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Expanding Your Business? Seven Tips to Improve Cash Flow to Fund a New Location

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurant365’s State of the Industry Customer Survey shows that 60 percent of surveyed customers plan to expand their businesses in 2023 despite expected increased labor and food costs. Different restaurant models achieve a break-even or profitability point at varying times.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their views on what trends and challenges owners and operators can expect to see in 2024. Consider, for instance, a scenario in which your Point of Sale (POS) system can forecast the popularity of a new dish based on historical customer behaviour.

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[Updated for 2023] The State-by-State Guide To Tip Pooling Laws

7 Shifts

It's a constant conversation in the restaurant industry. But one can't deny that tips make up a majority of restaurant workers' take-home pay. There have been several ways in which restaurant owners have tried to create a more equitable system for employees to earn consistent, fair wages and improve retention. Table of Contents. Tip Pooling Laws.

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Top Restaurant POS Features To Look For In 2023

The Restaurant Times

A traditional point of sale (POS) used to be a restaurant billing software that processed orders and produced receipts. But as cloud technology developed, the basic POS system transformed into a full-fledged restaurant management system. Read along! Read along! This adds a layer of complexity to POS systems.

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Chefs Love Wonder, the Latest App Trying to Disrupt Delivery. Will Diners Follow Suit?

EATER

It’s the same selling point as the early days of delivery app Caviar, when it offered a premium product — takeout from higher-end restaurants — in a marketplace that’s otherwise about unlimited options, not curation. It’s called Bankside, with a menu that includes peel-and-eat shrimp, clam chowder, crispy cod sandwiches, and a lobster roll.

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A Case for Financing

Modern Restaurant Management

A 2020 Harvard Business School study reported that 74 percent of businesses do not have the cash on hand to cover an equipment-related expense. JPMorgan Chase found the median small business holds 27 cash buffer days in reserve. JPMorgan Chase found the median small business holds 27 cash buffer days in reserve.

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Consumer Habits Are Changing — What’s Next for Restaurant Tech?

Modern Restaurant Management

However, given the current circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, economic instability and impending recession in 2023 , traditional norms are shattered. Gone are the days of cash-only transactions. The food industry has been historically slow to integrate technology and digital solutions.