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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

Buyer's Edge compared case purchases of meat substitute products by its 20,000+ restaurant customers from 2018 to 2019. According to Buyers Edge Platform, one of the main differences is that plant-based meat substitutes are actually composed of isolated proteins that are sourced from plants. from $62 a case to $99 a case.

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New & Notable: TEAM Schostak Celebrates 40, AI in Food Service and Beachy Tech

Modern Restaurant Management

.” 7shifts Launches Tip Pooling. 7shifts launched a new solution designed to help operators and managers streamline the complicated and time-consuming tip tracking and distribution process. " Tip Pooling has been designed to offer three benefits to operators and managers: Create and customize tip pools with ease.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-September 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

The study highlights the views of consumers as well as food and beverage industry decision-makers worldwide from distribution and warehouses to grocery stores and restaurants around safety, traceability and transparency. They used Google Trends, a reliable source of big data, to analyze the search interest level for veganism across the world.

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

The Food Corridor

Happily, there are sources of funding out there for community-focused projects that aim to give something back to the local food community. The organization’s Frenchtown Farmers Market was aimed at improving the distribution of local produce to the community. . Bootstrapping a shared commercial kitchen is never easy.

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MRM Research Roundup: Halloween-2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

They collected and analyzed sales data between January 2018 and July 2019 from over 10,000 restaurants nationwide, measured the sales performance of each item, and ranked each item based on its overall and trending popularity. percent mark set in July 2018 and was saw 3.0 percent above in 2018. National Menu Trends.

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Restaurant Accounting: The Ultimate Guide

Xtra Chef

Tip Handling. Restaurants choose or are held to different methods of tip handling. Whether it’s pooling, mandatory or not, split, or tips by paycheck vs. cash tips—it can be tricky keeping your employees happy while maintaining an accurate balance sheet and payroll taxes. These include: 1. Inventory Management.