Remove Back of House Remove Food Supply Remove Transportation
article thumbnail

Smart Supply Chain Management Can Reduce Food Waste and Improve Margins in Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

Around 33 to 40 percent of food goes to waste each year. A large chunk of that comes down to complex problems in global food supply chain management that most restaurants have little control over. What restaurants can do, however, is re-think how their direct food supply is managed – from transport to inventory control.

article thumbnail

Pouring Profits: How Restaurants Can Save Big on Water Costs

Modern Restaurant Management

With food and overall costs climbing, owners and managers are finding creative ways to reduce expenses and manage their spending more efficiently. While this uncertainty may seem like a challenge, it also offers restaurateurs the opportunity to step back and look at the factors that may be eating away at their bottom line.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Emerging from COVID With a More Sustainable Approach

Modern Restaurant Management

A Sustainable Supply Chain. During the height of the pandemic, it seemed as though so many facets of the food industry were up in the air, including stress on supply chains. Food processing, in some facilities, has been slowed down substantially due to labor shortages or complete shutdowns. Avoid using pesticides.

article thumbnail

Restaurateurs Foresee Bright Future as Fine Dining Turns Vegan

Modern Restaurant Management

Starting out as a whole grain diet for radicals, vegan food culture has evolved into Michelin star worthy mega trend for future chefs and culinary experts. Nowadays, vegan food is becoming normal in restaurants and fast food joints. We are witnessing the evolution of fine dining. Bn at an impressive 22 percent CAGR in 2022.

article thumbnail

What Trends Are You Seeing and What Can We Expect to See More of in 2022?

Modern Restaurant Management

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 450
article thumbnail

Turning Restaurant Staffing Challenges Into Opportunities

Modern Restaurant Management

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. Of these, one of the biggest challenges facing independent, franchised and fast-casual restaurants is staffing. A recent article in The New York Times cited a 5.7-percent

article thumbnail

MRM Research Roundup: Destination Dining, Voice Commerce, and the Force of Fast Food

Modern Restaurant Management

In recent years, the food service industry has undergone a rapid transformation of automation and increased technology usage. This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features delivery data, tariff troubles, summer dining trends, and Beer Serves America. labor costs at 3 percent.