The Restaurant Times

MARCH 6, 2023

As opposed to profit, which is demonstrated as a dollar amount, your restaurant’s profit margins are its profits represented as a percentage of annual sales. As opposed to profit, which is demonstrated as a dollar amount, your restaurant’s profit margins are its profits represented as a percentage of annual sales. Read along!

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Restaurant365

JUNE 22, 2021

Training your store-level managers and your kitchen staff about food waste reduction is critical to improving overall Cost of Goods Sold (CoGS). Training your store-level managers and your kitchen staff about food waste reduction is critical to improving overall Cost of Goods Sold (CoGS). Train your store-level managers.

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Rocket Fuel

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Generate accurate sales forecasts Forecasting accurately is the number one key driver to ensuring your locations are staffed properly for busy spikes throughout the week and days. Train, train, and train again on POS (Point of Sales) Train for speed and accuracy on the POS and remember: There’s no such thing as “too much training”.

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Rocket Fuel

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Generate accurate sales forecasts. Some of the tools you’ll need to build an accurate forecast are: Your previous year’s sales, which are especially important during seasonal changes and holidays. Your current sales trend or average, which is typically built into your schedule-building software, but not always.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 18, 2023

It also gets rid of those frustrating sticky notes all over your POS. The role of a restaurant manager is always in motion. There’s always something else to get done, a new fire to put out, and broken things to fix. All of that on top of the everyday tasks from scheduling to payroll to reporting can catch up to you.

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Touch Bistro

AUGUST 4, 2021

If, for example, you ask a colleague to broil something, when you actually want it braised, you could end up with costly food waste and unhappy customers. If you’re a chef trying to communicate with fellow back of house (BOH) team members but are using culinary terms you’ve made up, you’re creating a recipe for disaster.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 18, 2023

It also gets rid of those frustrating sticky notes all over your POS. The role of a restaurant manager is always in motion. There’s always something else to get done, a new fire to put out, and broken things to fix. All of that on top of the everyday tasks from scheduling to payroll to reporting can catch up to you.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Customer service: Interact with guests, solve customer complaints, and ensure the service is on point. You'll need to be tech-savvy with using POS hardware, scheduling tools , and other operational software. Here's a breakdown of the major restaurant manager responsibilities. If it gets the job done, why change it, right?

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7 Shifts

MAY 31, 2021

Inventory was ordered based on par levels, which are set based on sales forecasts, which are in turn determined by how many guests you'll serve and what they'll order. For a restaurant to operate efficiently, it needs to be stocked up with the right amount of inventory – however, it can't be so stocked up that food waste becomes an issue.

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Apicbase

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Today, restaurant operators and F&B managers like you have access to many reports, primarily thanks to advanced POS systems. Why combining FoH and BoH data makes analytics more powerful Final thoughts. Some POS-side examples include sales, payment, and footfall reports. What is restaurant analytics?

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Apicbase

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Restaurant sales in the US grew from $842.3 It is estimated that the US food service sector wasted 13 million tons of food in 2022, up from 9.15 85% of operators use POS data to engage with customers via text or email, while 60% use it for their loyalty programs. At first glance, some stats might seem to contradict each other.

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Apicbase

APRIL 5, 2024

By integrating software and hardware like POS systems and kitchen printers with back-of-house systems like accounting and inventory management software, restaurants can achieve greater efficiency, accuracy, and scalability. Back of house (BOH) operations are complex and have many moving parts. What Is Restaurant Automation?

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Apicbase

JUNE 16, 2023

Whether you’re looking to improve customer satisfaction, increase sales, or reduce costs, tracking these metrics will bring clarity to your restaurants’ performance and help you achieve your goals. In practice, however, successfully managing a group of busy restaurants is an awfully tough undertaking. Why Are Metrics Important?

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Apicbase

MARCH 28, 2024

That means you are collaborating with multiple stakeholders who each have their own data points to focus on. All come with their own data sets and metrics – food cost, inventory variance, sales numbers, the list goes on. Here are the key considerations to look out for when making your decision.

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The Restaurant Times

JANUARY 18, 2023

Usually, the central system is a point-of-sale (POS) system. Therefore, when choosing a POS, you must consider whether it can be easily integrated with other systems. . It combines the positive features of traditional POS (Point-of-Sale) systems with the following tools: . for managing phone calls, .

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Deliverect

JUNE 30, 2020

From managing reservations and planning work schedules to streamlining online delivery and kitchen processes, to fighting food waste: here are some tech solutions and platforms that will help you manage, optimize and monitor your business, easily! Easy table booking with Resengo. The digital revolution. Looking for a nice restaurant?

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Restaurant365

APRIL 30, 2021

With this many moving pieces, it is essential to have full integration between your restaurant management solutions, like your restaurant accounting software , inventory management software , and your point of sale (POS) system. You need numbers and data to fuel your decisions. This is where recipe costing comes in.

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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 F&B industry grew in 2022… and it will keep growing in 2023. However, we’re seeing some major shifts around menu creation, procurement, and dining habits of guests.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2020

Restaurant employees can apply online to receive a one-time, $500 check to use toward bills, including housing, transportation, utilities, childcare, groceries, medical bills and/or student loans. The Foundation will administer the grants, offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Live in the U.S., an overseas U.S. military base, or any U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Restaurants will adopt mobile-first hardware architectures and API-connected software platforms that can be unified at every digital touchpoint, from order taking at POS or self-service, to food prep in smart kitchens, to service in-house, and finally delivery to in-restaurant tables or the customer’s front door.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Predictive analytics, AI and ML streamline and expand the omnichannel dining experience – Restaurants have pivoted their businesses this year to greatly expand the digital dining experience, to a point where customers can interact however they want, whenever they want. Here are their responses. To read part two, click here. generation.

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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. Even cost of sales may go down as the ghost kitchen typically has a smaller, more manageable menu. Food Halls – the numbers for current and future growth are substantial.

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