Restaurant365

APRIL 16, 2021

Today, consumers want convenient and easy ways to order food from your restaurant. Luckily, that’s what an online ordering system can do for you. Statista notes that in 2020, 760 million users were using online ordering for their restaurant takeout and delivery orders, a 20% increase year-over-year.

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Online Ordering Blog Ordering Front of House 78

Culinary Cues

APRIL 1, 2024

I picked up the clipboard holding an overview of restaurant reservations for the night as well as a stack of banquet orders that will tax the system until well after midnight. He never even took one bite of the food that I prepared. Elvis, on the other hand was more difficult to serve than the banquet for twelve hundred.

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Back of House Kitchen Safety Hotels Front of House 318

Culinary Cues

JANUARY 20, 2024

Whether a quick service restaurant, family dining, food truck, or white tablecloth fine dining operation – there will always be some level of price sensitivity. Yes, our house blend is very nice and well received, but with the flat iron steak you ordered, I think the Cabernet Sauvignon would be a much more interesting pairing.

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Fine Dining Food Truck Back of House Pricing 389

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

There was a time, maybe not too long ago, when you knew very little about food and cooking. Remember that first plate of food that you slid into the pass? The steak was returned (under-cooked and not the medium rare the guest had ordered). You added a skill to your bag of tricks. Everything was on a different level.

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Food Order Presentation Café Waste 342

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Ah, but the food and conversation were consistently good, plentiful, and in-expensive. Why do people line up for your food every day?” Looks like you need to order some more”, I said as a way to state the obvious. “No, I care about both, and that care adds a unique flavor to the food I cook.”

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White Paper Hospitality Fine Dining Reference 319

The Restaurant Times

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

India’s love for their favorite food be it Mughlai, South Indian , Kashmiri , Rajasthani, or Gujarati thali has continued despite the pandemic. Food has always been something that our social fabric has been woven around. The majority i.e., 57 percent of orders still come from food aggregator platforms.

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Online Ordering Food Order Delivery Ordering 52

The Restaurant Times

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

India’s love for their favorite food be it Mughlai, South Indian , Kashmiri , Rajasthani, or Gujarati thali has continued despite the pandemic. Food has always been something that our social fabric has been woven around. The majority i.e., 57 percent of orders still come from food aggregator platforms.

Online Ordering 52

Online Ordering Food Order Delivery Ordering 52

Culinary Cues

APRIL 22, 2024

I suppose it was only inevitable that this new method of doing business would creep into restaurant and other food related businesses. Every restaurant should want their patrons to leave with a smile on their face, memories of great tasting food, a comforting feeling that they were taken care of, and a sense that what they spent was worth it.

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Consumer Goods Pricing Customer Experience Hospitality 284

Culinary Cues

MARCH 21, 2022

When a kitchen exudes calm, even when the amount of food prep and the stress of the moment seem over-the-top, it is always a result of organization and attention to detail. Throughout the kitchen – this is the rule of thumb: everything has an order, a place, and a time that everyone adheres to.

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Front of House Back of House Point of Sale Uniforms 353

Indoor Media

JULY 27, 2017

Here are seven blogs that you may want to follow for tips and trends that will help you improve your restaurant’s profitability. The Next Restaurants blog takes a direct approach to how food establishments should market themselves. This blog offers more than marketing for restaurant tips. Look no further!

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Blog Marketing SEO Website Management 88

Culinary Cues

MAY 1, 2023

They are the people I am most comfortable around – people with whom I share something important – preparing food. In all cases – I have learned something from them. There are many war stories of battles in the kitchen when we stood together on the precipice of defeat, only to find a way out because we share a unique bond.

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Front of House Back of House Food Order Seasonal Menu 427

Culinary Cues

APRIL 15, 2023

Cafés and Bistros should be able to dip into a cache of “extra” money to pay for the entrance fee and since it is thought that restaurants make significant profits from the food they sell, then those deep discounts will be easy to swallow. If you are not in the restaurant business, then maybe this sounds reasonable.

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Seasonal Menu Café Point of Sale Social Media 447

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 22, 2022

The food was, of course excellent, but more importantly reflective of the region and its history and the experiences of the chef. This is where people met to talk about their families, local events, a bit of politics, a love of music and art, and laugh with reckless abandon over a plate of magnificent comfort food. author unknown.

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Seating Front of House Back of House Cash Management 442

Social Hospitality

AUGUST 11, 2023

In order to run a successful restaurant, you must also have an easy-to-navigate website. A well-optimized website attracts more visitors and encourages them to explore the menu, make online reservations, or even order food directly through an integrated system. It also helps them know your menu and narrow down their favorites.

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SEO Social Media Reservations Online Ordering 195

Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

This is a behind the scenes look at the place and the people that bring a plate of food to the guest’s table. The chef will likely be the most experienced culinarian with responsibility for the financial operation of the kitchen, menu planning, ordering and inventory control, training, and quality control.

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Seasonal Menu Back of House Customer Service Front of House 517

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 18, 2022

I was probably 10 or 11 years old on a shopping trip with my parents when we walked by a diner window with full view of their short order cooks. The difference between the two happens before the first order is received. As I look back, those short order cooks in the Buffalo diner window had it all together. It was amazing!

Customer Experience 411

Customer Experience Food Order Hiring Café 411

Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Let’s not confuse freedom with a desire to do whatever we want without a system of order or respect for the discipline of structure. There is comfort in the ability to achieve concrete objectives – a well-prepared plate of food and a satisfied customer. This is what discipline and organization bring to a work environment.

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Uniforms Airlines Food Order Fine Dining 463

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Cooks are busy at work with their own preparations as breakfast orders from the dining room arrive at a harrowing pace. As service begins to reach its peak, you set aside your prep work and jump into the expeditor position calling out orders and finishing plate garnishes. Dinner service pulls a different crew to the hot and cold lines.

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Kitchen Safety Front of House Fine Dining Seasonal Menu 423

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The anxiety building up to a full house in the hotel packed with a series of food events has made it impossible to relax. The event wall was filled with clip boards, each holding the food function of the day. All our ingredients were already in-house, only a produce ordered remained and we expected the truck around 9.

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Front of House Back of House Seating Food Truck 397

7 Shifts

MAY 11, 2020

If you have a goal reopen date in mind, work back from that to develop when each task needs to be complete in order to hit that goal. Hold a training session before re-opening with staff to walk them through the latest food handling safety procedures. Social distancing and protective equipment ??

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BOH FOH Food Safety Equipment 368

Culinary Cues

JULY 14, 2023

Make sure the tables are level, windows in that station clean, tablecloths even, silverware and glassware spotless, menus clean and pristine, back-up supplies in perfect order, your uniform impeccable, and know the menu and features inside and out including correct pronunciations and beverages that pair perfectly with food.

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Cash Management Uniforms Food Supply Café 299

Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

There are masters to serve, people who depend on the work of the culinary professional, who trust that their food will be prepared properly, that it will be managed and handled well, and the plate viewed as an important canvas on which the technician and artist paints. Sarah – that special you worked on was a home run.

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Employee Relations Training Fine Dining Take-out 382

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Deep inside, people want to experience that quarterback throw a 40-yard pass, the batter power hit a grand slam homerun, and a chef create an incredibly different, beautiful, delicious dish that changes the way people think about a plate of food. I’ve ordered the same thing every Friday for the past ten years!”

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Coaching Small Business Café Entertainment 350

Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Whether speaking from a spiritual standpoint, referencing soul music, soul food, or the soul of a restaurant – it is clear that each of these can “transform the moments in our day and bring us closer to living life from a place that sits well with who we are at our core” 1. We not only taste soul food; we feel it. CAFÉ Talks Podcast.

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Back of House Transportation Café Food Order 383

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

The next day comes around with the normal hectic start including placing orders, taking reservations, finding replacements for absent employees, and making changes to that evening’s menus. After clean-up, he turns off the lights and heads for his car in the lot. When closing time comes around, the cobwebs are still there.

Uniforms 360

Uniforms Small Business Dine-in Training 360

7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

Inventory management Managers need to ensure the kitchen is stocked with the right amount of food so that nothing is wasted and as few items need to be 86'ed as possible. This involves reading restaurant management blogs and news publications, taking relevant classes and courses, and attending industry events and trade shows.

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Management Management Kitchen Safety Front of House 398

Culinary Cues

MAY 16, 2024

A great order of eggs over easy transitions from utilitarian to exceptional with a slice of toast made from this bread. Your work as a baker makes everyone smile, makes every meal special, and stimulates conversation over memories of food rather than the challenges of the day. You are a baker.

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Café Food Order Retail Education 241

Culinary Cues

JULY 14, 2021

These warriors of the kitchen remember the heat, the aching muscles from standing on their feet for a 12-hour shift, the pressure of timing, the polished hands from grabbing too many scorching hot pans, and the staccato sounds of the POS printer ticking off countless orders. The orders start to arrive as the team acknowledges they are ready.

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Food Order Café Ordering Inventory 473

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2024

Using technology to facilitate contactless payments, online ordering, and quick table rotation can increase consumers’ satisfaction and loyalty. Also, consider providing curbside, takeout, or delivery services in addition to flexible and quick ordering and delivery alternatives, including online, phone, or in-app ordering.

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Loyalty Program Dietary Restrictions Mobile Ordering Social Media 152

7 Shifts

AUGUST 12, 2020

Word of mouth is fantastic, but when it comes to scaling a restaurant or reopening after months of closure, you need to rely on more than just the possibility of a customer loving your food and telling their friends about it. What are they ordering? Maybe it’s the way you cook or serve the food like teppanyaki restaurants.

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Marketing 2020 SEO Loyalty Program 420

Culinary Cues

APRIL 18, 2023

Here are some thoughts. [] IT’S STILL ABOUT THE FOOD: People go out to eat for a variety of reasons – convenience, social interaction, a change of pace, business travel, vacations, celebration, or habit. Guests will come for the food and the service, but they become raging fans of a restaurant with a story. A terrific story.

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Food Truck Back of House Education Training 319

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

If you weren’t thinking that much about online ordering before, you definitely are now. The easiest way to get your food out there is by partnering with a third-party delivery app. Native or first-party delivery doesn't rely on a separate service to take and send out orders. It will still cost you to run your own delivery.

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Online Ordering Ordering Customer Service Food Order 341

Culinary Cues

MAY 9, 2022

Occasionally, she would call me to help push out a big order by flipping pancakes and French toast on the griddle. Suddenly, I was on my way to becoming a short-order cook. You pick things up quickly, your knife skills are pretty good, you are fast and efficient, and your plates of food are as good as mine. CAFÉ Talks Podcast.

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Hotels Food Order Café Inventory 361

Culinary Cues

MAY 27, 2023

Try “FOOD” on for size. Encourage talk about food while on the job, take the time as a chef or manager to make “FOOD FACT” teaching moments throughout the day. Encourage talk about food while on the job, take the time as a chef or manager to make “FOOD FACT” teaching moments throughout the day.

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Technology Front of House Social Media Back of House 347

Culinary Cues

MAY 12, 2022

These are the restaurants where dining is much, much more than just consuming food. If they don’t see the value, regardless of how tasty or beautiful that plate of food might be, then why would they return? www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. Search through the more than 700 articles on the business of food.

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Pricing Training Consumer Goods Customer Experience 352

Culinary Cues

JULY 22, 2021

There have been numerous articles from restaurateurs asking customers to “give us a break, be patient, we’re trying our best, it’s not our fault that the food isn’t quite right, that the service is painfully slow, that servers are not well trained, or we just seem to be disorganized.” www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG.

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Guest Recovery Uniforms Point of Sale Customer Experience 448

Social Hospitality

JULY 5, 2019

Even if your restaurant is well established, you have to keep up with current marketing trends in order to remain competitive. Put an “Order now!” ” button that redirects people to your online ordering website, for example. Use real images and great content that compel customers to order from your restaurant.

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Marketing Social Media Loyalty Program Email Marketing 170