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

Modern Restaurant Management

One example of this is the major rebrands taking place within more traditional retail spaces, like malls, that are being turned into modern shopping centers that house emerging businesses in the fast-casual space and beyond. In more recent years, there's been a wider adoption of fast-casual concepts. Has it evolved?

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Restaurants Count on Cloud for Improved Operations and Customer Experience

Modern Restaurant Management

Cloud-based restaurant management software solutions enable food service operators to access everything from personnel to payments to back-of-house operations and incorporate loyalty programs from any channel the customer uses in real-time. Same thing with locations – which ones are turning a profit or are draining the budget?

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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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How AI Is Enabling Restaurant Labor Compliance

Modern Restaurant Management

In addition to more wide-ranging compliance requirements like general health & safety guidelines and local labor laws, there are food and beverage-specific safety regulations , requirements for specialty licenses (such as those to serve alcohol), and unique stipulations on labor compliance, many related to the employment of minors.

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How to Turn Your FOH Staff into Delivery Drivers

7 Shifts

In-house delivery has become a popular option for restaurants, especially during COVID-19, as there are no added fees and the restaurant has control over the delivery radius. Pros of in-house delivery. Cons of in-house delivery. The second option is take-out and delivery which the restaurateur runs and controls. No added fees.

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Restaurateurs Foresee Bright Future as Fine Dining Turns Vegan

Modern Restaurant Management

We are witnessing the evolution of fine dining. Astonishingly veganism is a chief enabler of this culinary transformation. 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. Being Vegan Isn’t Gastronomical Anymore. percent in 2021.

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How in-house roasting can help cafés manage high coffee prices

Perfect Daily Grind

One solution is roasting coffee in-house. One option is to start roasting coffee in-house, rather than relying on wholesale suppliers. While many assert that this signifies a long overdue change, as coffee has historically been an undervalued commodity, price volatility affects all levels of the supply chain in various ways.

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