Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Improved traceability means better inventory management, as restaurants have clearer insights into what’s coming in and going out of the kitchen. Reach out to suppliers and ask about their compliance plans. Beyond safety, there are additional benefits. Are they employing systems that ensure their data is interoperable?

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

With people dining out less, some restaurant owners are increasingly trying to cut costs to stay afloat. This article will cover how implementing automation tools like IoT monitoring can save your business money, protect your inventory, and save time. People are deciding to eat- at home and purchase less.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 20, 2025

You’re handling inventory, coordinating staff, and managing delivery routes, but everything seems to take twice as long as it should. For example, let’s say you run out of a key ingredient because inventory wasn’t tracked accurately. Start by mapping out your entire delivery process from start to finish.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2024

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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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 25, 2024

It takes commitment alongside some investment in specific areas of operations. What strategic steps can you take to bring your kitchen closer to achieving zero-waste? Managing Inventory The first area of focus for any waste elimination strategy is your restaurant’s approach to ingredients.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 7, 2025

Getting the transactional hurdles out of the way allows diners to relax and relish what matters most — the food and the company they've chosen to share their meal with. The operational trifecta of inventory management, financial oversight, and labor scheduling represents a major drain on resources for most chain restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 18, 2025

It’s about taking friction out of operations—so staff can spend more time focused on hospitality, not paperwork. AI Is the New Secret Sauce in Restaurant Operations First, let me take a moment to say – AI isn’t just ChatGPT or image generation. This isn’t about replacing people with machines.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 23, 2024

As we navigate these changes, one theme stands out: innovation. Sustainability Takes Center Stage Sustainability is no longer an optional value—it’s a demand from environmentally conscious consumers. Here’s the top five trends I see shaping the industry in 2025, starting with the growing role of automation.

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 10, 2025

If you are serious about a kitchen career and have the focus to map out the best path, then listen up. At different times one area will stand out and carry the day until it is another areas turn to take the lead. So much to learn, so little time. Where do you begin, whats the best way to learn?

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 14, 2025

Among the report highlights: Cost-conscious diners are rolling back their spending, not cutting it out: 45 percent of surveyed diners report they are visiting restaurants less often due to rising prices, with nearly half saying they’ve decreased their dining-out budgets in the past six months. Have guests’ needs changed?

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Too many restaurants, even enterprise brands, are still using manual processes for various areas of the business, such as inventory, scheduling, and reporting. These time-consuming tasks not only burn labor hours when you can least afford it but losing track of your inventory will eat away your margins faster than you realize.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 20, 2021

For example, technology exists that allows restaurant operators to take inventory in a matter of minutes, while achieving 99.9-percent Ordering and inventory capture have long been manual processes for restaurant operators, but they have become increasingly more time-consuming and inefficient.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 6, 2020

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. Third, menus should take into account changing customer bases. Optimize Inventory.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 17, 2025

Now, restaurants across all categories recognize how these features protect their bottom line, especially with ongoing staffing challenges and inventory planning concerns." When issues are identified, we take additional steps to trace and identify other reservations connected to these known problematic users.

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Lavu

APRIL 17, 2025

When it comes to managing inventory, restaurants face a choice: POS inventory alerts vs. manual tracking. On the other hand, POS inventory alerts offer real-time updates, automate ordering, and minimize human mistakes. Managing restaurant inventory can be a major challenge, but the right system can make all the difference.

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Lavu

APRIL 17, 2025

Real-Time Inventory Tracking offers a powerful solution by giving operators instant visibility into whats in stock, whats being used, and what needs to be reordered. With real-time data guiding inventory decisions, restaurants can take tighter control of their food costs and boost long-term profitability.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 18, 2022

Your P&L statement is one of the most important documents for restaurant managers to understand because it outlines all your income and expenses – or what money you are bringing in versus what money is going out – for any given period. How to Use Key Metrics for Proper Inventory.

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ChowNow

MARCH 14, 2025

Every day, youre juggling staff, food quality, inventory, customer service, purchasing, and moreall while trying to cultivate a dining experience that wows your customers enough to keep them coming back. Its not just about putting out fires when problems arise; its about building systems that prevent those fires in the first place.

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Lavu

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Real-time inventory systems help restaurants cut food waste , save money, and improve operations. Here’s how: Track Stock in Real-Time : Monitor inventory levels instantly to avoid overstocking or understocking. Reduce Spoilage : Get alerts for expiring items and use the FIFO method to manage perishable goods.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 5, 2025

My business plan laid out my steppingstones: open three artisanal ice cream shops, create synergy, and ride out the cash flow. Tying up all our cash into aging inventory was not going to work for us. I mean, it’s hard to have a bad day in an ice cream shop. Through this relatively simple idea, High Point Creamery was born.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 8, 2022

New technology innovations now being introduced into the hospitality industry are designed to level out those pinch points. Manage and Optimize Your Increased Holiday Inventory. The holidays bring an increase in beverage inventory, particularly kegged inventory for bars and restaurants centered around draft programs.

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Lavu

APRIL 25, 2025

One of the most effective tools for achieving this is mobile inventory management. This system helps restaurant owners and managers track stock in real-time, reduce waste, and maintain optimal inventory levels. By automating inventory processes, restaurants can save time, improve accuracy, and enhance overall efficiency.

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Lavu

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Integrating mobile inventory systems with POS platforms simplifies restaurant operations by automating inventory updates, reducing errors, and providing real-time insights. Here’s what you need to know: Benefits : Real-time stock updates, improved accuracy, and smarter inventory planning.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 14, 2022

One study found that internal employee theft is responsible for 75 percent of inventory shortages and about 4 percent of restaurant sales. There are all kinds of different types of restaurant theft, ranging from food and inventory, theft at the register and checkout counter, external grease theft, time theft and employee product theft.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 21, 2022

The key is to make the right decisions around inventory and pricing at the right times—and having the right technology can make all the difference. Back-office technology centralizes, automates, and improves operating processes related to purchasing, accounts payable, inventory management, recipe and menu engineering, labor scheduling,?and

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Scooping out an avocado or extracting crab meat and leaving ten percent in the shell or cutting a filet of salmon to nine ounces instead of eight ounces adds ten percent to your target food usage (and cost). Keeping a better eye on the inventory and using the most ripe perishables first is the first step in minimizing food waste.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

In order to reduce cost, waste, and optimize inventory, the process begins with planning and forecasting. Connecting your financial, transaction, and restaurant inventory management systems enables you to optimize production and better control cost variance proactively. Creating a Singular Journey.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 20, 2020

Long-term success will depend on re-envisioning traditional concepts and strategic development of new operational practices that integrate practical social distancing protocols with more permanent delivery/take-out platforms. Take-out and delivery sales were slow to get started early on in the initial pandemic shutdowns.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

In this guide, youll learn: Why restaurant apps matter in 2025 and how its the consumer driving the changes The different types of restaurant apps How to make the most of your own branded restaurant app and its many benefits Lets take a closer look at why every restaurant should use apps in 2025. Inventory and supply chain apps.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 12, 2023

Merchants use the collected data to manage sales, generate labor reports, track inventory and even keep an eye on customer reviews. Rather than simply comparing data sets, it takes all the available data and places it into a clear narrative on what is working and what needs to be tweaked. Check out the accompanying resource.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 10, 2022

Why should you and your staff spend hours counting inventory, auditing invoices, and combing through contracts? Nobody has time for that when there is a crowded dining room, to-go orders flying out the window and customers complaining about their favorite menu items going up in price. Take food cost management for instance.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

While most restaurant operators will seek outside funding to get the second location running, it still takes time for a unit to become profitable once the doors open. Some might break-even within the first three months while others claim it could take a year or even more. Use creativity to market a restaurant on a limited budget.

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Lavu

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Running a restaurant is tough, and poor inventory management can make it even harder. That’s where POS inventory tools step in to help. Research shows that using POS systems can reduce stockouts by 15% and cut excess inventory by 10% , directly improving profitability.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Your lunch rush chef measures out a cup of diced chicken, but your dinner rush chef just eyeballs the measurements. By not standardizing your recipes, you may run out of ingredients more quickly and may need to order more inventory – which can put you over your weekly or monthly food budget. Cutting costs is important.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 27, 2020

To evaluate future sales, restaurant owners carry out a sales forecasting process. For more accurate sales reports, restaurant owners must take the help of technology and artificial intelligence can be a helpful tool for predictions. Smart Inventory Management. How will AI use in the restaurant industry continue to evolve?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2022

Food takes up more space in US landfills than anything else. Restaurant operators would be wise to take the following steps to reduce food waste and save money. Upgrade inventory and ordering systems with the latest technology. Proper inventory management is essential to decreasing food waste and saving related expenses.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 20, 2022

Some of the changes are already taking place in major companies like McDonald’s, which has implemented technology such as personalized automated drive-through menus that change depending on the time of day, weather, current restaurant traffic, and trending items. Integrated Inventory and Purchasing. Optimized Delivery Processes.

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