Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2025

Here is how 3D modeling simplifies renovation planning: Accurate Resource Allocation : 3D modeling software offers accurate material estimation to avoid unnecessary waste and hidden expenses. 3D design technology allows operators to optimize their space for operational efficiency and customer comfort.

Design

The Restaurant Group

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Introduction to Food Waste in Restaurants Food waste is a significant challenge for the restaurant industry, impacting both the environment and profitability. Understanding how to reduce food waste in restaurants is the first step toward sustainable and cost-effective operations.

Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 24, 2024

” as our ability to staff a kitchen and invite guests into our dining room was replaced with whatever pandemic-friendly forms of food service our creativity could conjure. Waste management programs like recycling, composting, and any food-waste reduction measuring done can also help in this category.

Certification

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. Increasing restaurant profits allows you to invest in upgrades, like better equipment or a nicer place for customers to eat.

Loyalty Program

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 6, 2025

Working with London-based DA Bureau team, the features include: 27 unique canyons made from over 20,000 3D-printed parts created out of recycled plastic and coated them with texture paint. The challenge lies in employing a progressive approach that does not compromise the essentials: the venue's product, service, and overall concept.

Design

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2025

“It now accounts for a larger share of sales for 58 percent of limited-service and 41 percent of full-service operators compared with 2019—providing a critical path to restaurant resilience and growth despite ongoing economic pressures.” Three-quarters of delivery customers value tech-enabled ordering and payments.

Reservations

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 14, 2021

The EPA estimated that in 2018, the United States wasted 35.3 According to the food waste hierarchy pyramid, source reduction is the ‘best case scenario’ when it comes to food waste. Fortunately, there are many ways to manage food waste once it has been generated as an alternative to sending it to a landfill.

Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2021

Waste management is one of the challenges affecting the restaurant industry. Research from the University of Arizona shows that fast-food restaurants waste 9.55 percent, while full-service restaurants waste 11.3 Therefore, you should start by monitoring waste production before consolidating your efforts.

Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

With many restaurants closed for in-person dining on and off throughout the pandemic, the food service industry shifted to delivery and takeout as a business imperative. Legislators Will Rethink How to Better Manage Product Waste. According to SEC filings, food delivery apps experienced tremendous growth in 2020 earning a combined $5.5

Food Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Focused on the retail, services and restaurant industries, the SpotOn ecosystem offers powerful technology to small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) at a price they can afford. "We're very impressed with their quality of execution, product cadence and customer centric approach in these unprecedented times.”

Serving

EATER

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images According to a new study, grocery stores could keep more food out of landfills, increase profits, and pad customers’ pockets by adopting a practice widely used by airlines, hotels, and other industries This story was originally published on Civil Eats. Picture yourself grocery shopping. A recent study from U.C.

Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 20, 2021

Waste Reduction. Another way to make your restaurant more sustainable is to reduce the amount of waste you produce through daily operations. But, when it comes to both front and back-of-house operations, there are things you can do to cut back on waste production, including: Setting up a recycling program.

Sustainability

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 18, 2021

Rather than waste food, we can redistribute it. A circular economy moves away from the make-take-waste model and toward a model in which we design out waste and pollution, keep products and materials in use, and regenerate natural systems. New innovations in takeout packing are helping manage the waste. Think Circular.

Sustainability

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

A short menu can slim down the food costs through streamlined inventory management, as well as reduced food waste. With the increasing customer inclination towards a health-conscious diet, even the restaurant industry has to adapt to the trend by adding dishes catering to their health-conscious guests. Delivery Options.

2022

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 21, 2023

According to the National Restaurant Association , 62 percent of operators say their restaurant needs more employees to support customer demand. Smart kitchen equipment, such as automated stove tops and automatic recycling oil fryers, make order fulfillment easier, faster, and more consistent.

Technology

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 25, 2021

One of the largest problems on the hands of restaurant and catering professionals through the unpredictable supply and demand of COVID-19 was food waste. Often, the resulting waste was not only the food but also the associated costs and energy spent on more waste management. Using less delivery packaging is a great way to begin.

Ordering

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

This edition of MRM News Bites features McDonalds, the Food Waste Reduction Alliance, OpenTable, Ordermark, Hudson Group, Hakkasan Group , Waitr and Checkers, ICV Partners, Restaurant Technologies, Diebold Nixdorf and Alto-Shaam. " Reducing Food Waste. Changes at the Top for McDonald's. business." "Our U.S.

Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Food waste generated by restaurants has long been an expensive and environmentally harmful problem. Now, there are solutions to change this that actually turn the waste into a resource that doesn't just benefit the environment, but the restaurants themselves. The Food Waste Reduction Alliance stated in a report that only 14.3

Waste

7 Shifts

JULY 14, 2020

Consider specialty sanitization services In addition to hourly sanitization of all high-contact surfaces (FOH and BOH), ensuring you have access to professional specialty sanitization will provide more confidence and peace of mind to your staff and guests. Recommended Reading: How to Effectively Sanitize & Clean Your Restaurant.

Management

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 22, 2022

The chef/owner knew how well (or poorly) they were doing and what the customer thought of the experience because they spoke with them every night, worked with each ingredient, took the garbage out, counted the cash, felt the pain associated with every broken plate or wine glass, and wrote the checks each week for employees and vendors.

Seating

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Restaurants will adopt mobile-first hardware architectures and API-connected software platforms that can be unified at every digital touchpoint, from order taking at POS or self-service, to food prep in smart kitchens, to service in-house, and finally delivery to in-restaurant tables or the customer’s front door.

Mobile Ordering

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

To keep up with changing consumer preferences, operators noted that their top areas of investment in 2022 include mobile ordering (54 percent); delivery services (47 percent); technology such as new POS digital signage or other in-store tech (45 percent); and alternative payment methods (37 percent). "Consumers ” The Digital Divide.

2022

Lavu

APRIL 13, 2020

Waste production is going up as business owners around the world swap their waste reduction initiatives out with ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19. If your restaurants want to reduce waste even amidst the current crisis, there’s still plenty you can do. Donate Food Waste to Local Charities. Paperless ordering.

Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 12, 2020

Dunkin’ is also on track to fully transition to new, recyclable hot coffee cup lids in all of its U.S. Dunkin’s transition to paper cups will remove approximately one billion foam cups from the waste stream annually. The company is also on track to be fully transitioned to recyclable hot coffee cup lids in its U.S.

Mobile Ordering

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Across the restaurant industry, it’s no secret that expectations for service, sustainability, and satisfaction are higher than ever. Taking just a few minutes every hour to refill dispensers occupies valuable time that employees could spend ensuring quality service in other parts of the restaurant.

Front of House

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

TIPs offers training for individuals on the responsible sale, service and consumption of alcohol. “We’re both humbled and lucky to support our amazing customers during this critical time. NAB Acquires SALIDO. SALIDO was acquired by North American Bancard (NAB.)

Fast Casual

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 31, 2020

California Court Limits Foie Gras Ban: On July 14, a California district court limited the state’s ban on foie gras and interpreted the law to allow out-of-state sellers to sell foie gras to California customers. Full-service restaurants are exempt from this law if employees sort organic waste.

2020

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 27, 2023

The restaurant industry is guilty of producing large amounts of carbon emissions in its quest to deliver delicious food and memorable culinary experiences for customers. The use of single-use coffee cups, plastic straws and plastic take-out containers is resulting in huge amounts of waste in our landfills and oceans.

Transportation

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 17, 2020

Curry Up Now also limits their disposal waste by using real plates, silverware and cloth napkins in-house and packaging all to-go orders in recyclable and compostable containers. In the late 1980’s, Hattie Marie brought her culinary talents to the masses and opened a bakery/catering service, Pie Face Bakery.

Franchise

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2021

Clean Juice® released its 2021 first-quarter financial report showing strong continued growth and new accolades from the quick-service restaurant industry. We can’t wait to receive feedback from our fans.” ” Clean Juice's Fresh Q1. The company reported a 24 percent same-store sales increase in March 2021. "We

Franchise

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Verbal skills, customer service and multi-tasking are the top 3 skills needed to work in the events industry. "The Starbucks and McDonald’s were also the leaders when it came to customer loyalty or visits per visitor with customer visited 2.4 For customers, they are a given. percent at hotels.

2019

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 7, 2021

With 50% of bartenders globally reporting that their customers are drinking more premium drinks, this represents an evolution in bar-goers’ behavior since the start of the pandemic. with more than 65 percent of consumers in the country using an online service to purchase alcohol. Seeking sustainability.

2022

Deliverect

DECEMBER 10, 2019

By working towards less (food) waste and a more seasonal and locally-sourced menu, you’ll quickly be able to get on the right track. #1 1 REDUCE WASTE. Waste management in the food and restaurant industry is more important today than ever. Recycle glass and cardboard. 2 FIGHT FOOD WASTE.

Sustainability

Goliath Consulting

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Transparency has also become an important factor, and behind customer awareness of what constitutes a sustainably produced food 8. Zero waste has become a buzzworthy term, with restaurants being encouraged to be the vanguard of recycling and to take part of an initiative that is sure to resonate with today’s customers 10.

2020

Cheetah

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Restaurant brands that are looking to tap into the eco- and social-trends in food-waste reduction , sustainable packaging and fair wages should inquire with ghost kitchens as to how they address these issues. Make sure the location can provide proof of live utility hookups, waste removal, recycling, and proper permitting.

Front of House

Restaurant365

JULY 14, 2021

Restaurant food waste is a pressing topic in the food and restaurant industry. ” However, the impact of food waste doesn’t just stop at landfills. ” However, the impact of food waste doesn’t just stop at landfills. Are you ready to see what you can implement to start reducing your restaurant food waste?

Waste

The Rail

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Adapting offerings based on the season is an expected, if somewhat inconvenient, requirement of working in the service industry. If you’re an established restaurant owner, you likely know that the most severe of these changes tend to be required around summer and winter, when extreme weather can alter customer behaviors and expectations.

Sustainability