Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 29, 2022

Restaurant management and operations personnel are always on the search for proactive ways to increase operational efficiency and reduce waste while complying with local regulations. For risk mitigation and asset protection, it is impossible to manage what you cannot inspect.

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Apicbase

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Similarly, restaurant operations management is about seamlessly making the whole operation work: facilitating an excellent customer experience, giving staff everything they need to do their jobs, and making the restaurant run smoothly and efficiently. What Is Restaurant Operations Management?

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Apicbase

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Similarly, restaurant operations management is about seamlessly making the whole operation work: facilitating an excellent customer experience, giving staff everything they need to do their jobs, and making the restaurant run smoothly and efficiently. What Is Restaurant Operations Management?

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

And to survive this crisis (and any future crises), restaurants need to effectively manage the ongoing risks to protect their brand reputation and avoid costly liabilities. While everything feels overwhelming in the world, focus on these five solvable challenges: Prioritize a Food Safety Culture. Invest in Software Solutions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Please send questions to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. As we move into a new dawn of operational risks, challenges and successes, it’s important that supply chain overlaps and over pricing are kept to a minimum.

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The Rail

MAY 2, 2024

By Noel Dorsey, Contributor Restaurant relocation is a significant undertaking that requires careful planning and execution, especially when managing inventory. Properly handling inventory during the relocation process is crucial to ensure a smooth transition and minimize disruptions to operations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 28, 2023

What if I told you that you could solve a variety of your problems by improving your supply chain transparency? Supply chain transparency can provide vital information about suppliers’ environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives. Customers want to know where their food is coming from.

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Supplies Food Supply Food Safety Certification 166

Tableo

JULY 18, 2023

Restaurant inventory management is a process for identifying more cost-effective food, beverage and supply orders while keeping track of the materials and supplies you have on hand for shifts. Use inventory management software to track inventory levels and provide reports.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 25, 2021

Luckily, a commitment to more sustainable operations can coexist with healthy profits, and even growing margins. Below are five important areas of focus for restaurant and catering professionals who are re-imagining their operations for a newer, more sustainable normal. First Priority: Getting Smarter.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Fewer employees have carried the burden of prepping, cooking, and serving food while working to keep guests safe. Some restaurant brands have started successfully utilizing microlearning platforms, learning management systems, AI, and gamification to provide interactive, engaging training opportunities for their employees.

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Food Safety Kitchen Safety Loyalty Program Employee Relations 186

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2024

The year 2024 promises a journey of adaptation and fierce competition for the restaurant industry as it manages stronger-than-expected economic data and slowing inflation while dealing with the headwinds of short labor supply, more demanding customers and an uncertain political environment. The key lesson both establishments teach?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 10, 2022

Please send questions to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. These days, restaurants are on the search for solutions to minimize costs and provide efficiency throughout their operation. Take food cost management for instance.

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Supplies Food Supply Audits Inventory 193

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 17, 2023

When restaurants, food businesses, and other organizations become ISO certified, they’re showing that they: Prioritize safety, quality, and compliance, following strict guidelines to ensure safe, high-quality foods. Trying to manage the ISO compliance process manually is costly, labor-intensive, stressful, and error prone.

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Sling

MAY 9, 2023

Efficient and effective restaurant operations don’t just happen. In this article, we discuss some of the best ways to improve your restaurant operations and introduce you to the tools that can help make that easier. Table of contents What is restaurant operations? They take purposeful planning and work to build and maintain.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2021

Waste management is one of the challenges affecting the restaurant industry. Research from the University of Arizona shows that fast-food restaurants waste 9.55 Considering that the cost of food is the second-largest expense in the restaurant industry, these numbers translate to hundreds of dollars in wasted revenue each day.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 27, 2022

The restaurant industry is still dealing with pandemic-related issues, including supply chain disruptions, new COVID variants and surging cases, labor shortages, rising prices, and a shift in consumer demand. Make food safety and customer reassurance a priority to create a brand that customers (and employees) trust and support.

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Kitchen Safety Food Safety Audits Food 208

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Closures, supply chain problems, labor shortages, technology, and inflation are just a few of the challenges operators have faced in recent years. Technology acquisitions will drive consolidation, which coincides with demand from operators. The immediate 2022 labor crunch has been extremely painful for operators.

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2023 Technology Back of House Customer Experience 209

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry insiders for their views on trends. Fortunately, we have exceeded in our efforts to reduce our footprint and maximize profitability to effectively operate our drive-thrus and maintain team productivity. Here are their insights.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

million people work in food service annually (including managers). At the same time, inflation and food costs are rising, energy costs are spiking, supply chain issues persist, and the rent is still due. Much worse. More than 11.6 percent to nearly 7 percent , a more significant increase than in any other job sector.

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Food Supply Audits Consumer Goods Customer Service 167

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. For clarity: ELM Customers are both internal and external.

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Management Management Food Food Safety 119

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Give them charging stations and a reason to stay (delicious food, great service, and a comfortable atmosphere) while their cars are charging. You already provide delicious food, exceptional customer service, and an inviting atmosphere, right? Elevate inspections and audits. Improve operations. onsite charging stations.

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Audits 2040 Food Safety Consumer Goods 185

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 28, 2022

After surviving the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, restaurant operators are now facing record high food costs, ongoing labor shortages, inconsistencies in the supply chain, and quickly changing guest preferences. The modern restaurant and foodservice industry are facing the most challenging restaurant landscape in decades.

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Leadership Loyalty Program Communication Training 184

Marketing4Restaurants

JANUARY 17, 2022

Restaurant Yield Management is a key tactic for profitable Restaurants. We tapped into the right practices and other factors involved to make your food business more profitable. We tapped into the right practices and other factors involved to make your food business more profitable. Managing Fixed Costs. Segmentation.

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Management Management Airlines Website Management 98

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their views on what trends and challenges owners and operators can expect to see in 2024. During peak seasons, considering outsourcing certain services becomes a practical solution to ensure seamless operations. Read the first part, here.

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Restaurant365

APRIL 14, 2020

Successful restaurant operations, in any kind of economy, depend on well-managed restaurant food inventory. No matter what business model your restaurant is operating on, managing your restaurant inventory helps you prevent waste, lower your food cost, and maximize your bottom line.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The food your restaurant serves should taste good, look appealing, and be safe! Each year, food safety breaches sicken 48 million people in the United States and, of those, 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die. Food safety must be “baked in” to your brand’s culture so key audiences know that you prioritize it.

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Hot Schedules

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Make Sure Your Food Suppliers are Grade-A. Like any new relationship, the beginning can be harmonious and productive, but it takes constant effort to ensure your food and beverage suppliers remain Grade-A. You have lots of choices on which companies supply your restaurant inventory, but how do you spot and manage great food suppliers?

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Food Supply Food Mobile Ordering Inventory 137

Lavu

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In the face of a staggering global issue, restaurants must proactively avoid food waste. billion tons of food are wasted annually across the globe. Restaurants, a big part of this challenge, can substantially impact by adopting sustainable practices and reducing their contribution to food waste.

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Waste Food Compost Audits 78

Apicbase

MAY 8, 2024

The right restaurant management software significantly enhances efficiency and control of operating costs. MarketMan offers tools for automating invoicing, recipe costing, and food cost calculations, making it a popular choice among restaurateurs. Purchasing and order management: The software digitises purchasing and ordering.

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Inventory Food Supply Kitchen Safety Back of House 52

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Globally, aquaculture supplies more than 50 percent of all seafood produced for human consumption—and that percentage will continue to rise, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Sustainable Food Sourcing Is Worth the Effort. to trace their seafood back to responsibly managed fisheries.

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Sourcing Sustainability Certification Food 186

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 27, 2023

The restaurant industry is guilty of producing large amounts of carbon emissions in its quest to deliver delicious food and memorable culinary experiences for customers. In fact, the food and drinks industry (of which the restaurant industry forms a part) is responsible for around one third of all greenhouse gas emissions annually.

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Transportation Food Supply Supplies Waste 178

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 8, 2020

” The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way businesses operate, and the restaurant industry is now learning to navigate this “new normal.” Food safety sanitation procedures are more important than ever to combat the novel coronavirus. This includes quality management software and auditing apps.

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Food Safety Social Media Website Management Food Supply 198

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 11, 2020

Electrical Safety Checklist for Restaurants and Food Establishments. Here is a 10-points checklist you can use to assess your current readiness and create a suitable plan for improving electrical safety: Routine audit of all electrical devices, equipment, fixtures and wiring. Locating and operating breaker switches.

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Food Safety Equipment Food Supply Audits 219

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

According to Investopedia , a restaurant will generally look to sell for about 25 to 40% of its annual operating income. They could also be trying to get out of a bad situation—be it management, building, or market related. What percentage of the total costs are food? They may be looking to move on to a new career.

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Apicbase

APRIL 5, 2024

When thinking about restaurant automation, imagining a future where AI-powered androids shake cocktails and drones drop food deliveries through your skylight is fun. But automation in food service is much more than that. Automate your restaurant’s operation for efficiency and scalability. What Is Restaurant Automation?

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Clover - Restaurants

MAY 3, 2024

Recent surveys confirm the importance of cleaning and sanitizing in food industry establishments for building customer confidence and in influencing diner choice. City and state health departments monitor local restaurants to ensure they’re following food safety management program guidelines.

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Kitchen Safety Food Safety Food Food Supply 52

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Make sure you do a projection and daily audit to ensure your payroll costs are commensurate with your current revenue. Food and Beverage Inventory and Paper Supplies. Similar to your payroll expenses, your food and beverage expenses are going to vary depending on the type of restaurant you run.

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