Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 10, 2020

The National Restaurant Association remains on top of the issue providing updates and resources including a fact sheet and a webpage with an FAQ, industry guidance, and food safety guidelines provided by ServeSafe to address increasing questions about COVID-19. We ensure food safety. Eat healthier.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 21, 2020

Both now and for the future, technology can answer many of the question’s managers have surrounding maintaining the health of employees, ensuring the safety of their guests and protecting their bottom line. With reduced seating mandate, excellent take-out options can make all the difference to the continued success of the restaurant.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

How do you ensure compliance with food safety and hygiene regulations? For example, the manager might share how they implemented cross-training among the staff, like teaching servers to handle some basic tasks in the kitchen. How do you maintain smooth communication between FOH and BOH staff?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2020

. "First and foremost, restaurants need to address the obvious points about density and restrictions being put in place by local public officials, about cleanliness and safety and engagement. In today's world, safety is the third leg of the stool. Utmost care and attention is required today." "Be smart about choices."

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

For example: If you want to improve efficiency look for software that integrates with your POS and kitchen systems. Order Management : Reduce human error and speed up service with tableside ordering, kitchen display system (KDS) integration, and self-service kiosks. Your goals should guide your tech choices.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 19, 2020

Restaurants bring groups of people and that traffic often brings safety. Restaurants must build trust, communicate safety and clearly establish value. Restaurants must build trust, communicate safety and clearly establish value. Safety and Trust. The fragile nature of restaurants has been exposed by the pandemic.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 26, 2021

At Buffalo Wings & Rings, the health and safety of our guests and staff is our number one priority. Lastly, the dispensers are easy to clean so we remove the top-most napkin and wipe them down after each seating for boosted hygiene. Keeping Calm and Carrying On. Helping Our Staff Stay Healthy.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 19, 2020

New design solutions we’re considering include temporary enclosures around existing seating groups, devising clever touchless delivery systems inside existing and new restaurants, rethinking the curbside pickup landscape for our mixed-use projects as a starting point. How would this affect the design of the adjacent retail storefront?

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7 Shifts

JULY 10, 2020

Set a goal for your restaurant’s grand opening—whether it’s seating capacity, an order volume, or revenue for your first day back in business. When it comes to preparing your staff for your reopening, ensure you’ve updated their training for the latest health and safety procedures and precautions your restaurant will be observing.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 1, 2024

Past maintenance and the boiler room of massive furnaces providing heat and hot water for twenty some odd floors of guest rooms and eighteen banquet rooms ranging in size from twenty seat board rooms to two-thousand seat ballrooms, and the three restaurants that grace the main lobby. Organized chaos would be the right phrase to use.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2020

Adapting with a tighter, more focused menu to allow kitchens to better plan labor and prep needs and manage enhanced sanitation routines. Embracing preparation and safety protocols as part of your restaurant's story. Seeking opportunities to create new, lasting rituals to signal safety, to claim new spaces and to innovate.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 16, 2020

Restaurant owners and operators are encouraged to review the online resources their state and local health departments have provided for the latest information about COVID-19 in their community, and take extra precautionary steps in the workplace to protect the safety and wellbeing of staff and guests. Focus on other revenue channels.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 21, 2020

However, as long as you keep the spotlight on food safety – sanitization, employee health monitoring and personal hygiene, and social distancing – your restaurant won’t be a hub of contagion. Also, depending on your local regulations, expand restaurant seating to ensure as much space as possible.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Lastly, Internet of Things (IoT) devices are becoming increasingly popular, with sensors and smart devices for everything from tracking inventory levels to monitoring kitchen equipment performance. For instance, knowing a regular customer's favorite dish or seating preference can transform a routine meal into a customized experience.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

A recent picture posted of line cooks sitting on the floor of a beautiful kitchen catching a five-minute meal before the POS starts spitting out orders is symptomatic of the big picture. You are in the driver’s seat and can help them reach their personal best through training, teaching, and mentoring. Do it and promote it. [] TOOLS.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

How will the restaurant survive if seating capacity is reduced to 50 or 25 percent long term? Labor and employment claims will continue to be one of the top legal issues facing restaurants as they navigate the government health and safety regulations. How long can the restaurant keep staffing levels?

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Focus POS

AUGUST 19, 2020

Right now, restaurants are relying heavily on outdoor patio seating for a large part of their dine-in revenue. If you have the available space, patio seating is a great way to boost your sales and keep customers safe during the pandemic. However, it’s essential that restauranteurs get their outdoor seating right: .

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 12, 2024

Seating to First Server Contact : Cameras can track the duration from when a customer is seated to when a server approaches them. Spoilage detection : Promptly identifying spoiled or expired items to maintain food safety standards. Wait Time Tracking : Improve the precision of wait time estimations.

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Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Dietary Restrictions Customer Experience 473

EATER

JULY 24, 2020

Public health officials urge everyone to consider not only their own safety, but also the risks they impose on others by going about their daily lives. Outdoor seating also eliminates ventilation systems as a means of transmission. Still, seating diners outside doesn’t entirely extinguish risk for employees.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Adapting Your Footprint for Outdoor Seating. In areas of the country, such as Miami-Dade County, Florida, where our firm is located, restaurants have been able to reopen – if they have outdoor seating that meets social distance requirements. Think Long-Term.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 22, 2020

Here’s a true story: a customer asked her waitress if she could inspect the kitchen and go over their sanitizing process. Work with your team to create plans for support, make it clear that all new procedures need to be upheld, and then stick to them. 2 – Demanding Customers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

” Their answers touched on a variety of subjects including AI, virtual reality, virtual kitchens, staffing and retention, social media marketing, sustainability and third-party delivery. The sleeping giant is virtual kitchens. Elo’s Sonal Apte, vice president of retail and hospitality.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 14, 2020

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is expanding its franchise opportunities to feature another nontraditional franchise model – virtual kitchens and has executed area development agreements to bring more of Dickey’s slow-smoked, Texas-style barbecue to Chicago, Houston and Orlando, as well as make its debut in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

We are offering restaurateurs the opportunity to operate a second brand within their existing brick and mortar location, increasing their bottom line by also becoming a virtual kitchen owner.” DeliverThat also released an extensive driver education program to ensure the level of quality and safety during current Covid-19 conditions.

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Culinary Cues

JUNE 16, 2023

At least he was convinced that the kitchen was where he belonged. You are a natural in the kitchen and I can see the joy in your eyes when we work together on the line. Take care of them – they are your best friends in the kitchen. Each day he knew that this was his path – the kitchen was his college.

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Goliath Consulting

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In the long run, restaurants will have to be adaptable, with seating plans that expand and contract easily and quickly” (5). TECH: Social distancing and contact-free technology will be indispensable in 2021, as sanitation and safety concerns around COVID-19 remain (14). This flexibility will key as the cold season approaches (6).

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2020

Aramark Creates Safety Plans. Aramark examined front and back of house processes to establish tailored playbooks for all of its businesses and market segments, leveraging innovative solutions, new service methods, and rigorous safety protocols. Altering seating arrangements to improve spacing between guests.

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ChowNow

JULY 17, 2024

For example, “Our objective is to deliver a consistent dining experience that delights our customers, achieves operational efficiency, and maintains a high standard of food safety and cleanliness.” Include specific responsibilities for each position, from management to kitchen staff to front-of-house employees.

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Operations Kitchen Safety Front of House Food Safety 195

Harbor Touch

MARCH 18, 2025

Food Safety News says 60% of diners now prefer this option for speed and safety. Sync with apps like DoorDash or Grubhub to keep orders flowing without overwhelming your kitchen. Its a system that keeps your seats full all year round. Contactless menus are a smart move tooguests order via QR codes from their phones.

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7 Shifts

MAY 11, 2020

Update your restaurant policies and operating procedures In order to reopen your restaurant safely and successfully, you’ll need to update your restaurant’s policies and operating procedures to comply with the latest safety guidance provided by the FDA, CDC, and your local government. Social distancing and protective equipment ??

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7 Shifts

MARCH 10, 2021

With health and safety being a top priority for many diners, demonstrating a commitment to a hygienic environment will be critical to your restaurant's success. Expand or Remodel Expanding your restaurant's outside seating area with a deck, patio or tent, could bring you real financial benefits. Get a pulse on your local customer base.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Still, I couldn’t reconcile my desire for him to do well with my concern for my own safety, and the safety of diners in the bar. And in the dining area, night after night, groups were being seated one after the other without the table being wiped down. The kitchen is pristine. But my boss didn’t wear gloves at all.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

Inventory management Managers need to ensure the kitchen is stocked with the right amount of food so that nothing is wasted and as few items need to be 86'ed as possible. Safety awareness and compliance knowledge Last, effective managers stay safety aware and keep themselves up to date on current compliance standards.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 12, 2020

The safety of Dunkin’ franchisees, their restaurant employees, and guests remains a top priority. Taffer's Tavern, the new full service tavern concept created by Jon Taffer, signed a multi-unit franchise deal with Cuisine Solutions, a manufacturer of sous vide foods, to bring the ‘Kitchen of the Future’ to the D.C.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 20, 2020

While your first concern should be for the health and safety of yourself, staff, customers, and loved ones right now, it would be a lie to say you’re not allowed to be worried about your restaurant during COVID-19. A post shared by BRATO Brewhouse + Kitchen (@bratobk) on Mar 16, 2020 at 10:53am PDT. Dressing / sauce containers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

QDOBA Mexican Eats® introduced new restaurant formats, top photo, that feature buildouts including mobile-order drive-thrus, walk-up windows, mobile-order pick-up lockers, dedicated curbside pick-up areas, ghost kitchens, and concepts with updated outdoor seating. designed with high-rent urban areas in mind. Salata Turns 15.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

32 percent of survey takers chose outdoor seating availability as a factor in their dining-out comfort level. Most Important safety initiatives. Followed (not surprisingly) by restaurants and delivery drivers following proper safety protocols, price, and ease of ordering from the restaurant. Restaurant and bar related concerns.

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