Lavu

MAY 2, 2025

Managing food allergies in a restaurant isn’t just about good service its a critical safety responsibility. Managing food allergens in restaurants is non-negotiable, especially with 32 million Americans living with food allergies. KDS Integration : Streamline order preparation with allergen-specific alerts.

Allergens

QSR Automations

JUNE 10, 2025

Together, the combined organization will serve more than 800 restaurant brands in 150,000+ locations and 100+ countries, representing 90% of the top 50 restaurant chains in the U.S. The merger of the two companies will create a restaurant technology company that delivers solutions for the entire food lifecycle at scale.

Technology

Lavu

JUNE 13, 2025

From planning the layout to managing food services and ensuring compliance, we’ll cover what it takes to launch a profitable, well-run cafeteria in 2025. By offering a range of healthy and diverse food options, employers can create a positive work environment that fosters employee well-being and satisfaction.

2025

Lavu

MAY 2, 2025

Managing food allergens isnt just a best practiceits a legal and safety necessity for todays restaurants. With increasing awareness of food allergies, allergen management in POS systems has become essential to ensure customer safety and streamline kitchen operations.

Allergens

Future Food

MAY 29, 2025

Following our time at the 2025 FoodService Australia Food and Hospitality Week at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, one thing became abundantly clear: hospitality businesses that are embracing integrated, intelligent technologies are not only adapting to industry change, theyre leading it.

Hospitality

Lavu

AUGUST 14, 2025

Whether you run a fast-casual spot, fine dining venue, or food truck, the right technology can transform your day-to-day management. Kitchen managers can prioritize tasks based on timing, and servers know exactly when dishes are ready to be served. Additionally, tracking ingredient freshness supports food safety and quality.

POS

Restaurant Business

JUNE 6, 2025

She will now oversee human resources, culture, legal, risk safety and security, internal audit, and facilities. She has been the SVP and controller since 2022, but has on multiple occasions served as interim principal financial officer for the company during periods of CFO transition. and Hardee’s. Sign Up Thanks for signing up!

Fast Casual

Paper Chase Accountancy

AUGUST 5, 2025

With the right help, bars and eateries can focus on what they do best—serving delicious food and providing excellent customer service. Hospitality accountants in London suggest regular financial audits for transparency and uncovering potential financial issues. Various regulations and industry-specific tax deductions apply here.

Cash Management

Paper Chase Accountancy

MAY 30, 2025

Inconsistencies or errors can lead to audits. Scope of Operations : Hotels have a broader operational scope, encompassing rooms, food and beverage, and other services, making their bookkeeping more complex. Restaurants primarily focus on food and beverage sales, simplifying their accounting process.

Hotels

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2022

As we close out 2022, food production is at risk. We’re still facing product shortages, exacerbated by ongoing supply chain interruptions and the Russian-Ukrainian war stalling food shipments – including 9.5 Inflation is causing food prices – and food insecurity – to soar. . Focus on Sustainable Food Production.

Food Safety

Paper Chase Accountancy

JULY 18, 2025

Improper Deductions: Overlooking eligible expense deductions, or claiming those that aren’t justified, can trigger audits and penalties. Inadequate Record Keeping: Not maintaining accurate and comprehensive financial records makes it difficult to substantiate claims during an audit. This means you’re always audit-ready.

Management

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Quarantines and stay-at-home orders meant that restaurants were unable to serve guests onsite for months. While these changes are overwhelming for many, the restaurant industry has rallied, adapting to our “new normal” and finding new ways to safely serve guests. Reiterate that safety is your priority.

Food Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Food safety and restaurant cleanliness. Organizing and preparing dishes does not come easy—there is a lot of data and information tracking involved to make sure the correct dish is served to the right person. Similarly, restaurant visitors expect their food to be of a consistent quality every time they visit.

Technology

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 29, 2022

restaurants wasting between 22 to 33 billion pounds of food each year, every improvement in operational efficiency is an essential contribution to preventing waste and reducing loss. Many restaurant managers have already moved to digital food safety programs that give them visibility into the state of their assets across multiple locations.

Operations

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 28, 2023

This one effort can help your restaurant ensure you’re aligned with suppliers that prioritize safety and quality efforts. While it’s important for restaurants to serve delicious meals, that alone is not enough anymore. Customers want to know where their food is coming from.

Supplies

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Why Measure Food Safety Performance? Achieving food safety excellence should be a continual goal. Therefore, a restaurant's food safety goals should evolve along with these changes. To begin measuring food safety performance, an organization first needs to establish its KPIs.

Food Safety

7 Shifts

JUNE 29, 2022

They employ thousands of people and have served billions, and with so many people affected, it's understandable why there are franchise-specific laws and regulations in place. A consistent menu ensures standard serving across locations. Food & Staff Safety Measures. State Law Compliance. Menu Consistency.

Franchise

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Restaurant maintenance ensures technical difficulties don’t compromise food production and quality. Just ask the manager of the brunch spot who can’t serve pancakes because the griddle is broken — again. But these activities should be planned outside of restaurant hours so they do not interfere with serving customers.

Audits

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Efficient process management platforms automate and streamline the required tasks an organisation must undergo to remain compliant, such as cleaning and safety. The recording of completed work and collection of data serve as an essential tool for QSRs to maintain a safe facility for employees and customers alike.

Operations

The Rail

OCTOBER 3, 2024

By Indiana Lee, Contributor The old idiom “a team is only as strong as its weakest link” is shown to its fullest extent in the food service industry. While the adage applies to a wide range of restaurant operations, one of the most vital is food safety. If you’ve seen any of these in your kitchen, it’s time to course correct.

Food Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Our restaurant of the future is designed to benefit guests, employees and franchisees, with a new external design and a reimagined kitchen that will make it easier for us to serve hot, delicious food quickly for frictionless guest experiences, and we expect to see a lot more of that next year. Clinton Anderson, CEO, Fourth Enterprises.

2022

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Add cybersecurity risks, mix in consumer desire for transparency, then layer in the collection of consumer data collection and you’ve got a perfect storm of data management challenges across the food supply chain. How Multi-domain Data Governance Works from Farm-to-Fork.

Management

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2020

There has also been an increase in review content for Black-owned restaurants and food businesses (up 9X) and nightlife (up 13X). The findings, from research conducted by Reach3 Insights show a complex restaurant consumer marketplace that is ready to return, but still concerned about safety.

2020

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

Alonso Castañeda , VP of Brand Development & Strategy for Savory Restaurant Fund, will discuss how the brands he works with have been able to take advantage of the current landscape to creatively serve customers. ” Duff & Phelps served as financial advisor to Sun Capital Partners, Inc. US Foods Ghost Kitchens.

Kitchen Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

This edition of MRM News Bites features a double dose from US Foods, SpotOn Transact, DoorDash Kitchens, Virtual Restaurant Consulting, Tripleseat and Gather, wagamama, Toast, The Gluten Intolerance Group, Instawork and StaffMate Online, Procurant and Yellofin, Sift, 7shifts, ParTech, Revel Systems and Como, Kabbage, Bluecrew and Cuboh.

Bar

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 6, 2020

Here are six areas that often create risks for restaurants and others in the food and hospitality industry: Onboarding New Employees : You may know employers are required to verify new employees’ identity and employment authorization, but federal law imposes strict requirements for doing so, and documenting compliance can be tricky.

Restaurant Law

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2020

The Foundation will administer the grants, offered on a first-come, first-served basis. When a restaurant fails, the impact radiates across Main Street and affects an entire ecosystem of food and beverage providers, community banks, farmers, and many more,” said Chris Comparato, CEO of Toast. ” The BOHA! restaurants.

Employee Relations

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 12, 2021

Restaurants and bars continue to creatively serve their customers in outdoor spaces amid concerns about the ongoing pandemic, and many are in the process of re-opening makeshift patios as weather warms. Auditing Your Outdoor Dining Space Before Permit Request. Creating Signage to Increase Safety.

Outdoor

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 31, 2020

This has dramatically impacted the core of the food and restaurant industries, specifically healthy and organic food. Eating organic is by no means a new concept brought on by the pandemic, but the shift in mindsets has thrust this niche food sector into overdrive. The Organic Food Boom. And the numbers are impressive.

Food

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Good Food Restaurant Scorecard. Despite skyrocketing demand for plant-based food across the U.S., 42 of the country’s favorite fast food and restaurant chains still don’t offer a plant-based entrée, according to a report released today by The Good Food Institute (GFI).

Hospitality

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The cost of goods sold (COGS) is a restaurant metric that shows you the cost of all ingredients used to prepare a menu item, including the food, beverage costs, and other direct expenses. It not only includes the containers used for food but also the bags, napkins, utensils, and any branding materials that accompany an order.

2024

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

– Matt Elders, EVP, Revenue, Cordial 2023 served up a year of resilience and innovation for restaurants, as they adapted to shifting landscapes and embraced new dining paradigms. Instead, focus on reducing waste by not overordering the wings and ensuring teams understand proper portioning and serving of key items.

2024

Transact

JANUARY 17, 2022

Ensure Personal Safety. Simplify Audits. Carefully developed, tested, and implemented standardized procedures guide workers and greatly reduce the possibility of missed steps or other errors that impact the quality and safety of the food you serve. Ensure Uniformity. Improve Quality Assurance. Avoid Knowledge Loss.

Operations

The Restaurant Times

OCTOBER 30, 2020

With the outbreak of COVID-19, consumers have become more aware of the importance of health, hygiene, and food safety which will play a huge role in how restaurants operate in the new normal. Tips on How To Implement the Right Restaurant Food Safety System . Create a Restaurant Cleanup Plan.

Food Safety

Restaurant365

AUGUST 19, 2020

Successful restaurant owners and operators don’t just provide great food. For food service and hospitality in particular, an essential part of the guest experience is the interaction with employees. There are some general areas to focus on when starting to audit your human resources information systems (HRIS) and payroll systems.

Restaurant Law

Perfect Daily Grind

AUGUST 21, 2022

A 2017 report from the UK’s House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee found that only one in 400 single-use cups are properly recycled in the UK. They can continue to serve takeaway coffees, even with bans and levies for single-use cups coming into effect worldwide.”. Enjoyed this? Photo credits: Huskee. Perfect Daily Grind.

Waste

Crunchtime

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

From how to set up the store before opening to how certain foods should be prepared to certain areas should be sanitized, having a standard way of doing things makes work more efficient and gives you confidence that employees will do work the right way even when you’re not there.

Operations