Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Please send plant-based news to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. Good Food Restaurant Scorecard. The third annual Good Food Restaurant Scorecard ranks the top 100 restaurant chains in the U.S. This data covers U.S. to its menu.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

However, restaurant employers should be prepared for this change in late 2024 or early 2025. In other legal news, the foodservice industry in Texas is operating under a series of new and amended laws that were passed during Texas’ 88th Regular Legislative Session.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 9, 2024

New Jersey generally follows federal tip law standards, but the state does forge its own path in some key areas. A modern restaurant management system can help with compliance. But staying compliant starts with an understanding of New Jersey tip laws and what they mean for your restaurant.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 9, 2024

New Jersey generally follows federal tip law standards, but the state does forge its own path in some key areas. A modern restaurant management system can help with compliance. But staying compliant starts with an understanding of New Jersey tip laws and what they mean for your restaurant.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

A 2023 study by Toast found that 30 percent of staff in the restaurant industry are at risk of leaving in the next two years, highlighting an equally concerning high turnover rate within this sector. To avoid hiring shortcomings, Expert Market recommends business owners focus on implementing effective recruitment strategies.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 15, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features Grubhub's State of the Plate 2020 trend report, the fragility of "open," di g ital resilience and brand intimacy. See the latest sales and traffic results here: Sales Improve but Restaurants Should Brace Themselves for Challenges Ahead.

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SpotOn

APRIL 22, 2024

For minimum wage workers in Illinois, the new year brought another $1 increase as the state nears the new minimum wage of $15 in 2025. The law makes Illinois the highest minimum wage per hour in the Midwest region, an accolade that is hailed as a major victory by those who advocated for the rise. The training wage is $7.80

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Harbor Touch

MARCH 18, 2025

Running a restaurant is tough. The good news is that there are tax deductions and credits made for restaurants and owners that can ease the burden. Essential Restaurant Tax Deductions 1. A restaurant POS system like SkyTab, though, has no upfront cost, just $29 per month. Claim retroactively by April 15, 2025.

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Harbor Touch

MARCH 18, 2025

Running a restaurant is tough. The good news is that there are tax deductions and credits made for restaurants and owners that can ease the burden. Essential Restaurant Tax Deductions 1. A restaurant POS system like SkyTab, though, has no upfront cost, just $29 per month. Claim retroactively by April 15, 2025.

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SpotOn

APRIL 30, 2024

With so many labor laws and an ocean of paperwork, it can get tricky to remember how much a minimum wage employee should earn in Michigan. per hour, there can still be some confusion about the labor laws that involve overtime pay, training wages, and tipped employees. In 2025, Michigan's minimum wage will increase to $10.56

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EATER

MARCH 12, 2025

Masked chefs make pizza in a restaurant kitchen in 2022. Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Five years after the onset of the COVID pandemic, normalcy is increasingly a fragile concept After seven years of running a pop-up, Jarrett Stieber was finally ready to open his restaurant, Little Bear , in Atlanta.

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The Food Corridor

MARCH 27, 2023

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. It offers certain advantages over offering delivery from a traditional brick-and-mortar restaurant. Food delivery is nothing new, of course.

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Apicbase

JANUARY 13, 2023

They could help guide your decisions in what is shaping up to be a very uncertain time for restaurant operators. OUR TOP 10 In 2022, 31% of restaurants cut the number of menu items on offer to deal with the inflation and rising food costs. For 62% of restaurants , automation could help fill critical gaps in managing orders.

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EATER

JUNE 7, 2024

Some of these events are for-profit pop-ups, their organizers dreaming of opening restaurants or bars in the future; others are very much not businesses, fundraising for mutual aid projects or simply gathering to build community. They were sort of proto-gay restaurants, because they were open to everyone. Glances were coded.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 1, 2025

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features dining trends, hiring trends, tech trends, brunch trends, alcohol trends, and egg prices. Despite the fact that consumers are paying more to visit and order from restaurants this year – 12.5

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2021

In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we feature news of the expected pent-up demand from guests, the Great Restaurant Restart and delivery trends. 2021 will bring a restaurant renaissance unlike any we’ve seen before, with more consumers dining out and planning events than in years past. Event Planning Is Back.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 11, 2022

Please send questions to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. For this month’s piece, we offer some items for consideration that most directly affect operations in the restaurant sector. Build Back Better. percent of family income to 8.5

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

MRM's Franchise Feed provides the latest news in restaurant and MUFSO franchising. Apple American Group LLC (AAG), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Flynn Restaurant Group LP (FRG), was named the 2021 Abe Gustin Franchisee of the Year by Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill + Bar. AAG Named Franchisee of the Year.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 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 2025. In 2025, we’ll see operators increasingly adopt advanced Back-of-House solutions to gain deeper insights and more precise control over profit margins.

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