Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Just as restaurants were on the path toward recovery after COVID-19 closures and safety restrictions, the current economic conditions continue to present challenges for the industry. But restaurants face a fine balance in increasing costs, as customers are also impacted by the realities of inflation.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

To nourish and provide sustenance To offer convenience To provide a forum for conversation To create opportunities for gatherings To reward customers To provide an outlet for chef creativity To complete a neighborhood or destination To rock customers world. There may be more reasons, but these are the most common.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 26, 2020

What will our restaurants physically look like with social distancing, how will we be able to interact with guests at service, how will our kitchen teams function as a unit, what changes will be necessary for our menus to be effective, and what role will take out and delivery play in every restaurant concept? Everything helps.

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Apicbase

MAY 29, 2024

Every few months, a media article declares the death of ghost kitchens as a viable business model. According to Statista , in 2023, the revenue of online food delivery was estimated at over $1 trillion, and it is expected to hold a 50% share of the drive-thru and takeaway food service markets by 2030. Virtual restaurant brand.

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Clover - Restaurants

MAY 7, 2024

While your customers may never meet BOH team members, these restaurant jobs are essential to delivering a fantastic hospitality experience. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the restaurant’s culinary offerings and ensuring the smooth operation of our kitchen. Proven experience in a management or supervisory role.

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Black Box Intelligence

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The deciding factor to whether or not someone chooses to eat with you or the competition can often come down to the quality of your restaurant’s customer service. We’re in a consumer choice-driven world, where convenience, customization and attentive service are expected.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

QSRs Shift Focus from Slow-Paced Dining to Swift, Transactional Experiences Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) are reimagining their dining spaces to prioritize speed, convenience, and personalization over traditional, slow-paced dining experiences. Read the first part, here. For the second part, click here.

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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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Apicbase

MARCH 28, 2024

Additionally, the BOH handles food safety and restaurant administration. The back of the house supports the front of the house (FOH), enabling the customer-facing team to focus on serving a memorable experience. A restaurant’s back of house includes any area of operations the customer doesn’t usually see. Food safety.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Ghost kitchens, you’ve got spirit, but not much soul. Dark kitchens or virtual kitchens––real places staffed with non-ectoplasmic people—bring efficiencies to running a restaurant by providing off-site commissary services for delivery orders. Not up for opening your own off-site kitchen?

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7 Shifts

MAY 31, 2021

For example, kitchen managers rely on software to let them know how much expected inventory they have in stock. The term can refer to the logistics of any and all tasks in a restaurant, including its finances, its kitchen, its staff, and its service model. Customer Service.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 30, 2022

Over the last few years, restaurants have been feeling the heat amid concerns about COVID-19, worker shortages and rising food prices. Toilet clogs at your restaurant are a major deterrent for customers. Guests often don’t know what occurs in restaurant kitchens due to their closed-off designs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 18, 2024

Over the next ten years, there will likely be a sharp increase in demand for automated restaurant fryers due to the introduction of cutting-edge technologies in food service equipment. Restaurant owners also place a high priority on equipment that is simple to maintain and clean in order to guarantee food safety and adhere to health codes.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 30, 2020

Whichever side of the question you find yourself on – there is no denying that the constraints will be significant, customers will be very leery about entering a restaurant, and initial sales will never be enough to keep a restaurant solvent. This is absolutely essential if you want your customers to return.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This will manifest itself in several ways, such as informing robotics in the kitchen for food preparation, in addition to kitchen display systems (KDS) as restaurants kitchens seek to improve efficiency and better optimize for enhance prep station capacity management.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

Chris Boyles, VP of Food Safety for Steritech. Coke Freestyle machines allow customers to make their selections using their own smartphone screen. Ghost kitchens allow you to order from multiple brand menus at a single location. We're already seeing lots of innovation. There are touchless faucets and soap dispensers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This year has shown us that the demand for drive-thru is growing, and continues to meet consumer demands with quick, efficient, and convenient service. Building these relationships with customers is key to attracting new guests and fostering long-term brand loyalty across locations. Here are some of their insights.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Two, there will continue to be pushback on high commission fees from third-party delivery services, and more and more restaurants will find that, given the commission-free alternatives, they simply don’t need them. Britt Mills, Senior Director of Customer Experience at Mobiquity. Barry McGowan, CEO Fogo de Chão.

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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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Harbor Touch

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Restaurants of all sizes embrace software technology to improve the customer experience and streamline operations, from ordering systems to kitchen automation. Transforming customer service. Software technology has revolutionized the restaurant industry, particularly in customer service.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Restaurants had to quickly adapt by adding outdoor seating while creating an inviting atmosphere, as well as offering the same experience your customers are used to receiving at your establishment via delivery and takeout. This year we witnessed how resilient our customers are. Shyam Rao, CEO and Cofounder, Punchh.

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Apicbase

MAY 21, 2024

That means balancing brilliant ideas with practicality and taking the time to consider all variables that can impact food costs , menu scalability, and customer first impressions. Operational realities like ingredient sourcing, kitchen workflow, pricing strategy, and branding play a role in menu development.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

You’re approaching your busiest season, and more of your customers are planning gatherings and returning to their pre-pandemic spending levels. With fewer staff, how can you ensure that the food quality and service will be up to their standards? Maintaining Equipment. Avoiding Unnecessary Energy/Water Usage and Costs.

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Ken Burgin

JULY 25, 2023

Use these enjoyable and instructive games to engage your front-of-house and kitchen staff – they’re designed to prepare and run quickly. Role Reversal: Waitstaff takes turns being demanding customers, and their teammates have to manage the situation. This game helps reinforce the importance of making customers feel welcomed.

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Apicbase

MAY 8, 2024

However, with numerous similar systems available, tailored to various types of food service operations and specific use cases, you might ask, ‘Which software is the best fit for my business?’ We also analyse customer feedback from platforms like G2 and Capterra to highlight the pros and cons users have encountered.

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Hot Schedules

APRIL 21, 2020

Ghost Kitchen Masterminds Behind R2 Provisions, Part 2. Chef and new ghost kitchen owner, Rosana Rivera, shares how she’s adjusting restaurant operations amidst a global pandemic. OPERATING A GHOST KITCHEN DURING COVID. Rivera went on, “We also looked at what could be the most affordable for our customers.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Every great restaurant has many parts that contribute to its success: delicious food, excellent customer service, an inviting atmosphere, and competent staff. Restaurant managers are the on-the-ground team members responsible for keeping the operation efficient and providing excellent service to diners.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

But with the rise of services like DoorDash, GrubHub and Caviar, good food — some of it from Michelin-starred chefs — is only a click away. Restaurants, like retail before them, are battling the rising tide of digital services by ensuring an experience that can’t be had online and that reflects well on their brand.

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Clover - Restaurants

APRIL 9, 2024

They keep the kitchen stocked, help ensure quality products, and provide valuable support that allows you to focus on what you do best: creating a great dining experience for your customers. Bulk ordering also allows restaurant owners to get competitive pricing and improve profit margins. How much of each ingredient do you use?

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Culinary Cues

MAY 18, 2020

As we continue to fight this pandemic that we still know so little about, and try to gradually open up the economy with a keen eye on public safety – it will be restaurants and other hospitality businesses that suffer the longest. The restaurant industry is being hit extraordinarily hard, unlike any other time in recent history.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 17, 2022

“Most of our coffee shops have screens in the kitchen to help expedite the use of tickets,” they say. We use screens in the kitchens to improve the accuracy and speed of orders, especially when customers also order coffees, so that everything can be served at the same time.”. and Ed say. The pandemic just sped up this process.”.

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Apicbase

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Success for a waiter is in providing everything the customer needs while they barely notice what you are doing. Restaurant operations management is about making sure everything in a restaurant works together smoothly to deliver great service, tasty food, and keep everyone happy, from the guests to the staff.

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Sling

MAY 13, 2023

Typically, they are tasked with making sure that the kitchen (and kitchen staff) runs as smoothly and efficiently as possible. Typically, they are tasked with making sure that the kitchen (and kitchen staff) runs as smoothly and efficiently as possible.

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Ken Burgin

AUGUST 1, 2023

Ask people from one department to suggest a solution for another department eg front of house suggests the solution for a kitchen problem. The Jammed Kitchen: Imagine it’s Saturday afternoon, one of the busiest times at your restaurant. It’s peak time, and a queue of hungry customers is out the door.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 30, 2020

They offer local, regular shopping for staples, and they often do not expect customers to dine on-site. In addition to offering a consistent menu of takeaway meals, a restaurant can help its regulars prepare for the quarantined and work from home week ahead by selling staples at a fair price. Don’t Be Afraid of Ghost Kitchens.

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Web Diner

MAY 11, 2021

In order to meet customer expectations and improve satisfaction, the industry will need to develop and implement new processes and approaches. Digital-only items provide an avenue for quicker service, which is usually of great advantage to restaurants. This is an addition to their virtual kitchen’s lineup.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2020

Aramark Creates Safety Plans. As workplaces, sports and entertainment venues, schools, colleges and universities, and other places of business begin to resume operations, Aramark developed customized plans to create safe and hygienic dining experiences for everyone the company serves. Touchless cleaning for the safety of employees.

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