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2025 Outlook: Experts Weigh In on Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part One

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When consumers order more food online, it’s clearly good for business – but it can also make it harder for businesses to manage inventory. In 2025, restaurants need to have a plan in place that ensures they are effectively managing inventory and redirecting unused, still edible food to donations.

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Beyond the Scoop Shop: A Blueprint for Scaling Artisan Food Businesses

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What starts as a passion for quality, craftsmanship, and unique flavors often turns into a logistical challenge when demand grows beyond the capacity of a single storefront or kitchen. Tying up all our cash into aging inventory was not going to work for us. Food safety and compliance also become increasingly important.

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This is Slowing Down Your Restaurant Growth — And How to Fix It

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By addressing these issues, you can pave the way for sustainable success and expansion. You’re handling inventory, coordinating staff, and managing delivery routes, but everything seems to take twice as long as it should. It can also help you manage inventory and communicate with your kitchen staff.

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Adopting Tech Solutions Is the Smartest Decision Restaurants Can Make

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Sweetgreen implemented tech solutions to improve their operations, boost sustainability , and personalize customers’ experiences. Hot Palette Holdings uses AI to improve their forecasting, optimize inventory, and reduce waste. For instance, technology can help restaurants: Optimize operations. Boost automation.

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MRM EXCLUSIVE: Enhancing Operational Visibility in Ghost Kitchens

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Since the COVID-19 pandemic, a new trend in the food service industry has risen in popularity—ghost kitchens. In addition to restaurant operators opening or transitioning to the ghost kitchen strategy, grocers are also exploring this new concept. Euromonitor estimates that ghost kitchens could top $1 trillion in revenue by 2030.

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Five Things Every Restaurant Can Do to Boost Profits While Reopening

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If running a restaurant wasn’t already expensive, running one under new distancing regulations means less capacity and investment in safety infrastructure that will take a toll on costs. Optimize Inventory. Let’s say you operate a burger shop with beginning inventory valued at $5,000. CoGS for the period is $2000.

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Unlocking the Benefits of Commercial Refrigeration and Walk-In Coolers

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In the world of food service and hospitality, proper refrigeration is crucial for maintaining the quality and safety of perishable goods. This range helps prevent the growth of bacteria, ensuring food safety and extending the shelf life of products. One essential component of commercial refrigeration systems is the walk-in cooler.