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Menu Engineering: The Science of Optimizing Your Menu to Maximize Profit

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Menu engineering: while the name might suggest you need to go to college at MIT to be good at it, is actually a common and essential task that all restaurateurs should regularly undertake. Menu engineering can be simplified as the steps taken to increase the profitability of a restaurant menu. Menu Pricing and 2.

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COOKS AND CHEFS – SIGN YOUR WORK

Culinary Cues

Maybe, just maybe, that name on their uniform is the same as signing their work – something that the individual wants to respect with a “best foot forward”. Why not list your employees on the menu or on your website and their role in the organization. Maybe, quality can’t be anonymous – it needs public awareness.

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OUR DAILY BREATH: POST COVID KITCHENS – GET READY

Culinary Cues

Hand washing will become an even more critical standard in restaurants. [] REQUIRED OUTSIDE LAUNDERING OF UNIFORMS. Gone will be that favorite T-shirt as a uniform of choice, unwashed shoes, baseball caps, or cargo pants and shorts. [] WORK SURFACE SANITATION PROTOCOL AND TESTING.

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How to Create a Successful Visual Brand for Your Restaurant in 2020

Modern Restaurant Management

But, a restaurant’s brand identity – and visual brand design – is equally important and not to be forgotten. Your logo design is the visual symbol that will represent your restaurant to the world. Even if you have a unique business name , a generic logo design will quickly get lost. Your Website. Your Signage.

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CLOSING THE RINGS OF THE TOTAL RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE

Culinary Cues

Have you established a uniform and grooming standard in your restaurant and is it equitably enforced? How much effort is placed on the design of plated foods, the contrast and complement of colors, shapes, and assembly? Is your ventilation system designed to push positive kitchen odors to the dining room or outside the entrance?

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The Tech Revolution Reshaping the Restaurant Experience

Modern Restaurant Management

Whether it's the utilization of AI-driven analytics to elevate menu design or the precision of robotics transforming kitchen operations, a new era in dining is taking shape. Adopting local procurement underscores freshness, while expanded menu selections cater to diverse dietary preferences.

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ANYTHING WORTH DOING IS WORTH DOING EXTREMELY WELL

Culinary Cues

As a cook – be the person that everyone marvels at when you cut vegetables; be the person that other cooks turn to when they need their knives sharpened to razor perfection; make sure the chef always turns to you for a groundbreaking special or asks your advice on a plate design.