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The Guide to Success with Ghost Kitchens for Restaurant Owners

7 Shifts

We chatted with some of those most experienced in the ghost kitchen game to find out some myths, best practices, and tips for success in this food service style. 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. Table of Contents.

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Guaranteed Basic Income Could Be a Game-Changer for Restaurant Workers

EATER

In February 2019, the SEED project launched a two-year guaranteed income program in Stockton, a racially diverse city of 300,000 on the eastern edge of the Bay Area that has been working to rebound from bankruptcy since 2008. It is not a wage,” he said of tips. A guaranteed income would make restaurant workers less dependent on tips.

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Pay-What-You-Can Markets Provide Produce for the Common Good

EATER

Off-site food distribution partners have requested additional food for low-income seniors and Indigenous families in the San Diego area. Just points to the brief rise of pay-what-you-can restaurants in the early 2000s, right before the 2008 recession, for instance. “If It’s creating a culture of trust and dignity.”

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What’s Next for Shared Kitchens? Getting Ready for the New Normal

The Food Corridor

It also gives advice on managing cash, communicating with customers and the public should things go wrong, and practical tips on implementing hygiene and distancing measures to stop the spread of the virus, all very much applicable to shared kitchen owners and all kinds of food businesses.

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Federal Grants Programs for Shared Use Commercial Kitchens Supporting Local Food Systems

The Food Corridor

The organization’s Frenchtown Farmers Market was aimed at improving the distribution of local produce to the community. . Founded in 2008, Foothills Farmers Market proudly showcases the best produce from the family-owned farms and small businesses of Cleveland County, North Carolina. Register with System for Award Management (SAM.gov).

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Orange Is the New Yolk

EATER

In an Instagram reel from last year, a pair of disembodied hands tips a large metal bowl full of neon-orange yolks into a well of flour, an act whose ostensible purpose is to make fresh pasta but whose effect is to freak me out. In 2008, it even spawned a zine with the same (though purposely misspelled) name.

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RESTAURANT365® RECOGNIZES NEW CERTIFIED PARTNERS

Restaurant365

RRFMG”) was founded in Los Angeles in 2008 by two restaurant finance executives. RRFMG also services the retail industry, food manufacturing and distribution, as well as hospitality industry. Restaurant & Retail Financial Management Group Inc. (R&R R&R FMG) – Platinum Certified Partner.