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2023 Restaurant Technology Trends: Consolidation, Experience, and Fees

Modern Restaurant Management

Closures, supply chain problems, labor shortages, technology, and inflation are just a few of the challenges operators have faced in recent years. Here are six things I see coming in 2023: Labor pressure is easing, but operators are still looking for labor management. The worst of the labor problem is beginning to ease.

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Beyond the Plate: Evolution and Exploration in the 2024 Restaurant Scene

Modern Restaurant Management

The year 2024 promises a journey of adaptation and fierce competition for the restaurant industry as it manages stronger-than-expected economic data and slowing inflation while dealing with the headwinds of short labor supply, more demanding customers and an uncertain political environment. The key lesson both establishments teach?

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Coffee News Recap, 2 Sep: Ethiopian government reports US $1.4 billion earnings from 2021/22 coffee exports, volumes of sustainably-sourced green coffee increased by 29% in 2021 & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

The three-year loan, which also includes a two and three-year revolving credit facility, will be used to achieve the food and beverage supplier’s sustainability targets – including in its coffee supply chains. Qima Coffee hopes the report will improve traceability and market value in Yemeni coffee supply chains.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

Vanilla isn’t for everyone In 2023, marketing took a cue from the ice cream parlor, embracing segmentation with the same precision as a sundae artisan. – Matt Elders, EVP, Revenue, Cordial 2023 served up a year of resilience and innovation for restaurants, as they adapted to shifting landscapes and embraced new dining paradigms.

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Coffee News Recap, 30 Sep: SCA announces 2022 WBC and WBrC winners at MICE, new study links daily coffee consumption with increased longevity & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

The online event will explore the challenges that farmers and their communities face, as well as OOH coffee operators, and expand on how Nescafé provides support to these supply chain actors. OCRI uses recyclable and compostable packaging and has reduced food waste in its coffee shops to less than 3%. Registration is now open.

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166 – Restaurant Trends for 2023

Marketing4Restaurants

In this episode, we discuss some of the key restaurant trends that we believe will shape 2023 and may even help you boost restaurant profitability. From significant economic changes to smaller changes like food choices that may heal the soul to questions on whether deliveries will still be the same in this relatively post-Covid world?

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9 Tips for Improving Restaurant Operations

Sling

ADD_THIS_TEXT Restaurant operations (or RO for short) is the collective term for all the activities that go into managing a food-service business — everything from the daily responsibilities that need to be done to the long-term planning that keeps the business on track. Doing so involves more than just the food your diners leave behind.