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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 HARD DAY’S NIGHT

Culinary Cues

The chef is responsible for hiring, training, coaching, evaluating, and scheduling employees keeping in mind their skill level, personal issues and responsibilities, demands of specific positions in the kitchen (not everyone fits in every role), and an ever-changing influx of customers with their own demands.

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

Mad Mobile

It also has one of the most complex stock lists. Because liquor, wine, and beer have such wildly varying prices, it pays to keep tight controls on ordering and inventory. Loss, waste, inconsistency — without careful management of bar inventory, you’re quickly losing a decent chunk of money. Take these lessons to heart.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

With current supply chain issues and these brands already operating under thin margins, we expect operators to be strategic when it comes to menu sizes, limited offerings and daypart offerings to limit waste, cut costs, and maximize profitability. The rise of collaborative coaching. Smaller menus in general.

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Liquid Insights: Latest Trends in Mixology and Wine

Modern Restaurant Management

Also, partially batched ingredients that don’t include alcohol make for perfect ways to deliver incredible and elevated non-alcoholic cocktails priced as much as $10 to $15 in locations and served in premium glassware – another tour trend. Time to Sparkle. On our travels across the U.S.,

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Trends and Tactics: How to Navigate the Changing Landscape of the European Restaurant Industry

Apicbase

Adopting technology allows you to track inventory levels in real time, streamlining the supply chain , reducing waste, and ensuring ingredients are always available when needed. Finally, centralising food production allows you to improve logistics , which can help cut costs, improve efficiency, and reduce waste.

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5 Reasons Why You Need a Restaurant Management Software Solution in 2019

Margin Edge

When you create a dish, you carefully calculate your costs , tweak the recipe and calculate a portion size and selling price based on your food cost, labor and competitive situation. Once that price is set, it can be difficult to track how and when the recipe costs change. 2) Maximizes Profits Per Plate. 4) Gets Your Ordering Right.