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How Restaurants Can Manage Food Costs During Disruptions

Modern Restaurant Management

Experts have deemed recovery from the pandemic “complete ,” but a new set of challenges has emerged for restaurants: labor shortages, disrupted supply chains, and extreme weather. Amid these potential disruptions, operators need a fresh approach to managing food costs. percent annually.

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Is More Delivery/Takeout on Your Menu? Remove Food Safety Risks—Digitally

Modern Restaurant Management

As meals are prepared, transported and occasionally reheated in customers’ homes, an endless array of potential safety issues could crop up—without warning or notice. The key to preempting them is to remove the human element from the equation—through technology.

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PPP Part Two and More News Restaurants Need to Know Now

Modern Restaurant Management

The length of the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and the severity of the decline remains unknown, but reopening will need to be done carefully with possibly dramatic changes to pre-pandemic approaches to capital management, sanitation, operations, and marketing.

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MRM Research Roundup: 2022 Restaurant Trends

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This edition of MRM Research Roundup features evolving guest relationships, views on restauarant tech, employee desires and wedding trends. There was a subsequent recovery of +10 percent in the week to January 1 vs December 25. ” McDonald's Supersized Recovery.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-April 2020-COVID-19 Effects Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features COVID-19 crisis statistics and surveys about third-party delivery, guest expectations, QSR reliance and more. “The industry’s successful recovery will depend on a customer’s feeling of well-being,” noted Oakes.

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AI Food Intelligence and Now Serving Democracy

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OpenTable will recommend which actions restaurants can take like running a marketing campaign or managing guest reviews to help them grow their business. Provide free transportation to the polls on Election Day, for all Nandocas who need it. Self-Fill Bottle Program.

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Fast-Casual Academia, Climatarian Menu and Ice Auction

Modern Restaurant Management

Hospitality Recovery Coalition. The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) announced the formation of the Hospitality Recovery Coalition with the goal of supporting on-premise partners, including restaurants, bars and distilleries, facing harsh economic impacts due to the COVID-19 crisis.