Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 5, 2024

These classic flavors are beloved by many, but there’s also an appetite for innovative twists and new sensations that capture the essence of the season in exciting ways. This shift in preferences presents in-store bakeries with a prime opportunity to refresh their offerings and boost seasonal sales through various channels.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Still, keeping a steady team remains the top challenge, highlighting the need for ongoing innovation in restaurant workforce management. Embracing these innovations will be essential to meeting the evolving needs of the industry and its workforce. At the same time, technology is poised to play an even bigger role in the coming year.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 2, 2025

Menu Innovation: Balancing Variety, Quality and Simplicity While many restaurants are chasing trends like locally sourced ingredients and exotic toppings, pizza remains a stronghold of tradition. For the business, direct orders reduce commission fees paid to third-party platforms.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The world of food franchising has been a catalyst for pioneering innovations that have had a ripple effect across multiple industries. This oversight presents untapped potential to extend a franchise's reach and impact from the inside out. Picture this: You're at the annual franchisee meeting.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced restaurants to innovate, creating new revenue-generating workflows, including enhancing their to-go offerings and integrating with to-go order applications. Some of these practices have paid significant dividends as innovation has made restaurants more agile and capable than ever before.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 17, 2023

A mobile order app will enable the clients to conduct restaurant management and delivery systems automatically, faster, and completely online with the help of new innovative solutions. This innovative system helps to discipline a team through an additional control that cannot be cheated.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

While the dining landscape presents abundant opportunities for entrepreneurs and restaurant brands looking to expand or open a new location, owners and operators are understandably cautious about making a significant new investment. A Win-Win-Win Scenario.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 14, 2025

The report found that loyalty is eroding as brands worked hard to offer new limited time offers, value meals, upgraded loyalty programs, and digital innovations. This also presents a huge opportunity. The survey of 1,500 U.S.-based What should operators take away from the results? The good news?

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 20, 2024

Partnering with November Five, Le Pain Quotidien launched Alain.AI, a tool that can be called the world's first digital twin of a chef-founder and used to help with menu development, recipe standardization, and culinary innovation. "As In addition, Alain.AI "As with anything, familiarity is key. . "We

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Beyond Basic Balancers : The team found many cocktails that were made using an innovative variety of methods or modifiers to balance the drink or add layers of flavor. Orange wines also appeared more frequently than ever before, often presented on menus in a combined rosé and orange section. Top Wine Insights.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2024

To revitalize the workforce and enhance operational efficiency, it is imperative that we boldly explore innovative solutions across reskilling, retention, and robotics. Embracing automation while fostering a skilled and satisfied workforce presents a forward-looking approach to navigating the labor shortage.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2024

Brands find themselves at a pivotal juncture, where they have the opportunity to both captivate customers and secure their loyalty through a thoughtful blend of innovation and tradition. Finding the balance between innovation and tradition is the secret recipe for enduring success in the evolving dining industry.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 20, 2020

While the hospitality industry has been slowly adapting to strict social distancing protocols, with many on-premise service establishments having already taken-on a significant cost increase in continuing to operate during the pandemic, reduced capacity requirements will present ongoing financial obstacles for the industry.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Present : QR menus started appearing. Malcom Gladwell writes in his book, "The Tipping Point"– the Innovators and Early Adopters – are visionaries. Restaurant websites showed PDF versions of their menu. Most customers would phone-in carryout orders. For many, the idea of marketing was non-existent.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

The restaurants that thrive today are those that balance innovation with human connection. As we look ahead, we are focused on delivering innovative solutions that not only address challenges we foresee, but propel this industry to new heights. And that evolution is fueling a more innovative, efficient, and people-first future.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

This is where innovative technology steps in, offering a silver lining. According to a National Restaurant Association Show presentation, Gen Z consumers care more about authenticity, convenience and aesthetics than price value. Gen Z's influence on the dining scene calls for an industry-wide evolution.

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Goliath Consulting

DECEMBER 23, 2021

4 It serves as virtual and augmented reality which expands possibilities for businesses to be innovative and differentiate themselves from their competitors. 5 The restaurant opened in 2014 and was awarded Best Innovation Food & Beverage. Sublimotion in Ibiza, Spain. Roncero “utilizes molecular gastronomy in cooking.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 6, 2024

Recovering from a disappointing experience presents an opportunity to showcase your brand's values. Surprisingly, over a third of diners often feel disappointed by their dining experiences, presenting a clear opportunity for improvement. Yet it requires taking a more comprehensive approach to experience design.

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EATER

MAY 25, 2023

After a stint in the beauty world, Jack missed working in food and found herself drawn to mission-driven brands, so she jumped at the opportunity to join the product marketing and innovation team at Bowery Farming , a company dedicated to vertical farming, a practice of growing crops in stacked layers, often in a controlled environment.

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EATER

JUNE 20, 2023

My freezer currently has four pints of ice cream, and tasting the flavors and spitting them out to prevent choking is my present food hack.) Disabled people are masters of innovation, creativity, and adaptation. Sharing my new reality has been part of my healing process and has prompted me to celebrate what I have. (My

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Opportunity to Innovate. Although another shift in dining protocols may seem daunting to restaurant owners, it presents an opportunity for innovation — a call many restaurants have already answered during the pandemic.

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Goliath Consulting

DECEMBER 3, 2024

These expansions introduced the Michelin Guide to vibrant culinary traditions, diverse ingredients, and innovative chefs, enriching its content and appealing to a broader audience. These countries boast rich culinary traditions and diverse cuisines, presenting significant opportunities for the guide to grow in this region.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2024

Embracing solo diners not only opens doors to a wider customer base but also presents an opportunity for establishments to differentiate themselves in a competitive market. This shift in consumer behavior underscores the need for restaurants to cater to this growing customer demographic.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

These “innovators” are constantly looking for the next interesting interpretation of food – the restaurant chef who teases them with food preparations that strike a chord, who makes them challenge how they think about food, and puts a smile on their face. There is a percentage of the consumer population that responds very well to this.

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Restaurant Business

MAY 15, 2024

A presentation and interview with Chef Aaron May at NRA Show 2024 Sunday, May 19, 12 PM & 2 PM: RATIONAL Booth 4840 Chicago (May 10, 2024) – Join us for an unforgettable culinary demonstration and interview with none other than celebrity chef Aaron May.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 19, 2024

With Google committing to the AI project, the technology is likely to advance quickly and will present significant opportunities for business owners who are able to get ahead of the curve. Think Customer-First Google’s approach to innovation is always to put the user first.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 10, 2023

We then work to capture the chef’s aspirations and vision and present surprising and innovative ideas that we can develop and refine based on a collaborative exchange. Conversation with the chef comes immediately after. We need to understand the food, the style, the vision, and the technical requirements.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 12, 2021

Automation and innovation are too often viewed in the context of replacing restaurant workers, but real value lies in their ability to retain staff and reduce turnover (which hovers between 130 percent and 150 percent) by enabling manageable workloads and allowing workers to focus more on the guest experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 14, 2024

This shift from traditional expertise to technological innovation in wine selection is reflective of a broader transformation within event planning. This shift from traditional expertise to technological innovation in wine selection is reflective of a broader transformation within event planning.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

What if the chef, manager, and owner were required to do the same, in essence proclaiming they approve of the work as presented to the guest? Are you proud to present this to your teammates, manager, or guest?” Would it make a difference in attention to detail? Is there room to improve?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 10, 2022

Embracing different innovations and moving away from traditional ways of operating can help you identify more areas of profitability and drive business success. When you’re short on time and resources, technology can help you automate on and off-premise processes, navigate increased costs, and make more informed business decisions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2022

There are several related practices that I think we’re going to see prevail as dining brands look for innovative ways to not just survive but thrive. By some estimates the mobile gaming market is expected to reach a market size of US $420 billion by 2026 – presenting a valuable co-marketing audience for QSRs.

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A Wine Story

AUGUST 5, 2020

In her lively presentation, Tracy Frisbie explained the various benefits of Buzz Ballz to the consumer and how they differed from competing products. Packaging Design Trends: Developing a New Wine Brand Heidi Scheid, VP of Schied Family Wines, delivered an excellent presentation titled “Identifying the Markers to Build Your Brand.”

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Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 24, 2020

General Motors would never build and equip an auto plant, hire the entire staff, and create a marketing strategy until the car they intend to build is designed, prototyped, and presented to various focus groups first. Why should it be any different for restaurants and their menus?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 11, 2022

Innovative Vendors Offer Real-Time Data and Industry-Wide Insights. While most any vendor can present you with basic facts and figures about their product and your usage, what is most important is finding a vendor that uses their data to help you find solutions that fit your business needs. Find a Vendor Who Will Work with You.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 21, 2024

While we do expect 2024 to present challenges, we are optimistic about the overall economy and the role of U.S. We expect this trend to continue, with more and more people starting “side hustles,” many of which will power America’s next wave of food service innovation. small businesses in driving economic growth.

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Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This can create a high level of intrigue among those who love innovation and are always ready to see what the chef can do. Will the flavors and presentations of the food suffer? Dishes may be reasonably consistent, but like artisan wine or live music, there is always an opportunity for the signature to change a bit each time.

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