7 Shifts

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Nowadays, running a successful restaurant takes more than great food and good service. If your website isn’t optimized for mobile, you could be losing out on potential customers. You can also reach out to other local businesses or organizations to provide further context to search engines about your restaurant’s location.

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Squirrel Systems

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

From sustainable practices and health-conscious menus to tech-enhanced dining and global flavors, hotel and resort restaurants are adapting to meet the diverse needs of the modern traveler. Why it matters for hotels and resorts: Guests, especially younger generations, are increasingly prioritizing sustainability in their travel choices.

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EATER

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Now, he’s taking over your dinner table. The main component for eating a perfect bowl of pasta is to be eating that pasta in Rome, but if that’s not an option, it’s really all about taking pasta more seriously. Pasta has been sort of watered down as it’s traveled around the world. But figuring out all the recipes?

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Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Ah…” when opportunity knocks, you can’t win the lottery if you don’t buy a ticket, in basketball or hockey you’ll miss every shot you don’t take, if you aren’t going all the way, why go at all,” …there are plenty of quotes that point to the same reality. This statement applies to all of us, in every situation, or any career. You might fail.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 18, 2024

The festive nature and exclusivity of a pop up with special offerings available for a limited time appeal to consumers’ desires for culinary adventure and offer opportunity for chefs to express themselves in a unique way without the constraints of working in a restaurant. Lcal and sustainable food is a mega trend in the restaurant business.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Every restaurant and restaurateur are struggling to figure it out how am I going to make this work? The restaurant has been, is, and hopefully will remain a special place for gathering, celebrating, relaxing, learning about, and enjoying the work of the chef and mixologist. Is this our future a place we want to be?

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 9, 2021

We may complain about the guest who is taking loads of pictures of their food and posting them on Instagram, but deep inside we get a bit of a rush when it happens. These team members will go out of their way for the guest because you do so for them. Let them kick the tires and take the menu for a spin.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2020

It has been surging in popularity first in Los Angeles (by way of Tijuana) and then San Francisco, and now it is beginning to take hold on the East Coast. While it may have been out-of-fashion for a while, we believe Chinese-American food is about to make a comeback. Regional Indian? Afro-Carribean? Singapore/Malay? Souley Vegan?

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Recent surveys are showing the vast majority of Americans have been cutting back on dining out. For those who do go out, a worrying 40 oercent of diners believe they are receiving less value from restaurants compared to previous times. Many restaurants adopted delivery services out of necessity in 2020.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 22, 2022

Our indoor restaurant business started to improve in August of 2019 as more people started to feel comfortable about traveling, especially within driving distance. There isn't one dramatic one that sticks out, but I can say that we have learned from every one of them and moved on. Too numerous to mention.

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EATER

JANUARY 8, 2024

Their tips range from the mundane — make sure you have enough food, don’t run out of booze — to the absolutely absurd. The book takes particular interest in setting the appropriate vibe for your party, especially when it comes to the table. Out, out, OUT!’ Never EVER serve chips.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

If weeknights are for riffing, Sunday nights are our time to go by the book, giving us a chance to test out our ample cookbook collection. We light candles, put on a themed playlist (a shrimp roll-and-Naragansett date night calls for coastal New England vibes on Spotify, for example), and take our time.

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ChowNow

MARCH 7, 2025

Fortunately, you can take steps to improve your ranking and that first critical step is filling out your Google Business Profile. Nothing frustrates customers more than arriving at a restaurant only to find out its closed. Keep your business hours updated, especially on holidays or special occasions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2020

With On-Demand Delivery for Square Online Store, sellers can take control of their fulfillment process by offering delivery to their loyal customer base directly from their own website. 'Travel Safe' Tools. Travel Safe features are available in all 49 markets where Tripadvisor operates.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

It’s impacted almost every part of our lives, from how we work and shop to how we travel and entertain ourselves. Once the government’s ‘ one-way road to freedom ’ was announced earlier in the year, UK travel companies cited a huge surge in enquiries from people keen to holiday on home ground this summer.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2020

People are looking to make their holidays special, and plan to do that with takeout and meal kits from a favorite local restaurant,” said Simon de Montfort Walker, senior vice president and general manager, Oracle Food and Beverage. When it came to ordering take-out, Gen Z led with 28 percent. ” The gift of food. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

More Business and Pleasure : “Bleisure” travel is on the rise and next year we predict more people will be combining their business travel with personal leisure, leading to extended stays and more opportunities to explore. While diners are paying more, chefs are making less.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Climate change is causing extreme drought conditions out west, which is harming crops in California and surrounding areas. Restaurant operators would be wise to take the following steps: Be proactive. Proper inventory management is essential to knowing what’s coming in, what’s going out, and what you need to order.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 10, 2020

Take a Measured Approach. Now is the time to pay more attention to your website, take advantage of the downtime your hotel may have to audit this too. Is there vital information that needs to be added or a special message you’d like your customers to read? But be ready, how will you stand out?

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The Rail

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

By Torrey Tayenaka, Contributor In a highly competitive restaurant industry, its crucial to stand out from the crowd and bring an influx of new guests through the door. Taking it a step further than high-quality images , video marketing taps into the sensory appeal that text and photos cant achieve.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2021

In CGA’s latest COVID-19 Impact study, it was found that 62 percent of American consumers had been out to Bars/Restaurants since their local market re-opened. “Brands that take advantage of this sentiment will connect more deeply with consumers and maximize their brand visibility. Based on responses from 1,000 U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 6, 2023

The worst part is, this type of illness is largely preventable Restaurant owners and operators need to take active steps to prevent foodborne illness from coming out of their kitchens. Your workers will take short cuts. Cross-contamination occurs when microbes travel from one place to another. coli and salmonella.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Earned media are things like local news stories about the restaurant, mentions in trade or travel stories about your region, online reviews, word of mouth and even mentions of your business on other people’s social media pages. Today’s Pandemic Special. Discussion of your COVID-19 policy might bring out a critic or two.

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Communication Social Media Menu Loyalty Program 506

EATER

APRIL 19, 2021

With “World Travel,” Laurie Woolever makes it possible for fans to travel with Anthony Bourdain once again Anthony Bourdain — beloved chef, journalist, TV show host, and champion of human connection — was always a storyteller first, and when he died in 2018, he was at work on a guide to traveling the world.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 15, 2020

Let’s take restaurants as an example – one might assume that these businesses are a luxury since cooking at home is always a logical alternative. Let’s take a look: [] RESTAURANTS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE GROWTH OF SMALL TOWN AMERICA. Restaurants are more than places where we can fill our stomachs – so much more. million workers.

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Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Gifts, special meals, travel, and most importantly – family time consumes the next few weeks. Those of us who fit this description should take the time to think about those who are not so fortunate. When a local cop or firefighter drives down the street – take a moment to wave and shout out: “thanks”!

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 3, 2020

Hot takeout summer: While 63 percent of respondents have canceled vacation travel due to COVID, 71 percent are still planning to take some vacation this summer. In thinking about travel, 75 percent of respondents say food is important in determining summer travel plans. Frose is out, with only 2.1

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Demand for gluten-free products continues to grow, with 15 percent of consumers surveyed looking for gluten-free options when dining out, according to a 2020 report by market research firm Mintel. Simply mentioning that you offer a gluten-free menu in your marketing materials is one easy step you can take. Take to the Camera.

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Marketing Social Media Online Ordering Demo 452

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2020

Q1 Yelp Economic Average (YEA) , which takes a holistic look at the local economic changes since the start of 2020, focused on the economic impact of COVID-19. “We have a long way to full recovery, but brands can take heart that we are starting from a place of trust and confidence.” Yelp Economic Average. In the U.K.

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2020 Food Safety Fast Casual Guest Recovery 479

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The funny thing is that these small businesses – in this case – restaurants – cannot survive on that once-a-year recognition, or even the occasional special event. Don’t they understand how much more special the experience will be in this little bistro with two people in the kitchen, a bartender and two servers?

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EATER

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Shared lodging like bed and breakfasts, boarding houses, and room rentals are falling out of favor, replaced by contactless, host-less vacation rentals. Pivot after pivot reoriented Airbnb around the kind of impersonal travel it originally tried to fix. But at what cost?

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Take note that this is the net profit margin for bars, meaning it takes into account all of your expenses and is the true bottom line that shows how much money your bar is actually making. On the other hand, for lower-cost items like beer, you can bundle or offer happy hour specials to drive more volume and profit.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2021

2021 will bring a restaurant renaissance unlike any we’ve seen before, with more consumers dining out and planning events than in years past. 62 percent of consumers have gone out to the On Premise for food since venues reopened, and 16 percent for a drink led occasion. ” The Return to On Premise.

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2021 Online Ordering Mobile Ordering Guest Recovery 473

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Restaurant Reckoning: Dynamic Diner' SevenRooms released its “Restaurant Reckoning: Dynamic Diner” report, which uncovered new diner personas to help operators understand what motivates guests to dine out in this new era of hospitality. join a waitlist before they arrive so they can be seated immediately).

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2020 Food Safety Hotels Dine-in 472

Social Hospitality

AUGUST 13, 2020

It’s critical to have this balance to meet the expectations of your millennial customers and take your business forward as a whole. Today, we’ll take a look at some best examples of stellar customer service in the hospitality industry. At the same time, they elevate security on the premises. Capitalize on Big Data Analysis.

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Customer Service Innovation Hospitality Hotels 436

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

On a positive note, people developed a deeper appreciation for social connection and the experience of dining out, making for more guests joining us in our restaurants. Wages have risen roughly 13 percent since early 2023, leveling out at $13.62 Restaurants have had to rethink hiring, wages, and benefits to attract and retain talent.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Travel around and youll be rewarded. After dinner, check out the adjoining bunkers, once used during the Sri Lankan civil war and now for impressive galleries. Take the whiskey-based Sabaragamuwa, which combines ranawara (an ayurvedic herb) with nutmeg, clove bitters, and bael (an aromatic fruit with yellow, fibrous pulp).

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