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What Now? COVID-19 Survival Guide for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

Due to the Covid-19 outbreak effect on the restaurant industry, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine is compiling a list of resources available for restaurant owners, operators and managers. To be added to this guide, reach out to Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. Sign up here.

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Surviving COVID-19: 7 Financing Options for Restaurants

7 Shifts

From small business loans to microgrants to business credit cards, cash is available; it just takes a bit of application work and a little know-how. Best for: Businesses who need cash to keep their doors open and their staff employed. Best for: Small businesses that need substantial cash to do big things.

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How I Got My Job: Leading the Dining Program at a Working Farm and Writing Cookbooks

EATER

I get to work with the agriculture teams, which manage our vegetable and grain production, and the retail team, which leads the farm store and the online farm store. For example, every week our farm manager sends a list of what she’s going to be harvesting from the fields. The cooks and I take that and brainstorm dishes.

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How can we improve access to finance for smallholder coffee farmers?

Perfect Daily Grind

Without access to finance, many coffee farmers struggle to invest in their farms – their businesses – and few can manage their farms enough to make them profitable. Furthermore, as coffee is a seasonal crop that’s dependent on suitable weather conditions, it’s further deemed “high-risk” by lenders – even among other agricultural commodities.

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Can coffee production become more important for Togo?

Perfect Daily Grind

Like many other West African countries, Togo’s economy is significantly dependent on agriculture – with coffee, cotton, and cocoa being the major cash crops. However, after the formation of the Togo Office of Agricultural Products (OPAT) in 1964, the Togolese government started to oversee and manage production.

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Exploring the evolution of Jamaica’s coffee industry

Perfect Daily Grind

In the years that followed, the country’s agriculture industry restructured itself entirely; coffee estate owners now had to formally and legally employ workers and pay their wages. Subsequently, the British began investing in Jamaican agriculture, including establishing a mass irrigation project in 1868.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the great gift of a restaurant gift card, learning about event professionals, top QSR traffic and digital ordering strategies. Additionally, turnover rates for restaurant employees and managers continue to be at all-time highs.

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