Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 17, 2020

A reduction in restaurant business leads to crop waste, unplanted land, and serious cash flow problems for farmers. Without extended PPP benefits, bank loan deferrals, help for landlords, and business recovery training for small restaurants – this system will crumble.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their views on what trends and challenges owners and operators can expect to see in 2024. This capability can prove invaluable for refining pricing strategies, optimising ingredient and waste management, and planning forthcoming shifts, among other benefits.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 10, 2024

Restaurant management systems have evolved rapidly over the past couple of decades. Table of Contents What is a restaurant management system? How does a restaurant management system work? A restaurant management system, or RMS, is software designed to streamline restaurant operations and simplify restaurant management.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 10, 2024

Restaurant management systems have evolved rapidly over the past couple of decades. Table of Contents What is a restaurant management system? How does a restaurant management system work? A restaurant management system, or RMS, is software designed to streamline restaurant operations and simplify restaurant management.

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7 Shifts

MAY 23, 2024

Managing a restaurant is not for the faint-hearted. A restaurant budget allows restaurant owners and managers to see directly if they are meeting their income and expense benchmarks. This can reduce your budget for ingredients and, at the same time, minimize food waste.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 15, 2021

To attract and retain quality staff you must train well, treat them with respect, pay them a respectable wage, offer reasonable benefits, and provide them with the tools to be successful. When menus are well researched and managed then a restaurant stands a chance of success. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. CAFÉ Talks Podcast.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 7, 2021

STATE OF MIND: Many are approaching this challenge as a roadblock to success, something that is preventing restaurants from finally getting their groove back and watching cash flow exceed the cost of doing business. Restaurant waste nips away at profitability – why? PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. So, what might the cause be?

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Lavu

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Efficiently manage reservations: Ensure that the booking system is organized and avoids overbooking to prevent delays in table turnover. Use technology, such as a restaurant management software, to track who chose to reserve a table, and manage waitlists effectively.

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7 Shifts

MAY 25, 2020

If you’re using a task management app like 7tasks , ensure that each task is assigned to a specific person to enforce accountability—and have your managers check the task list progress throughout the shift. First, try to take payment in advance so that customers and your staff do not need to handle cash or a credit/debit machine.

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Restaurant365

DECEMBER 11, 2020

As 2021 begins, there are many restaurant management best practices that can be applied to strengthen your business, in the short and long term. Manage cash flow by creating a cash flow forecast. Your total cash flow is your cash inflows (for restaurant. over a certain period of time.

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Focus POS

DECEMBER 8, 2021

During a “normal” year, restaurant owners and operators face issues such as cash flow and capital, inventory management, hiring and training and providing excellent customer service. Training new employees and helping them to perform their jobs successfully is a top priority now. Contact us to learn more.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

However, trained chefs don’t need to worry about losing their jobs to a restaurant AI yet, but we cannot dismiss this scenario entirely either. AI can assist restaurants in optimizing how they manage and operate menus to increase margins. But they have tons of cash to burn on such gimmicks, right?

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Sling

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Effective retail management requires a vast array of skills. In a broad sense, those skills boil down to managing your time, managing your staff, managing their training, and managing change. Retail management 101 Master these skills one at a time. Retail management 101. Let’s dive in!

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Restaurant365

MARCH 10, 2022

With food costs running at approximately 30% or higher, learning importance of inventory management and how to prevent common mistakes is critical in successfully driving down costs and maximizing profits. Use a budget system to ensure you are proactively managing your spending. Manage inventory levels. Theoretical Food Cost.

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Restaurant365

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Food waste is one of the largest areas of potential cost savings in a restaurant. Proper forecasting can help you optimize your variable costs, like inventory, staff, and prep, ensuring you are not contributing to food waste or running out of key items from your menu. This article was published in QSR Magazine.

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Restaurant Engine

JANUARY 26, 2022

The biggest problem with food costs is waste. This will help you manage your inventory, have the right stock on hand, and ensure no one is stealing your food. By controlling food waste with accurate inventory management, you’ll improve your food service bottom line. Ensure you are calculating them correctly. #4:

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Embrace the Suck

JANUARY 24, 2022

Many wait for funding from the government to give them the cash flow needed to make up for the decline in sales. If you had bad habits running your restaurant, those habits will still be there when the extra cash runs out. It was a waste of money. But, is that a long-term solution to the real issues that plague our industry?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 30, 2020

It’s relevant today because it helps restaurant leaders contend with enduring issues like crisis recovery, demand fluctuations, food waste, keeping the human touch, managing change, and retaining employees. Step one to learning this system was more lean training.

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Ken Burgin

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Watch for waste and over-pours – the stocktake system should pick up on that. Use the wine salespeople for regular training sessions – they love doing this and make sure these are truly educational, not just pushing one brand. Manage your Stock for Carrying Cost and Security. Offer great Wines by the Glass.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

The minute the restaurant becomes a vehicle for a chef’s self-expression is the minute that begins to stress the system and drive the train in the wrong direction. If you want the restaurant to be an expression of art, then make sure that your bank account is flush with cash. [] EMOTIONAL EXCITEMENT TAKES HOLD.

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Xtra Chef

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Restaurant inventory management is not the most enjoyable restaurant task. Inventory management is a cost management strategy that influences your restaurant food costs , revenue, profitability, and cash flow. Of course, there’s much more to inventory management than maintaining stock levels.

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Restaurant365

OCTOBER 30, 2020

As a restaurant owner or manager, sometimes you may need to jump in to help keep business running smoothly. However, the day-to-day tasks can distract from the bigger-picture work that is essential for your long-term business health: restaurant operations management. What is restaurant operations management?

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Restaurant365

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Restaurant owners, operators, and managers are constantly faced with decisions about accounting, operations, inventory, customer service, and staffing. To keep up in a fast-paced industry, restaurants might consider adding a new role, commonly called “profitability strategist,” to the management team.

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Restaurant365

AUGUST 4, 2020

Running a successful restaurant business is all about spending your cash wisely. When that inventory is wasted, stolen or spoiled before it’s sold, it must be written off as an expense in the books. Integrating inventory management with accounting facilitates better inventory control. What is restaurant inventory management?

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Hot Schedules

MAY 25, 2021

Software Engineering Manager. Software Engineering Manager. Our Cash and Financials solution allows managers to track the movement of cash within the store — from the register and the safe, all the way to the bank, focusing on accountability and reducing cash loss due to theft or human error. Chad Marais.

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Focus POS

AUGUST 26, 2020

It’s more crucial now than ever to manage pour costs effectively. . If your staff is still using free-pour methods, make sure you train them thoroughly on the proper techniques. It will take time and effort, but with the right inventory management system in place, it is significantly easier. Take I nventory W eekly .

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Restaurant365

MAY 7, 2020

General managers and restaurant owner/operators should create checklists for crew and managers to use during their shifts. Ensure proper training for food employees with new or altered duties and require that they apply the training according to established procedures. Staff Health, Hygiene and Training.

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Ken Burgin

JULY 9, 2022

Approachable management: someone in authority who staff can talk to if they notice things aren’t right. Good internal communication systems – allowing staff and management to communicate freely. Up-to-date information about costs and percentages – sharing the results of stocktake and purchasing with managers.

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Clover - Restaurants

MAY 3, 2024

City and state health departments monitor local restaurants to ensure they’re following food safety management program guidelines. Additionally, in order for restaurant leaders to operate as a certified safe food handler , such as managers and chefs, they must pass assessments related to food safety and risks like foodborne illnesses.

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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. Tools to Simplify Staff Training.

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Mad Mobile

MAY 22, 2024

However, some owners don’t realize they can leverage their bar POS data to make smarter table management decisions. Managing a bar comes with unique challenges. If your bar isn’t using a cloud-based POS system that offers perks like tableside ordering and QR-code payments, you’re bound to waste time making up the difference.

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Xtra Chef

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Restaurant inventory management with Excel takes too time and can lose you money. Inventory management with Excel in restaurants is a common food cost control method that helps you order the right amount of food at the right time to minimize waste, reduce food costs, and maximize profits. Here’s a better solution.

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The Food Corridor

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

While pre-payment for monthly plans is a best practice for kitchen cash flow purposes, do what works best for your kitchen and clientele. You will also want to outline the types of payment methods you accept (checks, cash, credit card, automatic clearing house) and how the client can get the payment to you.

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Focus POS

JUNE 17, 2019

It’s a system that takes the place of a traditional cash register and provides much more than basic transaction functionality. Restaurant point of sale software empowers businesses to control labor costs, manage inventory, and have deeper visibility into business operations. POS for Restaurant Franchise Management.

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Smart Systems Pro

APRIL 3, 2019

A restaurant management plan is your written strategy for how to get your restaurant to where you want it. This restaurant management plan is a tool that translates ideas (I should or I’ll try to) into action (I am). Benefits of a restaurant management plan. Increased cash flow. Teach, involve and delegate to your team.

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Embrace the Suck

MARCH 27, 2020

The original management team was let go and replaced by the next available warm bodies that seemed to have potential. Because we throw people into a major leadership role and we don’t train them adequately before they take the position. It was a waste of money. No b t, you either manage your numbers or they manage you.

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Restaurant365

MARCH 15, 2022

According to the National Restaurant Association, the average cost of restaurant turnover in 2021 was $1,869 per hourly employee, $8,119 per manager and $14,689 per general manager. Train your managers to hire the right employees. Managers must be able to identify applicants who are good cultural fit.

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