Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 13, 2023

In this column, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine looks at newly introduced menu items from top brands. This promotion is just one way Slice Factory exemplifies food and family being at the heart of the brand. Currently, Jumbo Slices range from $6.49 to $7.49, and soft drinks are $2.75. ” Barbecue Lovers, Rejoice!

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Those are your food costs and your labor costs , and together they make up your prime costs. Food and Inventory Costs. Prime cost is the sum of direct labor costs and the cost of goods sold (CoGS). The first half of your prime costs is your cost of goods sold, or COGS. Table of Contents. What are prime costs?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 24, 2022

Yes, the importance of a good customer experience has always been key. Picture the perfect dinner party: thoughtful food selection, a welcoming host, and an ambiance that takes your mind off of the troubles of your every day. What Makes Hospitality So Vital to the Dining Experience? But it doesn’t stop there.

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The Restaurant Times

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Menu pricing is one of the most underestimated aspects of restaurant management. If your customers don’t think the prices on your menu are reasonable, how great your concept or your food is won’t matter much. Therefore, restaurants must keep the menu at the heart of all restaurant operations and business plans.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

During peak seasons, considering outsourcing certain services becomes a practical solution to ensure seamless operations. By injecting a sense of playfulness into their interactions with consumers, brands are creating unforgettable experiences that build lasting relationships. Not Quite Cyndi Lauper, but Brands Just Wanna Have Fun!

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

As a seasonal business, we must manage a budget that includes almost all revenue during those busy months and very little or no cash flow during the slow months. With slow seasons also comes the need to navigate seasonal layoffs and the task of hiring all the best people back the next season. Plan for Gaps in Your Budget.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Unprecedented labor and supply chain pressure will drive most of the restaurant trends that will define 2022, industry analysts say. This instability will push operators to trim costs by shortening menus and investing in labor-saving technology to free up cash for wage increases. Simplified Menus. Serving smaller portion sizes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Food waste is recognized as an endemic challenge around the world. According to Feeding America , nearly 40 percent of all food in the U.S. For restaurants, an industry with challenging profit margins, minimizing food waste is nothing less than a survival strategy. restaurants lose $162 billion annually in food waste costs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Uncovering consumer confidence and preferences in an ever-shifting market as a result of COVID-19 restrictions, Restaurants Canada is shining a light on what restaurateurs and chefs can expect with the release of the 2021 Discerning Diner Report. . Despite these struggles, Alignable also learned in its poll that the No.

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Future Food

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

The Trends to Watch in 2022 & Beyond The changing face of Food & Hospitality. 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.

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Goliath Consulting

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Fall themed menus seem to crop up earlier each year¹, what with Dunkin’s launching their pumpkin and apple cider flavors on August 21, and Starbucks heralding the start of Fall with its pumpkin spice latte and other array of seasonal desserts on August 27th, weeks before the official start of the season.

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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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Goliath Consulting

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Yelp’s recent data (from 9/21/2020) shows that searches for pumpkin spice foods were up dramatically from last year: pumpkin spice lattes were up 72%, pumpkin pie up 66%, pumpkin cheesecake up 242% and apple cider donuts were up 117% (1). Restaurants are taking advantage of this trend and accenting the flavors of fall in their menus.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 15, 2020

Grubhub's mid-year report checks in on the popular food trends to date and what quarantined Americans ordered through contact-free delivery, and predicts what we can expect to see more of in the second half of the year. State of the Plate 2020 – top foods across various cities. Top Foods of 2020.

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Perfect Daily Grind

DECEMBER 17, 2020

With an emerging consumer focus on health and wellness, more and more customers are looking for their drinks to do more than simply taste good; many now want the food and drink they consume to contribute to their health and wellbeing or support their lifestyle. These are often then sold to the public for use at home.

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360Training

APRIL 16, 2020

They Relieve Shortages in Consumer Supply Chains. When most businesses and public facilities shut down, they locked up half of our supply of essential goods – the half that comes through commercial supply chains. Now the consumer supply chain is experiencing twice the demand. In the U.S.,

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EATER

MARCH 27, 2024

Rafael Ruiz Mederos After decades of industrialized baked goods, Puerto Rico welcomes a generation of bakeries redefining the island’s traditions with local ingredients and global techniques Soft, doughy pan sobao is ubiquitous in Puerto Rico. As a commonwealth of the United States, Puerto Rico imports over 80 percent of its food.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

MARCH 3, 2022

We’ll explore software for inventory management, restaurant payment and billing, food delivery, dashboards, restaurant onboarding, reservation management, and ERP systems. Inventory management is one of the most important, but challenging, aspects of running a food service business. Restaurant Labor Management.

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Black Box Intelligence

MAY 24, 2023

Restaurant customer trends change, food and supply prices fluctuate, and new competitors pop up every day. So identifying and focusing on ways to boost your customers’ price/value perception will inevitably boost your sales and traffic without you having to make adjustments on menu pricing or labor costs.

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EATER

JANUARY 9, 2023

The condiment is a Filipino food icon and a platform for chefs to reimagine the cuisine of the Philippines “Banana ketchup was always there,” says Paolo Campbell. The kitchen combines them with onion, garlic, bay leaves, and some tomatoes for color, before seasoning with vinegar made from the peels.

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Deliverect

MARCH 24, 2021

But every food business is different. If the answer to all these questions is yes, there’s a good chance you’ll get on well with the ghost kitchen model. With more people than ever ordering food to go, many restaurants have found off-premise orders outstripping dine-in customers. The food truck operator looking to scale.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 18, 2019

As more meatless options become popular throughout the hospitality scene, Tripleseat released three popular menu options trending this holiday season as restaurants prepare for dinner parties. Restaurants are serving plant-based burgers, with either Impossible Foods or Beyond Meats. Meatless Trends. JACK of all trades.

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Rocket Fuel

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Speed of Service impacts your customer satisfaction rate (or VOC, Voice of Consumer scores), is impacted by your labor retention rate and can deter guests from returning. Most often measured by fast food—or QSR (Quick Service Restaurant)—restaurants with drive-thrus to measure the time it takes from ordering to receiving their food.

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Rocket Fuel

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Speed of Service impacts your customer satisfaction rate (or VOC, Voice of Consumer scores), is impacted by your labor retention rate and can deter guests from returning. Most often measured by fast food—or QSR (Quick Service Restaurant)—restaurants with drive-thrus to measure the time it takes from ordering to receiving their food.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

to add Meatless Farm’s plant-based products to its menu. Beginning today, guests can order from the restaurant’s ‘Meatless Monday’ menu, which consists of Pomodoro’s signature italian dishes, reimagined with 100-percent plant-based ground in place of traditional meat. It’s just a delicious meatball.”

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Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

As a well-seasoned traveler, I enjoy cities that retain a small-town organic feel, and San Antonio, TX, despite its significant population, has that ambiance in spades. They come for the history, the affordability, and the mouthwatering food served on street corners and private, fine dining settings. Why do people come to San Antonio?

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The Restaurant Times

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

A restaurant kitchen’s design and layout should allow food to flow smoothly from the prep area to the line. From understanding your kitchen needs, and planning a menu to buying the best equipment, we have got you covered. . The kitchen is the heart of your restaurant, and it’s here that your menu comes to life.

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The Restaurant Times

JULY 30, 2020

It allows you to control and maintain a smooth flow of supply and boost your overall profit. As some ingredients inevitably get used during food preparation, a variance between 2-5% is acceptable. Consider procuring seasonal products. With smart menu engineering, you can create a season’s special menu.

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EATER

APRIL 25, 2022

A number of specialty seafood companies are making it possible to have high-quality frozen fish delivered right to your door In 1912, a food-obsessed Brooklynite named Clarence Birdseye moved to Labrador, Canada. His obituaries would call him the “father of frozen foods.”. But frozen food was by and large awful.

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The Food Corridor

MARCH 27, 2023

And more and more often, whether we realize it or not, it’s also where we’re ordering our food. Introducing cloud kitchens , commercial facilities purpose-built to produce food specifically for delivery. Food delivery is nothing new, of course. Customers order online on food delivery apps (such as Grubhub, Doordash, etc.)

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 20, 2021

Since morning meal visits are habitual, recovery for this daypart will depend on consumers returning to workplaces and schools. The ability for restaurants, particularly full service restaurants, to operate at total capacity, consumer comfort with dining in, and more business and recreational travel will aid recovery at the dinner daypart.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

In the case of most of the concepts in these segments, Thanksgiving means significantly less traffic and even closed locations as consumers gather at home for meals with friends and family. Unfortunately, with consumers making more purchases from home, a trend that shows no signs of lessening, eating out is likely to be limited.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The operating model and menu are adaptable to any environment with different options including kiosks and free-standing locations with a drive-thru, ranging from a few hundred square feet up to 2200 square feet. "Blendid is on a mission to make delicious and customized food accessible to all using robotics and AI.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2020

Brands, Mount Franklin Foods, US Foods, Melt Shop, FoodMaven, Nathan's Famous, Island's Fine Burgers & Drinks, Checkers & Rally’s, Lineage Logistics and Minnow. In addition to the new brands, The Absolute Brands will introduce pop-up concepts for seasonal happenings and chef collaborations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features foot traffic analysis due to the COVID-19 outbreak, food trends evolving due to Coronavirus and changing shopping behavior. While food and beverage had been declining steadily, retail is generally trending up. COVID-19 Foot Traffic Analysis.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 14, 2020

Because the facility includes a kitchen for restaurants to prepare foods, the only equipment needed to operate a Dickey’s location is a smoker and a warming cabinet. Virtual kitchens handle food delivery and have additional staff at the facility, so the barbecue brand will only need to employ a limited number of team members.

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