Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 15, 2022

Supply Chain Benefits. Visibility in all aspects of the supply chain is important for restaurants, especially since food is a sensitive product to handle. For example, Starbucks piloted a bean-to-cup blockchain product to track its coffee beans and Sweetgreen has tested a blockchain to track its tomato supplies from farm to store.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 7, 2025

PLAN BETTER TRAIN HARDER Work Hard and be Kind Dick Cattani Harvest America Ventures, LLC Restaurant Consulting www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG (Over 900 articles about the business and people of food) CAF Talks Podcast [link] More than 90 interviews with the most influential people in food

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Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 7, 2023

For any specialty coffee roaster, one of the key factors to running a successful business is a continuous supply of fresh green coffee. Sourcing and buying green coffee is certainly a big part of this, but efficient inventory management is also paramount. To find out, I spoke with Giorgio Mosca, the Export Manager at IMF Roasters.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

You can't scroll news sites without seeing more articles about inflation, but was does it mean for restaurants? Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine quizzed expert Kathryn Petralia, co-founder of Kabbage, an American Express Company, for her analysis on what restaurants owners need to understand about inflation.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER Harvest America Ventures, LLC Restaurant Consulting www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG (Over 900 articles about the business and people of food) CAFÉ Talks Podcast [link] More than 90 interviews with the most influential people in food They have taught me far more than I have ever been able to pass onto them.

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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

MARCH 11, 2022

In particular, supply chain disruptions and staffing shortages – whether due to resignations or illness – are forcing quick service and fast casual restaurants to adapt quickly to changing conditions. Increased Emphasis on Online Ordering. Appeal to Mobile Gamers.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Technology can save restaurants money, help them become more efficient, reduce dependence on a qualified labor pool, and trim some reliance on a challenged supply chain. The knee jerk reaction is to rely on technology to save us. This must be the answer right? How do we keep the business of food from becoming more and more transactional?

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Read any article enumerating the current or emerging trends in restaurants and retail and you will see ideas of health and wellness, environmental sustainability, and brand authenticity coming to the fore. ” Additionally, you will speak to or put in place written policies around employee and manager expectations and a code of ethics.

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Transact

JULY 7, 2022

It is no secret that some of the largest pain points in the food service industry have been widespread supply shortages, labor shortages, and reduced access to skilled talent. In their 2022 Global Restaurant Trends Forecast , Technomic predicts that “2022 is all about labor, supply disruption, and inflation.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 25, 2020

Supplement your restaurant’s safety further by training managers to spot the early warning signs of workplace injuries in employees. Potential strategies include a no-contact method for greeting customers and requesting online payment options prior to supply deliveries.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2022

As Americans reach for a potential post-pandemic world, the restaurant industry continues to reel from two years of economic, staffing and supply chain chaos. A recent article in The New York Times cited a 5.7-percent A good starting point for addressing many issues is use of a manager’s log. Managers are already busy.

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ChowNow

JUNE 12, 2025

Step-by-Step Guide to Costing a Dish If the idea of costing a dish sounds like spreadsheets and stress, don’t worry, we’re breaking it down into five manageable steps. If you’re using a restaurant management system or inventory management system, you may already have this data on hand. Every smart pricing move starts here.

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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. The unknown is always scary.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Labor shortages and other factors are affecting the global supply chain in never-before-seen ways, and certain commodities are intermittently not available, or if they are, they’re expensive. The recent supply chain issues have only exacerbated restaurant industry pain points. are the fast-casual franchise model of the future.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2021

In fact, the automating and upselling that occurs through predictive digital menus can lead to better management of inventory levels, preserving shelf time on low stock items, say onion rings, and recommending overstocked items such as fries. Smart operators are finding ways to connect supply chain technology with front-of-house demand.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 13, 2025

Giving store managers ownership over testing early-stage ideas and sharing the results systemwide. News Heather Lalley is the managing editor of Restaurant Business, Foodservice Director and CSP Daily news. Krispy Kreme is out of the cookie business , selling its remaining stake in Insomnia Cookies for $75 million. Sign up here.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 25, 2020

In this article, we discuss how restaurant design is changing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and highlight how we must rethink the consumer-facing footprint to make the restaurant experience more sustainable and bolster consumer confidence. The system encourages mixing of room air with supply air for an even temperature distribution.

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Culinary Cues

JULY 31, 2022

This is meant to be a chat with all the stakeholders: cooks, chefs, servers, bartenders, managers, owners, dishwashers, and customers. That’s a load of negativity to digest – no wonder the title to this article makes some people believe that it’s true. For the Chef and Manager: Are you willing to look at menus differently?

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 22, 2022

The dish machine was likely an under counter unit and there was no need for a walk-in cooler since supplies were purchased every day; a reach-in or two would suffice. There was little waste since managing twenty seats was much easier than trying to fill expansive dining rooms with a turn or two on busy nights. CAFÉ Talks podcast.

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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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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Anyone who’s worked (or even stepped foot) in a restaurant knows how important effective kitchen management is. Read on to learn more about effective restaurant kitchen management tactics you can use to ensure your employees feel supported, safe, and engaged. In fact, all of their managers are trained up from associate positions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2022

I’ve previously written an article on my thoughts regarding those topics. They allow for employees to coordinate shifts with their managers, and swap shifts with coworkers who are eligible. However, we work with many restaurant operators throughout the country, and there are a few tactics that seem to be making an impact.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 31, 2020

This has changed the ratio of restaurant to retail at these centers and, in many instances, resulted in less overall potential customers for the restaurants, while increasing the supply of available restaurant choices. Even in pre-COVID 2020, at least five restaurant chains filed for bankruptcy protection.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 13, 2020

AI’s benefits are being used in other areas: self-driving cars, supply chain, IT security etc. An article by Deloitte shows that ’83 percent of AI adopters are already seeing rapid and positive changes.’ This is due to the success of Amazon with their product recommendations.

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The Rail

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

By Lindsay Lawrence, Contributor Relocating a restaurant is no small feat, as it involves managing the transportation of kitchen equipment, reestablishing the space’s atmosphere, and ensuring minimal disruption to your business. From cloud-based tools to smart IoT sensors, technology is revolutionizing how restaurants relocate.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 30, 2021

Nair, a partner at Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP compiles recent legal news affecting the restaurant, food and beverage and hospitality industries for Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. Legislation. Restaurant Revitalization Fund Replenishment Act Introduced : On June 8, 2021, a bipartisan group of Senators and U.S.

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Perfect Daily Grind

APRIL 4, 2022

In the coffee industry, larger roasters generally have a greater capacity to manage price risk, but small and medium-sized roasters also have tools at their disposal. To learn more about how coffee roasters can manage and minimise the impact of price risk, I spoke to some industry experts to learn more. What is price risk?

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Culinary Cues

JUNE 23, 2024

Time is the hardest thing to manage – there is never enough, so cooks are busy, but they exude “purpose” and are always cognizant of not wasting steps. They walk with determination, but not out of panic. We can’t remain idle while the industry we love is being portrayed in a way that is detrimental to our success.

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Cheetah

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

COVID-19, supply chain issues and rising food prices have placed the future of major broadliners at risk. Heck, it might even feel good to know you’re a small cog in the food supply machine. To order supplies from Cheetah, you don’t need to get through a long phone call. Reading Time: 4 minutes. We do the opposite.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 28, 2024

It just goes to show how important drink pricing and cost management are to maximizing profits. In this article: How to calculate your profit margin for your bar What is the average profit margin for bars? Bars that effectively manage their inventory and reduce waste tend to maintain higher margins.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 10, 2020

Even though the practice of restaurant management continues to move digital, the physical space of your restaurant back office still needs to be organized. The Benefits of an Organized Restaurant Back Office Did you know that you can increase your time management by 38% by just using the right organizational tools?

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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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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. MBLM also further analyzed the industry in an article entitled, “ Fast Food & COVID-19.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Keep reading to learn: Server side work your FOH team should be doing Best practices for executing these side duties of a server How to build server side work into shifts 4 Server Side Work Duties to Add Alongside Primary Server Duties The most important server side work duties are cleaning, restocking, organizing, and managing safety.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 11, 2025

All photos courtesy of Ascent Hospitality Management A pair of legacy family-dining brands are out to prove that age is only a number. The of-the-moment menu updates are part of sweeping rebrands at the two chains under owner Ascent Hospitality Management. View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips?

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 11, 2025

marketing retail News Heather Lalley is the managing editor of Restaurant Business, Foodservice Director and CSP Daily news. She previously served as editor in chief of Winsight Grocery Business View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips? Sign up here.

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