Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Whether it's the utilization of AI-driven analytics to elevate menu design or the precision of robotics transforming kitchen operations, a new era in dining is taking shape. These technologies, often unseen but highly influential, are quietly revolutionizing culinary practices and guest experiences.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 22, 2022

Bigger isn’t always better. Bigger brings a significant upswing in headaches, unforeseen challenges, an inability to flex, and long-term costs. Bigger is less predictable and much more difficult to control and bigger takes cooks and chefs away from what they love to do, what attracted them to the trade in the beginning – to cook from the heart.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Consumers are prioritizing sustainability when it comes to dining choices, driving a trend for going green in the restaurant industry. Concerned about climate change and the environment, these consumers are increasingly spending their dining dollars with restaurants demonstrating sustainability initiatives.

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Bottleneck Management

MAY 3, 2023

Customers are more conscious than ever before about the impact their dining choices have on the environment. Reduce Food Waste Reducing food waste is another effective way to make your restaurant more sustainable. Consider donating excess food to local charities or composting food scraps instead of sending them to landfills.

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Cheetah

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

Demand for sustainable to-go containers goes hand-in-hand with trends to reduce food waste and shift to plant based and clean-label products. The alternatives are compostable or biodegradable (PLA) food containers. On the other hand, compostable alternatives cost between 35% to 100% more. Lawmakers are not far behind.

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EATER

JULY 6, 2022

Blue Hill at Stone Barns’ alluring story — that a fine dining restaurant could be a model for changing the world — seduced diners, would-be employees, and thought leaders alike. But former employees say that narrative often obscured a more complicated reality. This story contains a detailed account of a sexual assault.

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The Restaurant Group

JANUARY 27, 2020

According to the National Restaurant Association’s “What’s Hot” report, American Culinary Federation chefs named sustainability and waste reduction in the top trends of the year. The focus of the resulting report is on the conservation of resources, waste management, and consumer insights.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 21, 2022

To eliminate waste, I always make pickles or fermentations with excess vegetables and dry cure meats for our charcuterie program to utilize any excess proteins. Sourcing local ingredients and producing more in-season vegetable focused dishes help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and contributes to improving our carbon footprint.

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Deliverect

DECEMBER 10, 2019

By working towards less (food) waste and a more seasonal and locally-sourced menu, you’ll quickly be able to get on the right track. #1 1 REDUCE WASTE. Waste management in the food and restaurant industry is more important today than ever. The same goes for your in-house dining experience. 2 FIGHT FOOD WASTE.

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The Rail

MARCH 22, 2024

Dining establishments can conduct the audits online or hire a professional to perform a detailed assessment. Installing programmable thermostats: These devices allow dining establishments to set and schedule temperature adjustments based on peak operating hours, saving resources when the establishment is closed or less busy.

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Sustainability Beyond the Plate

JANUARY 26, 2017

If you produce 4 cubic yards* (the size of a standard commercial bin, not the smaller ‘cart’) or more of organic waste per week, you must separate and recycle that waste. When people differentiate between these two terms, they could be talking about other non-food organic waste streams like landscaping waste and cow manure.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

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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EATER

APRIL 11, 2023

He plucks them from composted wood chips nestled in cardboard boxes, and carefully puts them in a clean new box. Yang smiles as he shows off his heaping compost pile: He says he reclaims three to five tons of organic green waste every few weeks to produce substrate, the woody equivalent of soil, for his mushrooms.

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Open for Business

JANUARY 6, 2023

We are always looking to find ways in which there will be less waste. We recycle and compost. There is so much waste in restaurants for no reason. Philadelphia-based chef and restaurateur Jose Garces, owner of Garces Group , is still looking for great new talent in spite of losing several restaurants during the pandemic. “We

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Restaurant Engine

AUGUST 9, 2023

Each time someone dines with you, their food should taste just as good as it did the time before. Look into composting as well. Many cities have companies that offer you compost bins for food scraps that they pick up each week. Make your dishes smaller, so there is less food waste. Be quick with praise.

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Focus POS

JANUARY 16, 2020

Because Gen Z also loves to dine out frequently, specifically in large groups and are of the “snap first, eat later” generation—meaning they share their every move on social platforms particularly Snapchat and Instagram. Sustainable food waste management. Gen Z commands an estimated 40% of all consumer shopping. Celebrities.

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Notch

MARCH 17, 2022

The National Restaurant Association’s “What’s Hot” 2022 Culinary Forecast - an annual survey of 350 culinary leaders - found that sustainable packaging, plant-based foods, and zero waste were predicted to be leading culinary concepts this year. And, t he pandemic hasn’t shaken diners' interest in sustainability. Green Star Restaurant.

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Future Food

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

The Trends to Watch in 2022 & Beyond The changing face of Food & Hospitality. Towards the end of each calendar year, we like to take a look back at how the industry has shifted, the trends that have taken off, and try to pre-empt the future face of the industry.

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The Rail

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Don’t let the weather dampen the outdoor dining experience : For some, the outdoor dining experience is part of their brand — and if that describes you, you’ll want to ensure that your dining area remains comfortable for customers. Think, “if I were coming here for the first time during this season, what would I expect?”

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The Restaurant Times

JANUARY 13, 2022

Danone , a large food corporation, recently made the decision to cut waste by incorporating wasted fruits into its yoghurt products. Increasing numbers of people are actively making intentional decisions to compost food waste rather than simply discarding it. 5 F&B Industry Trends One Must Not Miss In 2022.

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Open for Business

MAY 19, 2023

With the promise of lower labor costs, less waste, more effective marketing, and a better guest experience, it’s easy to see why. Restaurants can use AI to create contactless drive-throughs, track inventory and demand data to reduce waste, and track customer behavior to create more successful promotions, just to name a few.

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KaTom

JUNE 25, 2020

Plastic cutlery and other disposable dining supplies are the norm in many locations with open dining rooms, a practice that aligns with CDC recommendations to use disposable tableware. Below, you can learn more about the types of biodegradable utensils and straws currently available and decide which are best for your operation.

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Cheetah

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Learn about Composting Composting is not just about doing your share for the environment by separating plastics from biodegradables. It’s also about noticing what is becoming more important to consumers in general, beyond the dining experience. Offer to get them “the usual” and suggest they try out new menu items.

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Cheetah

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Learn about Composting Composting is not just about doing your share for the environment by separating plastics from biodegradables. It’s also about noticing what is becoming more important to consumers in general, beyond the dining experience. Offer to get them “the usual” and suggest they try out new menu items.

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Restaurant Clicks

MAY 6, 2021

Fare Well is a “retro chic” casual dining restaurant that offers patio dining as well as takeout. This sandwich is the “food waste success story” of Plnt Burger – they use oyster mushroom stems, a part of the mushroom that is less often used, and they have created a sandwich that is too spectacular to leave out.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature real-time data on consumer behavior and the move to #cutoutcutlery. SpotOn Secures $60M Funding. SpotOn Transact, Inc. secured $60 million in Series C funding. The round is led by DST Global with participation from existing investors including Dragoneer Investment Group and Franklin Templeton.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 3, 2020

The results of this sustainability movement have encouraged restaurateurs to begin composting, eliminate single-use plastic products and source locally grown or foraged ingredients. Biodegradable or compostable diningware like napkins, plates and cutlery. Because of this, we’re about to be served some truly unique dishes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 28, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature a new documentary on women in the culinary world, the loss of an industry legend, a contest to create healthy recipes and products and services to help restaurant in the pandemic. 'A 'A Woman's Place' on Hulu. The documentary is available on-demand exclusively on Hulu.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Orders from specialty stores increase by a whopping 329 percent including orders for balloons from party stores and gifts from the likes of Kiehl's and Le Labo. Another big non-food or flower delivery? And to round out the most romantic day of the year, there is an 88 percent increase in ice cream orders. Hard alcohol (vodka and Hennesy).

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

TEAM Schostak Family Restaurants (TSFR) is celebrating its 40th anniversary along with the anniversaries of employees that have been with the company for 20 years or more. “This milestone is significant and we could not be prouder for the contributions our team has made to our success. . Sandy Reinhardt joined Schostak Brothers & Co.,

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 14, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature updated links for the PPP, the acquisition of Grubhub and contactless products and services. PPP Revisions. Small Business Administration (SBA), in consultation with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, issued new and revised guidance for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The deal is valued at $7.3

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Future Food

APRIL 20, 2020

We take the responsibility of influencing students dining habits on campus very seriously, as shaping their behaviours beyond this, is a pipe dream. This article has been constructed to provide those with limited insight into the modern mechanisms of a University Campus, with a look at how things have changed, thankfully for the better.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2019

They touched on topics such as delivery, ghost (dark) kitchens, automation, plant-based menu items, food waste, sustainability, staffing and retention and more. Rick Camac, Dean of Restaurant & Hospitality Management at the Institute of Culinary Education. Big and high-end players are getting (and are in) the game. Ghost Kitchens.

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Restaurant Clicks

OCTOBER 12, 2021

This former summer cabin-turned fine dining restaurant became part of the Monette family in 1971 and has served locals and tourists alike for over five decades. Dining choices have a four-course menu and a chef’s tasting menu. Here, I’ve gathered a list of the best restaurants in Boulder, CO. Best Restaurants in Boulder CO.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The Hospitality Recovery Coalition includes DISCUS, the American Distilled Spirits Alliance (ADSA), the Council of State Restaurant Associations (CSRA), the National Restaurant Association and TIPs. “Without assistance at all levels of government, many of these businesses will be forced to close their doors. .”

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The Restaurant Times

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Customers were apprehensive about dining in at restaurants due to the outbreak of the deadly virus. Since dining was no more the option, food delivery witnessed an evident rise. Though food delivery packaging always played an important role in the restaurant business, post COVID-19, it has become even more essential. You ask why?

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Vetting dining room, bar, and kitchen staff over the next decade will require probing more during job interviews, seeking candidates with more responsible lifestyles, advanced educational aspirations, and other evidence of a disciplined, drug-free work ethic will become even more of an HR imperative. Christopher Baron of RedBaron Consulting.

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