Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Let’s start with what we are fairly comfortable saying: whatever “normal” is will likely not make an appearance until the end of 2021 – so…let’s begin our speculation with January of 2022 to be safe. This was (is) the design of classic coffee houses, speakeasys, and corner cafes for generations. I know what you are thinking – WHAT!!!!

2022

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Modern Restaurant Manaagement (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry insiders to discuss the key challenges they believe restaurants will face in 2022. Restaurants will continue to grapple with labor shortages and supply chain disruptions throughout 2022. Supply chain : Supply chain issues will be a key challenge in 2022.

2022

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 30, 2021

Arkansas Enacts Food Freedom Act : On April 30, 2021, Arkansas enacted the Food Freedom Act that exempts certain producers of homemade foods or drinks products from any state food safety licensure, certification, or inspection. The law allows home cooks to prepare meals from their homes and sell to consumers without being a licensed kitchen.

2021

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 22, 2023

percent in late 2022. IoT is enabling restaurant employees to focus on what matters most, the customer experience, by automating manual back-of-house tasks to free up their time. Instead, IoT technology works alongside employees to reduce mundane tasks and give them valuable time back to focus on more pressing priorities.

Back of House

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2022

To get a pulse on QSR trends in 2022, Modern Restaurant Management magazine reached out to David Vance, Vice President of QSR at Mood Media, an on-premise media solutions company dedicated to elevating the customer experience. The personalization of drive-thrus began internally across many brands a few years back. Every minute!

Employee Relations

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

Furthermore, a recent study by SaverLife sponsored by the FINRA Foundation found that savings balances above just $250 are correlated with increased housing security, ability to pay utility bills, and avoiding high-cost borrowing. “We are very excited about our partnership with SaverLife. .

Franchising

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 28, 2021

He continued by highlighting areas where the company outperformed the industry in growth and how the organic quick-serve restaurant continues to meet and exceed serving its guests amidst the unique demands of COVID-19. million guests. “The Juicey Awards are about honoring our passionate store owners.

Franchising

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

This edition of MRM News Bites features a double dose from US Foods, SpotOn Transact, DoorDash Kitchens, Virtual Restaurant Consulting, Tripleseat and Gather, wagamama, Toast, The Gluten Intolerance Group, Instawork and StaffMate Online, Procurant and Yellofin, Sift, 7shifts, ParTech, Revel Systems and Como, Kabbage, Bluecrew and Cuboh.

Bar

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As guests gravitate towards digital for control and convenience and operators sought to improve operational efficiencies, brands realized the importance of implementing technology both back- and front-of-house in an effort to do more with less and make every guest feel like a regular. Here are some of their insights.

2023

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. designed with high-rent urban areas in mind.

Franchising

Transact

OCTOBER 25, 2022

But Taco Mac’s road to growth faces many of the same challenges that other brands are encountering in 2022: labor has never cost more, and it’s difficult to properly staff a restaurant in order to keep up with demand. Productivity of kitchen staff has been a particular challenge,” Everett says. food labeling system.

Sports

EATER

JUNE 14, 2023

It seemed like a sure thing: Loba Pastry + Coffee was Chicago magazine’s Best New Bakery in 2016, among other plaudits, and Velazquez Lindsten, who got her start as a pastry chef in Chicago’s fine dining kitchens after immigrating to the U.S. Kreiter Looking back, I can see every mistake I made very clearly.

Fine Dining

EATER

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Set in 9,000 miles of pristine parkland, the restaurants of the Canadian Rockies reflect abundant natural resources like wild elk, Saskatoon berries, and fresh trout The Canadian Rockies take everything up a notch. Over the course of 1,000 miles from the U.S.-Canada

Hotels

Transact

MAY 6, 2022

team is excited to return to the National Restaurant Association Show, beginning on May 21 st , 2022. We can’t wait to show you how our technology creates a better back-of-house. Ensure food safety and HACCP compliance. Discover a better back-of-house with BOHA! Keep your team on track and on task.

2022

Future Food

APRIL 20, 2022

Health and safety are paramount in mining and resources sector but as with society in general, personnel ‘wellness’ has not always been at the forefront of consideration. Source: Future Food.

Hospitality

Aaron Allen & Associates

JULY 29, 2022

Already in 2019, restaurants were not able to pass inflationary costs on to consumers (back then, the average restaurant price increase was 3.1% And even though there are only 1 service robots for every 1,500 restaurants (globally, as of 2022), many are coming out of the prototype phase and can do almost anything a human can.

Front of House

The Restaurant Times

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Irfan Kuci is the Director of Business Development at Focus Hospitality Consulting (FHC), a growing consulting firm based in Dubai with expertise in Back of House (BOH) design, MEP design, interior design, F&B concept creation, project management, franchising as well as hotel/restaurant operational assessments.

Hospitality

EATER

MARCH 1, 2022

Workers with World Central Kitchen are feeding refugees from Ukraine. World Central Kitchen. According to the United Nations, more than 660,000 Ukrainians have fled their homes in search of safety as war rages in their country. Not our backs.”. World Central Kitchen. Feeding Ukraine.

Hospitality

Apicbase

DECEMBER 8, 2022

But despite the aftermath, the sector has gradually recovered by 2022 – to a point where a new sense of normality has set in. Keep reading to discover what else restaurateurs, dark kitchens and (virtual) food brands can expect in the coming year (and beyond). 1 In-house Dining Is Back, But Not As It Was.

2023

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.

Kitchen Safety

The Restaurant Times

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Hence, technology-first business models such as cloud kitchens are only expected to become more prevalent in the coming years. According to estimates, the market revenue of the AR/VR industry will reach about $209 billion by the year 2022. The pandemic accelerated the adoption of tech even by traditionally run restaurants.

Technology

Open for Business

MAY 19, 2023

But the latest advances offer solutions for back of house too. Digital kitchen display systems could make paper tickets obsolete. QR codes are here to stay QR code menus began as a pandemic safety measure. Still, staying on top of what’s new can help your restaurant stand out from the pack.

Hospitality

Clover - Restaurants

JUNE 20, 2024

Your menu should, in turn, reflect your restaurant’s theme and offer guests plenty of variety without overtaxing your back-of-house staff. Your menu should, in turn, reflect your restaurant’s theme and offer guests plenty of variety without overtaxing your back-of-house staff. Is there space for outdoor dining?

License

Apicbase

JULY 22, 2024

The webinar featured: Lloyd Mann, Vice President Culinary of Sodexo ; Oliver Fischer, Director Group Culinary at Gategroup ; Martin Wolf, Segment Director Catering at Rational ; Stephan Leuschner, Director of Ghost Kitchens, Culinary Concepts & Broadcast at Rational; Carl Jacobs, CEO & Co-founder of Apicbase.

Catering

Mad Mobile

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

A 2022 Deloitte Study found that consumers spend an incredible 20% more when ordering through technology like tableside ordering , online menus, and handheld POS devices. Welcome to the digital age of dining, where QR codes are becoming the cornerstone of a modern, efficient, and engaging restaurant experience. What is a QR code?

Ordering

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 7, 2023

In the food services industry, safety is paramount to protect customers, brand reputation, and, ultimately, profits. That’s why World Food Safety Day aims to promote food safety globally and celebrate the efforts being made to prevent foodborne illness. trillion U.S. trillion U.S.

Food Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 11, 2021

Thus far in 2021, the company has expanded across Las Vegas at the Convention Center, LINQ Hotel, and Arizona Charlie’s Boulder Casino, as well as reopened with the unveiling of the new Virgin Hotel. “Dunkin’ continues to modernize with convenience at the forefront. Getting Hotter at Dave's.

Franchising

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

" The platform will continue to house a variety of helpful COVID-related materials as well as evolving resources to address new and emerging challenges. " The platform will continue to house a variety of helpful COVID-related materials as well as evolving resources to address new and emerging challenges. Make it This Winter.

Webinar

EATER

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The moment I walked through the front door, desperate for quiet and my stomach rumbling, I beelined for the kitchen and made Annie’s mac and cheese. From the Harlem neighborhood in New York to Spartanburg, South Carolina, snack closets provide a longed-for moment of safety, exploration, and rest. But when 3:10 p.m.

Workshop

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

New & Notable spotlights the latest news restaurateurs need to know. TEAM Schostak Family Celebrates Anniversary and Employees. TEAM Schostak Family Restaurants (TSFR) is celebrating its 40th anniversary along with the anniversaries of employees that have been with the company for 20 years or more.

Food

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 16, 2021

The announcement comes after the COVID-19 pandemic presented many challenges for the hospitality industry, particularly for restaurant General Managers who grappled with unprecedented obstacles, such as labor shortages, customer and employee safety, and supply chain delays.

Franchising

The Restaurant Times

JANUARY 11, 2022

Restaurants were among the first enterprises to be slowed down, shut down, or slammed with never-before-seen safety standards. The only path ahead is to let go of something that has been holding you back. If this was considered a race to return to normalcy, it is far from finished, and we don ’ t yet have a winner.

2021

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 8, 2020

7010 – Paycheck Protection Program (PP) Flexibility Act of 2020 which extends provisions of the act to give more time to both use and pay back the funds. For new loans, the pay back term for non-forgiven debt is extended to five years from two. PPP Goes Flexible. President Trump signed H.R.7010

Guest Recovery

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. But what exactly constitutes a great food movie? But what exactly constitutes a great food movie? Well, that really depends. We don’t even enter the titular chocolate factory until near the halfway point.

Food

EATER

JULY 22, 2021

We’re never going back to normal,” Jackson predicted shortly after the pandemic reached New York City in March of last year. Chef Russell Jackson opened the fine dining restaurant Reverence in Harlem just months before the pandemic began. Chef Russell Jackson was tired. Honestly,” he said, “I’m broken.”.

Fine Dining

Transact

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Originally known for “cokes and smokes,” some of the biggest names in convenience have integrated delis, grab ‘n go food and even full kitchens in locations across the U.S., According to the Convenience Store News 2022 Industry Report , food service sales increased by a whopping 20.5% and it’s no surprise why. billion in profit.

Kitchen Safety