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5 Tips to Take Your Restaurant to the Next Level

Restaurant Engine

Tip #1: Treat Your Employees Well While this may not be the first thing that pops into your mind, it is one of the most important things you can do to level up your restaurant. According to the Harvard Business Review (and many others), engaged, happy employees are the secret to your success. Have employee events.

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What Hotel Menu Trends Will Define 2022?

Hot Schedules

For these travelers, the dining experience will be back on the menu. Finding innovative ways to incorporate novel foods into your menu sets your properties at the forefront of healthy dining. Source eco-friendly products where possible, and look at implementing onsite produce gardens and/or composting. Modern Dining.

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Restaurant Sustainability Efforts and Customer Attraction

The Restaurant Group

In fact, seven of the top twenty trends listed by the chefs related in some way to sustainable and environmentally sound practices. 3/4 buy some packaging/supplies that contain recycled materials or are certified compostable. 14% compost some food waste. Conservation of resources in restaurants. Managing waste in restaurants.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Fine and Family Dining Hurt by Holiday Shift. The best performing segments during November were those whose sales are the most negatively affected by Thanksgiving: fast casual, upscale casual and casual dining. This was largely due to a favorable shift in the Thanksgiving holiday. Same-store sales growth was 1.6 percentage points.”

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Organic Waste Recycling for Foodservice: What You Need To Know

Sustainability Beyond the Plate

Composting can be considered a form of recycling. A compostable item is a certain type of biodegradable item that breaks down relatively quickly into humus , a substance that enriches soil. An extensive list of composting terms and their definitions can be found here. Let’s talk about what that means for you.

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State of the Industry and More Restaurant Research

Modern Restaurant Management

" Pandemic Pivots Become Permanent The temporary "pivots" developed during the pandemic — expanded delivery services, outdoor dining options, to-go alcohol offerings, and investments in technology — are the foundation of the industry's "new normal." million by the end of 2023.

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Decade of Disruption: Restaurant Insiders Dish What’s on the Plate

Modern Restaurant Management

Third, the onslaught of opioid, vaping, and alcohol combinations have forced the restaurant industry to begin hiring completely different generations of rock star employees, in both the front and back of the house. Christopher Baron of RedBaron Consulting.