The Food Corridor

JULY 24, 2025

In July 2025, the USDA announced the termination of all Regional Food Business Centers (RFBCs), including the Northwest Rocky Mountain Center (Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming), where The Food Corridor served as co-lead for the Connecting and Scaling Food Entrepreneurs Theme Team.

Kitchen Safety

Culinary Digital

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

All institutional food service teams should start planning for 2026 The start of February will mark a little under one year to go for the implementation of the FDAs new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) food traceability rules (3). Talk to Us 1.

2025

Qu

MAY 7, 2025

At the 2025 Restaurant Leadership Conference (RLC), Qu unveiled a groundbreaking Smart Kitchen platform that promises to redefine how enterprise restaurants manage their back-of-house operations. Remote Equipment Control: Allows for instant adjustments to kitchen equipment settings from any location, supporting multi-unit agility.

Operations

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

The focus now is finding the minimum necessary seating capacity while maximizing kitchen efficiency and service throughput. Instead of simply trying to fit as many seats as possible into a space, the focus now is finding the minimum necessary seating capacity while maximizing kitchen efficiency and service throughput.

Loyalty Program

QSR Automations

AUGUST 5, 2025

As restaurants innovate to create additional profit avenues, drive-thru experiences alleviate customer concerns about cleanliness and safety surrounding a dine-in experience. Tools like geofencing, mobile pickup lanes, and AI-enhanced kitchen display systems are reshaping how restaurants manage flow and meet demand.

Presentation

Harbor Touch

MARCH 16, 2025

One restaurant I know found their kitchen prep took twice as long as it shoulddata showed the bottleneck, and they fixed it fast. Use real-time POS reporting to catch order delays; if the kitchens slammed, adjust staffing on the fly. Its your safety net. For POS users, your systems a treasure chest of clues. Think ahead.

POS

EATER

MARCH 12, 2025

Masked chefs make pizza in a restaurant kitchen in 2022. No takeout, a small staff, an open kitchen so we can interact with the guests. An individual restaurant implementing a generous sick leave policy or trying to pay staff a living wage doesnt create a safety net for the whole business if they have to shut down for months.

2025

EATER

MARCH 11, 2025

Most restaurant and food service workers did not have access to sick leave or any other safety net , and yet were deemed essential. In 2025, the rising food celebrities are most comfortable in home kitchens, and many of them dont have the traditional restaurant or culinary school credentials we might have expected from previous food stars.

Food Supply

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 4, 2025

Identifying Challenges and Uncovering Opportunities SpotOn unveiled its 2025 Restaurant Business Report , revealing the financial challenges restaurant operators face and the opportunities to strengthen their businesses. Yelp has named Holbox in Los Angeles the top restaurant of 2025. Independent operators feel the squeeze the most.

Delivery

Qu

JUNE 17, 2025

From knowing where an order is in the kitchen to having instant insight into which upsell recommendations are driving the greatest gains in average order value. Optimize Kitchen Orchestration Item State Management Item State Management transforms your kitchen into a well-oiled machine where expo stations instantly know when items are ready.

Mobile Ordering

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 5, 2025

World Food Safety Day , held annually on June 7, aims to raise global awareness and inspire action on the critical importance of food safety. The core message is that food safety is everyone's business – from farmers and producers to governments, businesses, and consumers. The law strengthened the U.S.

Food Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

As these restaurants (and others) have discovered, technology has become instrumental in improving their safety and quality programs, increasing compliance, keeping up with ever-changing regulations, improving the customer experience, and differentiating themselves from the competition. Increase quality and safety across the supply chain.

Food Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2021

Delivering Success with Ghost Kitchens. The pandemic has changed the way we view the dining experience – with quality, safety and speed of delivery somewhat overshadowing ambience and in-person service. Trending with a Digital-First Strategy.

Delivery

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. ” Delivering Jobs. .

Franchising

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 28, 2021

Noodles & Company Launches Ghost Kitchen. Noodles & Company launched its first ghost kitchen test in Chicago. Noodles & Company's Humboldt Park ghost kitchen is located at 3220 W. Nathan’s Famous added Arthur Treacher’s to the brand’s portfolio, now available as a ghost kitchen concept.

Franchising

Squirrel Systems

MARCH 3, 2025

In 2025, these ten must-have technologies will be essential for staying competitive, efficient, and relevant in a crowded market. In 2025, POS systems will continue to evolve with advanced features like integrated customer loyalty programs, order-ahead capabilities, and even insights to optimize menus and pricing.

2025

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 12, 2020

Dunkin’ is announcing that the company has met that milestone early, and is setting a new goal of opening its 1,000th DD Green Achievement restaurant by the end of 2025. Consulting on Ghost Kitchens. Zuul and Figure 8 Logistics launched Zuul Studios – a ghost kitchen consulting firm.

Mobile Ordering

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The goal is to work with health care systems all over the country and help them commit to 50 percent plant based daily offerings by 2025. The UK food industry must work together to ensure the latest plant-based and vegan products are authentic, according to food safety certification experts, Lloyd’s Register.

Hospitality

Lavu

MAY 9, 2025

Choosing the right Restaurant Cloud POS system in 2025 can make or break your restaurants efficiency and profitability. Secure and Reliable : Advanced encryption, PCI compliance, and offline functionality ensure safety and uninterrupted operations. What makes Lavu a top choice for Restaurant Cloud POS in 2025?

POS

EATER

APRIL 1, 2021

Its founder, Miyoko Schinner, began experimenting with rejuvelac back in 2010, when she was searching for ways to develop nut-based cheeses that were more sophisticated than the spreads she had been making in her home kitchen. And even though I could make a great meal at a fancy restaurant, it’s not going to reach as many people.”.

Food Order

Harbor Touch

MARCH 16, 2025

One restaurant I know found their kitchen prep took twice as long as it shoulddata showed the bottleneck, and they fixed it fast. Use real-time POS reporting to catch order delays; if the kitchens slammed, adjust staffing on the fly. Its your safety net. For POS users, your systems a treasure chest of clues. Think ahead.

POS

Harbor Touch

MARCH 16, 2025

One restaurant I know found their kitchen prep took twice as long as it shoulddata showed the bottleneck, and they fixed it fast. Use real-time POS reporting to catch order delays; if the kitchens slammed, adjust staffing on the fly. Its your safety net. For POS users, your systems a treasure chest of clues. Think ahead.

POS

KaTom

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The pizza chain emphasized customer and employee safety by offering contactless delivery, curbside pickup, and contactless carryout. California Pizza Kitchen’s Dining Room Woes. The Rise & Fall of the Hut. Pizza Hut began the year optimistically, announcing 30,000 new openings nationwide in March.

2020

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

AUGUST 6, 2021

One has to wear different hats, curate the menu, structure logistics, think about food safety, and work on multiple aspects. Upon asking how Kwicpik actually helps brands to add more value to their services, Abhishek says, “ A cloud kitchen brand typically has more brands than a physical restaurant, therefore the menu is enormous.

Technology

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 11, 2021

” Key capabilities for the implementation include an integrated drive-thru solution, mobile order takers for line busting, a synchronized kitchen display system to interface with the POS, and an open API, which enables the integration of best-of-breed solutions directly to the POS platform. Papa John's International, Inc.,

Franchising

The Food Corridor

MAY 10, 2021

Bootstrapping a shared commercial kitchen is never easy. Here we take a look at some examples of community projects involving shared-use commercial kitchens that each received hundreds of thousands of dollars to make an impact in their communities. . Inspirational Shared Kitchen Projects Already Funded. March 3, 2021.

Agriculture

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Although digital sales are expected to decrease in 2021, over half of the industry’s business will come through digital channels by 2025. New capabilities become the norm: The onset of new segments such as virtual and dark kitchens as well as third-party delivery offers more choice to guests but also blurs the lines between formats.

2020

Foodable

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Takeout now composes the majority of an average restaurant’s transactions, and consumers expect curbside, contactless pickup , with safety being their number one concern. Customers feel more concerned about safety , quality control, and cost with third party orders. Ghost kitchens and virtual brands are on the rise.

Kitchen Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The Intelligent Kitchen The kitchen is the heart of any restaurant, and with the growth of off-premises and on-premises sales channels, it's an area ripe for automation and innovation. What was once resistance to digital kitchen management systems in fine dining is now a thing of the past, as adoption becomes mainstream.

Customer Experience