Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 9, 2025

Throughout my career in the restaurant industry, I’ve learned that success isn’t just about finding the right solutions – it’s about how you lead, adapt, and support the people around you. The restaurant industry has always been a passion of mine, especially the incredible people who bring it to life.

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EATER

MARCH 27, 2025

But it couldnt be that all our tongues were deceiving us. One person speculated manufacturers were using field corn meant for animal feed. Occasionally companies will crow about a changed recipe, like Chips Ahoy! announcing its use of a higher quality chocolate chip. And it offers us some clues.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

“We’re thrilled to collaborate with Dylan, who is the perfect partner for us because she also combines a bunch of amazing things – she’s a talented and successful artist, basketball star, entrepreneur, activist, fashionista, and social media influencer. .” How did this partnership come about?

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EATER

APRIL 8, 2025

The people who have made homemade food part of train culture tend to have ideas about self-sufficiency, food sovereignty, and going back to the land. So anyone who chooses slow travel thinks carefully about not just that decision, but what theyll eat: Its a slower, simpler way of life.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2025

Streamline Before You Diversify Before diversifying suppliers, companies often need to streamline their SKUs. Companies with diverse supply chains are better positioned to pivot when crises occur. Ultimately, a company’s ability to diversify suppliers for certain items may depend on how commoditized those products are.

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Goliath Consulting

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

His company, Magic Johnson Enterprises, has owned numerous Burger King and Starbucks franchises, and he played a key role in bringing high-end dining options to underserved communities. Magics approach proves that restaurant success isnt just about profitits about creating opportunities.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 4, 2024

There is not one simple thing a company can do to be more sustainable–there are dozens that need to done every day, but they are doable. The book's highlighted advice includes: Pick The Battles to Win – Ganzler helps companies gather, organize, and evaluate myriad issues they could take on.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

It’s constant with us.” ” These evergreen job openings can be listed on major job sites, niche career platforms, or even with recruiters (mostly used for salaried positions). “We said, ‘Let us know, and then let us do the heavy lifting’ ” In one month, the company received 300 submissions.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 7, 2025

We (those who have invested decades in the business already) may complain about the current labor environment and question the level of commitment from a younger pool of candidates but I have rarely heard anyone attempt to define how it will all wash out. We all have a role to play in making sure that this happens, but I am confident it will.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 18, 2024

This is where we are heading, and I expect to hear lots of chatter about how AI, automation, and analytics partners can support restaurants on this journey to realize quicker time to value. 1 trend will be about creating new and unique dining experiences that surprise and delight our guests as they have come to expect from us.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Viewing in AR allows one to have an even more intimate notion of what they are about to eat, which has been found to be a good thing. By thinking of AR as activating the lizard brain – we see the delicious food in front of us, think it's there, and crave it. The world is changing and companies are innovating rapidly.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 15, 2025

This experience ignited a fire in him, leading him to leave a successful career in nonprofit and consulting to helm Fast Fresh, parent company of Bee Healthy Cafe and Nature's Table. What sets us apart is our commitment to offering healthy, fresh meals in a fast-casual environment that doesn’t feel niche or exclusive.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Leave us a review! If you have a moment, wed really appreciate a quick review on Googleit helps us a lot! Weve already talked about QR codes, so youre covered there, but many technology platforms offer automated follow-up messages via email or SMS. Wed love to hear about your experienceleave a review here. Let us know!

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EATER

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

By the time you receive your steaming bag of burgers and fries, its possible that you havent actually spoken to any of the humans involved in preparing or serving the meal youre about to consume. The fast-food industrys structure also plays a huge role in why companies are so hungry for customer data.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 24, 2024

B Corp Restaurants As of early 2024, almost 150 restaurants around the world have achieved the certification, from fine-dining independents to fast-casual chains, with hotels, breweries and food delivery companies also dotting the list. But it was the pivots in the pandemic that pointed us toward B.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 23, 2023

It’s getting harder and harder to adapt and survive, especially in the ever-changing hospitality industry, but the best companies forge ahead. Most importantly, they are true to our company and give us a dedicated path to our culture, one based on transparency and collaboration. And we’re just getting started.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 13, 2025

It’s not just about creating impact outside our four walls; it’s about strengthening our teams, our communities, and our culture from the inside out. It’s all about building a ripple effect of positivity, leadership, and local impact. At Snooze, we see it differently.

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Goliath Consulting

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Tamarind Takes the Spotlight Tamarind, named the flavor of the year by McCormick & Company, is poised to become a star ingredient in 2025. Known for its distinctive sweet-and-sour profile, tamarind is expanding beyond its traditional use in Asian and Latin American cuisines.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 11, 2025

The Atlanta-based company is hoping that more modern food and restaurants will help its brands break through with younger consumers. When we spoke to younger customers, we found that Perkins is just not as relevant,” said Ascent CEO James O’Reilly, who joined the company in 2023. The problem, in part, has been a generational divide.

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Fast Casual Front of House Back of House Leadership 175

Restaurant Business

JUNE 11, 2025

The food delivery company said Wednesday that it has acquired Symbiosys, an ad tech company, in a deal valued at $175 million. The food delivery company said Wednesday that it has acquired Symbiosys, an ad tech company, in a deal valued at $175 million. By Joe Guszkowski on Jun.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 12, 2025

12, 2025 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn There are about 1,000 Coco robots in the wild today. About 1,000 Coco bots are currently making deliveries in Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami and Helsinki. Each bot has a capacity of 90 liters, or about six extra-large pizzas, and a delivery radius of 1 to 2 miles. By Joe Guszkowski on Jun.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 12, 2022

Two years of COVID restrictions have reminded all of us just how important in-person dining is to our daily lives. We can thank companies like Amazon for shifting how we think about the buying experience. ” It’s a dilemma vexing restaurants across the country. And yet, some things have never changed.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

"When MarketScale approached us, we knew their B2B expertise was a great fit for us and ran with the opportunity." The deal will be funded through cash on hand and proceeds generated from the Company’s securitization facility. and internationally, including nine company owned locations. 20 at 4 p.m.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

.” The space earned that moniker because staff used it to handle delivery orders from a multitude of online platforms. In the process, he built a company now worth nearly $100 million, simply by solving a problem he noticed as a restaurant owner and sharing that solution with others. For Canter, it was a problem to be solved.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 21, 2022

Roy Phillips (RP) : 20 years ago it was all about the point of sale (POS). There were a couple restaurant management software companies out there, but it was just inventory and budgets. We would take all our invoices, mail them to the accountants and they would process all the invoices for us in financial reports.

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Technology 2005 Mobile Ordering Point of Sale 493

Goliath Consulting

MARCH 14, 2025

A 2025 report by ConAgra , a North American packaged food company, states that consumers’are increasingly drawn to foods that promote gut health, viewing a healthy digestive system as essential for overall wellness. Since Ozempic slows gastric emptying, some users experience bloating or discomfort when consuming large meals.

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Email Marketing 2025 Customer Experience Customer Service 195

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The situation is so dire we see signs in restaurant windows begging for patience and daily postings online from disgruntled workers, fairly complaining about being treated poorly by patrons after they could not do their job well, given the under-staffing at their place of employment. Money is short and claims are perceived as payoffs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

” Historically, however, it was difficult to know if employees across all 60 restaurants were filtering and changing oil properly, according to company standard operating procedures. They learned that the end-to-end solution would allow employees to empty oil from fryers with the push of a button and refill oil using a wand. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2022

Cryptocurrency has real-world applications in the food industry, with restaurants using it to create new and exciting foods for their customers and find ways to use crypto as payments. They have built their solution on IBM Blockchain, which connects all participants through a permissions record about food origins and processing data.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2020

"We're already seeing a number of restaurants close and are very concerned about the future of the industry," said Helen Patrikis of HP-PR, and a co-founder of the Dining Bonds initiative. "We “The coronavirus crisis has upended that strategy—we need to start working to help the most vulnerable among us NOW.”

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Food Safety Kitchen Safety Small Business Employee Relations 585

Goliath Consulting

JANUARY 16, 2025

One of the key drivers behind its rise is Gen Z, a generation that is redefining how we think about drinkingand socializing. Companies like Seedlip and Ritual Zero Proof are leading the charge, creating premium alternatives that appeal to the sophisticated palates of Gen Z consumers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 28, 2022

We’re constantly being bombarded by messages about how important it is to own your customer data. Company Information. Company information is any data generated by your company during your regular operations. For instance, you can use order information to determine your best seller. Your cost of goods sold.

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Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Email Marketing Online Ordering 520

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

And we transformed it into a media company during a global pandemic in 2020. We became a global media company. Big ideas have helped us grow. Mine happened when I realized social media wasn’t about meeting new people — it was about communicating in a brand new way. That’s when we became our own media company.

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Social Media Email Marketing Technology 2007 370

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Recently the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that job openings in the hospitality industry increased by 130 percent in 2021, with over 1.7 In 2021, the US saw a 32 percent increase in employees quitting their hospitality jobs, well above the 25 percent increase across all industries. Reevaluate Your Retention Strategy.

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Hiring Employee Relations Leadership Restaurant Law 530

Restaurant Business

JUNE 13, 2025

Both the SevenRooms and Symbiosys purchases are part of DoorDash’s transformation from a delivery company into an all-around technology supplier for restaurants. By Timothy Inklebarger and Joe Guszkowski on Jun. 13, 2025 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn It was one of three DoorDash acquisitions announced this year. The pending deal for U.K.-based

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

It wasn’t just about survival; it was about reinvention. " As we mark the fifth anniversary, MRM magazine surveyed restaurant insiders about the pandemic’s lasting impact on their businesses and the industry. . It wasn’t just about survival; it was about reinvention.

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EATER

DECEMBER 4, 2024

But in late November, it’s all about the oysters, the perfect complement to any Lowcountry dish. Teachings about active listening, attention to detail, and love were best received with the air slightly chilled and as mud-covered oyster knives lay at table corners. Their salinity balances the smoky and semisweet flavors of red rice.

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