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Zero Restaurant Food Waste for the Environment and Lower CoGS

Restaurant365

While true zero-restaurant food waste is extremely rare, it can be a meaningful goal. Implementing a zero-waste initiative can help minimize your carbon footprint and may even attract new customers who embrace your environmental friendliness. Additionally, limiting your food waste can improve your restaurant’s bottom line.

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A CHEF’S ADVICE TO 2022 CULINARY GRADUATES

Culinary Cues

A retired NFL coach would rally his team before a game with the words: “Where would you rather be than right here, right now?” Excessive waste is a sign of disrespect for those involved in the process of getting those ingredients to you. This is where you are right now. It took a lot for you to get to this point.

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CHEFS: BUILD A TEAM – KEEP A TEAM

Culinary Cues

It might be as simple as calling everyone off their station for 15 seconds to taste a sauce reduction, or see a delivery of fresh whole fish, or have line cooks during a short lull in activity spend 5 minutes helping a dishwasher get through an onslaught of dirty dishes. BUILD PRIDE. EMPATHETIC SCHEDULING.

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Can a Bar Inventory Management System add 10% to Your Bottom Line?

Mad Mobile

Loss, waste, inconsistency — without careful management of bar inventory, you’re quickly losing a decent chunk of money. You may be wasting 10% of product We may be talking about bar inventory here, but food waste trends bear mentioning. Take a moment to pinpoint problem areas and then coach staff accordingly.

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What Trends Are You Seeing and What Can We Expect to See More of in 2022?

Modern Restaurant Management

Given the increase in off-premise, we expect to see more drive-thru’s similar in format to Checkers & Rally’s iconic double drive-thru model, which dedicates one lane to traditional consumer drive-thru service and one to e-commerce only, including pre-paid digital orders for pickup and third party-delivery orders.

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Table Turnover Rate in Your Restaurant: How to Improve & Seat Incomplete Parties

Lavu

Address any bottlenecks or issues that may be causing delays and provide ongoing coaching to improve productivity. This way, you can accommodate both small and large parties, making it easier to seat incomplete groups at appropriate tables without wasting space. Size of tables: Optimize table sizes to accommodate different party sizes.

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How to Create a Restaurant Staff Training Manual

7 Shifts

Pandemic or otherwise, staff turnover eats into your profitability and wastes a considerable amount of managers’ time. Write your training guide as you’d coach them in person.) How to communicate with management to request, swap, and cancel shifts) Online ordering and delivery best practices.

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