Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2022

The restaurant industry loses an astounding $162 billion each year in food waste. All restaurants should proactively work to reduce food waste, which will also help you save money, increase profits, spotlight your commitment to sustainability, and help the environment. Between a third and a half of food is wasted worldwide annually.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 23, 2025

The restaurant industry is fast-paced and demanding, with constant pressures to deliver excellent service while managing operations smoothly. Balancing staff needs, customer expectations, and resource constraints can quickly overwhelm staff and management alike.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Food waste is recognized as an endemic challenge around the world. is wasted each year, about 119 billion pounds, estimated at over $408 billion. For restaurants, an industry with challenging profit margins, minimizing food waste is nothing less than a survival strategy. But unchecked waste can threaten the bottom line.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their views on what trends and challenges owners and operators can expect to see in 2025. When consumers order more food online, it’s clearly good for business – but it can also make it harder for businesses to manage inventory.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 28, 2025

By actively reducing our environmental footprint — through energy and water conservation, innovative waste mitigation, and sustainable supply chain management — we provide safety, efficiency, and accountability that benefit both current and future generations.

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ChowNow

MARCH 14, 2025

Without a strong system in place, even the best restaurants in the world will struggle with unhappy customers, high turnover rates, wasted inventory, and razor-thin profit margins. What is Restaurant Operations Management? Its tough, and cant be done passively. Great restaurant operations dont happen by accident.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Please send questions to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. When inventory management is done the right way, operators can reduce costs, reduce waste, and reduce the number of hours spent managing this important variable of their business.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 11, 2022

Accurate inventory management is crucial to running a successful business because it directly impacts a company’s bottom line and is key to maximizing profits. Built by a former Subway franchisee, GoVentory automates the inventory management process by utilizing GS1 Standards to achieve optimal supply chain visibility.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

To do so, restaurants need to be mindful of these key elements of successful supply chain management. In order to reduce cost, waste, and optimize inventory, the process begins with planning and forecasting. Managing thousands of suppliers is impossible to do with manual on-premises systems. Planning and Forecasting.

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ChowNow

MARCH 20, 2025

In this article, youll learn: How menu management software streamlines menu updates and eliminates manual errors Why outdated or inconsistent menus can impact customer satisfaction and revenue Key features to look for when choosing the right software for your restaurant Lets explore why every restaurant needs menu management software.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Integrating IoT devices and connectivity drives efficiency, enhances food safety, mitigates risks, increases transparency, reduces waste, and provides many other benefits for restaurants. Optimizing shelf life and reducing waste. restaurants waste an astonishing $57 billion each year on uneaten food? Did you know that U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 14, 2022

It’s only when you’re able to spot those types of variances in inventory, voids, or other areas that you can begin to address and manage the problem. Reduce Food Waste. At the end of the day, food waste has the same effect as theft. You’re still losing money on inventory.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 16, 2025

Fuel and e-commerce order management systems help streamline delivery routes. Moving to more eco-friendly options like biodegradable materials using bamboo or already recycled paper helps reduce unwanted waste from clogging landfills. More than 63 percent of municipal solid waste in the US was a result of food packaging.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Restaurants prepare ingredients and schedule staff based on anticipated guest numbers, and when diners fail to arrive, this precision quickly unravels into wasted food and unnecessary labor expenses. Businesses can now utilise reservation platforms that seamlessly integrate booking, point-of-sale (POS), and customer management systems.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

While restaurants have always been intentional about food waste, menu offerings, and purchasing, I see operators doubling down on looking for any efficiency to help save money right now. This could include inconsistent portioning, kitchen waste, and employee theft. Tap Into Technology to Make Menu Engineering Easier.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Back-office digital innovations are also helping restaurants manage costs and make the most of their workforce. Inventory management tools, for example, enable the real-time tracking of food stock, alerting staff to use items before they spoil and reducing waste. Staffing and workforce management tools are also proving useful.

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Restaurant Business

OCTOBER 23, 2024

A recent eBook by Softarex Technologies highlights all the main aspects of AI usage in restaurant operations, from customer service to back-of-house management. One of the most impactful areas is inventory management. In the kitchen, AI-powered systems are monitoring food production in real-time.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Inefficient restaurant inventory management practices, improper storage, gaps in inventory logs, theft, and waste can cause even the most successful kitchens to struggle or fail. Below are the top seven inventory management mistakes restaurants are making, and how to correct them. Always date and label everything.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Your staff, especially your restaurant manager, plays a crucial role in the overall dining experience. We’ve prepared a list of restaurant manager interview questions that can help you find the right person to lead your team and help grow your business. How do you manage the restaurant’s budget and control costs?

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The Rail

OCTOBER 17, 2024

While the cost of food waste isn’t a secret , you probably overlook it, considering it a part of doing business in this industry. It can help you fix discrepancies in ordering and inventory management , minimizing food shrink. The good news is that food waste is usually preventable. What else can it do for you?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 18, 2024

Managers play a pivotal role in either fostering a positive service industry culture or contributing to burnout. It's imperative that managers adopt strategies that motivate employees through self-pride, a sense of accomplishment, and a supportive environment grounded in communication, honesty, integrity, and hard work.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Advances in AI and customer relationship management (CRM) tools allow businesses to analyze customer behavior, predict preferences, and craft hyper-personalized dining and drinking experiences. For instance, smart inventory systems can help reduce waste, while energy-efficient appliances cut operational costs and carbon footprints.

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The Rail

MARCH 31, 2025

By Jose Chavez, Contributor Managing multiple locations is tough in the restaurant business. Restaurant businesses need to adopt technology that enables collaboration among remote teams and simplifies management if they want to succeed. Successful management and onboarding of new staff with the company vision depends on this.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 4, 2021

While careful labor management has always been an important part of controlling prime costs in the restaurant industry, operators should be looking toward better ways to manage labor costs with competition for labor increasing and a potential minimum wage increase on the horizon. Here’s why. Smart Scheduling Assistance.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 16, 2025

Fuel and e-commerce order management systems help streamline delivery routes. Moving to more eco-friendly options like biodegradable materials using bamboo or already recycled paper helps reduce unwanted waste from clogging landfills. More than 63 percent of municipal solid waste in the US was a result of food packaging.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 24, 2025

" To learn more about the courses and induction cooking methods, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) reached out to Chef Chris Galarza, Founder of Forward Dining Solutions LLC and Co-founder of EcoChef, who assisted in Chatham’s induction conversion and who helped design Chatham’s ACF courses.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Dynamic pricing is not new; for decades, the airline, fashion, and hospitality industries have all found that dynamic pricing — the incremental adjustments to prices to reflect inventory, demand, and supply — has helped companies cut waste and save money. San Diego’s Rady School of Management suggests that it might.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Recycling your restaurant’s used cooking oil isn’t just a way to address your waste problems – it can help fight climate change. Not only that, but in the United States restaurants generate about 22 to 33 billion pounds of food waste annually. That’s a lot of waste.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

As a restaurant manager or operator, you are the driving force in productivity – leading your staff and keeping customers happy. However, productivity is more easily trained than managed. Many restaurant operators juggle multiple locations, and adding managers adds another link in the chain of command to manage.

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EATER

OCTOBER 15, 2024

When food waste goes to landfills, it creates methane , a powerful greenhouse gas. Food waste from all sources is responsible for eight percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, and the U.S. But restaurants have other, less visible sources of waste that also contribute to climate change. Not all California restaurateurs agree.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Of course, the importance of healthy, functioning supply chains isn’t news to those in restaurant management – they are the lifeblood of the restaurant and food service industries. Creating an effective recall management plan is no small undertaking, and the process can feel daunting.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 26, 2022

Since we can’t get away from rising prices and supply chain bottlenecks, we can look for new approaches that can help manage the impact. We are also going to take a guess that you haven’t considered looking at produce as another way to manage rising supply costs. Keep it Fresh Webinar.

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Harbor Touch

MARCH 18, 2025

Their stories inspire these 10 proven restaurant management tips and tricks for success. Its practical wisdom drawn from years of supporting restaurant managers, crafted to stand the test of time. Staff Management 1. Weve heard from managers who faced near walkouts during packed evenings because schedules got sloppy.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Controlling food waste is a hot topic in the industry as well. Food Waste Management Food waste management has always been a challenge for the restaurant industry. Because each person is different and may not have been trained well in food preparation, the level of waste can be extremely high.

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Lavu

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Real-time inventory systems help restaurants cut food waste , save money, and improve operations. Reduce Spoilage : Get alerts for expiring items and use the FIFO method to manage perishable goods. Automate Orders : Automatically reorder items when stock runs low, minimizing waste and emergency purchases.

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