The Rail

MARCH 31, 2023

By Indiana Lee, Contributor Restaurant patrons are always looking for something new, and the eateries that get ahead of the curve can see great success in 2023 and beyond. Here are many of the upcoming trends that will be hitting menus across the globe and why you should consider them as part of your business going forward.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 3, 2023

The Future Menu Trends Report 2023 reveals eight global menu trends predicted to impact the restaurant industry in the years to come. Why was it decided to host a conference on future menus now? We hosted a conference to bring these trends to life and show chefs how they can easily translate these trends on their menus.

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The Rail

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Blessed are the prognosticators as we enter the Holiday Season. It seems annually that everyone with a platform jumps into the pool so they can predict what 2023 will bring in their various industries. We’ve already gone over our top restaurant stories of 2022 , so let’s see what the crystal ball says for 2023. about that item.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 8, 2024

Q4 Restaurant Trends Toast released its Q4 2023 Restaurant Trends report that examined catering activity around the holidays, large events, cold-weather food and alcohol preferences, and weekly tipping trends. Among the highlights: On or Off Prem Same-store catering transactions increased +71 percent in Q4 2023 compared to Q4 2022.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2024

To embrace the opportunities of the new year, restaurants should prioritize three key resolutions: embracing new customer experiences, emphasizing sustainability initiatives, and revisiting fundamental aspects of their operations. Additionally, digital menus and order-ahead options enhance convenience and offer personalized customization.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 27, 2023

As the holiday season approaches, now is a great time for operators to start getting creative with new and expanded meal options that can be added to holiday menus. Seventy-seven percent of consumers dine in, or order delivery/takeout from restaurants during the holiday season, according to 2023 data from Tastewise.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 15, 2023

Here are five ways to enhance your restaurant’s takeout and delivery operations to improve customer experience and open the door to more profit. Enhance Your Digital Presence Grubhub projects 40 percent of restaurant orders in 2023 will take place online. When it comes to delivery, you can take the process into your own hands.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

A Decade of DoorDash DoorDash celebrated its 10th anniversary by unveiling Dash From the Past 2023 and Dash From the Past: A Decade Delivered, which checks in on popular trends as we celebrate the best of what users have dashed over the past year, and over the past decade. Like the most ordered food on DoorDash of all time: French fries.

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Open for Business

JANUARY 17, 2023

To keep things as hyperlocal and mid-Atlantic as possible, Rubba refrains from using olive oil and citrus in his avant-garde tasting menus. Plant-forward dishes that change with the farming season include confit garlic (served with beet bread in the fall) and allspice carrot cake garnished with a pecan mousse-enclosed carrot shell.

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Open for Business

JANUARY 17, 2023

To keep things as hyperlocal and mid-Atlantic as possible, Rubba refrains from using olive oil and citrus in his avant-garde tasting menus. Plant-forward dishes that change with the farming season include confit garlic (served with beet bread in the fall) and allspice carrot cake garnished with a pecan mousse-enclosed carrot shell.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Restaurant guests in cost-saving mode are eating out less and more conscious of menu prices, according to Restaurants: Consumer Trends Fall 2022/Winter 2023 a report produced by Provoke Insights in collaboration with Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 3, 2023

In a State of the Restaurant industry report, the Natiional Restaurant Association sees a return to normal with predicted sales growth in 2023. The report is an authoritative look at the industry and its opportunities based on a range of national surveys of restaurant owners, operators, chefs, and consumers. million by the end of 2023.

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Perfect Daily Grind

JANUARY 27, 2023

Alliance for Coffee Excellence announces 2023 auction dates. The 2023 auction line up includes 13 Cup of Excellence auctions, four Private Collection auctions, and one Pilot Project. EL&N also operates six locations in Riyadh. Growing Coffee in the Face of Climate Change to air on YouTube on 8 February 2023.

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The Rail

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The end (of 2023) is nigh! And thus, it’s time for us to do another round of recapping the year that was with our top restaurant stories of 2023. Operating in the restaurant industry is always a difficult go and this year was no different. Let’s run down our top restaurant stories of 2023. Employee wages grew 4.9%

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EATER

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Bill Addison America’s Classics honors “locally owned restaurants that have timeless appeal” — and mark the real start of Beards season With semifinalists already announced last month , the James Beard Foundation has revealed via press release the winners of its annual America’s Classics award.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Regardless of how long employees intend to stay in a role — whether a seasonal job or a more permanent passion—restaurant operators have a common goal to keep staff happy, productive, and loyal. Higher Pay Helps but Empathy can Pay Dividends So, what can restaurant operators do to minimize employee churn?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 13, 2023

And now as a recession looms on the horizon, eight percent of restaurants are reportedly laying off employees heading into 2023, setting the stage for a tough season as holiday demand puts pressure on already-frustrated staff.

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Open for Business

MARCH 7, 2023

Many times these operational differences are picked up quickly by a newcomer. Film educational videos that demonstrate skills like how to operate the POS, how to greet guests, proper knife skills, and how to prep lemons for the bar. The majority of new hires have worked in the restaurant industry before and likely in the same role.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The increased challenges and stress of the holiday season often reveal pinch points in bar and restaurant operations. Forecasting weekly ordering now becomes critical as you don’t want to run out of a well-performing holiday stout, or on the flipside, carry over a Christmas beer into 2023.

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SpotOn

MAY 3, 2024

Brands, Zaxby's (2023 Attendees) 22% - Non-Commercial Businesses Aramark, Association of Correctional Food Service Affiliates, Centerplate, Compass, Cornell Univerisity, Dayton Children's Hospital, Deleware North Companies, Inc., Navy (2023 Attendees) 15% - Dealers and Distributors Boelter, Clark Association Inc.,

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we feature pizza predictions, Valentine's Day menu trends and lots about loyalty. Valentine's Menu Trends Restaurant guests heavily favor tasting menus this Valentine’s season, according to Lightspeed. percent dip in overall gratuities.

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The Restaurant Times

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Analyzing the metrics and reports related to your operations becomes essential to your role as the restaurant manager as the competition for customers grows more fierce. It also provides insight into why the restaurant operates as it is and suggestions for improving performance. How To Use Data Intelligence To Scale Operations?

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Perfect Daily Grind

MARCH 24, 2023

Mon, 20 Mar PRF El Salvador announces winners of 2023 Salvadoran Barista Championship, Salvadoran Brewers Cup, Toddy Cold Brew Coffee Championship, and Global Roasting Contest. The winners of the 2023 Toddy Cold Brew Coffee Championship were Juan Aristizabal from Colombia and Julia Dziadevych from Hungary.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

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. During peak seasons, considering outsourcing certain services becomes a practical solution to ensure seamless operations. Read the first part, here.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 22, 2023

While it’s promising, it’s not the magic bullet to increase your revenue in 2023. Of the 2,000 restaurant operators surveyed by Lightspeed , about 50 percent in the U.S. Menu optimization : AI's impact on menu optimization extends beyond merely analyzing sales data and customer feedback.

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Rocket Fuel

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The average speed of service across brands for Delaget clients was 3 minutes and 43 seconds in 2021 (Op Index), and the top 10% of operators clocked in at a lightning-fast 2 minutes and 47 seconds. Typical menu items alongside LTOs. So, let’s dive into the top 5 ways to improve your quick-service restaurant’s speed of service: .

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Sling

AUGUST 9, 2023

March 2023 13 Expert Tips for Effective Employee Communication March 2023 11 Types of Job Shifts Managers Should Know March 2023 What Is Incentive Pay and How Does it Work? March 2023 What Is a Human Resource Management System (HRMS)? March 2023 What Is a Human Resource Management System (HRMS)?

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24/7 Waiter

JUNE 22, 2023

Was the draw the menu options, the atmosphere, or the location? Are you happy with our operating hours and why? This will tell you if customers find your restaurant’s hours of operation convenient. What were your favourite food and drink items on our menu? Is there anything on our menu you wish we had?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 22, 2022

The pair, longtime visitors to Maine and Beal’s customers, not only retained the essence of the restaurant while expanding the menu and service, but they also took the brand nationally. Since our first year of operation in 1932, Beal’s Lobster Pier has maintained as a year-round, working fish and lobster pier. Stu Snyder.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 12, 2023

As consumer confidence in dining out continues to increase, restaurant owners and operators need to keep this top of mind. There’s a plethora of options available to restaurants looking to increase loyalty and decrease operating costs, and technology is a great solution when it can be integrated in a way that reduces major friction points.

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EATER

MARCH 19, 2024

A dinner at Petite Cerise in Washington, DC, which opened in March 2023. To me the word ‘brasserie’ means a nice French eatery that features many classic menu items like steak frites, steak tartare, coq au vin, and more,” and the ambiance should be refined but still casual enough to visit on a weeknight.

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Future Food

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

For retail centre management and F&B operators, this scenario presents a partnership opportunity to plan and implement strategies to adapt to new consumer F&B spending patterns and continue to drive visitation, overall spend and maintain or increase asset value.

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Future Food

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

For shopping centre management and F&B operators, this scenario presents a partnership opportunity to plan and implement strategies to adapt to new consumer F&B spending patterns and continue to drive visitation, overall spend and maintain or increase asset value.

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Touch Bistro

AUGUST 11, 2021

hour, restaurant operators are starting to think about how they will adjust their businesses to a $15 restaurant minimum wage. By January 1, 2023 California’s minimum wage will be $15.00/hour hour on June 1, 2023. hour on January 1, 2023. hour on January 1, 2023. hour on January 1, 2023, and an increase to $15.00/hour

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EATER

MARCH 7, 2024

The rice pudding at San Francisco’s Dalida resembles a Basque cheesecake, charred and drizzled with smoked caramel sauce; the kheer that will soon hit the menu at nearby Besharam will be topped with a sugar brulee. The Brooklyn bakery Otway put rice pudding Danish on its menu last fall.

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The Rail

DECEMBER 16, 2022

From increased restaurant unionization to record-high inflation, 2022 was, overall, a pretty rough year for restaurant operators. Meanwhile, some restaurants have had to temporarily shut down operations after outbreaks hit their staff. But that doesn’t mean operators aren’t feeling the crunch. And whoa, boy. This year was a lot.

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Perfect Daily Grind

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The coffee chain will launch ready-to-drink (RTD) products in the country later this year, with plans for nationwide distribution in 2023. Fabian says he will work closely with ICO Executive Director Vanusia Nogueira to facilitate closer co-operation between the public and private sectors in the coffee industry. Tue, 11 Oct.

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