Margin Edge

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Prime costs are kind of like the restaurant world’s version of a report card for management, measuring how well they are doing keeping the joint profitable. If your prime costs range from 60-65% most likely your business is sustainable; however, you won’t have much wiggle room or profit. We’re looking at you, salted mixed nut bowl. .

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Inventory Point of Sale Waste Fine Dining 82

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 20, 2021

The ability for restaurants, particularly full service restaurants, to operate at total capacity, consumer comfort with dining in, and more business and recreational travel will aid recovery at the dinner daypart. Another growth area could be packaged cocktails, said Andrew Hummel, CGA’s client solutions manager.

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2021 Guest Recovery Online Ordering Point of Sale 186

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 18, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features recovery data, POS performance and shifting habits of diners. As for returning to restaurants, less than half (42 percent) of consumers say they will dine-in at restaurants just as they did prior to the pandemic. On the Road to Recovery.

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2020 Guest Recovery Kitchen Safety Online Ordering 170

EATER

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Whether or not you’re especially excited about eating bugs in the future, Grescoe does manage to make it sound pretty darn compelling when he describes the crispy chapulines (grasshoppers) and rich ahuatle (water boatman eggs) he ate in Mexico as research for his book. The book begins with an explanation of what, exactly, an onion even is.

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Book Food Workshop 2023 145

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Under Allen’s leadership, this C-suite team has been instrumental in implementing a multi-faceted transformation plan designed to ensure long-term sustainability, enhance brand relevance, accelerate innovation, improve guest satisfaction, increase overall profitability and create a clear growth plan to propel the company forward.

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Online Ordering Hospitality Leadership Design 113

The Restaurant Times

MAY 30, 2021

It gives banks and potential investors information regarding its business objectives – market analysis, management details and financial requirements to sales and marketing, expansion potential, etc. For example, quick-service restaurant, fine dining, pub, food truck, etc. Management Plans. SWOT Analysis.

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Point of Sale Food Truck Employee Relations Cash Management 52

MBB Hospitality

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Check out these restaurant consulting tips for the DIY restaurant owner or manager: The customer is always right. They don’t have to be big changes, but is important that you are constantly fine-tuning your menu. Keep eye on cash flow. Technology is great and can really help you with restaurant management.

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Management Management Social Media Cash Management 40

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the great gift of a restaurant gift card, learning about event professionals, top QSR traffic and digital ordering strategies. Fine and Family Dining Hurt by Holiday Shift. The story is similar for restaurant managers. First, at 2.1

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2019 Compost Mobile Ordering Point of Sale 116

7 Shifts

AUGUST 27, 2021

Mike Bausch and his brother Jim opened their first location, Andolini's Pizzeria , in 2005, and have since expanded the business to include multiple locations of Andolini's as well as other restaurant concepts including pizzerias, slice shops, food trucks, and fine dining restaurants. Table of Contents. Scheduling 300-plus employees.

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Food Truck Cash Management Communication Front of House 370

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry movers and shakers: "What do you feel is going to cause disruption in the restaurant industry over the next decade?” First and foremost, most restaurants are going to see a huge drop-off in the number of customers who dine in.

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Mobile Ordering Front of House Fast Casual Customer Service 212

EATER

MAY 19, 2020

Dining out right now will come with certain risks. This means that thousands of restaurants, after pivoting to takeout or closing altogether, are now legally permitted to open their dining rooms to customers. And so right now, the decision of whether or not to dine out is personal. Cash or credit? Mask on or off?

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Cash Management Fast Casual Fine Dining Food Safety 141

Embrace the Suck

JUNE 13, 2022

Instead of becoming “the owner” I gave myself six jobs instead: Chef, General Manager, bookkeeper, HR Director, Chief Marketing Officer, maintenance man, and Beverage Director. WriteThisShitDown- You will not like every job you have to do as an owner (or even manager) in your restaurant. And I wasn’t sure why.

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Back of House Food Truck Point of Sale Take-out 44

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 17, 2021

Neighborhood bars and Fine Dining channels are attracting higher spend post-COVID-19, however CGA On Premise visitors are likely to stay local and seek experiences in the next 12 months. Local Restaurants Leading the Return Over Casual Dining Chains. Casual Dining Chains come in #2 with 52 percent likely to visit.

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2021 Consumer Goods Small Business Fine Dining 196

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

US Foods Holding Corp.entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Smart Foodservice Warehouse Stores from funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. NYSE: APO) (the “Apollo Funds”) for $970 million in cash.

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Bar Cash Management Loyalty Program Point of Sale 139

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 7, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature the latest delivery platform consolidation, the release of PPP loan information and ServSafe Dining Commitment. The jobs numbers released last week reinforced that PPP is working by keeping employees on payroll and sustaining millions of small businesses through this time.”

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Mobile Ordering Restaurant Law Seating Customer Service 184

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 3, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the state of flavor, COVID-19 restaurant operations, public acceptance of delivery charges, the best of the best and the most allergy-friendly restaurant chains. Dining During COVID-19. DoorDash Deep Dish. For more, click here.

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2020 Franchise Franchising Food Order 187

Lavu

MARCH 11, 2020

Understanding Restaurant Management Software. Among the technology offered today is restaurant management software. . If you’re in the beginning stages of looking for a restaurant management system , you might have multiple questions or concerns. Why do you need restaurant management software?

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Management Management Cash Management Mobile Ordering 78

Black Box Intelligence

MARCH 10, 2020

The number of restaurants reopening their dining rooms has steadily increased in recent days. As of Saturday, May 9, on average almost 30% of the restaurants operated by the companies that participated in our Restaurants Recovery Sales Flash survey opened their dining rooms in some capacity. Texas allowed dining rooms to open on May 1.

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Point of Sale Guest Recovery Fine Dining Fast Casual 124

EATER

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Over the years, it has added initiatives that focus on sustainability , scholarship, and inclusion in the restaurant industry. Despite its issues-driven programming, the foundation’s Restaurant and Chef Awards have become both its crown jewel and cash cow. Perhaps they should.

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Social Media Employee Relations Leadership Email Marketing 101

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 28, 2020

Today, her success has finally proven to her parents that cooking is a viable and sustainable career for women. Etana Diaz, who began her career as a pastry chef and a line cook in fine dining, but found her true love for butchery after discovering that pastry wasn’t her passion. He left behind a huge legacy.”

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Allergens Kitchen Safety Guest Recovery Customer Service 130

EATER

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

And whether it’s as a vehicle for Chaplin’s absurdist physical comedy, or it’s offering romantic depictions of Italian cuisine in Goodfellas and Big Night , or it’s the way the The Menu uses visceral horror and biting satire to critique the extravagance of luxury dining culture, food plays a crucial role in making the movies we love feel real.

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Food Food Truck Consumer Goods Food Order 141

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry insiders and experts for their insights on what will impact restaurants in 2020 and the response was overwhelming. Rick Camac, Dean of Restaurant & Hospitality Management at the Institute of Culinary Education. ”-Food Fanatic Chef Aaron Gregory.

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2020 Kitchen Safety Consumer Goods Point of Sale 136

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 9, 2020

parent company of fast-casual restaurant chain The Habit Burger Grill, for approximately $375 million in a cash transaction. and will continue to be managed by Russell Bendel, president and c.e.o., ” Grimstad is currently the chief manager of C. Brands, Inc. has agreed to acquire The Habit Restaurants, Inc.,

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Fast Casual Customer Service Online Ordering Casual 104

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Nearly half of respondents said they would last less than a year, with 28 percent saying they would last between four and six months – enough to sustain through the winter. restaurants are operating at less than 100 percent capacity in their dining rooms. Patio dining in colder weather. Limitations and consumer demand.

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2020 Mobile Ordering Hotels Food Safety 219

Black Box Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Only fine dining did improve in sales growth. QSR, fast casual and casual dining improved the most (improved sales growth by 1.9 The decline in sales growth for the week was driven primarily by a decline in sales growth in family dining. Sales growth in fine dining and upscale casual also eroded during the week. .

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Fast Casual Guest Recovery Fine Dining Point of Sale 84

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 14, 2020

Both of us have a firm belief that only businesses with high-quality and profitable growth will sustain in our sector. CoLaboratory, Chicago’s newest shared workspace exclusively created to streamline innovation and foster collaboration for food and beverage opened in the West Loop, the center of the city’s dining scene.

Food Safety 153

Food Safety Loyalty Program Kitchen Safety Online Ordering 153

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2020

. “This pandemic has shed light on how technology can be used to quickly adapt core services within the food industry like delivery, fulfillment, and supply chains," said Lior Susan, Founder and Managing Partner at Eclipse. Also investing is Tim Ridgley, founder of Open Dining, which was acquired by Paytronix in August 2019.

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Guest Recovery Food Safety Loyalty Program Point of Sale 110