Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

The pandemic has permanently altered the consumer-restaurant relationship with operators investing in technology and real estate to align with changing consumer preferences, according to the 2021 Restaurant Franchise Pulse survey, conducted by TD Bank. Sustainability and healthy options rising in importance.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

“As many companies look to create a new normal for employees, Church’s has chartered a course that focuses on sustaining our team members and securing the continuity of our business,” said Karen Viera, Chief People Officer for Church’s Chicken.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Our restaurant of the future is designed to benefit guests, employees and franchisees, with a new external design and a reimagined kitchen that will make it easier for us to serve hot, delicious food quickly for frictionless guest experiences, and we expect to see a lot more of that next year. Clinton Anderson, CEO, Fourth Enterprises.

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Future Food

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Reduced in-store transactions will continue to drive the evolution of Dark Kitchen, Dark Bars, Dark/Virtual Food Halls, the list is endless when it come to the delivery of food and beverages from low cost ‘fulfilment’ centres. Fresh, local, sustainable, ethical and seasonal will continue to be in fashion and shape most good menus we peruse.

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The Food Corridor

MAY 10, 2021

Bootstrapping a shared commercial kitchen is never easy. Happily, there are sources of funding out there for community-focused projects that aim to give something back to the local food community. Inspirational Shared Kitchen Projects Already Funded. Credit: Brookings Commercial Kitchen Facebook. March 3, 2021.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

QDOBA Mexican Eats® introduced new restaurant formats, top photo, that feature buildouts including mobile-order drive-thrus, walk-up windows, mobile-order pick-up lockers, dedicated curbside pick-up areas, ghost kitchens, and concepts with updated outdoor seating. million over the next five years to build and sustain the program.

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EATER

JANUARY 25, 2023

I had no intimation of what was to come: the billion-dollar multinational flavor and fragrance companies, the “spray-dried” broth, the “clean label protein solutions,” the “kitchen-like ingredients,” and the corporate dream of a “fully sustainable chicken stream.” Still, something didn’t add up.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Whether it’s helping them adjust to evolving guidelines or uncovering additional sources of profit, we’re committed to staying right beside our operators through it all, helping them Make It." The US Foods Ghost Kitchen program also recently expanded its concept offerings from six to 12.

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The Food Corridor

JANUARY 4, 2022

so it makes sense to make shared use kitchen tenants aware. That way, as they scale up their business, they will simultaneously need to book more time in your shared kitchen. In this post, we’ll compare and contrast some of the new platforms that are gaining traction among shared kitchen owners and their chef tenants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In 2021, Laura added the Wendy’s brand to her role with responsibility for implementing Develop­ment Days and quarterly business plans for TSFR’s 56 Wendy’s restaurants. When TSFR sold the Burger King busi­ness in 2015, Laura transitioned to the Director of Learning & Development for Del Taco and MOD Pizza.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 27, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature sobering statistics from Yelp, a ghost kitchen franchise model, franchise explosions expected and falling for for an improved PSL. Ghost Kitchen Franchise Model. Yelp Sees COVID Effect. business closures, as well as consumer interest via page views, reviews and photos. “As U.S.

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EATER

JULY 22, 2021

Now, as they forge a sustainable path beyond the pandemic, one of them is ready to double down, and the other is ready to walk away. By March 2021, that number had climbed to nearly 80,000 restaurants, while, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as restaurants closed — then reopened and closed again — over the past year, the U.S.

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The Food Corridor

MARCH 27, 2023

Introducing cloud kitchens , commercial facilities purpose-built to produce food specifically for delivery. These commissary kitchens are sometimes also known as ghost kitchens, shared kitchens , or virtual kitchens with the delivery-only food brands operating within them called virtual restaurants.

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Goliath Consulting

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The pandemic accelerated restaurant and bar trends such as ghost kitchens, e-commerce brands, and now alcohol delivery. After the yearlong quarantine, people are looking for more ways to be sustainable and consume a healthy diet. Innovations witnessed so far in 2021 have included Street Hard Seltzer in Russia, Desperado’s virgin 0.0%

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2019

They touched on topics such as delivery, ghost (dark) kitchens, automation, plant-based menu items, food waste, sustainability, staffing and retention and more. The biggest trend by far, for now, and going into 2020 is ghost kitchens (AKA delivery only, virtual kitchens, cloud kitchens, pick-up only, etc.).

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 14, 2020

Both of us have a firm belief that only businesses with high-quality and profitable growth will sustain in our sector. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions, completion is anticipated to occur in the first quarter of 2021. Italian Kitchen from FoodFirst Global Restaurants. F&B Shared Workspace Opens. BRIO and BRAVO!

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

US Foods Ghost Kitchens. launched US Foods Ghost Kitchens, a program designed to guide restaurant operators every step of the way when opening their own operation, helping them easily add a new revenue stream. US Foods Holding Corp. We help the operator through every major decision. and the brothers wanted to continue the legacy.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 29, 2020

This edition of MRM News Bites features tech companies winning funding, AI in the kitchen, DoorDash invests in brick and mortar and the gamification of food ordering. We are excited to support their mission to help independent restaurants optimize online ordering and generate incremental revenue from under-utilized kitchens.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 12, 2020

As restaurants around the country look towards reopening, Edward Lee and Lindsey Ofcacek, director of The LEE Initiative are committed to helping reset the supply chains for farmers and restaurant operators who are committed to sustainable food. Dunkin' Sustainability.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

We are offering restaurateurs the opportunity to operate a second brand within their existing brick and mortar location, increasing their bottom line by also becoming a virtual kitchen owner.” DeliverThat also released an extensive driver education program to ensure the level of quality and safety during current Covid-19 conditions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2021

There are plenty of solutions that can help ease the strain, such as domestically sourced products and equipment, as well as automated beverage dispensing systems, which minimizes wastage while maximizing output regardless of staffing level. Adaptation to non-sustainable and non-predictable traffic of visitors for dine-in locations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2020

Aramark Creates Safety Plans. Aramark examined front and back of house processes to establish tailored playbooks for all of its businesses and market segments, leveraging innovative solutions, new service methods, and rigorous safety protocols. Touchless cleaning for the safety of employees. Added sanitizing stations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

SALIDO’s Restaurant OS has been adopted by top US-based and international hospitality operators, such as Eataly, Restoration Hardware, Eleven Madison Park, Laconda Verde, and Jean-George’s ABC Kitchen. The 2” X 4” label backs up the promise to diners that is scripted on the label design: “Sealed For Your Safety.”

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EATER

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Some, like Ratatouille and Chef , are obvious picks — they are largely set in restaurants or kitchens, there are chefs involved, etc. The titular Babette flees violence in France to work for two pious sisters in 19th-century Denmark, whose bland diet of bread soup keeps them just sustained enough, but never tipping into gluttony.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

A chef cooks in the kitchen of a closed restaurant offering take away food and drinks as the French economy braces itself for the effects of a second national lockdown | Kiran Ridley / Getty Images. Food apps have been the source of more than just a moral dilemma in France. It’s been a war of nerves.

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EATER

JULY 6, 2022

In the course of reporting this story, I’ve spoken with more than 20 sources. Because of the pervasive influence of the Rockefeller family and Stone Barns in the relatively small world of sustainable agriculture, a number of people who spoke for this story did not wish to be identified. Pseudonyms are denoted with asterisks. “As

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 3, 2020

According to the Rewards Network survey results , 42 percent of respondents said they would invest in changing their restaurant layout or adding COVID-related safety features, with 28 percent stating they will be adding or expanding a patio. 28 percent of respondents said they were making menus smaller and more efficient for the kitchen.

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Black Box Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

October 27, 2021. Data through the week ending October 17, 2021. By August 2021, the rolling 12-month hourly turnover rate was an alarming 19 percentage points higher than it was in 2019. . October 19, 2021. Data through the week ending October 10, 2021. October 13, 2021. Weekly Restaurant Insights.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Restaurants and event spaces can offer consumers incentives to book post-holiday parties in the spring months of 2021. percent responded “some time in 2021.” Although digital sales are expected to decrease in 2021, over half of the industry’s business will come through digital channels by 2025. ” 15.9

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2020

65 percent wipe down bathroom and kitchen surfaces. However, by 2021, nearly 50 million people will be using food delivery apps. “Market players stand to gain sustainable growth by forging strategic partnerships with stakeholders from within various applications. 47 percent wipe door knobs and handles. during the forecast.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 9, 2020

Cardmembers will need to activate by December 31, 2021 to enjoy the new benefit. He then founded Snap Kitchen in 2010 and expanded the brand as CEO and President to almost sixty stores and kiosks before stepping back in 2017 to focus on new projects. The Local Foods menu focuses on locally sourced and seasonal ingredients.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Though tabletop mills are not uncommon in Germany, Mock hoped to make his mills (or really, any mill, he says) a staple in American kitchens, too. Mock now runs a company called Mockbake, through which he sells whole grain kitchen tools like oat flakers.) “I In food service, we don’t want that at all. It should cover.

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