SpotOn

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Joe Nicholson was a manager and tech consultant at one of the busiest restaurants in Sacramento, CA—Tower Cafe. Now, as a copywriter at SpotOn, he helps restaurant owners and managers learn how to run a more profitable operation. Restaurant P&L statements can be downright confusing. Prime costs. Contribution margins.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 25, 2020

To add resources to these guides, reach out to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com with news. There's also an ever-expanding collection of safety templates promoting sanitary and health-conscious practices. "We Delivery service is not easy.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As startups have “disrupted” the restaurant industry, they’ve replaced menus and hand-written orders with kitchen display systems (KDS), ordering tablets, and QR codes. My coworkers tell horror stories about tip theft by owners who take as much as 20 percent for themselves, or tip-out structures where chefs or managers take significant cuts.

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Society Insurance

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

To expedite the process of wrapping up for the night, restaurant and bar owners can turn to a closing checklist that outlines tasks to be completed by front-of-house staff, back-of-house staff, and management. Taking inventory and reporting low-stock items to the chef or manager. Properly securing all cash in a drop safe.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The goal is to determine the total amount of cash flow that will be available to the new owner after accounting for these types of expenses. Profitability Showing consistent profits and positive cash flow can increase the perceived value of your restaurant. Another way is to apply a fresh coat of paint and repair any damages.

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The Food Corridor

APRIL 8, 2020

Shared kitchens are the perfect melting pots for collaboration and offer a host of shared benefits to their members. You should already have an Operations Manual in place, which details your security arrangements to protect your tenants’ belongings and ensure their safety. Tips to Keep Your Shared Kitchen Safe and Secure.

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Ken Burgin

AUGUST 6, 2022

Effective crisis planning and management is a must. Can we all be expert crisis managers or are some people better at it than others? Key staff resignations, equipment breakdowns, people issues, a kitchen fire or industry disputes – one way or another your turn will come.

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Xtra Chef

APRIL 13, 2020

For food producers with limited resources, it can seem impossible to find a kitchen to rent that doesn’t completely destroy your limited margins. These fully licensed commercial kitchens allow you to produce meals in a safe, professional-standard food production facility, without having to shell out for a brick-and-mortar kitchen of your own.

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7 Shifts

JULY 1, 2024

These start-up costs can range from the real estate payments you must make to the permits and licenses you need, the supplies you have to buy for your bar, the wages you need to pay your employees, and insurance. Will you get a discount if you pay for all the supplies you bought in cash? Payment terms: Can you pay in installments?

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Cheetah

OCTOBER 3, 2020

Now that indoor dining is once again allowed, waitstaff, cooks and sanitation workers are asked to come back to work with no changes to their compensations, health insurance or paycheck. Health insurance: Look for different health insurance coverages, you may find one that’s more beneficial and cost-effective for your worker.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

From a legal perspective, Insurance : the pandemic highlighted the limitations of insurance policies. Several high-profile restaurant groups brought litigation against insurance companies for their coverage position, but were ultimately unsuccessful. – Pooja S.

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The Restaurant Times

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Map out your route, your kitchen supplies, storage, equipment, and the number of staff you want. Several laws apply to food trucks relating to safety and hygiene that attract fines for non-compliance. It allows you to spend less cash each month. Insure your truck . Source: LBB.

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The Food Corridor

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Clear policies and procedures will support your kitchen contract in enforcing the rules you have set. Below, we’ll cover everything you need to know to make sure that your kitchen contract sets clear expectations for your clients. This information comes straight from the Shared Kitchen Toolkit.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 27, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature sobering statistics from Yelp, a ghost kitchen franchise model, franchise explosions expected and falling for for an improved PSL. Ghost Kitchen Franchise Model. Yelp Sees COVID Effect. See all of our Yelp Economic Average reports and other resources at yelpeconomicaverage.com.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Anthony Bourdain recalled in Kitchen Confidential being berated for asking for burn cream, and then watching a fellow cook whose hands “looked like the claw of some monstrous science-fiction crustacean, knobby and calloused under wounds old and new,” move a sizzling pan out of a broiler with his bare hand. There is also the cost.

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EATER

MAY 3, 2021

Last summer, she quit her job at a New American restaurant in Chicago where she had worked as a manager and sommelier since 2017. He said I abandoned him and that he couldn’t trust me [or] see me as a manager anymore.”. We do a ton of business out of a 400-square-foot kitchen,” Glassman said.

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Lavu

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Despite the vaccination efforts and safety measures implemented by restaurants, some potential employees may still be hesitant to return to work in this industry. Make sure that you are paying your employees a fair wage and offering competitive benefits, such as health insurance, paid time off, and retirement savings plans.

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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. Delivery management has never been easier! Deliverect is also used by 'virtual' kitchens.

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