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The Guide to Success with Ghost Kitchens for Restaurant Owners

7 Shifts

And like the 2008 financial crisis showed us the necessity of food trucks , the pandemic brought ghost kitchens into the light and accelerated their growth. No front of house staff, smaller spaces, and no need for prime real estate that all contribute to the lower costs. Table of Contents. What is a ghost kitchen? Kitchen Pods.

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MRM at Five: What Issues Have Impacted Restaurants?

Modern Restaurant Management

In terms of operation, we are constantly discussing social media, both in good ways and bad. Social media has taken on a major role. What issues have affected the industry over the last five years in the topics of marketing, design, operations, law, finance, technology and equipment? Think paper straws versus plastic.

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This Restaurant’s Menu Shows It’s Not Just One Chef in Charge

EATER

It reads seamlessly enough to make you wonder why you don’t see information like this on menus or social media posts more often — especially in a dining scene in which calling out the contributions of farms, butchers, and ceramicists has become commonplace. Now, other chefs behind the scenes will get some of the spotlight.

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AI Food Intelligence and Now Serving Democracy

Modern Restaurant Management

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature real-time data on consumer behavior and the move to #cutoutcutlery. SpotOn Secures $60M Funding. SpotOn Transact, Inc. secured $60 million in Series C funding. The round is led by DST Global with participation from existing investors including Dragoneer Investment Group and Franklin Templeton.

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KITCHENAID DOCUMENTARY “A WOMAN’S PLACE” EMPOWERS WOMEN IN THE CULINARY INDUSTRY, NOW STREAMING ON HULU

Sante

” Vox Media enrolled Epic Digital, a team of story hunters acquired by Vox Media in 2019, to uncover the stories of the women featured in the film: Chef Marielle Fabie. KitchenAid brand presents "A Woman's Place," a documentary short, now streaming on Hulu. MEET THE CHEFS DRIVING INDUSTRY CHANGE.

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How to Meet The Needs of Today’s Coffee Shop Customer

Perfect Daily Grind

Meanwhile, in the UK, the industry is seeing year-on-year growth and, in 2017, market research firm Mintel stated that the UK was seeing its “biggest period of growth since 2008”. Coffee shop owners who don’t adapt to their changing needs risk losing sales and customers. The market isn’t the only thing that’s changed.

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How The Chocolate Room created a chocolate culture for accelerating growth

The Restaurant Times

By 2008, we figured out that franchising was the way to scale The Chocolate Room brand. Realizing the huge potential of chocolate desserts in India, Vikas Punjabi voyaged from Australia to India in 2007 to launch the first-ever chocolate cafe brand, The Chocolate Room. In Conversation with Vikas Punjabi of The Chocolate Room .