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WHAT WOULD ESCOFFIER SAY

Culinary Cues

It’s been 89 years since Escoffier stood in front of a range for the last time, yet his presence is still felt by professional cooks and chefs. In every office where I sat over the past 30 some odd years, has hung this picture of the master craftsman, leader, and ambassador of proper cooking and kitchen organization.

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Restaurant service: What it takes to knock it out of the park in 2023

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Keeping your online presence up to date, cutting wait times, and highlighting your value all make for a dining experience that feels good to guests and keeps them coming back—no matter what’s happening in the economy. Leveling up the dining experience and taking feedback seriously can turn guests into evangelists for your brand.

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How The Snug Took Control of Labor and Evolved Their Restaurant

7 Shifts

Outdoor dining One way they evolved their operations was by taking advantage of San Francisco’s new shared spaces program to extend their dining outdoors in order to keep revenue up. So the warm weather has been very good to us out there, and we’re investing a lot to make it look nice and be comfortable.”

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Top 4 Ghost Kitchens Compared

Cheetah

Ghost kitchens, a delivery-only restaurant model with no physical space for dine-in, have become essential lifelines during the pandemic. While different operational strategies and business models are put to the test, one thing is clear – ghost kitchens are not a trend, they are the new reality as delivery and dine-at-home surge.

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CHEFS – VALUE and the TOP LINE DRIVE the BOTTOM LINE

Culinary Cues

In the restaurant business there are really only two ways to view profit: a very small amount of profit balanced by very significant volume, or a significant amount of profit on far less volume. How you approach the design of your restaurant in this regard will determine nearly everything else. So what is contribution margin? SP = $43.33.

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Food delivery in the COVID-19 climate

Deliverect

With the closure of restaurant dine-in services to slow the spread of the Coronavirus, online food ordering has become a crucial business model overnight. Restaurants today have only two options: they can stay open by offering online delivery and/or takeout, or close up shop and wait for the proverbial storm to pass.

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How Restaurants Are Evolving in 2021: New Business Models

7 Shifts

This places kitchens at the center with and multiple spokes—from delivery to meal kits to virtual brands—all coming out of it. A restaurant evolution is happening before out eyes. Here's just some of the emerging trends and concepts to look out for. Here's just some of the emerging trends and concepts to look out for.