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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

Furthermore, digital tools for inventory and labor management became crucial for navigating supply chain disruptions and staffing challenges. In Nashville, TN staffing shortages in hospitality were at an all time high as a result of the meteoric growth of the city and its tourism. We were a sourcing and hiring platform for restaurants.

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How to Diversify Your Brand by Adapting Plant-Based Food Trends

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With today’s food trends moving toward the direction of fresh, healthy, local, and sustainable, the term “plant-based” continues to enter the conversation on every playing field. Have a Staff That Is Knowledgeable of Plant-Based Products. Effectively educating those (bartenders, wait staff, back of the house, etc.)

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Dining Trends for 2024

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Experiential dining, plant-based menus and sustainability were hot topics in the Les Dames d’Escoffier International (LDEI) 2023 Trends Report. The discussion included food, beverage, nutrition, lifestyle and unique aspects of boutique and high volume foodservice. Lcal and sustainable food is a mega trend in the restaurant business.

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Strategies for Financial Stability and Efficiency in Restaurant Supply Chains

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While commodity shortages, transportation logjams and other disruptions have eased, restaurants and other food service providers continue to apply lessons learned from recent periods of instability to make logistics and resupply processes more nimble and resilient. The best plans utilize: More sustainable and diverse suppliers.

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What Restaurants Need to Know About HOCI

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Food Safety Specialist Francine L. Shaw sat down with Morten Larsen, CEO & Founder of EcoloxTech to discuss the use of Hypochlorous acid (HOCl) in restaurants and food service. Why is it so important for restaurants and other food businesses to be aware of – and use – HOCI as a disinfectant and sanitizer?

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Restaurant Experts’ 2021 Outlook, Part Two

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We also think there will be a greater focus on sustainability efforts throughout the industry. We also think there will be a greater focus on sustainability efforts throughout the industry. We celebrate this as it benefits us all when brands focus on sustainability. Steve Martorano, owner of Cafe Martorano in Fort Lauderdale.

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‘We Need to Feed People — Thousands of People’

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The morning after the fire, Jennifer Karaca, founder of Common Ground Collective , a Maui nonprofit dedicated to increasing food security by supporting local farmers and producers, woke up to a phone call from Nicholas Winfrey, president of Maui United Way. “He WCK was mobilizing, and it needed to connect with people on the ground.