Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Fine and Family Dining Hurt by Holiday Shift. The best performing segments during November were those whose sales are the most negatively affected by Thanksgiving: fast casual, upscale casual and casual dining. Expect for casual dining, upscale casual and fine dining to have abysmal sales and traffic growth numbers.

2019 128

2019 Compost Mobile Ordering Point of Sale 128

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JULY 6, 2022

Blue Hill at Stone Barns’ alluring story — that a fine dining restaurant could be a model for changing the world — seduced diners, would-be employees, and thought leaders alike. Located on a working farm that was once part of a sprawling Rockefeller estate, the restaurant is a beacon of the sustainable food movement.

Compost 129

Compost Front of House 2014 Back of House 129

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

SingleThread has been hailed as the pinnacle of farm-to-table dining. Like Blackberry Farm in Tennessee and the Willows Inn on Washington’s Lummi Island, SingleThread epitomizes an over-the-top ideal of farm-to-table dining. Kyle and Katina Connaughton at SingleThread Farm in Sonoma County, California.

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Menu Agriculture Seasonal Menu Vineyard 128

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JUNE 23, 2020

BLK & Bold : You may have seen BLK & Bold at Whole Foods, but the brand’s selection of blends and single-origin coffees, as well as its teas, is also available directly online. Margaret Nyamumbo, a third-generation coffee farmer, founded the company to reimagine the coffee supply chain and bring more profit to women farmers in Kenya.

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Sourcing Food Supply Online Ordering Certification 93

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APRIL 11, 2023

Ingredient by ingredient, Hawaiʻi chefs and farmers are working towards putting more local food on diners’ plates Down a muddy road in Waimanalo, half an hour from bustling Honolulu, Fung Yang cuts airy portobello mushrooms from miniature landscapes of white mycelium inside of a temperature-controlled shipping container.

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Compost 2000 2012 Fine Dining 99