Transact

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Productivity of kitchen staff has been a particular challenge,” Everett says. Fortunately, Taco Mac feels more bullish than many when it comes to its kitchen operations, thanks in part to a move it made in 2019, prior to the pandemic. Inexperience and understaffing can lead to inconsistencies in the back-of-house for some brands.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Our restaurant of the future is designed to benefit guests, employees and franchisees, with a new external design and a reimagined kitchen that will make it easier for us to serve hot, delicious food quickly for frictionless guest experiences, and we expect to see a lot more of that next year. Clinton Anderson, CEO, Fourth Enterprises.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 3, 2024

Think behind-the-scenes kitchen tours or insights into who the people are that work at the restaurant, offering patrons a chance to immerse themselves in the brand. Restaurants will reinvest margin in value products, pricing and messaging 2024 will start to see first-party ordering AND first-party delivery take flight.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

This trend reflects the growing popularity of drive-thru and fast-casual dining, coupled with the demand for digital technologies such as QSR digital signage and QR codes. It's crucial to invest in ourselves, in particular, in this transitory time to take care of our own and to help us focus on four-wall economics. The first gusto!

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2020

. "It's a challenging time for restaurants — large and small — and we believe that there are some practical steps restaurants can take to address the social distancing concerns you and many are voicing today," said Susie Fogelson, Founder/ CEO, F&Co. "First Utmost care and attention is required today."

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The Restaurant Times

JULY 27, 2020

Accepting this as a new reality, restaurant operators are planning how to navigate post-lockdown operations while complying with safety regulations and reopening their restaurant. Due to the virus scare, physical distancing is here to stay, and restaurant operators must take adequate measures to ensure the safety of customers and staff.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 3, 2021

Throughout subsequent waves of the pandemic, the reports explored the growth of off-premise strategies including the spike in mobile apps and, more recently, captured softening safety concerns among consumers when they began favoring shorter wait times over safety protocols. Fast Casual. Curbside is popular at fast casuals.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

When life presents unexpected expenses, such as urgent car or home repairs, an emergency fund can help keep families afloat, and prevent them from taking on debt or missing payments. Founded in 2006, Just Salad is the fast-casual restaurant industry’s leading proponent of zero-waste practices.

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EATER

MAY 5, 2023

That’s not just due to safety and health concerns ( ball pits are known to be bacterial cesspits ). People just aren’t hanging out at fast food joints the way they used to. The big transformation taking place inside restaurants also threatens to change how the industry looks at labor. Today, you’d be hard-pressed to find one.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Restaurants can soften the impact of the labor shortage in 2022 by doubling down on retention, shaking up the traditional business model and taking advantage of technology to increase efficiency and streamline the dining experience. pickup, delivery, drive-thru, ghost kitchens). pickup, delivery, drive-thru, ghost kitchens).

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 31, 2020

As consumers seek clean products without chemicals or human-made modifications to put in their bodies, they are taking more notice of organic ingredients to boost their health and wellness. It is essential to understand that it is not as simple as filling out an application. An Industry Microcosm.

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Sling

JULY 24, 2023

Although the challenges of the restaurant business haven’t changed, the tools available for taking them on have. There is an ever-growing market of specialized software for all of the outside-the-kitchen things restaurateurs have to think about. and UK and proclaims to save managers hours per week on routine safety tasks.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 18, 2020

Around one in six (16 percent) will avoid dine-in experiences altogether in favor of delivery or take-out. Diners’ main concerns about visiting restaurants again include cleanliness and safety. 30 percent of consumers have been out to eat in bars/restaurants to eat in the last two weeks. Return to on-premise.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

QDOBA Mexican Eats® introduced new restaurant formats, top photo, that feature buildouts including mobile-order drive-thrus, walk-up windows, mobile-order pick-up lockers, dedicated curbside pick-up areas, ghost kitchens, and concepts with updated outdoor seating. designed with high-rent urban areas in mind. Holsom by Yogurtland.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

” Using modular construction for restaurant development saves 10-15 percent overall, and allows for consistency and efficiency with the building process taking approximately five weeks to complete. 2021 will be big for us as we branch out of California and make our entrance into the Midwest and East Coast.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 14, 2020

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is expanding its franchise opportunities to feature another nontraditional franchise model – virtual kitchens and has executed area development agreements to bring more of Dickey’s slow-smoked, Texas-style barbecue to Chicago, Houston and Orlando, as well as make its debut in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Touch Bistro

MAY 26, 2021

With so many people out in a sea of stars and stripes on the 4th of July, how do you get them to come to your restaurant? The right 4th of July specials will drive traffic to your restaurant, helping you take advantage of one of the biggest celebrations of the year. The short answer is offering enticing 4th of July specials.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Yet at the same time, every marketer blasted out email updates “we’re in this together” filling consumer’s inboxes, rendering email virtually ineffective and driving down open rates from the pre-pandemic abysmal 20 percent. When you give back to the community, the community takes care of you.

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Goliath Consulting

JUNE 3, 2020

First, we know that consumers will continue to regard safety and sanitation in high importance, possibly going towards 2021 (1). Restaurants need to openly communicate their safety standards to their customers and make sure they are being perceived as a safe establishment.” A Safe Environment with a Touch of Convenience.

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Ken Burgin

APRIL 6, 2021

Take one of your young staff along, or send the chef along to help a teacher with the dessert class, meat preparation or knife skills. Why not sponsor one with a Gift Voucher for the local kitchen supply shop? You may also hear of kitchen equipment that the school needs. Offer to be a guest speaker for hospitality students.

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Ken Burgin

APRIL 6, 2021

Take one of your young staff along, or send the chef along to help a teacher with the dessert class, meat preparation or knife skills. Why not sponsor one with a Gift Voucher for the local kitchen supply shop? You may also hear of kitchen equipment that the school needs. Offer to be a guest speaker for hospitality students.

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Hospitality Kitchen Safety Workshop Equipment 78

Open for Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

These observations will help carve out your own space in the local food scene. Think about the flow of traffic from the kitchen to the tables. Whether it’s chic and modern or rustic and cozy, fine dining or casual, the atmosphere needs to enhance the dining experience and make it memorable for all the right reasons.

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360Training

JANUARY 14, 2020

Check the state, county, and municipal (“city”) laws where you live to find out what rules apply to you. Show up on time, don’t skip out on shifts, and do the best job you can. Topics usually include store policies, customer service skills, food safety, sanitation, and kitchen safety.

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The Restaurant Times

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Dining out, which was once a luxury and convenience for the consumers, has now become a thing of worry. On the other hand, food delivery services, whose path to profitability was questionable, have now become a permanent part of the landscape, and restaurant players are taking all the possible measures to gain the customers’ confidence.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

JULY 29, 2022

This can include anything from using automats to take orders to use robots to cook food. And even though there are only 1 service robots for every 1,500 restaurants (globally, as of 2022), many are coming out of the prototype phase and can do almost anything a human can. The assembly line takes 3 minutes to cook a pizza.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 14, 2020

White Castle launched a planned pilot with Miso Robotics – creators of the first autonomous grilling and frying kitchen assistant, Flippy – to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence and robotics in the restaurant industry. QSR Automations added contactless features within ConnectSmart Kitchen and DineTime.

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The Food Corridor

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

This time last year, we were getting ready for an exciting year for the shared kitchen industry. Cloud or ghost kitchens were starting to come into the mainstream consciousness, the sharing economy was on the up, and there was a sense of optimism in the air for the coming year. . We all know what happened next. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2020

While it is not the outcome we wanted, amid all the uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic and the immense strain it has put our industry, the safety of our attendees, exhibitors, sponsors, vendor partners and our own staff is paramount. This is our community and we all must be kept safe.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 20, 2021

CGA’s surveys of consumers in various states have tracked a rise in numbers planning to go out to eat over the next two weeks—to 74 percent in New York, for example, compared to just 34 percent in December 2020. Check values up. Older people coming back to the market. It’s not just young people driving sales in US.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2020

Casual dining's share of restaurant visits was in free-fall from the 15th to the 22nd, and now has reached a more stable trend. This may be due to restaurants increasingly promoting take-out and drive-through, or consumers getting sick of eating food from grocery stores. 2 – Food Safety Concerns Hurt Restaurants Most.

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Hot Schedules

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The panel included Logan’s Roadhouse CIO John Laporte, True Food Kitchen ’s VP of IT Val King and Noodles & Company ’s VP of IT Dave Lehn, who spoke to the importance of establishing technology partners to push your brand forward. It’s too difficult to recover and there is too much competition,” she stressed.

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Restaurant Clicks

JANUARY 9, 2020

Statistics show that the number of Americans dining out continues to increase, however, so there are plenty of potential customers to go around. Take the right steps to open up a restaurant to work towards building a successful restaurant business. . Casual or formal dining? How To Start a Restaurant . Consider the following: .

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Future Food

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Rocketing sales in kitchen appliances plus wine & beer deliveries confirmed ‘hometainment” has risen to a new level. Dark kitchens offer rent and sales opportunities, but a lot of work needs to be done on delivery and presentation standards before it can be considered a true dining experience. What’s Changed? Image via AGFG.

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The Food Corridor

MAY 22, 2020

Either way, social distancing, an increased focus on personal hygiene, face mask wearing, and contact tracing at all kinds of restaurants and in kitchens may be the new normal. Dining Out. This gives us an idea of what dining out may look like in the future. Let’s get into some of the details. Food Trucks and Caterers.

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EATER

JANUARY 5, 2022

At the Food on Demand conference in Las Vegas, the food service industry laid out its vision for a future in which customers never have to wait. He offers, for example, TGI Fridays, a casual chain that has national recognition but little presence in densely populated American cities. Just don’t think too hard about how that’d work.

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MBB Hospitality

MAY 29, 2019

Do you want a casual diner or a luxury restaurant? If you have difficulty in choosing the best kind of food establishment to venture into, check out our list of unique small restaurant ideas to point you towards the right direction. Aside from stressing out your kitchen staff, this will also dilute your restaurant’s branding.

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