Sante

MAY 3, 2024

Good is another way of expressing “acceptable”, or “average”, and Continue Reading The post HOW TO OPERATE A GREAT RESTAURANT appeared first on Santé Magazine. “Good” is a misleading term when it comes to business.

Operations 235

Operations Magazine Management Management 235

Sculpture Hospitality

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

When it comes to managing a successful restaurant , a large part of keeping your business profitable boils down to how well you manage your operational costs.

Operations 118

Operations Management Management Beverage 118

7 Shifts

MAY 31, 2021

That's why restaurateurs rely on restaurant operations. With clearly defined and enforced restaurant operations, restaurants achieve maximum efficiency and profitability. But the term itself is broad enough to impose a simple yet essential question: what exactly is the concept of restaurant operations? Areas of Operation.

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Operations Inventory Hiring Customer Service 363

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Bar and restaurant operators often face tough dilemmas, ranging from the daily question, “Should we be mixing more drinks or turning more tables?” With today’s technology, bar and lounge operators can have the best of both worlds. This question often stymies operators eager to increase revenues.

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Operations Bar Back of House Front of House 179

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Advanced networking solutions have emerged as a critical player in this revolution, offering the potential to enhance restaurant operations dramatically. At the core, these solutions include high-speed internet, ensuring all digital operations run smoothly and without interruption.

Operations 189

Operations Front of House Customer Service Customer Experience 189

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2024

When this happens in restaurants, it can harm the feeling of collaboration necessary to achieve peak operational efficiency. Kitchen staff : The kitchen staff is perhaps the most integral part of a restaurant operation to the guest experience — after all, what do people go to a restaurant for if not to eat?

Communication 197

Communication Operations Leadership Employee Relations 197

Sante

APRIL 1, 2024

The post WHY DO YOU OWN OR OPERATE A RESTAURANT? What is your why? appeared first on Santé Magazine.

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Operations Magazine Management Management 263

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 1, 2024

What should restaurant operators understand about RFID? Restaurant operators should understand that RFID can help solve various challenges prevalent in the Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) industry, such as inventory mismanagement and food waste. What are the costs associated with implementing RFID into restaurants?

Operations 128

Operations Food Supply Waste Food Safety 128

7 Shifts

APRIL 25, 2022

BI points out the big swings restaurants can make to improve their operations and profitability. Tools like the Operations Overview feature in 7shifts even allows you to drill down to see the discrepancy between projections and actuals for both sales and labor data for every location.

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Operations Point of Sale Inventory Restaurant Law 370

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 17, 2024

” Those words from Katherine Pendrill, Senior Manager, Content Marketing at TouchBistro, should be quite telling for restaurant operators as they point out the opportunity that exists to reach a valuable audience. "The takeaway for operators is that having off-premise ordering is essential if they want to attract a Gen Z audience.

Operations 189

Operations Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Consumer Goods 189

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. Enhancing Customer Service with AI One of the most visible applications of AI in restaurants is in customer-facing operations.

Customer Experience 122

Customer Experience Operations Back of House Customer Service 122

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Quick Service Meets Compliance QSRs face significant challenges in maintaining high levels of food safety, with 28% of QSR operators citing food safety as their top challenge. Keeping Costs Low In the constant search to cut costs wherever possible, budget management is essential to the operation of quick service chains.

Operations 88

Operations Food Safety Audits Customer Service 88

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 26, 2022

Inflation, supply chain disruptions, and an unforgiving labor market have created a perfect storm for restaurant owners and operators. As costs rise and pressures pile up, the time is now to perform a complete audit of the true costs of human resources operations. The mounting headwinds are unrelenting.

Audits 203

Audits Operations 2006 Hiring 203

Crunchtime

JANUARY 25, 2024

An increasing number of multi-unit restaurants are embracing operations management software solutions to simplify processes, improve accuracy, and increase business efficiency.

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Operations Management Management Back of House 173

Chowly

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The night before the show was all about excitement as we reunited with teammates—both new and old—and looked forward to connecting with independent restaurant operators to network and share valuable insights. Team members Aaron, Irina, Alex, and Elena were present, dressed to impress and eager to connect with operators.

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Operations Workshop Franchising Franchise 59

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 1, 2022

It’s a restaurant operator’s worst nightmare. While customer data was not exposed, the company’s operations, including corporate email and point of sale systems, were affected. Prioritize vulnerabilities that matter and patch operating system and application software frequently. What Is Ransomware?

Operations 240

Operations Point of Sale POS Small Business 240

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 6, 2023

By taking a proactive approach to risk identification and mitigation, restaurants can help prevent downtime, improve operational efficiency, and make data-driven decisions to optimize resource allocation and enhance overall productivity. Restaurants should leverage IoT to optimize their operations and elevate safety, quality, and efficiency.

Food Safety 201

Food Safety Operations Management Management 201

Crunchtime

JANUARY 9, 2024

When it comes to all of the work done across your restaurant operations, are you measuring what matters? Whether it’s inventory management, scheduling, operations execution, or employee development, each aspect of operations drives important outcomes that impact profitability, customer experience, and growth.

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Operations Inventory Customer Experience Management 158

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 30, 2023

” This was both a technology and operational fail due to lack of proper testing/QA and employee training. Update Pandemic Fast Fixes Some safety measures and operational considerations done during the pandemic should revert back or be optimized more efficiently now.

Operations 179

Operations Mobile Ordering Customer Experience Online Ordering 179

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 18, 2024

While restaurants that successfully pivot to address this demand for value may grow or maintain their sales, these brands could find themselves making other cost-saving operational changes, like reducing portion sizes, to account for this trend. In this competitive environment, it’s clear that we must innovate to stay ahead.

Operations 88

Operations Loyalty Program Fast Casual 2024 88

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 15, 2022

Throughout the pandemic, operators have taken note of consumers’ changing lifestyles and the needs of their staff, and as a result, recent innovations have emerged to address these new needs. Often, it’s hard to make human operations faster, so that’s where unattended tech solutions can support and conquer that challenge.

Operations 209

Operations Consumer Goods Sustainability Mobile Ordering 209

Perfect Daily Grind

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

In many coffee-producing countries around the world, there are a number of ways in which farms are operated and managed. Two of the most widespread coffee farming models are estates and co-operatives. Co-operatives vs estate farms: What are the main differences? Read on for more of their insight. Are more farmers leaving co-ops?

Operations 189

Operations Point of Sale Pricing Small Business 189

Chowly

JULY 11, 2024

However, for restaurant operators, another equally important metric is emerging: Return on Time (ROT). This concept highlights the value of time as a finite and precious resource, especially in the hospitality industry where operators are often overwhelmed by various demands.

Operations 105

Operations BOH Customer Service Customer Experience 105

Apicbase

JULY 16, 2024

But… Purchasing (or procurement… never ‘buying’) is such a fiddly part of restaurant operations that it pays to be at the top of your game at all times. That’s because, next to inventory management, F&B purchasing mistakes are the number #1 reason why operators struggle to get their food costs under control. And they add up.

Operations 98

Operations Inventory Point of Sale Food Order 98

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 6, 2022

In addition to restaurant operators opening or transitioning to the ghost kitchen strategy, grocers are also exploring this new concept. In an increasingly competitive market, operators can implement useful technologies to ensure success. Meanwhile, 61 percent of operators are encouraged to move their production to off-site provisions.

Operations 196

Operations Kitchen Safety Food Safety Waste 196

Rocket Fuel

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Nationwide economic shifts following the pandemic have made it necessary for restaurant owners and operators to find new ways to increase profits, add efficiency, lower costs and stay competitive. Back-of-House (BOH) Systems: BOH platforms offer streamlined inventory management, staff coordination and kitchen operations tracking.

Operations 52

Operations BOH Franchise Franchising 52

Crunchtime

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This is operations execution—ensuring that every task completed by every employee is done correctly and on time across every location to keep the business moving and growing. As a result, there is strategic value in investing in operations execution.

Operations 158

Operations Audits Customer Experience 158

ChowNow

JULY 17, 2024

An operations plan is a crucial component of your restaurant’s business plan. A well-crafted operations plan not only ensures consistency and quality but also helps you manage resources effectively and achieve long-term success. These objectives should be considered as you build out each component of your operations plan.

Operations 78

Operations Kitchen Safety Front of House Food Safety 78

Crunchtime

OCTOBER 29, 2024

For that reason, many restaurants are turning to AI forecasting to improve their preparation for demand and execution of operations. Understanding customer demand is critical for success in the restaurant industry. But what exactly is AI forecasting, and why is it becoming an essential tool for restaurants?

Operations 78

Operations Inventory Food 78

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

This inflation at the customer–facing end of the restaurant business has largely been fuelled by rapidly increasing operating costs – by as much as 11.7 These increased menu prices deter more diners, and then the operators are again forced to increase costs or decrease spending on quality products to survive.

Operations 197

Operations Cash Management Seasonal Menu Loyalty Program 197