Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2025

This article explores how restaurants can better prepare for cyber incidents, understand third-party vendor risks, respond effectively when breaches occur and leverage their cyber insurance policies for optimal protection. Implementing a formal vendor risk management program helps restaurants track these requirements across all partners.

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Lavu

APRIL 17, 2025

When it comes to managing inventory, restaurants face a choice: POS inventory alerts vs. manual tracking. On the other hand, POS inventory alerts offer real-time updates, automate ordering, and minimize human mistakes. Managing restaurant inventory can be a major challenge, but the right system can make all the difference.

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ChowNow

MARCH 14, 2025

Every day, youre juggling staff, food quality, inventory, customer service, purchasing, and moreall while trying to cultivate a dining experience that wows your customers enough to keep them coming back. How to solve it: Use data-driven ordering to track inventory closely to forecast demand accurately and avoid overstocking.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 10, 2022

Why should you and your staff spend hours counting inventory, auditing invoices, and combing through contracts? We’re going to park this one here until a little later in this article. Whether you’re taking inventory, ordering supplies, or managing the supply chain – it all costs time and labor.

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Lavu

APRIL 25, 2025

One of the most effective tools for achieving this is mobile inventory management. This system helps restaurant owners and managers track stock in real-time, reduce waste, and maintain optimal inventory levels. By automating inventory processes, restaurants can save time, improve accuracy, and enhance overall efficiency.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2021

Inventory stock changed significantly. These non-paper menus can be changed swiftly, allowing restaurants to remove items when inventory lags and promote items that have higher margin. In the best of circumstances, they should be linked to inventory and automated kitchens. Menus were trimmed to a fraction of original size.

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ChowNow

APRIL 15, 2025

In this article, youll learn: The most important restaurant KPIs for restaurant profitability, efficiency, and growth How to calculate and benchmark major KPIs using simple formulas Practical tips for tracking KPIs without getting overwhelmed Lets start by breaking down what KPIs are, and why they require your attention.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 28, 2024

In this article: How to calculate your profit margin for your bar What is the average profit margin for bars? Once you have that total, subtract all of your costs, such as labor, inventory, rent, utilities, and other operating expenses. Bars that effectively manage their inventory and reduce waste tend to maintain higher margins.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

It was one of those rare moments at the end of service, nothing pressing on your desk, menus were done, inventories posted, schedules made, and another service in the hopper. This was a moment of peace and relative quiet.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

They play a big role in overseeing your inventory and attending to customer complaints. In this article: How do you handle inventory management to keep the bar always adequately stocked? In this article: How do you handle inventory management to keep the bar always adequately stocked?

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2024

In almost every conversation I have with other industry professionals, someone will say “before COVID… ” or “since COVID… ” As a matter of fact, in many of my articles I make the same comparison. I’ll make this connection for you later in this article.

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ChowNow

MAY 23, 2025

In this article, youll learn: Why every operator has to monitor their restaurant profit margins Why it can be so challenging to increase your profit margins How to improve your margin numbers Lets dig into why margins, not just sales, make or break a restaurant business.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 12, 2023

From softwares like ChatGPT to self-driving cars like the Tesla Model 3, AI and automation are making remarkable strides In the restaurant industry, these solutions are streamlining various aspects, including inventory management, contactless ordering, customer behavior analysis, and more.

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ChowNow

MAY 9, 2025

In this article, you will learn: The five most important restaurant costs to track and manage Easy strategies for controlling food costs and labor costs Tactics to save money without hurting your guest experience Lets start with the big picture and learn where your money is actually going.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 14, 2022

As I sat down to write this article, all I could think about was how the foodservice industry is so vital to our daily lives. Think of all the hours you spend counting inventory, placing orders, and managing your accounts payable. When we don’t want to cook, we call our favorite restaurant.

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Goliath Consulting

JUNE 15, 2021

Inventory Estimates. It has also been a time-consuming and challenging process to develop an efficient inventory estimate as many businesses had to rely on historical data over current patterns. What this means is that the relationship between the operator and vendor can be strained as a result of poor inventory control.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

An inventory management system with automated restocking alerts keeps your stock levels in check. It is the central nervous system of your restaurants operations, and most of the tools we cover in this article will need to integrate with your POS (point-of-sale) system. Look into AI-driven scheduling and automation tools.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 28, 2023

In the first episode, General Mills Foodservice corporate chefs Ted Osorio and Jessie Kordosky must throw together a brunch service with no staff, using only what’s on hand in kitchen inventory to create five distinct menu items. It could be featured in an upcoming “Chefs on the Line” episode, article, or post.

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ChowNow

MARCH 27, 2025

In this article, youll learn: The 10 KPIs for online food delivery every restaurant should monitor Why these metrics matter to your business How to track and improve them Lets dive into the KPIs that can make or break your online delivery strategy. Optimize promotions: Feature bestsellers in special deals to encourage repeat purchases.

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ChowNow

MARCH 28, 2025

Inventory management and demand forecasting Running out of key ingredientsor over-ordering and wasting themis one of the fastest ways to lose money. Many inventory management systems now include AI-assisted forecasting. AI isnt about replacing peopleits about making everyday tasks faster, smarter, and easier to manage.

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The Rail

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In this article, we’ll explore the key tech innovations that are simplifying restaurant relocation and helping owners make a seamless transition to their new space. Cloud-Based Inventory Management Inventory is one of a restaurant's most crucial assets , and ensuring a smooth transfer from one location to another can be daunting.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 8, 2023

It sounded like an appropriate title for an article about life in the kitchen. The chef is a financial manager of a business and, as such, must be adept at budget projections, management of inventories (highly perishable ones), and control of production waste.

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7 Shifts

JUNE 4, 2021

In this article, we'll go into 15 key performance indicators for restaurants, why they're important, how to calculate them, and more. Inventory turnover ratio. Your CoGSs is an essential number to have when determining your menu prices, inventory and impacts your net profit margin. Ending inventory , or what you have leftover.

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7 Shifts

APRIL 29, 2021

Food and beverage inventory. Legal and other matters referred to in this article are based on 7shifts' interpretation of laws existing at the time and should not be relied on in place of professional legal advice. You can use the funds to cover expenses incurred from February 15, 2020 until March 11, 2023.Expenses Grant Prioritization.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 23, 2022

The hi-tech workforce has expanded into factories, warehouses, ecommerce delivery fleets, and this article’s focus: quick serve restaurants. Robotics – A recent BostInno article included this video of Alfred the Robot making salads at BONAPITA, a fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant in West Roxbury, MA.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 23, 2023

But, for a moment, let’s take inventory: [] CHECK YOUR REPERTOIRE: You need not remember every ingredient, in every dish, but you must understand the methods and the result. Fine, that may be the case but let’s just see. Is there breadth to your understanding of cooking, cooking techniques, and ingredients?

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 7, 2021

This is defined in articles from local newspapers to the New York Times, from industry magazines and websites to social media, and from industry blogs to podcasts by the dozens – everyone states the problem, points a finger, and portrays the issue as someone else’s doing. Restaurant waste nips away at profitability – why?

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ChowNow

MARCH 7, 2025

In this article, you will learn: Why you should use your customer data to help your restaurant grow The different kinds of data you have available to you to use The best ways to use customer data to make better decisions Lets explore why customer data is one of your most powerful tools for growing your restaurant.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2020

Novel ways to deliver everything from orchestral music to personal training and therapy/addiction treatment have made the rounds as viral social media videos or popular articles. Are you paying too much for your website, your payment solution, or your inventory management tools?

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 3, 2021

In a recent article about Danny Meyer – NYC restaurateur extraordinaire, he talks about his epiphany over the past year – an opportunity he had to truly assess everything about his restaurants and the accepted approach towards operation. ” -Danny Meyer – Union Square Hospitality.

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Crunchtime

JUNE 3, 2025

When it comes to complex inventory management challenges, few environments can match the intricacies of a cruise ship.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Anything worth doing is worth doing world-class whether washing dishes, organizing a cooler or workstation, dicing vegetables, finishing a plate of Kobe beef, taking inventory, or mopping a floor – it’s all important. [] CREATIVITY: Respect means everyone (cooks in particular) has a desire to create something worthy of carrying their signature.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2021

For the restaurant industry, the disruptions of a broken supply chain can eliminate key ingredients from inventory, which then force locations to remove items from menus temporarily, or indefinitely.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 5, 2023

This article explores how QSRs can harness the power of technology to enhance operations, deliver more engaging experiences, reduce costs and increase profitability. For example, well-crafted integrations between software systems enable simplification and automation of order management, inventory control and customer relationship management.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

After all, the delivery giant more than doubled what they call their “restaurant inventory” in the past quarter. When you look at their “restaurant inventory” in total, nearly half of all the restaurants now listed on Grubhub never agreed to join the platform. They signed up just 15,000 partners in the same period.

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ChowNow

MAY 2, 2025

In this article, you will learn: What the data really says about how often restaurants fail The most common reasons behind restaurant failure and how to avoid them The strategies successful restaurants use to beat the odds Lets start with what the numbers actually say and what they dont.

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ChowNow

JULY 30, 2024

To manage this effectively, track daily, weekly, and monthly sales to identify trends and peak times, using this data to optimize staffing and inventory levels. Calculate COGS by adding the beginning inventory and purchases, then subtracting the ending inventory. Learn more tips for reducing COGS in this article.

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