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From Ghost Kitchens to Living Kitchens: A New Vision for Food Service’s Next Great Space

Modern Restaurant Management

Dark kitchens or virtual kitchens––real places staffed with non-ectoplasmic people—bring efficiencies to running a restaurant by providing off-site commissary services for delivery orders. Without these pricey anchors dragging down your profitability, you just might be able to focus on making food, and not making rent.

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How to Avoid the Top Seven Restaurant Inventory Management Mistakes

Modern Restaurant Management

Using par levels based on real usage and not just a “guess” creates more accurate orders. Forecasting tools enable managers to purchase food, beverage, and supplies at the right level. Every time a truck pulls up to the back dock, it costs money. Mistake #2: Inaccurate Forecasting Inventory is expensive.

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The American Restaurant 2022 (Post Pandemic)

Culinary Cues

Of, course the food must be tasty and appealing at some level and above all else – consistent. How convenient you might ask: we barely need to slow down our cars and roll down the window when our food arrives – that’s convenience. Great food and drink and honest, sincere service can be the sunshine at the end of a not so terrific day.

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The Recipe for Rebranding Success: Transforming Your Restaurant’s Image

Modern Restaurant Management

It’s important to start with understanding why you want to rebrand in order to drive the right kind of change. Marketing materials no longer reach the ideal audience Example: Jay’s BBQ is moving from their food truck downtown to a new local strip mall outside town.

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The Leftovers

EATER

Can an app promising discount, end-of-day goods make a dent in America’s food waste problem? Now, in a bid to reduce food waste, an app is using the appeal of cheap, unexpected food to motivate consumers to buy items restaurants would otherwise throw away. Lille Allen/Eater. Too Good To Go, which launched in 2015 in the U.K.

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How to Open a Coffee Shop: The Ultimate Guide

7 Shifts

Mobile Coffee Shops (Carts and Trucks). Do they serve just coffee or small foods as well? Many food businesses have gotten their start through sites like Kickstarter , Indiegogo , AngelList , GoFundMe. Food Handler's Permit. Coffee Shop Concepts. Coffee Bars. Coffeehouses. Drive-Thru Only. Animal Cafe.

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Face Pay Network, Restaurant of the Future and The Main Course

Modern Restaurant Management

In addition to allowing a safer, hands-free payment method, the system has been shown to make the ordering process quicker and more efficient. US Foods Ghost Kitchens. US Foods Holding Corp. US Foods Holding Corp.