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Small But Mighty: How Independent Restaurants Win with Agility, Authenticity, and Community

Modern Restaurant Management

Some ideas: Work with schools beyond fundraisers: offer to host field trips where kids tour the kitchen, decorate desserts, or learn about food safety. Guests simply snap a photo of their meal, and GiftAMeal donates to a local food bank on the restaurant’s behalf. Parents and staff will remember it.

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The Cost of B-ing Good

Modern Restaurant Management

B Corp Restaurants As of early 2024, almost 150 restaurants around the world have achieved the certification, from fine-dining independents to fast-casual chains, with hotels, breweries and food delivery companies also dotting the list. Green Restaurant and Slow Food were others we considered.

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

SpotOn

That could simply be food sales , alcohol , and non-alcoholic beverages. But if you're a brewery, then you'd probably break line items down further into beer types. 💡 Master Sales Department (MSD) Groups: Another name for line items in the sales section of your P&L statement. That may be too high.

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Restaurant Management Training Guide

Open for Business

Health and safety Go over food safety regulations and proper handling procedures. Consider adding certification courses like ServSafe to the training mix so you can confirm all managers have a standardized, comprehensive understanding of food safety practices and can effectively train their staff.

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The Pandemic Pivots That Stuck

EATER

Five years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, our relationship to food and dining has undergone some permanent changes I got COVID for the first time this past February. Most restaurant and food service workers did not have access to sick leave or any other safety net , and yet were deemed essential. Sound familiar?

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The Best Restaurant Marketing Tips

Modern Restaurant Management

'Safety' is what I believe to be most important now to help assure patrons to revisit their favorite restaurants. Camden Town Brewery and their drinkable ad campaign. The marketing message has not changed drastically from food-based to safety procedures. An app-first experience for restaurant chains.

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A ‘Good’ Billionaire Bought Anchor Brewing. What Happens to Its Union?

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Anchor Steam | Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Union members want to get back to work at the storied San Francisco brewery, but they have yet to hear from the brewery’s new owner Patrick Costello didn’t know Anchor Brewing Company had been bought until his phone started buzzing with questions from friends.