Restaurant365

APRIL 14, 2020

Successful restaurant operations, in any kind of economy, depend on well-managed restaurant food inventory. No matter what business model your restaurant is operating on, managing your restaurant inventory helps you prevent waste, lower your food cost, and maximize your bottom line.

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The Rail

MAY 2, 2024

By Noel Dorsey, Contributor Restaurant relocation is a significant undertaking that requires careful planning and execution, especially when managing inventory. Properly handling inventory during the relocation process is crucial to ensure a smooth transition and minimize disruptions to operations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 15, 2023

Less than two decades ago, restaurant-quality meal delivery was largely limited to pizza and Chinese takeout. Today, the global food delivery app industry is predicted to reach $320 billion by 2029 — up from $140 billion in 2022. When it comes to delivery, you can take the process into your own hands.

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Restaurant365

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

As a store-level manager, you always have a lot on your plate. You’re tracking deliveries, making the most of your food budget, and ensuring your staff is prepared to serve customers. However, in between all these tasks, it is critical to devote time and energy into accurate and consistent inventory management.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

After that, the most popular back-office technologies were accounting software (55%), mobile payments (52%), and third-party food delivery services (51%). Delivery, scheduling, inventory management, reservations, and guest management have seen technological advancements over the past few years, and it's just the beginning.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 26, 2022

Are you managing one location (or several) of a multi-unit restaurant business? One of the biggest challenges that comes with multi-location restaurant ownership is managing teams across locations. Regulations, red tape, and disconnected technology make staff management in a restaurant group or franchise difficult and time-consuming.

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Tableo

JULY 18, 2023

Restaurant inventory management is a process for identifying more cost-effective food, beverage and supply orders while keeping track of the materials and supplies you have on hand for shifts. Use inventory management software to track inventory levels and provide reports.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

Managing a restaurant is a delicate routine—if we can even call it a routine. Managers are responsible for nearly every aspect of the restaurant and have to cover a variety of duties. In addition to their main duties, restaurant managers also have to contend with all the unwritten or hidden responsibilities that fall on them.

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Xtra Chef

JANUARY 6, 2021

If you’re an xtraCHEF client, you’re already taking control of food costs, managing your inventory, improving productivity & increasing profit. One of these innovative restaurant technology categories is delivery management and optimization software. Enter the food delivery landscape.

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Apicbase

MARCH 25, 2024

Managing inventory and supplier ordering is like juggling flaming torches while riding a unicycle (which also happens to be on fire). When restaurant managers or kitchen staff make poor purchasing choices, they face increased food waste, inflated costs and frustrated customers. That’s a daunting task.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In fact, leveraging IoT is revolutionizing the sector by optimizing supply chain management, enhancing the customer experience, and facilitating data-driven decision-making. Connected devices in restaurants or food delivery services streamline the ordering process, improving accuracy and providing real-time status updates.

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Mad Mobile

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Are you keeping a close eye on your beer, wine, & liquor inventory costs? It also has one of the most complex stock lists. Because liquor, wine, and beer have such wildly varying prices, it pays to keep tight controls on ordering and inventory. Operators who calculate their cost of sales add 2–10% to their bottom line.

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Restaurant365

MAY 17, 2022

Food inventory management goes way beyond counting the items on the shelves. The most important part of inventory management is understanding how the amount of product relates to your profit margin. Why a POS system is not suitable for inventory management. The POS system doesn’t do analysis. That’s great.

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Deliverect

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

In the era of food delivery, offering online ordering, delivery and takeaway is a smart strategy to appeal to a vast audience of potential customers. When you start delivering meals, it’s crucial to invest in the right food delivery software, in order to keep things tidy and efficient. What is food delivery management software?

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The Restaurant Times

JUNE 6, 2023

Restaurant management software revolutionizes food establishments’ operations by providing efficient tools to manage inventory and control costs. With the complexities of running a restaurant, tracking inventory manually can be time-consuming and prone to errors. million in 2022.

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Lavu

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Starting a food delivery business can really make a difference for restaurants or any food business, helping them reach more people and make more money. First, it’s super important to have a smooth and efficient delivery system. By following these tips, restaurants can use food delivery to reach more people and make more money.

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Hot Schedules

MARCH 26, 2020

Managing Inventory in the Days of COVID-19. Whether you are closing temporarily or switching to a takeout/delivery model, here are some tips to help. Other operators are donating excess inventory , helping serve their community where they can. Lean on your back-office systems to track inventory volume and what’s selling.

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Lavu

MARCH 9, 2020

Inventory management is at the heart of running a successful restaurant business. With food ingredients costing a dime and requiring frequent replenishment, a restaurant inventory management system is necessary. Inventory taking is easily conducted automatically by the system, ensuring accuracy in every step.

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Restaurant365

JULY 9, 2020

Restaurant inventory management is the process of monitoring the food and beverage ingredients in your restaurant. Monitoring your inventory documents what food and beverage product is coming into your restaurant, what is leaving your restaurant as product sold, and what remains on your shelves and refrigerator.

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7 Shifts

MAY 23, 2024

Every manager aims for maximum operational efficiency in their restaurants, but achieving this isn't easy, with the industry's success rate recorded at only 20%. This is why 62% of managers feel burnt out , especially on days leading to peak seasons.

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Restaurant365

MARCH 10, 2022

With food costs running at approximately 30% or higher, learning importance of inventory management and how to prevent common mistakes is critical in successfully driving down costs and maximizing profits. First, let’s break down the two types of inventory costing, Actual and Theoretical. Theoretical Variance.

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Restaurant365

AUGUST 4, 2020

You invest a large amount of your budget in inventory. When that inventory is wasted, stolen or spoiled before it’s sold, it must be written off as an expense in the books. Integrating inventory management with accounting facilitates better inventory control. What is restaurant inventory management?

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Restaurant365

MARCH 10, 2020

When you think of your restaurant finances, do you think of your inventory? Your restaurant inventory management is an oft-forgotten component of your finances, but the amount of product you have on hand represents a large part of your budget. What is Restaurant Inventory Management? Sitting Inventory.

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Izettle

MARCH 11, 2021

Inventory management is a way for business owners to track the products or goods that they’re going to sell – from sourcing raw materials to storing and selling items in a store. Why is inventory management important? Reliable inventory management can be one of the most valuable assets for a small business.

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Hot Schedules

JULY 15, 2021

Mitigating Cost Price Inflation Via Supplier Management. Smart operators take purchasing management further by using electronic trading platforms. Once the purchase is made, the most successful operators use their ordering system to set the supplier delivery schedule. Which leads to a better experience — and repeat visits.

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ChowNow

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Safe to say – we are familiar with the evolving challenges of our restaurant partners and the growing conversation around delivery. Delivery can sound like a sacrifice to that goal, between courier delays, sheer distance, and being out of control of the end presentation of the order. Frequently Asked Questions about delivery 1.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Delivery, scheduling, inventory management, reservations, and guest management have seen technological advancements over the past few years, and it's just the beginning. Online ordering and delivery are one of the fastest growing aspects of the restaurant industry, up 124% in 2020. Third-party delivery.

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Goliath Consulting

JULY 8, 2020

Every bar manager experiences recurring nightmares of that one delivery day. It is the middle of the lunch rush and trucks keep showing up at the loading dock during times the restaurant has deemed inappropriate for deliveries. How often are you counting a detailed inventory? We all know the one.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 19, 2020

Many of you (even before CV-19) broadened your business model to include take-out and delivery. Delivery and takeout will be a permanent, expanded segment. There are many, many considerations for delivery (safety, preparation, logistics, POS, etc.). That means essentially ignoring the food cost percentage of delivery items.

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Restaurant Engine

AUGUST 2, 2020

Restaurant owners implement Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions for inventory management and real-time low stock notifications. Also, when inventory levels fall below par, an ERP system will prompt a manager to re-stock, or even automatically place an order to a supplier.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Approximately 14 percent of all food is wasted between harvest and distribution, but recent advances in cold-chain management could bring this figure down significantly. So, let’s take a look at how better cold chain management can assist with the ambitious goal of boosting food access while decreasing waste.

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Restaurant365

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Food cost is heavily influenced by your inventory management. With the restaurant industry’s notoriously razor-thin margins, controlling food costs — and managing your inventory — are essential for a healthy bottom line. What is a Restaurant Inventory Management System?

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

This is because these items almost always use ingredients that are not in the standard inventory for restaurants. Therefore, there might be a learning curve for those who are in charge of ordering inventory. In addition to being on top of inventory, food storage is also crucial. Keeping enough inventory on hand.

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Restaurant365

MARCH 10, 2020

When you think of your restaurant finances, do you think of your inventory? Your restaurant inventory management is an oft-forgotten component of your finances, but the amount of product you have on hand represents a large part of your budget. What is Restaurant Inventory Management? Sitting Inventory.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

MARCH 3, 2022

There are so many things to think about — from inventory management to restaurant payment and billing and more — it can be difficult to keep track of it all. That’s where restaurant management software comes in. In this roundup, we will take a look at some of the best restaurant management software out there.

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Apicbase

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Everyday more and more people are using their phones and other devices to order food for delivery or pick-up. Delivery-only kitchens have to be hyper-efficient and super-agile. Successful ghost kitchens lean heavily on integrated technology systems to accept online orders, process payments, and manage back-end operations.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Delivery, scheduling, inventory management, reservations, and guest management have seen technological advancements over the past few years, and it’s just the beginning. What is Restaurant Inventory Management Software? That’s where a cloud-based inventory management system comes in.

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