.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2020

As reports of the disease spread, so do concerns about supply chain disruption, business operations, and employee safety and well-being. "We take the health and safety of our Talent, our hospitality operators, and their customers very seriously," said Jitjatjo Co-Founder and CEO Tim Chatfield. "In Sign up here.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 1, 2024

Pushing through the swinging kitchen doors I am engulfed by the smells, sounds, and oh such intense heat from a busy operation. The kitchen is all about sensory overload and even though it might seem like an overload of unorganized effort, to those who are seasoned veterans – it is comforting.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 14, 2020

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is expanding its franchise opportunities to feature another nontraditional franchise model – virtual kitchens and has executed area development agreements to bring more of Dickey’s slow-smoked, Texas-style barbecue to Chicago, Houston and Orlando, as well as make its debut in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

This edition of MRM News Bites features a double dose from US Foods, SpotOn Transact, DoorDash Kitchens, Virtual Restaurant Consulting, Tripleseat and Gather, wagamama, Toast, The Gluten Intolerance Group, Instawork and StaffMate Online, Procurant and Yellofin, Sift, 7shifts, ParTech, Revel Systems and Como, Kabbage, Bluecrew and Cuboh.

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DECEMBER 17, 2024

Interestingly, the challenge typically doesn’t lie with restaurants—most owners and kitchen staff are already comfortable with e-commerce from their personal lives, as many regularly order from platforms like Amazon. Early adopters tend to succeed quickly, while others may fall behind.

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MAY 27, 2020

Aramark Creates Safety Plans. Aramark examined front and back of house processes to establish tailored playbooks for all of its businesses and market segments, leveraging innovative solutions, new service methods, and rigorous safety protocols. Touchless cleaning for the safety of employees. Added sanitizing stations.

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Culinary Cues

JULY 31, 2023

A few years back, I posted an article about the UNWRITTEN RULES of the kitchen. It was an attempt to outline those universal guidelines for success in a kitchen, those attributes, and expectations of anyone who ties on an apron. My hope is that these are worthy enough of a space on your kitchen bulletin board or the chef’s office door.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Safety and convenience are first and foremost in consumer’s minds. [] PROVIDE A FORUM FOR CONVERSATION: The heart and soul of many communities is a place where conversation flows freely – a place where opinions reign and where judgment of others is set aside in favor of a free flow of ideas.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

You know what they say: time is money — and kitchen prep can take a lot of time. This makes the equipment a great option for kitchens prepping produce in bulk. Cutting prep time so drastically increases efficiencies for restaurants, especially when trying to save on labor or when short on staff in the kitchen.

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AUGUST 31, 2020

Consumers ask, "Can I trust this establishment, can I trust the food they are offering me, can I trust that the staff is adhering to health and safety protocols." Your restaurant is an extension of somebody's kitchen and is responsible for family meals, birthday celebrations, and the centerpiece of many other life events.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 3, 2020

Some events like this may be out of our control – but how we deal with them lies squarely on our shoulders. Here are some examples of scenarios to plan for: [] PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO BE IN A RESTAURANT WITH CROWDS. [] CUSTOMERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE FOOD THEY ORDER.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

” Their answers touched on a variety of subjects including AI, virtual reality, virtual kitchens, staffing and retention, social media marketing, sustainability and third-party delivery. The sleeping giant is virtual kitchens. Elo’s Sonal Apte, vice president of retail and hospitality.

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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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7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

Inventory management Managers need to ensure the kitchen is stocked with the right amount of food so that nothing is wasted and as few items need to be 86'ed as possible. Exploring affordable traditional marketing opportunities in your area, like event sponsorships or local ads, is also a good idea.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2022

’ For example, employee (back of the house) digital signage is quickly growing across all brands and I believe by the end of the year almost every kitchen and/or breakroom will have screens deployed for communication. Attention is the new currency.

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JUNE 12, 2024

Additionally, when the technology ecosystem is enabled with a real-time IOT platform, many valuable use cases can be implemented with a focus on operational excellence and improved customer service: Kitchen production verification : Ensuring accuracy and efficiency in food preparation.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In all of these scenarios, when kitchen equipment is down, certain menu items can’t be served or the restaurant may need to close completely, resulting in significant revenue loss. This will save critical time in the event of an urgent repair.

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APRIL 20, 2020

Newark Working Kitchens. In collaboration with José Andrés’s World Central Kitchen (WCK) and Marcus Samuelsson, they are launching a free, daily meal delivery service for Newark residents—Newark Working Kitchens (NWK). ” To donate, visit [link]. Chipotle's Direct Giving.

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JUNE 12, 2023

And with climate change making extreme weather events more likely, restaurants will continue to face a higher risk of supply chain disruptions and physical property damage. To prioritize everyone’s safety, create a plan that outlines the basic protocols for different weather situations and scenarios.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

QDOBA Mexican Eats® introduced new restaurant formats, top photo, that feature buildouts including mobile-order drive-thrus, walk-up windows, mobile-order pick-up lockers, dedicated curbside pick-up areas, ghost kitchens, and concepts with updated outdoor seating. designed with high-rent urban areas in mind. ” Delivering Jobs. .

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

SALIDO’s Restaurant OS has been adopted by top US-based and international hospitality operators, such as Eataly, Restoration Hardware, Eleven Madison Park, Laconda Verde, and Jean-George’s ABC Kitchen. The 2” X 4” label backs up the promise to diners that is scripted on the label design: “Sealed For Your Safety.”

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

If they have experience working in commercial kitchens and restaurants, they are a better bet than someone who has not. Think about it: if someone asked you for a reference to cater your food at an event, you would be thrilled to give them a reference who would tell them what a great job you did.

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MAY 12, 2022

First, take stock of normal in-house use in the kitchen – consider how frequently are you making batches in your own restaurants. Recipes you use in a kitchen rarely if ever are ready to go to machined lines. Take the test version and an original hand-made product to your kitchen and test them both on the finished product.

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MAY 28, 2021

Clean Juice®, honored its franchise partners during its annual Juicey Awards event. Founders Landon and Kat Eckles kicked off the event by welcoming all franchise partners and home office team members and outlining another record-setting performance in 2020 in which they served more than 2.2 Clean Juice Celebrates Franchisees.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Most Important safety initiatives. Followed (not surprisingly) by restaurants and delivery drivers following proper safety protocols, price, and ease of ordering from the restaurant. 77 percent of restaurants and bars indicated that ensuring the health and safety of employees was their top concern. Broader SMB concerns.

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EATER

MAY 28, 2020

As the restaurant industry faces an ongoing crisis, pop-up chefs confront unique challenges during the pandemic Three months ago, Omar Tate was serving an $150 eight-course tasting menu out of a penthouse event space in New York’s Financial District. Now, Tate is staying in a spare room at his mom’s house in Philadelphia.

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JUNE 12, 2020

The safety of Dunkin’ franchisees, their restaurant employees, and guests remains a top priority. Taffer's Tavern, the new full service tavern concept created by Jon Taffer, signed a multi-unit franchise deal with Cuisine Solutions, a manufacturer of sous vide foods, to bring the ‘Kitchen of the Future’ to the D.C.

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