Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 9, 2024

The foodservice industry is poised for some significant shifts in the new year as a result of changing consumer demand and rising trends being seen across the industry, but that said, there are simple, effective solutions for how operators and restaurants can stay ahead of these shifts.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Trust is built when company leaders demonstrate a strong commitment to food safety and provide the necessary resources – including training, tools, equipment, and support – to ensure compliance with regulations and best practices. Build Trust One of the foundational pillars of a robust food safety culture is trust.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2024

This industry seeks to develop a value proposition that speaks to its consumers and convinces them to dine in their restaurants. We have compiled a list of factors based on extensive research on consumer psychology and behavior trends. Leverage consumer data to learn about preferences, dietary restrictions, and favorite foods.

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Loyalty Program Dietary Restrictions Mobile Ordering Social Media 181

Perfect Daily Grind

APRIL 13, 2022

In recent years, there’s no denying that home espresso machines have changed to meet the evolving needs of home coffee consumers. What are home coffee consumers looking for? Both home and commercial espresso machines share a growing focus on sustainability, build quality, and usability. Read on to find out what they told me.

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Marketing Café Sustainability Beverage 159

Chowly

MARCH 14, 2024

Through these pillars, the Mastermind program equips restaurant owners with the skills needed for sustainable success. In defining profit within the restaurant industry, Chip highlights the challenges of managing three dynamic targets: revenue, cost of goods sold (COGS), and labor.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Historically high gas prices are pushing consumers towards EV options. Additionally, growing numbers of new EV models – and government sales incentives – are sparking consumer interest. Consumers’ needs will change as they transition to EVs. Attract consumers, employees, and investors.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MARCH 21, 2023

However, price isn’t everything – direct trade also often means more open communication between producers and roasters, as well as more transparency with consumers. He emphasises that they work closely with producers towards achieving a shared vision of improving quality, sustainability, and financial security.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 1, 2023

For any successful consumer-facing business, building trust is key. You may also like our article on whether specialty coffee consumers actually want to be more connected to farmers. The same study shows that a lack of trust can be a deal-breaker for many consumers. Read on for more of their insight.

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Perfect Daily Grind

APRIL 19, 2023

Thousands of people attend the expo every year, including roasters, producers, coffee equipment manufacturers, baristas, and coffee business owners. These include the US Barista, Latte Art, Brewers Cup, Roaster, Coffee in Good Spirits, and Cup Tasters Championships. The 2023 US Coffee Championships will take place at the event.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Technological advances are becoming table stakes for this long-term business channel, with more than eight in 10 operators saying the use of technology in a restaurant provides a competitive advantage, and a good proportion of operators plan to ramp up investments in technology this year.

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Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 21, 2020

Vegan, earth-conscious, experience-seeking, Instagram-shunning, pour-over-drinking, pour-over-avoiding, quality-orientated, convenience-orientated: the consumer market is rapidly evolving and at times contradictory. The world has too, and this will impact the behaviour and preferences of 2020’s coffee shop consumer. Neil Soque.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 30, 2021

Because the COVID-19 pandemic has only increased the demand for washroom cleanliness, restaurants should now carefully consider how to meet or exceed heightened consumer expectations around restroom hygiene before offering full-capacity indoor dining. Restaurant Restrooms Post-Pandemic. Back to Hygiene Basics.

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Consumer Goods Sustainability Innovation Customer Service 203

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Every year, a significant number of new restaurants open and almost as many close their doors for good. On occasion, a restaurant opens, the owners have the right idea, everyone in the operation rallies around core principles that find a home in consumer minds and hearts, and the place enjoys success for a long period of time.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 12, 2020

While changing the menu will yield cost savings, the good news is that this operational change is not likely to significantly deter customers. Adopting the right technology can help restauranteurs drive traffic, boost revenue and sustainably resume operations. ”

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Food Safety Website Management Online Ordering Food Order 203

Future Food

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Whilst some food and hospitality businesses chose to pivot their businesses early, out of necessity, others have elected to respond to changes in consumer preferences and are quickly reshaping the food and hospitality landscape in front of our eyes. Day of the week Specials.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

As brands place emphasis on creating a meaningful guest experience, robotics companies offering tools such as tech-enabled order taking or serving, should stop calling themselves ‘robotics’ as it will likely steer some operators, consumers and investors away. Don’t be afraid to increase price. Your CPA can help with this.

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Perfect Daily Grind

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

If you have good soil conditions and carry out farming practices to a high standard, [among other factors], you will have good quality coffee,” Nicholas says. What’s more, with data collection and analysis software, they may be better equipped to understand where these profits are coming from and where they can be reinvested.

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Supplies Sustainability Cash Management Point of Sale 136

Perfect Daily Grind

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Coffee equipment manufacturer Joy Resolve launches Groove Compact portable grinder. The campus is set to host its new Engaging Talks series, which starts with The new role of the company in the territory: how to build a successful, sustainable, innovative company. The first episode What is consumer demand protocol?

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 23, 2024

Getting it right is critical for sustained success in the restaurant industry. There are also restrictions on what kinds of commercial cooking equipment minors can use. D) Publish and notify your team When all of your shifts have been assigned and you’re good to go, sharing the schedule is easy. But it isn’t simple.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MARCH 20, 2023

Ecommerce can be broadly defined as the buying and selling of goods over the internet. Company websites must be user-friendly, otherwise customers may look elsewhere to purchase their goods. For roasters, selling coffee (as well as brewers and coffee equipment) online can help to educate less-informed consumers in a constructive way.

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Point of Sale Consumer Goods Online Ordering Customer Service 141

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

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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2022 Food Supply Back of House Kitchen Safety 180

Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 24, 2022

The Specialty Coffee Business Sentiment Survey aims to collect research on how roasters, traders, producers, coffee shop owners, and equipment manufacturers perceive their individual business prospects and the challenges they may be facing. Louis Dreyfus Company publishes 2021 Sustainability Report. The survey will close on 25 July.

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Perfect Daily Grind

APRIL 17, 2022

Kelleigh adds that the idea for the Espresso Bites came from her dislike of hauling around cumbersome brewing equipment when she was travelling around New Zealand in 2014. “We When we returned to our farm, we began experimenting with different ways to enjoy Hawaiian coffee, with no equipment or water required.”. Enjoyed this?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

Gamification, with its engaging techniques, has emerged as a compelling solution for obtaining ZPD by delivering a meaningful value exchange for consumers and enables brands to acquire deeper insights that can be utilized to optimize marketing efforts, enhance customer segmentation, craft personalized offerings, and deliver targeted messaging.

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Perfect Daily Grind

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Strong competition from larger, well-established roasters – who often have better access to more equipment and resources – can make it difficult to establish new working wholesale relationships. In turn, roasters can ensure that the quality of their coffee is maintained to the end consumer. What types of coffee do they like?

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Food Supply Customer Service Supplies Pricing 170

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Delivery and take-out will continue to be the most popular way consumers will get their restaurant meals in a COVID and post-COVID world. Consumers still demand convenience when it comes to their meals, but they also want variety. We also think there will be a greater focus on sustainability efforts throughout the industry.

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2021 Mobile Ordering Loyalty Program Kitchen Safety 230

MBB Hospitality

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Regularly reviewing vendor contracts and negotiating based on your volume and loyalty can significantly lower the cost of goods sold (COGS). It’s a delicate balance that requires ongoing evaluation to respond to changing costs and consumer demands. Another aspect of strategic purchasing is the consolidation of suppliers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 8, 2020

A trendy cocktail and beverage selection can truly transform an event and now is a good time for event planners to recalculate and learn about trends so they will be prepared and armed with knowledge when businesses are back up and running. Sustainability. Even better?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 26, 2023

Doing so breeds the kind of loyalty that can sustain consumer relationships for a lifetime. Disregard for Customer Feedback Emotionally intelligent brands actively seek, value and actually utilize customer feedback in sustained efforts to improve their products and services, and fine-tune future messaging.

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Perfect Daily Grind

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

This is especially important as baristas and coffee competitors have a closer relationship with coffee consumers in many cases. Coffee competitors create trends; WCC events are a platform to talk about coffee, as well as new technology and equipment,” Martha says. It helps to reduce the distance between production and consumption.

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Supplies Customer Experience Events Consumer Goods 150

7 Shifts

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Since this is (at least) your second business, you should have written a business plan already, so we won’t bore you with the details of what a good business plan should contain. The most time-consuming part of preparing for opening is usually renovations and construction. Looking for a new source of capital this time around?

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Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 19, 2022

Carles adds: “It is about maximising the compounds that produce good sensations, and minimising the extraction of compounds that contribute to hardness, bitterness, and astringency.”. Temperature is like a prerequisite to good extraction, with many other variables affecting the process as well,” Carles explains.

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Consumer Goods Café Equipment Beverage 169

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Good Food Restaurant Scorecard. 42 of the country’s favorite fast food and restaurant chains still don’t offer a plant-based entrée, according to a report released today by The Good Food Institute (GFI). The third annual Good Food Restaurant Scorecard ranks the top 100 restaurant chains in the U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2022

All restaurants should proactively work to reduce food waste, which will also help you save money, increase profits, spotlight your commitment to sustainability, and help the environment. Practice good stock control. Consider the following: US restaurants generate an estimated 22 to 33 billion pounds of food waste each year.

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Waste Compost Food Recycling 215

The Restaurant Times

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Given the present scenario, businesses that want to sustain, flourish, and earn good profit must have a strong order taking mechanism that enables customers to place orders at convenience. A good restaurant order taking software provides industry-specific solutions to different kinds of food outlets. Controls Inventory Levels.

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Ordering Loyalty Program Online Ordering Mobile Ordering 111

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the dismal March restaurant sales, security, loyalty, trends and teen consumer behaviors. In fact, 86 percent of consumers indicated that local restaurants and stores could proactively earn their business, even in the current climate.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The subscription economy is not new, of course, and the fact that subscriptions for all types of consumer products and services have boomed during the pandemic is neither surprising nor noteworthy. It will facilitate initiatives that demonstrate value, convenience and personal service to their customers and drive more sustainable growth.

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