Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Restaurants have faced labor shortages, supply and equipment shortages, and climbing food prices, with no past playbook on how to navigate the crisis. In fact, according to the National Restaurant Association, 95% of operators said their restaurant has experienced supply chain delays or shortages in recent months. Food Shortage.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law in January of 2011 and expanded the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s authority to regulate the way foods are grown, harvested and processed. This last initiative is perhaps the most urgent for food businesses and requires immediate attention.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Food service suppliers have been scrambling to keep pace with fluctuating demand in a supply chain that has been anything but predictable since 2020. How Innovative Supply Chain Technology Can Empower Purchase Decisions. Problem: Demand for Different Supplies. Total restaurant industry sales in the U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 23, 2024

Already one of the largest sectors of the global economy, the food and beverage industry shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, according to the Business Research Company’s 2023 Food and Beverages Global Market Report, the global industry’s market size grew over 7.3 percent from $6,729.54 billion in 2022 to $7,221.73

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Starting out as a whole grain diet for radicals, vegan food culture has evolved into Michelin star worthy mega trend for future chefs and culinary experts. Nowadays, vegan food is becoming normal in restaurants and fast food joints. High cost of organic produce and supply chain problems.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2024

After all, it’s not just the quality of your food that can keep customers coming back — 73% of diners base their satisfaction on the quality of service they receive. How do you handle unexpected challenges, such as equipment failure or supply shortages? How do you ensure compliance with food safety and hygiene regulations?

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Cheetah

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Supply chain disruptions and shortages like these are hitting every part of the food service industry hard. Learn how this affects your business, from restaurant suppliers struggling to keep up, to rising food prices led by labor shortages and increased consumer demand for quick, cheap food. Labor Crisis Continues.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 13, 2021

Wages, food, turnover, rent, utilities, and other operational costs have stayed level or increased as supply chain, labor and transportation disruptions continue to pop up. Are your food margins still struggling to recover? Is it better drive thru tech or smart inventory tools to keep tighter controls on food costs?

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Technology Integration – Restaurants leveraged AI, IoT, 5G, and quantum computing to optimize operations, enhance inventory management, streamline supply chains, improve food safety, and more. Regulatory Compliance – Staying abreast of evolving food safety regulations remained a persistent challenge in 2023.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 5, 2024

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. Regionalized supply chains. Modernizing sourcing technology.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2021

Research from the University of Arizona shows that fast-food restaurants waste 9.55 Considering that the cost of food is the second-largest expense in the restaurant industry, these numbers translate to hundreds of dollars in wasted revenue each day. This way, you can go back and work on the supply and demand metrics.

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The Rail

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

By Lindsay Lawrence, Contributor Relocating a restaurant is no small feat, as it involves managing the transportation of kitchen equipment, reestablishing the space’s atmosphere, and ensuring minimal disruption to your business. This preemptive training reduces the learning curve.

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Cheetah

JUNE 21, 2021

Today’s economy is driven by consumer demand, which means that staying informed about the forces driving the food industry is leverage, especially for small and medium-sized restaurants. This is the best way to stay informed on upcoming food and agriculture trends and challenges related to produce, proteins, grocery and more.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2024

Their desire to shop local has extended to farmers markets and the food industry. They are aware that some parts of the food industry have unsavory processes and practices; consumers like knowing what’s in their food and where it is coming from. Transportation alone accounts for nearly 20 percent of food-system emissions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 1, 2024

The tech-enabled traceability system is designed to allow the company to act on food safety and quality concerns swiftly, efficiently, and precisely. Chipotle invited key supply partners to participate in the test and provided partners with an RFID playbook with best practices and benefits of the program.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Food waste is recognized as an endemic challenge around the world. According to Feeding America , nearly 40 percent of all food in the U.S. For restaurants, an industry with challenging profit margins, minimizing food waste is nothing less than a survival strategy. restaurants lose $162 billion annually in food waste costs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Comfort Food. DoorDash commissioned a survey* to better understand just what Americans love the most about KFC, fried chicken, comfort food, sauces and more. 85 percent of Americans say they order extra food when ordering delivery or take out in order to have leftovers. Food Safety Supply Chain. Superior Service.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2022

As Americans reach for a potential post-pandemic world, the restaurant industry continues to reel from two years of economic, staffing and supply chain chaos. Let them know what’s happening with supply chain issues, sales and the overall health of the organization. Get Creative. Promote Yourself.

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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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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 3, 2020

All of this happened within a few weeks of a significant bump in the road. [] COMFORT AND SERVICE RULE THE DAY: Restaurants and chefs have long portrayed the quality of food, uniqueness of menus, and signature of the chef as being the key to success.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 3, 2023

For instance, when they identify and remediate wastage in their restaurant, they’ll save food, time, money – and boost their bottom line. Continued supply chain disruptions could result in stalled deliveries to your restaurant.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 15, 2020

Grubhub's mid-year report checks in on the popular food trends to date and what quarantined Americans ordered through contact-free delivery, and predicts what we can expect to see more of in the second half of the year. State of the Plate 2020 – top foods across various cities. Top Foods of 2020. miso tofu bowl.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Pandemic-related materials, food, and labor shortages make running an independent restaurant near-impossible. Even as some of these supply chain hiccups and irregularities resolved, others popped up. That is, according to the professor, particularly true of the food we eat. “[Our Here’s how three owners are doing it.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 4, 2020

It’s no surprise the food industry leaves behind a large footprint—and while much of the supply chain is inevitable, there are many innovative and simple steps we can all take to reduce waste and our own carbon footprint. But it’s a great example of how restaurants have always tried to avoid wasting food.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

For immigrants across the world, its a well-loved system of transport and trade. Although Mexican grocery stores and neighborhood mercaditos supply a variety of Mexican cheeses to diasporic migrant communities, hyper-regional handcrafted queso, like that of Laguna Grande, remains subject to familial exchange.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Just because food is grown locally doesn’t mean it’s climate-friendly. are preparing for the dwindling of food in the coming winter. are preparing for the dwindling of food in the coming winter. In doing so, they’re also recognizing that chefs can play a larger role in building food systems able to survive long into the future.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Tastewise, an AI-powered food intelligence solution, launched in the UK. With real-time data into consumer behavior data, the solution offers immediate, location-specific food and beverage insights into an industry that is changing faster than ever before. ” Tastewise Data. social interactions, and 1.2M online recipes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

15 percent have ordered alcoholic beverages with food for delivery or takeout, on par with the 18 percent of Canadians that say they’re likely to do this. “The developments and improvements made to delivery and takeout containers, food quality and speed have made a lasting, positive impression,” says Barclay.

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EATER

JUNE 4, 2020

During nationwide demonstrations against police brutality, community groups are distributing food to protesters and underserved communities Amid nationwide protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, a story of solidarity found its way from near the city’s downtown into national media outlets.

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EATER

JUNE 21, 2024

Nor does much of the food at São Paulo’s thousands of Japanese restaurants, which, according to the Brazilian Association of Japanese Gastronomy , outnumber the country’s ubiquitous steakhouses. “In Residents were slow to gain interest in Japanese food due to significant xenophobia against the immigrant community. Unlike the U.S.,

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 20, 2020

Disinfect surfaces like doorknobs, tables, food prep surfaces, and handrails regularly. " If an individual coughs or sneezes into their hand and accidentally touches the ice supply, they can effectively transport that disease to a customer's drink. Increase ventilation by opening windows or adjusting air conditioning.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Food delivery services have not only changed the way people eat, but they have also provided restaurant operators with both obstacles and possibilities. Understanding the Landscape Food delivery services have changed the restaurant sector, causing an evolution in consumer expectations.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

When supply infrastructure falters due to climate change, chefs and restaurant owners need to get creative This story was produced in collaboration with Civil Eats. Yet global warming is steadily affecting fisheries and farms around the world and the foods they yield. Climate change has affected the supply of other foods, too.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 6, 2020

Not to mention, we employ tens of millions more Americans through a vast supply chain of other local businesses, including farmers, fishermen, beverage distributors, linen services, and so many others. "In Additional wages paid to tipped employees. To learn more, go to www.SBA.gov/Coronavirus.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 26, 2023

The food industry is always keeping an eye on deadlines, with perishables that need to be harvested rapidly and processed for canning or freezing, or for rapid delivery to restaurants, supermarkets and other institutions. Read on to learn more about the impact and future of automation in the food industry. billion by 2027.

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7 Shifts

JULY 12, 2024

Variable costs Variable costs depend on your restaurant’s level of activity, including food and beverage costs, labor costs, and supplies. COGS is a restaurant metric that includes everything you spend on food and drinks to make the dishes you serve. They prepare food specifically for delivery through online orders.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 7, 2020

This edition of MRM News Bites features the Independent Restaurant Coalition, Tripadvisor, Inspire Brands Foundation, WorkJam, EZ-Chow, US Foods, Potbelly Pantry, Just Salad, Zalat Pizza, Kentucky Fried Chicken, California Pizza Kitchen, Nando’s and Street Factory Media. These are the people that feed America.

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