Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

They want to feel valued and special – and they want to feel involved. Ultimately, I think that depends on the guest and on the space in terms of the vibe – but guests want to be somewhere that makes them feel something. Whether that is through food or décor (or preferably both), guests want to feel connected to your space.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2024

2025 Cocktail/Beverage Trends Ingredients on the Rise Super Juice Acid correction is a technique that allows bartenders to sustainably mimic flavors not locally available, such as using acid-corrected local citruses in Roatán in the Caribbean to replace lemons in cocktails.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2025

From franchise compliance to mergers and acquisitions (M&A) terms, the right legal frameworks can guide a restaurant company to long-term, sustained success. Taking the time to solidify these elements now will help sustain your success as you expand.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 2, 2020

One thing that is not typically top-of-mind during the quarantine is sustainability, even though sustainability could mean the difference between success and failure. Keep in mind, sustainability has three elements: social, environmental, and economic.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2025

In 1995, ICE Chairman and CEO Rick Smilow acquired the school and expanded its offerings, adding new courses of study, creating specially-designed facilities, expanding geographically and regularly updating the curriculum to reflect the ever-evolving culinary industry. As for induction cooking, that's an easy answer.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2021

” Understanding that sustainability requires partnership throughout the supply chain, Burger King are partnering with The Coca-Cola Company and Kraft Heinz to bring these initiatives to life. . This could translate to an additional 500 to 1,500 metric tons of paper waste eliminated annually across the U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 5, 2025

Keeping batch sizes manageable helps preserve the artisan feel, preventing the loss of what makes a product special. By recognizing the right time to scale, choosing the best production model, optimizing operations, and maintaining product integrity, food entrepreneurs can expand sustainably while staying true to their brand.

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Goliath Consulting

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Capital Structure Optimization: Guiding decisions about debt and equity procurement to ensure sustainable growth while maintaining optimal financial health. For restaurant owners focused on scaling operations, improving margins, and building sustainable growth, a fractional CFO can be transformative.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 25, 2025

This transition takes time, but it’s essential for sustainable success. Learn more about the Academy and accept your special offer HERE. Modern Restaurant Management readers can access Restaurant HR & Leadership Academy for exclusive resources, on-demand courses, and live training sessions designed for restaurant leaders.

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The Rail

JANUARY 21, 2025

In this article, we'll explore five practical ways AI helps restaurants reduce food waste by up to 30%, making sustainability an attainable goal for the industry. This enables restaurants to adjust orders, create specials, and repurpose ingredients before they spoil. The time to act is nowbecause every scrap saved makes a difference.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 25, 2021

With today’s food trends moving toward the direction of fresh, healthy, local, and sustainable, the term “plant-based” continues to enter the conversation on every playing field. Have a Staff That Is Knowledgeable of Plant-Based Products. Effectively educating those (bartenders, wait staff, back of the house, etc.)

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 5, 2024

One of the special features we used to accentuate the dining spaces are the Pecky Cypress wood panels reclaimed from the Florida Everglades. What lessons can other restaurateurs take away about being more sustainable and energy friendly? All of the light fixtures are LED and we used wood & stone materials for chairs and table tops.

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Restaurant Business

JANUARY 13, 2023

Innovative products made with sustainable ingredients have proliferated across various segments for a number of reasons. Supply chain stability and cost of ingredients have both been impacted by the pandemic, and consumer preference for sustainable products made with the future in mind has grown.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 18, 2024

Experiential dining, plant-based menus and sustainability were hot topics in the Les Dames d’Escoffier International (LDEI) 2023 Trends Report. Environmental Consciousness – Consumer awareness and desire for more sustainable options is encouraging upcycling and waste reduction efforts that are good for business and good for the planet.

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ChowNow

MARCH 21, 2025

Values: Are they eco-conscious, looking for sustainable and local ingredients? Key behavioral factors include: Dining Habits: Do they eat out frequently or only for special occasions? Seasonal & Local Adjustments: If sustainability or local sourcing matters to your diners, promote seasonal specials featuring local ingredients.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2024

Implement personalized suggestions, loyalty programs, and special incentives to make each diner feel appreciated and understood. Sustainability: A Menu with a Dash of Environmental Conscience Sustainability is the new expectation as modern diners are growing increasingly ecologically conscious.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 8, 2020

Some top trends include a rise in the prominence of mocktails and non-alcoholic drinks, demand for sustainable practices, and the addition of CBD drinks to menus across the country. Sustainability. Low or No-Alcohol Drinks. Environmentally friendly practices have more impact on your bottom line than you think. Even better?

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Restaurants owners and managers who are operating on life support need to do more than fundraise to sustain their employees and pay the rent; they need to seek out partnerships and collaborations with other industries for their mutual survival and benefit. It’s the time for us to rethink what a private event means.

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EATER

APRIL 7, 2025

While major egg producers like Perdue have invested in specialized biosecurity protocols intended to stop the spread of avian influenza at farms and production facilities, that wasnt an option for Trent. Then in January, the phone calls really started coming. People wanted eggs from me because I never raised the price of my eggs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2022

It is here to sustain, grow and be accepted on a larger scale. Not only are restaurants offering vegan food dishes but are also promoting a sustainable and greener lifestyle. This, in turn, promotes a more sustainable living. Veganism is no more a fad. According to Sentient Media, nearly 10 percent of the U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 17, 2023

Implement a Loyalty Program Offering rewards like free food or a special perk for signing onto a loyalty program can motivate customers to try out a new restaurant and create a positive first experience. Another is to add convenience like saved orders, saved payment methods or Apple Pay, loyalty programs, and personalized offers or perks.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Today’s digital solutions allow you to audit and evaluate your supply chain’s sustainability and resilience. Restaurants can easily get fresh, high-quality, more sustainable produce from local (or onsite) vertical farms, bypassing unreliable supply chains. Transform yesterday’s leftovers into today’s specials.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 2, 2024

With products now cleared for consumer sale in both the United States and Singapore, the cultivated meat industry is moving from proof of concept and early-stage R&D to a focus on demonstrating scalability, sustainable unit economics, and consumer and customer demand. How was the food sourced or produced?

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

They can invite guests who always order a drink to a holiday cocktail making class with the executive chef, recommend a seasonal dessert based on a guest’s tastes, or build a deeper rapport by acknowledging a couple who always visits around a special holiday. Sustaining Customer Loyalty. Tech tools that.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 16, 2024

Personalization engines that enable individualized loyalty experiences are key to creating and sustaining win–win experiences. "Restaurants Personalization engines that enable individualized loyalty experiences are key to creating and sustaining win–win experiences. welcome reward, birthday reward, segmentation).

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 7, 2022

They can be drawn in with the aspect of learning new flavor profiles and experimenting with sustainable farm-to-table recipes. Test out local organic produce or farm-raised meats as specials on temporary, seasonal menus to gauge interest and test profitability without having to commit to updating your normal menu.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Recommended Reading: 3 Ways to Run a Sustainable Restaurant How to Increase Staff Productivity Productivity for Servers Problem: Restaurant staff taking short personal breaks It’s vital to minimize the amount of time sinks available in day-to-day tasks in your restaurant.

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The Rail

APRIL 6, 2025

Teaching your employees to recall names, preferences, and special events of regular customers shows attention to detail that clients really value. Including interactive digital experiences such as augmented reality (AR) menu items or digital kitchen views adds special components to your dining experience that set your restaurant apart.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Despite the industry being at its most stable since 2019, customers being more educated and engaged around the issues impacting the food system, and massive strides made in creating sustainable and equitable conditions for staff, rising costs are greatly impacting both operations and the public’s dining out frequency.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Sustainable Tourism Is on the Up. Many are becoming increasingly aware of sustainability issues such as climate change and over-tourism, and this has brought about a rise in eco-tourism. For businesses keen to really benefit from this trend, it pays to look at your own sustainability credentials.

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EATER

APRIL 21, 2025

And now, a little special somewhere that feels just like their own. And in a baghali polo tahchin dish highlighting baked dill, Sadr transforms tahchin, a common dish across Iran, into a flavorful and visual ode to the wild, aromatic vegetation of northern Iran.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

From a catchy name to a one-of-a-kind menu or an Instagram-worthy interior design to a dedication to sustainability and more – all these ways and more can help your restaurant stand apart from competitors and attract clientele. You’ve launched a special initiative to help those in your community that are in need.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Increase sales by promoting high-margin menu items and special offers. This will make your budget strategic and sustainable, allowing you to make smart, informed decisions. Email Marketing Ideal for building loyalty with repeat customers through special offers and updates.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The outcome is Roses By the Stairs, which specializes in “spontaneous and seasonal” farmhouse ales, according to owner Jordan Ham. “ Roses by the Stairs is a sustainable design because it used a minimalistic approach to repurpose as much of the building as possible with as few new materials and resources as possible. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

That's why we instituted lower-priced lunch specials and made other adjustments. The Double-Edged Sword of Social Media Social media has reshaped how restaurants connect with guests, offering instant access to specials, menu highlights, and community events. This has driven up all wages because a cook being paid $16.50

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2022

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. Challenge your chef to be creative in transforming leftovers or excess ingredients into the next day’s specials. Inspect all food deliveries.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 16, 2020

The Greater Good, Sustainability and Local Sourcing. The Greater Good, Sustainability and Local Sourcing: Continuing to lessen our footprint on Earth and offering sustainable practices and products is a trend that continues to grow, rightfully so. Sourcing and buying local is still a growing trend as well.

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