7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

Inventory management Managers need to ensure the kitchen is stocked with the right amount of food so that nothing is wasted and as few items need to be 86'ed as possible. Managing a restaurant is a delicate routine—if we can even call it a routine. This wide-ranging responsibility is a lot, and it often leads to burnout.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Hardee's, and Panda Express are just some of the leading restaurant chains that have added plant-based items to their menus over the past 12 months, with Del Taco, Qdoba Mexican Eats, Red Robin, and Yard House adding additional items to their existing plant-based offerings. This data covers U.S.

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Hospitality Food Consumer Goods 2019 459

Goliath Consulting

JANUARY 6, 2019

Britt Cloud, Goliath’s Consulting Chef, directs back of house operations and works with the current chef/kitchen manager to restructure inventory, food costing, menu, labor, and health policies. Front of House operations is a steady balance of guest needs, employee personalities, efficient strategies, and health and safety enforcement.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Maybe you're over-scheduling employees on a quiet night, or perhaps you don't have proper systems in place to control food waste Problem 4: High Staff Turnover According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics , the annual employee turnover for restaurant staff was close to 75% in 2018. If it gets the job done, why change it, right?

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Management Management 2019 Employee Relations 284

The Restaurant Times

MARCH 13, 2023

The back-of-house (BOH) at a restaurant is the behind-the-scenes area of the restaurant — it works like an engine and keeps the restaurant going. While it is not visible to the customers, the restaurant’s services get hampered without back-of-house. Why is Back of House Important?

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Hot Schedules

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Rushing back mourning employees only contributes to lost productivity and burnout, and once that happens, quitting becomes only a formality. Whether discounts on travel, events, retail shopping, or wellness shopping, giving employees greater access to products and services is an effective recruiting pitch. b3lineicon|b3icon-list-add|?|List

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Minimal Waste – Ono’s food truck is designed to be environmentally sustainable. Minimal Waste – Ono’s food truck is designed to be environmentally sustainable. World’s First Mobile Restaurant Powered by Advanced Robotics. Ono Food Co. Ono Blend Founders Daniel Fukuba and Stephen Klein.

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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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The Rail

JULY 19, 2022

When suitable technologies are understood and well implemented, they can create more opportunities for improvements whether at the back of the house (such as accounting, payroll, building maintenance , etc.) or front of the house (e.g. To succeed today, restaurants need to keep up with the evolving needs of their clientele.

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Online Ordering Front of House Food Supply Back of House 130

7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

Inventory management Managers need to ensure the kitchen is stocked with the right amount of food so that nothing is wasted and as few items need to be 86'ed as possible. Managing a restaurant is a delicate routine—if we can even call it a routine. This wide-ranging responsibility is a lot, and it often leads to burnout.

Management 195

Management Management Kitchen Safety Front of House 195

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 17, 2020

Curry Up Now also limits their disposal waste by using real plates, silverware and cloth napkins in-house and packaging all to-go orders in recyclable and compostable containers. Curry Up Now attracted a new investment from seed-stage venture capital firm Liquid 2 Ventures (L2V). " Benihana Plans Franchise Expansion. Select U.S.

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Hot Schedules

MAY 10, 2021

Seasonal Staff Playbook: Hiring, Training & Retaining Great Teams. E very sports team has a series of plays – running plays, passing plays, defensive plays and so on. But no matter how many times you read playbook, what matters most is how the team executes on the field. Finding skilled talent isn’t easy. PLAY #1: Hire Quality Seasonal Staff.

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Restaurant365

JULY 24, 2020

Shelter-in-place orders, dine-in restrictions and diners’ hesitation to eat out have combined to prompt restaurants to shift their focus to takeout and delivery. Increased demand for food delivery had already boosted the growth of ghost kitchens, and the COVID-19 pandemic has escalated both the popularity and profitability of the model. Size of U.S.

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Front of House Online Ordering Kitchen Safety Customer Service 147

The Restaurant Times

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Investing in labour-saving technologies and providing simple and fewer menu selections, for example, has allowed them to free up cash flow and recruit more people or raise compensation. It’s no longer about waste and environmental damage. The economy, on the other hand, is recovering and presenting new opportunities and problems.

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2022 Front of House Cash Management Online Ordering 98

Restaurant365

JUNE 15, 2021

Leveraging your front of house (FOH) and back of house (BOH) data allows you to gain more insight into your operations. You may have a hunch that you are doing fewer table turns on the weekend, or that your inventory has gotten wasteful recently. Restaurant KPIs impacting a profitable back of house.

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BOH FOH Back of House Point of Sale 78

The Restaurant Times

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

A well-designed kitchen layout not only helps your back-of-house crew to prepare high-quality meals but also increases the speed and efficiency of your whole team, resulting in a better guest experience. . The greatest commercial kitchen in the world would be for waste if you didn’t take your local norms and laws into account.

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Design Kitchen Safety Back of House Food Safety 98

Ken Burgin

JULY 5, 2022

Restoke manages back of house functions like recipes, menus, ordering, work lists, staff training, plus health & safety. Cut waste and reduce costs. JobAdder is recruitment software, to track applicants, manage resumes and handle communication. Here’s the list so far, and it’s updated every month.

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Kitchen Safety Food Safety Website Management Online Ordering 78

Apicbase

JUNE 20, 2022

If you enlist the wrong partners for your foodservice business, it will not only cost you time and resources but can potentially set your expansion efforts back for years. They have a strong network of supportive friends and family to fall back on if things get rough. We’ll cover: What is a restaurant franchisee? John van Kooten.

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Apicbase

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Modern restaurant technology has made huge leaps in recent years, allowing workflows in both the front and back of house to be thoroughly improved. Technology allows you to reduce these 5 things including human errors, food waste & costs. Wrong orders result in disgruntled customers and wasted food.

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Apicbase

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It is estimated that the US food service sector wasted 13 million tons of food in 2022, up from 9.15 It is estimated that the US food service sector wasted 13 million tons of food in 2022, up from 9.15 2023 has been a challenging year for restaurant operators, caught as they were between rising food costs and labour shortages.

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Apicbase

JUNE 16, 2023

So grab a coffee, sit back, and let’s dive in and explore the world of restaurant metrics. In practice, however, successfully managing a group of busy restaurants is an awfully tough undertaking. To help you out, we’ve put together this comprehensive guide on restaurant metrics. Why Are Metrics Important?

Point of Sale 52

Point of Sale Inventory Waste Employee Relations 52

Apicbase

JANUARY 13, 2023

With smart food ordering — meaning leveraging tech for inventory management and vendor selection — operators can cut down on food waste by 80%. The average profit margin for US restaurants in 2022 was 10.6% , showing it’s slowly inching back to pre-pandemic levels (12% in 2019). This trend is expected to continue in 2023.

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Kounta

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Our mission is to embrace all of the power and value that technology actually has to offer and to help our industry embrace it too, to do more with less, to waste less and ultimately to be more successful.”. Whether it’s cleaning, designing menus or ringing up sales, hospitality lives and breathes process every second of the day.

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Hospitality Point of Sale POS Coaching 40

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Baton Rouge’s very own Walk-On’s , is looking for more ways to give back. “This is what it’s all about – being able to give back to the communities that have supported us,” shared co-owner and NFL superstar Drew Brees. Send news to Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com.

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Back of House Hotels Events Design 329

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 28, 2020

“Over the last century, women, despite their incredible contributions, have struggled to make it in professional kitchens — held back by inequalities unfairly put upon them,” said Rob Sundy, Head of Brand Marketing & Creative Studios at Whirlpool Corporation, the parent company of the KitchenAid brand.

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Allergens Kitchen Safety Guest Recovery Customer Service 364

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 2, 2024

Restaurant leaders representing nearly 3,700 QSR, fast casual, casual dining, and fine dining locations shared 2024’s top challenges and opportunities alongside plans for investment in back-of-house technology, increased sales, and team training, benefits, and support.

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Influencer Pricing 2024 Social Media 251

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

New & Notable spotlights the latest news restaurateurs need to know. TEAM Schostak Family Celebrates Anniversary and Employees. TEAM Schostak Family Restaurants (TSFR) is celebrating its 40th anniversary along with the anniversaries of employees that have been with the company for 20 years or more.

Food 433

Food Tip Distribution Guest Recovery Food Safety 433

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

We’re also likely to see a spike in the demand for data analysts in the back office, those who can help make sense of all the new data coming in from various digital channels. Operators will need to be creative in finding ways to counter the increased restaurant costs and the waste being produced. Here are their responses.

2021 497

2021 Kitchen Safety Food Safety Mobile Ordering 497

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2019

They touched on topics such as delivery, ghost (dark) kitchens, automation, plant-based menu items, food waste, sustainability, staffing and retention and more. Rick Camac, Dean of Restaurant & Hospitality Management at the Institute of Culinary Education. Food Halls – the numbers for current and future growth are substantial.

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2020 Kitchen Safety Consumer Goods Food Safety 345

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2025

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features trends in off-premise, coffee wars, the AI lifeline, the return of lunch, and how teens spend their dollars. More than 60 percent say they’re ordering off-premises more often than a year ago. Older adults still prefer in-person ordering.

Reservations 488

Reservations 2025 Marketing Loyalty Program 488

EATER

MAY 20, 2020

The groups behind Safety First plan to release more front of house guidance soon. Validated extensively by infection-control specialist Sam Dooley, a 32-year veteran of the CDC, the guide simplifies competing protocols from around the industry into one authoritative text. There are also plans for versions in Spanish and Mandarin.

Kitchen Safety 306

Kitchen Safety Food Safety Food Supply Customer Service 306

EATER

MAY 14, 2020

The groups behind Safety First plan to release more front of house guidance soon. Validated extensively by infection-control specialist Sam Dooley, a 32-year veteran of the CDC, the guide simplifies competing protocols from around the industry into one authoritative text. There are also plans for versions in Spanish and Mandarin.

Kitchen Safety 246

Kitchen Safety Food Safety Food Supply Customer Service 246