Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 17, 2025

Consumers are reading labels, tracking macros, and demanding transparency. In fact, Statista found that 66 percent of consumers were trying to limit sugars in their diet in 2024. Chicory , for instance, grows well in a range of climates and can be used in both leaves and roots, minimizing waste.

Front of House

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 27, 2025

A Dilemma of “Super Size” Proportions Amid rising food prices and shifting consumer preferences, the restaurant industry is facing a dilemma of “super size” proportions. percent menu-price inflation rate. Customers can become more critical of the quality of products and services when prices increase.

Loyalty Program

ChowNow

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

In this guide, youll learn: Why restaurant apps matter in 2025 and how its the consumer driving the changes The different types of restaurant apps How to make the most of your own branded restaurant app and its many benefits Lets take a closer look at why every restaurant should use apps in 2025.

2025

ChowNow

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

By the time you finish this article, youll know how to approach restaurant marketing the right way and not waste time doing guesswork, crossing your fingers, and then hoping you see new customers walking through the door. Consumer behavior is constantly evolving. What price points are they comfortable with?

2025

The Rail

JULY 18, 2025

For restaurants offering takeout, delivery, or pre-packaged goods, packaging can be a major contributor to waste and carbon emissions. Eco-friendly packaging allows you to align your business with the values of today’s conscious consumers, many of whom are actively looking for companies that reduce waste.

Compost

Restaurant Business

JUNE 17, 2025

Wishnow, a former Dunkin’ and Taco Bell franchisee, tapped menu consultants and brand builders The Culinary Edge to design a menu that falls somewhere between Salad and Go and Sweetgreen, price-wise. The way Greenlane prices its menu has evolved since the first unit opened in 2023. Is that a good thing for restaurants?

Fast Casual

The Rail

MAY 30, 2025

Opening a new dining space in 2025 calls for more than just a good recipe list or architectural sense. Evaluating Consumer Trends That Are Redefining the Dining Experience Consumer expectations have changed drastically; staying ahead implies creating your concept with those developments in mind.

2025

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. He cited Black Box Intelligence data showing that consumers rate family dining more highly for food, experience and value than casual dining, and that the average price per person is lower.

Fast Casual

Restaurant Business

JULY 9, 2025

Zero-waste, high-fiber snack bars Food What operators should know about ancient grains Sponsored content from our partner Furmano’s on Jul. They’re also better for the environment because they use lower levels of fertilizer and pesticides, and consume less water than conventional grains. That doesn’t mean it’s not expensive there.

Operations

Restaurant Business

JUNE 17, 2025

17, 2025 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Convenience-store pizza edged out chain pizza in a survey of consumer taste preferences. What’s more, 72% of consumers said they now see convenience stores as a “real alternative” to quick-service restaurants, up from 56% last year and 45% in 2022, Intouch Insight said. By Heather Lalley on Jun.

Food

Perfect Daily Grind

AUGUST 8, 2025

Editor’s note In the days leading up to the 2025 Best of Panama auction, many in the industry placed their bets on a new world record price for coffee. While it may seem impossible for a kilogram of coffee, even Gesha, to sell for such an unbelievable price, these predictions came true.

2025

EATER

APRIL 8, 2025

How good they are is another question. This was easy to ignore when the price for a dozen was cheap enough that I could splurge on the certified-humane, free-range kind without feeling like Id spent my entire paycheck. According to Lohman, the trick was to use them to supplement other baked goods. In the U.S.,

Consumer Goods

Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 19, 2025

This milestone marks a shift led by younger consumers, with more than half of those aged 25 to 39 now opting for specialty-grade beans. On one hand, US consumers have a growing appetite for premium coffee experiences. As the C price dips to multi-month lows, this challenge may become easier to achieve.

2025

Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 27, 2025

Editor’s note This year’s World of Coffee kicked off in Geneva, Switzerland yesterday, hosting four World Coffee Championships: Latte Art, Coffee in Good Spirits, Cup Tasters, and Cezve/Ibrik. Homegrown rivals like Luckin and Cotti are outperforming the coffee giant, offering consumers similar quality drinks at a fraction of the price.

2025

Lavu

JUNE 6, 2025

With rising ingredient prices, labor shortages, and tighter margins, operators must find strategic ways to reduce restaurant costs without compromising quality or customer experience. It also makes attracting and keeping good workers easier by offering competitive pay and benefits. Food cost control is crucial.

Loyalty Program

Future Food

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Despite the challenges posed by rising living costs and shifting consumer spending patterns, the food and hospitality sector continues to adapt to meet the needs and wants of consumers in Australia. From the rise of AI to the increasing popularity of experiential dining, businesses are adapting creatively to meet new consumer demands.

Hospitality

Lavu

JUNE 20, 2025

Below, we share some of the best, most useful restaurant technologies to improve sales and streamline time-consuming tasks (like recording temperature). The good news is that now you can. VR onboarding spares the restaurant from wasting food or spending excessive time on training sessions.

Technology

Paper Chase Accountancy

JULY 25, 2025

Here, financial reporting isn’t merely about compliance; it’s the strategic backbone supporting dynamic pricing models, intricate seasonal forecasting, a vast web of vendor relationships, and operations that are inherently labor-heavy. Vendor management: Tracking invoices, managing payment terms, and negotiating favorable pricing.

Hospitality

Lavu

AUGUST 1, 2025

It’s evident that the average consumer will be more likely to leave the house or work towards these periods. To save money and be cost-efficient, consumers became less observant of the traditional three meals. Having to be more fiscally conscious has drawn diners to smaller portions and plates, as well as to special pricing.

POS

Lavu

AUGUST 8, 2025

In fact, a report revealed that 23% of consumers prefer the convenience of paying tableside. To maintain peak performance, it’s a good idea to use a dedicated business Apple ID for the devices and disable features like automatic updates and Siri. With iPad-based systems, pricing is straightforward.

POS

Lavu

MAY 2, 2025

Tracking food costs accurately is essential for any restaurants profitability, but manual calculations can be time-consuming and error-prone. Recipe Costing Integrations simplify this process by connecting your POS system with inventory and vendor pricing tools, ensuring real-time cost tracking and precise menu pricing.

Inventory

Apicbase

JULY 11, 2025

Everything else depends on it, on how good these systems are. It’s time-consuming, and mistakes slip through because no one can see the whole picture. For example, they need: Accurate menus and pricing Up-to-date allergen and nutrition info Real-time stock availability Crucially, customer-facing tools don’t ‘own’ this data.

Allergens

Apicbase

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Did you know a poorly managed menu could cost you thousands in wasted food and lost profits each month? It starts with accurate pricing, clear dish descriptions, and consistent nutritional information. This includes choosing the right dishes, managing ingredients, setting prices, and marketing the menu effectively.

Menu

Paper Chase Accountancy

MAY 21, 2025

Inventory Shrinkage and Spoilage: Managing perishable goods, controlling portion sizes, and preventing theft are constant battles, directly impacting the cost of goods sold (COGS) and overall profitability. Accountants for hospitality help with profitability by providing granular cost analysis (e.g.,

Hospitality

Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 6, 2025

Editor’s note New York’s Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) recently announced that as of March 2028, arabica futures contracts will no longer be priced in US cents per pound. Instead, ICE will implement a US $/tonne (or metric ton) pricing mechanism, although a new date has not yet been confirmed for this transition.

2025

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2025

New data from the National Restaurant Association’s 2025 Off-Premises Restaurant Trends report highlights how off-premises dining has become both a consumer preference and business essential, with the convenience and availability of takeout, delivery, and drive-thru now deeply embedded in everyday life.

Reservations

Paper Chase Accountancy

MAY 30, 2025

Without a clear financial picture, owners are essentially flying blind, unable to identify areas of waste, optimize pricing, or make strategic investments. IRS Audits: Inaccurate or incomplete records can trigger costly and time-consuming IRS audits, leading to significant penalties and fines. Submit payroll taxes.

Bar

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2024

These medications are changing consumer eating habits given reduced levels of appetite. Restaurants will respond by cutting back portion sizes and adjusting prices accordingly—something we haven’t seen in decades. Restaurants that adapt quickly could find themselves in a prime position to capture this emerging trend.

2025

EATER

MARCH 25, 2025

Im feeling fatigued and desperate for a nap, but there is no time to waste. In response, the price of goods inside Gaza soared. It is a month of goodness and giving. Halfway across the world, my family in Gaza City prepares to have their predawn meal of suhoor in total darkness. The irony is inescapable.

Kitchen Safety

Paper Chase Accountancy

JULY 30, 2025

And how can it be made more efficient and less time-consuming? Why Accuracy Matters in Hospitality Accounting Ensuring accuracy in hospitality accounting isn’t just good practice, it’s vital for the financial health and success of the business. This aids in avoiding over-ordering, reducing waste and theft.

Hospitality

Lavu

AUGUST 1, 2025

For instance, if your cocktail menu features fresh juices—don’t make your bar staff hand-squeeze the juice; doing this by hand is a wasteful use of time. Having the right equipment to handle these time-consuming tasks helps your bar staff tremendously. How can I increase bar revenue without raising drink prices?

2025

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 17, 2024

Eighty-one percent of diners said they would either stop going to a restaurant altogether or alter their dining hours to avoid prices surging during peak hours and 64 percent said they have a negative reaction to restaurants using surge and dynamic pricing, according to a HungerRush’s National Restaurant Price Surging Survey.

Pricing

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Food waste is recognized as an endemic challenge around the world. is wasted each year, about 119 billion pounds, estimated at over $408 billion. For restaurants, an industry with challenging profit margins, minimizing food waste is nothing less than a survival strategy. But unchecked waste can threaten the bottom line.

Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Due to many factors including inflation and supply chain challenges, restaurant owners and operators have been faced with tough choice about raising menu prices. As food prices rise, restaurants should try to stay within their target ratio for food cost to gross food revenue in order to maintain target profits.

Pricing

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

In order to reduce cost, waste, and optimize inventory, the process begins with planning and forecasting. This is important because the material shifts in consumer behavior are largely associated with how they choose to discover, purchase, and receive their goods from restaurants. Tracking Supply Chain Flow.

Supplies

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 21, 2023

Many brands have been experimenting with new technology to help reduce the demand for labor and combat recent price inflation. Smart menus and app-based ordering are examples of platforms that allow brands to relay information to customers in real-time, saving time and resources in communicating or justifying a price change.

Technology

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 18, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic led to fluctuations in domestic producer prices, particularly in the food sector , according to the U.S. Combine the rising prices of food with the drive to be more sustainable, and we have reached the point where we need to reduce, reuse, and shop local. Rather than waste food, we can redistribute it.

Sustainability