Modern Restaurant Management
MARCH 11, 2025
Furthermore, digital tools for inventory and labor management became crucial for navigating supply chain disruptions and staffing challenges. And outdoor dining, once more of an afterthought or a novelty, has become a more permanent and intentional part of restaurant design. PIRG Education Fund. However it came with a lot of problems.
Modern Restaurant Management
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
Outdoor dining is still top of mind as owners want to keep employees and customers safe and have questions about maintaining outdoor spaces in inclement weather. That's fine for sidewalks but not very conducive to outdoor dining, including keeping tables leveled. Thankfully, outdoor dining is less expensive to build out.
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Modern Restaurant Management
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
With the recent influx of cold weather throughout most of the Northeast, businesses have been able to continue attracting patrons through a shift to outdoor operations. Businesses looking to setup outdoor seating spaces will likely need to receive pre-approval in the form of a permit from either a state or local building department.
EATER
MARCH 11, 2025
Five years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, our relationship to food and dining has undergone some permanent changes I got COVID for the first time this past February. Most restaurant and food service workers did not have access to sick leave or any other safety net , and yet were deemed essential. Sound familiar?
Modern Restaurant Management
AUGUST 5, 2021
It’s not enough just to recover, retail and specifically restaurants and the food industry are compelled to pivot, adapt and create a model that will endure. Here are five trends in the restaurant industry to consider post-COVID: Labor Supply, Wages and Automation. Food Trucks Factor in the New Normal.
Modern Restaurant Management
OCTOBER 31, 2022
Ongoing inflation, higher interest rates, escalating food prices, and a tight labor market across industries add to the uncertainty. Planning ahead ensures you have the supplies you need throughout the winter so you can better serve and satisfy customers, while also saving time, stress and money. Expect an Increase in To-Go Orders.
EATER
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
But with outdoor dining, it doesn’t have to be. I had to take what I could get, so to fancy birthday lunch my daughters went, sitting outdoors in designer high chairs at a socially distanced table, coloring with crayons while I enjoyed a glass of wine, then another, and my first meal out since the pandemic began. Getty Images.
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