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Beyond the Plate: The Future of Restaurants in a Tech-Driven 2024

Modern Restaurant Management

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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Please Stop Buying Food From Social Media Influencers 

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From the creator fund to sponsored content and upstart new businesses seeking to capitalize on a newly massive social media following, influencers are cashing in. Chef Pii, a Miami private chef named Veronica Shaw, insisted that her sauce was made in a commercial kitchen and that she never did anything wrong.

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How to Plan Your Restaurant's Grand Re-Opening Event

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You want to have a big enough budget that your target customers will be exposed to your ads multiple times in a short period (two weeks) prior to the grand opening…he “newness” of the business and special offers related to the grand opening should increase the responsiveness of potential customers.” Mel Bensky, @tastethesix.

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Six Concepts Every Restaurant Employee Handbook Should Cover

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However, spending the time to create a handbook will help create the desired culture, as well as save time and money (helping to avoid employee turnover as 36 percent of employees say they quit because they wish they had better training, legal action, safety concerns). Do not bypass safety guards. How to prevent cross-contamination.

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Pandemic Pivots Don’t Offset Restaurants’ Need to Manage Looming Risks

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On the positive side, the pandemic forced any number of pivots among restaurateurs as they struggled during the pandemic shutdown to keep their doors open and kitchens cooking. Virtual kitchens, for example, were already accelerating trends when the pandemic hit. Cracker Barrel trialed a chicken and biscuit concept. Apparently.

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COVID-19 Is an Opportunity to Differentiate Your Restaurant Brand

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Focusing on customer experience may seem like a luxury for restaurateurs struggling to keep their doors open, but it may prove to be the difference between those that survive and those that get added to the list of tragic COVID-19 business casualties. I have seen firsthand how this is playing out. The Best Defense is a Good Offense.

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Why Restaurants Are Switching to Intelligent Packaging

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Events like this not only ruined our entire eating experience, but also prevented us from ordering food from this restaurant for a while. Restaurant owners are using intelligent packaging to keep food warm, hygienic, presentable, and ready to eat from kitchen to customer plate. Delivery of cold food leads to loss of customer.

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