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Our Wage Models are Broken

7 Shifts

The institution of tipping and the existence of the sub-minimum wage is heavily rooted in slavery , and has led to decades of underpaying a workforce that is majority black, brown, and female. In other words, tips can legally be split between kitchen and waitstaff. This isn’t an easy conversation to have.

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Plant Based Protein Adds Innovation, Sustainability and Profits to Restaurant Menus

Sante

Restaurant sales of plant based meat substitutes increased 87% last year, according to Buyer’s Edge Platform , a restaurant supply chain company that helps operators use technology to save money and run their restaurants more efficiently. In 2019 available varieties jumped to 51 items that were available to order.

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What Now? COVID-19 Survival Guide for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurant Workers Community Foundation was founded in 2018 to advocate for gender equality, racial justice, fair wages, and healthy work environments in the restaurant industry. Click here to read more tips to help your business get through the pandemic from a financial point of view. and Canada. and Canada. Sign up here.

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

The Food Corridor

Especially if you are looking to make a difference in your local community, support small food businesses, or run educational programs. Happily, there are sources of funding out there for community-focused projects that aim to give something back to the local food community. Brookings, South Dakota (Rural Development).

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First Robotic Mobile Restaurant and DoorDash’s Commissary Kitchen

Modern Restaurant Management

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature Ono Food Co, DoorDash, Parts Town and Heritage Foodservice, Rouxbe, Presto, Burger King and Uber Eats, Pared, Tork, Restaurant Technologies, Willie Degel, Bolay, Ritual, Preoday and TISSL, AdTheorent and Voodoo Doughnut. Ono Food Co. Ono Blend Founders Daniel Fukuba and Stephen Klein.

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Restaurant Profit Margins: A No-Brainer Guide to Maximizing Your Profits

Notch

Below, you'll find a series of actionable tips, tricks, and strategies you can employ today to do exactly that! You made a 6% profit margin—or just shy of the 2018 industry average of 6.1%. For example, fast-food margins can be much higher than full-service restaurants. In 2018, Wendy’s saw a profit margin of 15.9%.

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Saffron

EATER

But regardless of attempts to diversify the global saffron market, the world’s leading producer is indisputably Iran, which controls about 85 percent of the entire industry, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Association. Ancient foods like saffron are inevitably claimed by various cultures.