7 Shifts

AUGUST 18, 2024

Opening a restaurant is a big challenge that requires a huge investment of time and money. But the challenges don’t stop there—once open you have to focus on improving processes, managing labor schedules, and controlling restaurant costs. Indeed, controlling restaurant costs is one of your biggest challenges. What costs do you focus on?

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Before restaurants can record a profit, they need to take several expenses into account—inventory, kitchen equipment, building utilities, and of course, labor. What is Restaurant Labor Cost Percentage? Some businesses choose to calculate labor cost as a percentage of operating costs rather than a percentage of sales.

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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.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 12, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Send news to Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. The safety of Dunkin’ franchisees, their restaurant employees, and guests remains a top priority.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 17, 2020

This investment comes at a pivotal time, as the Indian fast casual has more than 50 franchise and corporate locations in varying stages of development across the United States, including two franchised locations that recently opened in Atlanta and Orange County, California. " Benihana Plans Franchise Expansion. Benihana National Corp.

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Open for Business

MAY 19, 2023

The point of a business plan is to show that you’ve done your homework,” says Charles Bililies, owner of Souvla , a fine casual Greek restaurant in San Francisco that has received national acclaim since opening in the spring of 2014. “The Specify whether the restaurant will be fine dining or more casual. Credit: Getty Images 3.

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Focus POS

JUNE 17, 2019

Good restaurant point of sale software will have the flexibility to accommodate different types of ordering (in-house, online, self-service). Restaurant Point of Sale Software. What is restaurant point of sale (POS) software? Benefits of Restaurant Point of Sale Software. What can restaurant point of sale software do for you? Flexibility.

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Restaurant365

MARCH 3, 2020

Grouping positions that vary between hourly and salary pay, like front-of-house staff (servers, hosts, and bartenders), back of house kitchen staff (cooks, dishwashers), and management staff, can help you track labor cost on a more granular level. Labor is one of the biggest expenses for a restaurant.

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Apicbase

JULY 16, 2024

Hours-late delivery trucks that are making you bite through the side of your desk because all your steaks are in them… But there you are, as cool as a cucumber, solving problems on the fly. You know the name of the game, don’t you? It’s called the restaurant F&B purchasing process, and you’re a Jedi Master at it. And here’s how you do that.

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Open for Business

DECEMBER 12, 2023

All liability with respect to actions taken or not taken based on the contents of this article is hereby expressly disclaimed. Most restaurants need funding, especially during the initial stages when they’re setting up. But finding the right investment is easier said than done and requires careful planning as well as excellent execution.

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Open for Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This document is helpful for you as well as potential investors. This document is helpful for you as well as potential investors. Whether it’s chic and modern or rustic and cozy, fine dining or casual, the atmosphere needs to enhance the dining experience and make it memorable for all the right reasons.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 30, 2022

After two years of only being able to order takeout and having to wear a mask when not at the table, restaurants are poised to bounce back in 2022. Don't underestimate the power of in-house advertising at your restaurant. For your restaurant, that means competition. How will you be getting more diners to eat your food this year?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 19, 2020

The EZ application requires fewer calculations and less documentation for eligible borrowers. In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature links for PPP Forgiveness, new Yelp features and more products and services for restaurant recovery. PPP Forgiveness Links and EZ App. Click here to view the EZ Forgiveness Application. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features an economic report from Yelp, super Super Bowl stats, delivery trends, megatrends, best cities for BBQ and top venues. Yelponomics. Yelp released its first-ever annual Yelp Economic Average? YEA) report, a benchmark of local economic strength in the U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 23, 2020

But the news cycle has demonstrated that one day’s positive outlook is countered with dire reports of additional cases the next – with consumers jolted back to compliance with safety recommendations. Increasingly, automation is expanding from back office tasks to the kitchen and beyond.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 31, 2023

“Take better care of your staff.” We’ve all heard it. Some of us know that we should - but in between dealing with maintenance issues and hiring new employees, it can be hard enough to take care of yourself, let alone your staff. With rising food and labor costs, how can you prioritize the working conditions for your team so they stick around?

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EATER

AUGUST 26, 2021

There is no storefront, no dining room, and no front-of-house staff. In some cases, the kitchen functions as a hub for a handful of other so-called virtual restaurants; in others, the food from the virtual restaurant is prepared inside the kitchen of an established brick-and-mortar but with a separate name and menu.

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EATER

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Rather than writing about him, the book is made of people talking about him, openly and freely, and the result is subtle and penetrating, sad and festive — like a literary wake, with people floating out and back in again, telling jokes, rethinking old grievances, remembering sad moments.

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EATER

JUNE 3, 2025

Author Erik Piepenburg casually mentioned Vnyls gay restaurant bathroom in his new book, Dining Out: First Dates, Defiant Nights, and Last Call Disco Fries at Americas Gay Restaurants , and my mind was blown. Over the last decade, the question of what makes food or a restaurant gay has permeated food media. It was fun, it was cool.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2021

In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we feature top foods of 2021, customer satisfaction, the Good Food 100 and shopping sentiments, State of the Plate. As we approach a new normal and restaurants reopen, there's a lot to look forward to for the rest of the year. Grubhub launched the third annual "State of the Plate" report.

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