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‘Repurposed Spaces Offer Three Key Advantages for a Fast-Casual Brand: Cost, Time, and Customers.’

Modern Restaurant Management

With big-box retailers closing up shop, more than 140 million square feet of desirable retail space has become available, presenting the opportunity for restaurants such as fast-casual concepts to expand their businesses. In more recent years, there's been a wider adoption of fast-casual concepts. Has it evolved?

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The Top 30 BBQ Spots in Mississippi Ranked

Restaurant Clicks

Each one has built a solid reputation for serving food people keep coming back for. The restaurant is known for its slow-smoked meats and generous portions that keep regulars coming back. The food is consistent, filling, and made with care, which keeps people coming back.

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How to Read a Restaurant P&L (Profit and Loss) Statement + Free Template

SpotOn

Joe Nicholson was a manager and tech consultant at one of the busiest restaurants in Sacramento, CA—Tower Cafe. Now, as a copywriter at SpotOn, he helps restaurant owners and managers learn how to run a more profitable operation. Restaurant P&L statements can be downright confusing. Prime costs. Contribution margins.

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Restaurant Profit Margin: 7 Ways To Actually Make Your Operation More Profitable

SpotOn

Quick-service restaurants—like cafes, fast food, and fast casual—are estimated to have decent profit margins with lower food and labor costs. We all know it. Restaurant profit margins are pretty low. But not entirely because of inflation, labor shortages, and high food costs.

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How To Become A Bartender: A 6-Step Guide for Total Beginners

SpotOn

  Because of this common perception, we’re going to break our list into two parts: Tasks customers see Tasks customers don’t see I want to do it this way to pull back the curtain on just how much work goes into the appearance that someone is casually hanging out, making drinks. What does a bartender actually do?

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

And while automation and robotics can help streamline some elements of operations, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, there's a newfound appreciation for human connection and dining experiences. We've reached a point where we're recognizing the value and limits of these technologies.

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Restaurateurs Foresee Bright Future as Fine Dining Turns Vegan

Modern Restaurant Management

Nowadays, vegan food is becoming normal in restaurants and fast food joints. Plant-based eating was previously limited to some selected restaurants and casual cafes. We are witnessing the evolution of fine dining. Astonishingly veganism is a chief enabler of this culinary transformation. Bn at an impressive 22 percent CAGR in 2022.