Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

. "We're very impressed with their quality of execution, product cadence and customer centric approach in these unprecedented times.” Restaurants have been pivoting to reach and serve customers in new ways, and retailers have been seeing the lines blur between brick and mortar and e-commerce. .”

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Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 22, 2022

Over the past few years, demand has been growing for coffee that is easy to prepare and high in quality – and we’ve subsequently seen a rapidly-growing market for self-serve coffee machines emerge. I spoke to three industry professionals to find out more about the self-serve coffee market. What are self-serve coffee machines?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 28, 2024

Food manufacturers and retailers are embracing a whole new world of opportunities for consumer engagement that are enabled by this newer technology. In foodservice establishments, the same technology opens doors to greater food safety and ingredient transparency.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2022

Cryptocurrency has real-world applications in the food industry, with restaurants using it to create new and exciting foods for their customers and find ways to use crypto as payments. Application of Blockchain in the Food Industry. Blockchain technology has been applied to the food industry. Camboflare.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Alongside wild stories detailing how foodborne illnesses can happen, Shaw offers practical solutions to avoid food safety breaches. By the end of the book, readers will know how to protect themselves (and their customers). Read on for an excerpt from "Who Watches the Kitchen?" " Why write this book now? Francine L.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

This includes greeting guests and thanking them for their patronage, conducting tableside checks, and resolving any customer complaints quickly, effectively, and empathetically. The best restaurant managers take customer service a step further, recognizing regulars and personalizing service for a more memorable guest experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 2, 2024

And while automation and robotics can help streamline some elements of operations, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, there's a newfound appreciation for human connection and dining experiences. Beyond the realm of food, a similar shift has occurred with electric cars.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Drag queens Zarah , Kai Lee Mykels , and Jessica L'Whor star in this Instagram film, which mimics airline safety videos. Unlike dull airline safety videos, however, this video keeps your attention. Single-use items - Guests receive food and condiments in single-use containers to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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Social Hospitality

JANUARY 5, 2022

For most restaurants, the focus remains on delivery and pickup to serve customers. Even remote parts of the world embraced restaurant and food delivery apps like never before. Mobile chatbots equip restaurants and food delivery apps to do many things. Restaurants would always adhere to food safety standards.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 5, 2024

As the focus for restaurants continues to center on growing and staffing up, safety training can sometimes get lost in the mix or ratcheted down to cover only topics related to compliance with regulations. That won’t cut it in an industry that faces major risks associated with employee injuries and food safety.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Fewer employees have carried the burden of prepping, cooking, and serving food while working to keep guests safe. Restaurants must adopt tech solutions to boost safety, quality, accuracy, transparency, consistency, and compliance – all factors that contribute to brand excellence. Boost safety and quality protocols.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

If you're new to the industry and are wondering what experience you'll acquire in a restaurant job, or if you're an industry vet looking to clearly communicate your abilities and skills on a restaurant resume, read on for 20 distinct skills learned while working in a restaurant. Food Service Skills For Your Resume. Food allergies.

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Perfect Daily Grind

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

From sparkling teas and lemonades to cold brew coffee, customers are increasingly thirsty for a more refreshing beverage than the traditional coffee shop offerings. And businesses that don’t serve these risk losing out to competitors. But which cold and sparkling drinks should you be serving? Serving nitro coffee on tap.

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Foodable

APRIL 29, 2020

Listen to "Next-Generation Customer Experience" on Spreaker. As restaurants and bars prepare to re-open after the coronavirus pandemic halted normal business, easing customers’ fears and optimizing the dining experience is front of mind.

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The Rail

OCTOBER 24, 2023

By Indiana Lee, Contributor As a bar or restaurant owner, you always want the best for your customers, including when it comes to the beer they’re drinking. Selecting the Right Beers Perhaps the most important thing you can do to maintain customer satisfaction with your beer is to make sure you’re choosing quality beer to begin with.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2023

However, persistent labor shortages are pushing restaurants to explore automation and artificial intelligence to streamline operations – from kitchen management to customer service – to alleviate staffing pressures while also enhancing efficiency.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 23, 2022

Consumers visit a fast food or quick serve restaurant (QSR) with a goal in mind: secure a tasty meal incredibly quickly. Once upon a time, a frontline employee at a fast food restaurant did not necessarily need technological skills to apply for the job. Who makes the magic happen? Cashiers, cooks, and other QSR crew members.

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7 Shifts

APRIL 3, 2023

Table of Contents Acknowledge the challenges Education about psychological safety Open communication Prioritize workplace mental health Create a healthy workplace for everyone It starts with acknowledging the challenges. The next step is education about psychological safety. So how can leaders get started?

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360Training

JULY 9, 2020

According to market research conducted in 2017 , 11% of customers used a gluten-free “eating approach” in the previous year. It requires careful forethought, but there are ways for any business to tap into the GF market without endangering any of their customers. Not the dining experience you want to give customers, right?

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Restaurant maintenance ensures technical difficulties don’t compromise food production and quality. Proper maintenance is also essential to customer satisfaction, retention, and word-of-mouth reputation building. Just ask the manager of the brunch spot who can’t serve pancakes because the griddle is broken — again.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2021

However, in the process of resuming and continuing restaurant operations, operators need to take steps to lower the risk of infection among employees and customers and prevent the spread of COVID-19. Food safety and restaurant cleanliness. Food Safety and Restaurant Cleanliness. Kitchen operations.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

This includes greeting guests and thanking them for their patronage, conducting tableside checks, and resolving any customer complaints quickly, effectively, and empathetically. The best restaurant managers take customer service a step further, recognizing regulars and personalizing service for a more memorable guest experience.

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Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 26, 2020

It is difficult to argue with safety precautions designed to keep people well and thwart the spread of the virus. At the same time it is worth noting that restaurants cannot survive at 50% capacity or worse, lockdowns that prevent any inside dining, take out or delivery only, or an environment that limits the “experience of dining out”.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Reviewing health and safety protocol. Customer service training. Customize this overview to fit your restaurant’s onboarding timeline. Customer service training Customer service is the cornerstone of hospitality. Next, new hires should shadow their mentors on the floor to witness customer service in action.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

What needs to be addressed is: “ How do we build trust among customers, trust that the restaurant will keep them safe, and how do we generate enough sales and in turn – profit, to keep the operation moving forward? Your employees know that this is not the best way to start a dining experience. Ask your staff!

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 30, 2023

.” Simple concept yet much harder to pull off for today’s restaurants struggling to harmonize in-store, drive-thru, delivery and curbside experiences for both customers and employees. Customer expectations are level set by their most advanced in-store and digital experiences.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

For example, restaurants might consider investing in self-ordering kiosks, allowing patrons to place their own orders via a screen, reducing strain on wait staff, increasing order accuracy, and appealing to people’s growing desire to self-serve. Optimize Food Safety Protocols. billion tons and costing companies $1.2

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The world of food franchising has been a catalyst for pioneering innovations that have had a ripple effect across multiple industries. And it’s safe to say that the food franchising industry brought Henry Ford’s approach to process optimization to a whole new level. You get to their head and to their heart.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 1, 2021

Technology will be vital in the months – and years – ahead as the pandemic continues to change the conversation about food safety. Restaurants now must prioritize the overall safety of the restaurant environment, in addition to addressing food safety itself. Deploying RFID for Supply Chain Traceability.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 19, 2020

By including them in your vision for the restaurant and providing tips on how they can improve their own food service skills, you’re putting trust and responsibility in their hands from day one—another key aspect of a person’s job satisfaction. Happier, motivated staff results in reduced turnover and better customer service.

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The Restaurant Group

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Establishing detailed restaurant operations manuals is a critical step to opening a food business. Hiring a trusted restaurant consultant can help with concept development and everything needed for a restaurant operations manual and ensure the following: Professional Services The manual sets the standard for customer service.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 3, 2024

In the year ahead, we will continue to offer our customers the true and authentic service our brand is known for, making sure they feel taken care of when visiting any of our more than 500 restaurants across the country. Moreover, in the coming year, early access to novel menu additions is set to become a sought-after offering.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 25, 2022

As the impact of the pandemic wanes, restaurant owners should evaluate the contactless service options they implemented to keep customers and staff safe to see how they can help drive sales. When restaurants got the green light to reopen their dining rooms, they implemented a host of safety procedures to prevent the spread of germs.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 26, 2020

It matters not whether you are selling a Wagyu beef tenderloin or a fried chicken sandwich – what is essential is that your product is so good, so well prepared, so special that customers look at it, smell it, and take that first bite followed by a pause of surprise and a response that begins with “WOW”! Convenience is the name of the game.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 26, 2021

For both safety and ease, there isn’t a better option. And when customers are empowered to handle these tasks, dining room staff can take extra care to do what they do best—give guests memorable dining experiences. Our #1 thing is that we don’t want to discriminate how people get our food.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Dozens of new restaurants are opening worldwide every day, so it is important that your establishment attracts customer’s attention. In the race to become one of the more popular restaurants in your area it takes more than serving good food and pouring outstanding cocktails. Eliminate Distractions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

There are five main areas of increased technology acceleration in the restaurant business: Greater Focus on Frictionless Consumer Experience. Customers will seek restaurant experiences that offer the least human interaction. There is also the urgent matter of safety. Increase Need for Transparency.

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