Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2022

Nair, a partner at Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP compiles recent legal news affecting the restaurant, food and beverage and hospitality industries for Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. Recent opinions in favor of insurance companies include a March 16, 2022 unpublished Ninth Circuit pane opinion in Steven Baker v. Litigation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 30, 2021

Nair, a partner at Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP compiles recent legal news affecting the restaurant, food and beverage and hospitality industries for Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. The FASTER Act makes sesame the ninth food that manufacturers must identify on prepackaged labels. Legislation. Administrative Developments.

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7 Shifts

APRIL 23, 2021

Early on in 2020, we were scrambling to figure out ways to get food to customers and how to give staff enough hours and keep them on the payroll. Many workers are not returning due to personal safety concerns, and many have left the industry altogether. This, of course, doesn't mean it's ok to serve bad food.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 3, 2022

” No truer words were spoken by Benjamin Franklin and is a mantra that resonates deeply for businesses in the food service industry—many of whom are in recovery mode in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s five to seven times more energy used by food service than in a commercial space.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 15, 2020

During a pandemic, drone delivery may also enable restaurants to serve customers who feel uncomfortable picking up food from a restaurant or having a delivery drivers come to their homes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 17, 2020

So, establishments are left with the difficulty of needing to provide a safe environment, stellar service, great atmosphere and fantastic food, while largely running on fumes. Let the patrons know what you are doing to assist with safety measures. Let the public see that you care about their safety and that of your employees.

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7 Shifts

JULY 21, 2020

Healthcare costs: group healthcare benefits, insurance premiums, etc. That means if you get a line of credit as a safety net for an emergency and never use it, you won't have to pay anything for it. You can use a short term loan to finance just about any of your restaurant expenses: payroll, outdoor seating investment, food truck, etc.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The seven principles are: Restaurants have a right to know and determine when and if their food is delivered. Customers should expect the same degree of food safety from delivery as they do when dining in a restaurant. ” Delivery represents one of the most important segments of growth for the restaurant industry.

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Cheetah

MAY 14, 2021

In April last year, Mayor London Breed announced a 15% cap on food delivery service fees. 2020 is far behind us, but restaurants are still not out of the woods. Another way to look at this is as if 3rd-party delivery apps contribute to the dumbing-down of the food consumption experience as a whole.

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EATER

APRIL 7, 2022

chirps a green banner on the homepage of Amy’s Kitchen, the organic packaged and prepared-foods giant. The company remains family-owned, and reported anticipating $600 million in revenue in 2020 , bolstered by consumers into the company’s natural, “fiercely independent” ethos. Its workers say they have a long way to go.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Surviving as a business was still a challenge, it came at a significant financial cost, and the potential costs of employee health and safety had to take a back seat to the health of the business. After a food order was handed off to a customer, new gloves were put on. Significant efforts were made to ensure patrons were served safely.

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EATER

MAY 17, 2021

Breaking down the food, labor, and fixed costs of Dirt Candy’s popular spinach croque-monsieur We often presume to understand restaurant economics because we know what a chicken breast costs at the supermarket. “I Food Costs: $3.45. percent food cost. But the cost to make any dish at a restaurant goes beyond the food itself.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

But restaurants, now that they are also bringing people back inside, are going to have do the harder work of making it a permanent solution—whether that's a pickup window adjacent to their door or reworking their kitchen in such a way that its food is flowing to the front of house in a more efficient manner. 'What’s In It?

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Hot Schedules

MARCH 11, 2021

Due to spikes in cases over the 2020 holiday season, many states across the U.S. From November 2020 to January 2021, the restaurant industry lost nearly 450,000 jobs, representing about 10 percent of the total jobs recovered during the first six months after the initial spring shutdowns, according to the National Restaurant Association.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2020

” Traditionally, to enable delivery most sellers list their menu on food delivery platforms because the restaurant doesn’t have their own couriers. Processing is free on all on-demand delivery orders through July 8, 2020—up to $50,000 in sales. Plus, Square is also waiving dispatch fees until July 1, 2020.

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Society Insurance

OCTOBER 12, 2022

However, public safety also needs to be taken into account. Obtaining the appropriate permits and updating your insurance coverage is crucial for your business’ protection. in 2020, but remain popular today. Protect Your Restaurant With Society Insurance. appeared first on Society Insurance.

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The Restaurant Times

JUNE 1, 2022

In 2020, the US ice cream industry produced more than 1 billion gallons of ice creams generating around USD 5.6 Food Service License. The state health departments will issue you the food service license, which varies depending on the type of establishment. Food Handler’s Permit. Get Business Insurances.

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EATER

MAY 3, 2021

When Isaac Furman quit his job as a line cook in early 2020 to go back to school, he assumed it would be a temporary break from the industry. “I After he aged out of his parents’ health insurance, the subsidized insurance his work offered him was around $500 a month — which he could hardly afford with his wages.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

” Aron most recently served as the Australian CEO & Country Manager for Deliveroo from 2015 to 2020, helping grow the company into 500 cities and 13 countries during his tenure. General Mills Foodservice' s Neighborhood to Nation Restaurant Recipe Contest will award $100,000 to restaurants and food trucks nationwide.

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EATER

JULY 12, 2022

I started pulling all these different resources to help people in my position, because now I didn’t have a job, I didn’t have any insurance,” he said. And even if they do, taking advantage of insurance-provided mental health care is still an uphill battle.

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Restaurant365

JULY 24, 2020

Increased demand for food delivery had already boosted the growth of ghost kitchens, and the COVID-19 pandemic has escalated both the popularity and profitability of the model. Ghost kitchens cut the cost of real estate and labor by reducing the restaurant model to accommodate off-premise food sales. market for online food delivery.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

MARCH 19, 2020

March 19, 2020 Domino's Announces Need for 10,000 Employees Domino's announces the need for 10,000 full-time and part-time employees to support increased demand for delivery. March 19, 2020. March 19, 2020 Cameron Mitchell Cameron Mitchell Restaurants announces it will be closing restaurants temporarily and laying-off 4,500 employees.

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EATER

MAY 22, 2020

Whole Foods photo, Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images; illustrations, zuperia /Shutterstock. But in case you do have a choice as to where you can shop, consider the following: Whole Foods. Whole Foods photo, Alastair Wallace /Shutterstock; illustrations, zuperia /Shutterstock. How it’s going: Mixed bag!

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ChowNow

MARCH 26, 2021

Online orders for food and beverage grew an incredible 93 percent between 2019 and 2020. Forter notes that instances of fraud in food and beverage dropped by 55%, relative to overall sales. As a safety net, operators may also take photos of their orders or require customers to show their IDs when picking up food.

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ChowNow

AUGUST 26, 2021

Online orders for food and beverage grew an incredible 93 percent between 2019 and 2020. Forter notes that instances of fraud in food and beverage dropped by 55%, relative to overall sales. As a safety net, operators may also take photos of their orders or require customers to show their IDs when picking up food.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 27, 2020

Interest for alcohol-related experiences has increased since June 1, relative to other food activities, with a rise in consumer interest for wineries (up 51 percent), cideries (up 39 percent), breweries (up 24 percent) and distilleries (up 19 percent). Aziz Hashim first launched Franklin Junction in April 2020. "The

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EATER

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Vianne applied to work as a food delivery worker for Postmates and DoorDash, two relatively recent app-based delivery services. After Vianne filled out the applications for Postmates and DoorDash and underwent a brief training session, “I just got in my car and I started delivering food.” It was very exhausting.”

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EATER

JUNE 24, 2021

Transgender drivers say their safety concerns have gone unchecked. For transgender delivery drivers, safety is an especially big concern. Transgender delivery drivers, who often interact with customers when dropping off food, risk violence through exposure to transphobic people throughout the work day. Shutterstock.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 7, 2020

This edition of MRM News Bites features the Independent Restaurant Coalition, Tripadvisor, Inspire Brands Foundation, WorkJam, EZ-Chow, US Foods, Potbelly Pantry, Just Salad, Zalat Pizza, Kentucky Fried Chicken, California Pizza Kitchen, Nando’s and Street Factory Media. Ensuring business interruption insurance covers COVID-19.

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The Restaurant Times

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Food truck businesses have never been more popular than they are now. In 2020, we saw a significant rise in the number of food trucks. Moreover, since the COVID-19 pandemic, many customers prefer to eat from food trucks rather than restaurants as they are relatively safer. Think About What You Like .

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EATER

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

That’s how much the closure of Kin Khao took out of the food economy. You can’t let people go without health insurance. It was, I believe, between $12,000 to $14,000 a month in benefits for each restaurant that we decided to keep paying our employees’ insurance. You can’t let people go without health insurance.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

This edition of MRM News Bites features a double dose from US Foods, SpotOn Transact, DoorDash Kitchens, Virtual Restaurant Consulting, Tripleseat and Gather, wagamama, Toast, The Gluten Intolerance Group, Instawork and StaffMate Online, Procurant and Yellofin, Sift, 7shifts, ParTech, Revel Systems and Como, Kabbage, Bluecrew and Cuboh.

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BNG Point of Sale

JULY 30, 2021

Guide on the Food Truck Business and How to Increase Profits . You intend to start a food truck business, correct? Although the food truck business relieves some of the responsibility and worry that comes with running a brick-and-mortar restaurant, they also carry their own unique set of challenges. Know your target .

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KaTom

MARCH 17, 2020

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic , which indicates “the worldwide spread of a new disease.” Food Safety Focus: Coronavirus Readiness in Foodservice & Restaurants. COVID-19 & the Restaurant Industry. WHO: COVID-19 Q&A.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2020

Cheetah, an e-commerce platform offering contactless pickup and delivery of food and supplies, closed $36M in Series B funding led by Eclipse Ventures, with participation from ICONIQ Capital, Hanaco Ventures, and Floodgate Fund. who provided business advisory and restructuring services. Cheetah Secures Funding.

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EATER

JULY 22, 2021

Even before the pandemic, restaurants were in a precarious position, squeezed between ever-increasing rents, food costs, and payrolls. A September 2020 Yelp report found that more than 32,000 restaurants across the country had closed between March and the end of August — 61 percent of them permanently. Tom McGovern.

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