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Spark 2019: Re-Imagining Hospitality for the Restaurant Industry

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Spark 2019: Re-Imagining Hospitality for the Restaurant Industry. The 2019 Spark conference, presented by HotSchedules and Fourth, brought restaurant industry leaders together to address challenges facing operators today. Consumer demands are changing more every day, labor challenges persist, and margins remain razor-thin.

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Top Five Supply Chain Management Tips

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S uppliers in the hospitality industry have been adversely impacted by the pandemic, with reports of revenues of less than 10% of 2019 levels during the first lockdown. Suppliers in the hospitality industry have been adversely impacted by the pandemic, with reports of revenues of less than 10% of 2019 levels during the first lockdown.

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

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Buyer's Edge compared case purchases of meat substitute products by its 20,000+ restaurant customers from 2018 to 2019. In 2019 available varieties jumped to 51 items that were available to order. In 2019, Executive Chef Bradford Kent blazed his own trail in plant based protein. Executive Chef Bradford Kent, Blaze Pizza.

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

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In the US in 2019, the café industry was worth US $47.5 The world we live in is fast-paced, with consumers becoming more and more focused on quality over quantity in many aspects of life,” says Dan Fellows, World Coffee in Good Spirits Champion 2018 and 2019. Sustainability was on everyone’s lips in 2019, and 2020 is no exception.

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The Top Restaurant Industry Trends to Know for 2020

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T he restaurant industry had a hectic and rather complicated 2019. With food allergies on the rise, and more than 15 million Americans affected, it’s critical for your restaurant to be able to deliver clear, accurate allergen information to guests. Top Restaurant Industry Trends to Know for 2020. It can also be a competitive advantage.

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Competition’s Coming: Key Technology Changes Can Help You Win

Modern Restaurant Management

For example, customers using these sources are searching for restaurants with information about allergens, vegan offerings and other consumer concerns and interests. Similarly, third-party delivery services such as DoorDash and Uber Eats, which each reportedly doubled their business last year, rely on restaurant digital menus.

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Stopping Post-COVID Chargeback Abuse in the F&B Space

Modern Restaurant Management

Back in December 2019 , I wrote a piece commenting on the rapid increase in chargebacks in the food and beverage industry. Food poisoning or items with undisclosed allergens. Of course, at the time of writing, no one could have predicted the massive changes that were waiting just around the corner. Providing the wrong order.