Buzztime Business

JUNE 27, 2023

Restaurant margins are notoriously slim, making it essential for restaurants to constantly devise new ways to keep their costs under control. In summertime, particularly, restaurants face several seasonal challenges that are culprits for driving up their food and operational costs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Due to many factors including inflation and supply chain challenges, restaurant owners and operators have been faced with tough choice about raising menu prices. As food prices rise, restaurants should try to stay within their target ratio for food cost to gross food revenue in order to maintain target profits.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

While the primary concern during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic should be physical health and getting food to people in order for them to stay alive and healthy, the impact of the virus on the restaurant industry has been tremendous. Restaurants are an essential part of the food supply chain to millions of Americans every year.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Managing multiple restaurant locations is a good challenge to have. It means guests love the food you serve so much that one location simply won’t cut it — and you get to serve more customers, generate more revenue , and expand your business. But to be clear, multi-location restaurant management is challenging.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 3, 2024

I want to highlight trends in restaurant promotion for 2024. Trend One: Offering Ready-Made Solutions for Customers In today’s world, restaurant operators face guest attention deficit. To deal with it, restaurants need to offer ready-made solutions for customers. How can you achieve this? Let’s look at two examples.

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Hot Schedules

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Stories abound of restaurants seeing wait times skyrocket, hotels having to limit amenities, and retailers having to reduce operating hours due to lack of staff. health insurance and 401k plans), some creative thinking can create a work environment employees want to remain at without driving up expenses. 24 Hours.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

If the past few years have taught us anything, it's that restaurant technology is no longer a nice-to-have. It's a necessity for building a modern and future-proof restaurant. The first technologies that restaurants often invest in are the cloud-based point of sale (POS) systems and payroll processing.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2022

Cryptocurrency has real-world applications in the food industry, with restaurants using it to create new and exciting foods for their customers and find ways to use crypto as payments. Restaurants and hotels are playing their creative game too well as they establish crypto-themed restaurants across the globe.

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Restaurant Engine

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Manage your food costs and watch your restaurant grow and thrive. Food prices are rising across the board, and this affects restaurants just like yours. In this article, we look at how food service entrepreneurs are finding creative ways to manage food costs. Pre-Portion Your Food.

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The Rail

JANUARY 1, 2024

By Indiana Lee, Contributor The success of your restaurant is influenced by a variety of factors. One of these is your attitude to waste. When your staff treats food and other resources inefficiently, it can genuinely impact your ability to continue operating. But this adds up over the course of the days, weeks, and months.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 18, 2020

As restaurants cautiously begin to reopen in pockets of the U.S. and abroad, the restaurant industry remains far from full capacity. While many restaurants pivoted quickly to off-premises dining only, the model is not a fit for every brand. Some restaurants even opened their pantry to become pop-up general stores.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In order to set themselves apart, operators will need to find ways to connect to their customers on an emotional level. In order to set themselves apart, operators will need to find ways to connect to their customers on an emotional level. Some of those quick-adapts will continue to shape foodservice as we head into 2022.

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Apicbase

APRIL 28, 2023

Every report on food waste is a jaw-dropper. Food waste is a monumental problem with massive consequences. An estimated 32% of all food produced worldwide is lost or wasted from farm to fork (some reports even say between 40-50%). Food loss and waste represent about $940 billion in annual economic losses.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 4, 2022

Restaurant inventory management plays a key role in overcoming rising food prices. Logistics challenges and labor shortages have fueled rising food prices at the wholesale level. Rising food prices have had an impact on the food sector for some time, with ingredient values above levels for the same time last year.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2021

The restaurant industry was hard hit by COVID-19, so restaurateurs are among those most looking forward to the eventual elimination of social distancing protocols and indoor capacity restrictions. Restaurants that adopted digital forms and a touchless kiosk for safety are discovering a range of unexpected benefits.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 19, 2022

After exploring wine and home bartending during the pandemic, consumers are now more educated than ever before when it comes to ordering drinks at a restaurant. working to help our restaurant partners. We found a Jamaican rum and scotch combo at a pizza restaurant in Houston and a mezcal and gin combo at a pool hall in Chicago.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 21, 2022

Picture the life of a manager with a portfolio of 30 restaurants. This is just one of the questions restaurants are tackling in their focus on sustainability. Not only are restaurants themselves driving this sustainability movement, so are their customers. Could these extra trips be prevented? Addressing a Daunting Challenge.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 9, 2021

When helping restaurants optimize their produce programs, the biggest and best thing we can tell them is to stop chopping, scooping, and prepping their veggies! Fresh prepared produce delivers many benefits to foodservice operations from cost and labor savings along with increasing back of house efficiency, food safety, and freshness.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked experts for their thoughts on trends and challenges that will affect the restaurant industry in 2023. Restaurants will continue to embrace digital on-premise, including mobile ordering and payment at the table, to streamline operations and improve the guest experience.

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Apicbase

OCTOBER 28, 2022

They will help you reduce your costs structurally. That way, you can keep price increases minimal. Drastic price hikes are the last resort for restaurants. 5 Ways To Secure Your Restaurant’s Bottom line In An Uncertain Economy. 5 Ways To Secure Your Restaurant’s Bottom line In An Uncertain Economy.

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Ken Burgin

JUNE 13, 2023

ChatGPT, can revolutionise the way you manage your kitchen, from organising your recipes, scaling dishes and optimising food costs, to suggesting ingredient substitutions, planning menus, and enhancing staff productivity. Also, check How to Use ChatGPT to Create Training Material for Restaurant & Cafe Employees.

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Cheetah

APRIL 10, 2020

How to Run a Restaurant and Reap the Benefits of Recycling . Being a restaurant owner is a lot tougher than people might think! So when someone brings up food recycling, you’re probably asking yourself when you’ll ever have time to give it any thought. Create menu items using scraps from your restaurant kitchen.

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QSR Automations

MAY 2, 2024

In this realm of precision, technology is a game-changer, it can revolutionize the way bars operate and enhance the customer experience. Food items ordered from the bar are prepped promptly, ingredients are precisely portioned, and service is executed with impeccable timing.

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Touch Bistro

MAY 10, 2021

And one area that is often overlooked is the question of how to reduce food waste in restaurants. Food waste costs restaurants a staggering $162 billion per year , and in America alone, restaurants generate as much as 33 billion pounds of food waste per year.

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Sling

JUNE 14, 2023

As a restaurant owner, you know that keeping your business afloat is all about the bottom line. And though you’ve worked hard to get where you are, you know it’s time to focus on increasing your restaurant’s profit margin. Table of contents What is a restaurant profit margin? So, what is the average profit margin?

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Xtra Chef

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The holiday season can be a boon for many restaurants, but it can also exacerbate an issue that plagues the restaurant industry all year long: food waste. The Issue of Food Waste in the Restaurant Industry. Food waste in the restaurant industry is real.

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Apicbase

JANUARY 4, 2023

Running a profitable restaurant, dark kitchen, or corporate catering operation has become increasingly difficult. The cost of ingredients and other materials has gone up, making it necessary for restaurateurs to find creative ways to adjust their pricing and make their businesses more efficient. Let’s get started!

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 7, 2022

It is hard to believe that it has been almost two years of restaurants adjusting operations due to COVID-19. If you have not already taken advantage of outdoor dining, now is the time to get creative. During the colder months, people tend to crave comfort food that will warm them from the inside out. Add a sense of privacy.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

While the primary concern during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic should be physical health and getting food to people in order for them to stay alive and healthy, the impact of the virus on the restaurant industry has been tremendous. Restaurants are an essential part of the food supply chain to millions of Americans every year.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 29, 2019

Menu engineering can be simplified as the steps taken to increase the profitability of a restaurant menu. Menu Design Once you analyze all of your menu items’ popularity and profitability, you can carefully engage in restaurant menu planning for your customer-facing menu to maximize profits. What to do?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

The Pandemic Has Permanently Altered the Consumer-Restaurant Relationships. The pandemic has permanently altered the consumer-restaurant relationship with operators investing in technology and real estate to align with changing consumer preferences, according to the 2021 Restaurant Franchise Pulse survey, conducted by TD Bank.

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The Rail

JULY 28, 2023

By Briana Hilton, Contributor As a restaurant owner, you undoubtedly have a lot on your plate (pun intended). 43% of restaurant diners say they’re willing to pay more for sustainable dishes, while 68% say restaurants should have measures in place to prevent food wastage. Slash Your Food Miles Argentinian steak.

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Ken Burgin

JUNE 6, 2023

I love using ChatGPT to develop training activities and materials for restaurant and cafe employees. This is using the Chat in ChatGPT PROMPT: Act as an experienced restaurant trainer who is using ChatGPT to develop content and training activities for restaurant employees.

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The Restaurant Times

JANUARY 11, 2023

Automation is the key to unlocking greater productivity and innovation, freeing up humans to focus on higher-level work and creative endeavors. And automated order taking, well, it is going to be one of the top trends in the restaurant industry in 2023. . And 1 out of 4 such people visit the restaurant that shows up in voice search.

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Xtra Chef

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Last month, Toast released its annual Restaurant Success Report report which provides a comprehensive look at where the restaurant industry stands today. They surveyed thousands of guests and restauranteurs about industry trends, challenges, and which restaurants and service providers are doing it right.

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Tableo

JULY 4, 2023

Welcome to the world of culinary creativity! In this post, we’ll look into the methods that top chefs use to perfect the art of food plating. Plating is not just about arranging food on a plate; it’s a creative process that enhances the dining experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the National Restaurant Association's State of the Indusrty Report, food industry pressures, foodservice opportunities, influencer marketing, foot traffic analysis and the dining-out dollar. 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry.

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