Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Consider this – the menu is the most important component of a successful restaurant and once designed it can, and should, impact every other aspect of the business. This menu is developed using analytical data that is drawn from surveys and historical reference to other restaurants within a community or region.

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EATER

JANUARY 9, 2025

There are countless cookbooks, accessories, even actual food products designed to make the experience of air frying better and easier. Unfortunately, theres been much less innovation when it comes to the air fryer itself, especially from a design perspective. The typical air fryer design is really bulky and hyper-specific, she says.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

How many times has the job been referred to as “flipping hamburgers” or working in a “greasy spoon”? This was the first time that anyone actually referred to the kitchen as a great place to learn, grow, and get a foothold on a career. I have thanked that manager (in my heart) countless times for that advice over the years.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 19, 2023

These factors can determine everything about your restaurant from the menu design to the names of the selections, to the way they are arranged on the plates and delivered to the tables. Sometimes, this is referred to as the “vibe” — the establishment’s overall look and feel.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Designate a tech-savvy team member as a go-to resource for questions and ongoing support. Create quick-reference guides. Place laminated cheat sheets (paper sheets will get destroyed quickly) near POS stations, delivery tablets, and kitchen display systems so staff can reference them on the fly. Assign a training lead.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2024

Choose the Right Questions The leading principle of good survey design is that it should be short and sweet because the length of your survey can greatly affect your response rate. You can also incentivize the employees with rewards like holiday gift cards, incentive pay or bonuses based on how many customers they refer.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2023

The menu is also a great place to indicate whether you are validated by a third-party program like Gluten-Free Food Service (GFFS), a designation that signals to gluten-free diners that you take their needs seriously and are implementing the proper measures to eliminate cross-contact.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 18, 2020

For restaurants, it’s a chance to cement your culinary philosophy into a system of thinking that informs kitchen techniques, front of house behavior, interior design, social media presence and more. But before the logos and color palettes; before the signage or menu design, branding starts with strategy.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2022

Typically, the net medical plan cost increase for employers has been 17 percent lower than the gross increase due to plan design changes. For employees, one site with all the resources provided to every employee becomes an easy reference point for your company. This compared to 5.0 percent for larger employers. Costs Are Increasing.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

An owner for whom I worked years ago referred to it as the Total Dining Experience and I have held on to this concept ever since. How much effort is placed on the design of plated foods, the contrast and complement of colors, shapes, and assembly? Yet, we often design restaurants with little or no consideration for acoustics.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 15, 2025

Mr. Miyagis words of wisdom referring to acceptance of patience and awareness of process as well as meaningful outcomes that can result. A win-win-win. [] RESULTS: The process is designed to yield the results that everyone expects.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Account for Layout and Architecture The layout and design of your restaurant are important factors to consider when hiring a specialized cleaner. Ask for references. Here are a few things to think about that will help you hire the right specialized cleaner for your restaurant. They should be willing to share.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 31, 2024

Every marketer insists that a company have a clear mission statement that is designed to give direction to a company and clearly articulate to the customer and employee, what the company stands for. It will be who you are. [] It must be the reference for your decision making. Ahh…the mission statement.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Optimized websites have a clean, uncluttered, navigable design and, most importantly, are Google-friendly. For example, the website of a pizza place in New York might include key words like “best New York pizza” and references to local landmarks such as “in the heart of Times Square.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 29, 2020

You won’t need to reference external sources if your own standards go above and beyond the requirements. Imagine a franchise that evaluates brand compliance using a mobile application designed for restaurants. Guidelines might vary location to location (we’ll cover that later).

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Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Full-service restaurants would later refer to this as a Table d’hote selection. Sure, the food at the Blue Gentian was good, and the servers who had been there for years were efficient, and you couldn’t beat the price for the quantity and quality offered, but what Meta was referring to was hospitality.

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ChowNow

MARCH 27, 2025

Yes, competitor pricing can give you a ballpark idea of what customers in your area expect to paybut it shouldnt be your only reference point. Competitive pricing is helpful as a reference , not a roadmap. Menu design: Use layout and typography to draw attention to higher-margin items (and downplay the most expensive ones).

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 9, 2021

While the hot line may be home to the adrenaline rush and the machismo associated with a bit of suffering to accompany the excitement – the cold kitchen is a place of a methodical approach towards design and structure. There can be no “utilitarian” salad in a true garde manger department.

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ChowNow

MARCH 21, 2025

A restaurant target market is the specific group of customers your restaurant is designed to attract. Understanding customer behavior helps you refine your approach to service, marketing, and menu design. Actionable ways to research your market and tailor your restaurant to fit their needs. What Is a Restaurant Target Market?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 22, 2020

Enhance relationships with your customers by addressing them by name or referring to relevant information. Implement a designated Keyword so all customers can choose to receive updates about any new hours of operation and how to order. Texts with the highest engagement have no more than 20 words. Personalization and Exclusivity.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Instead, as these solutions advance, companies should refer to their technology as “Smart Carts,” or something in the same vein, to give a more accurate representation of what they provide and come off as warm and welcoming tools designed to elevate hospitality. In addition there is also a poolside bar.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 31, 2022

Other restaurant software is specifically designed for one purpose, whether it applies to human resources (HR), payroll, accounting, loyalty programs, or employee training. Owners and managers can justify adding or dropping menu items after referring to CoGS and P&L reports. Top menu groups, items, and modifiers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The term “eco-friendly” simply refers to products that don’t necessarily harm the planet. Some automated dispensers are specially designed to help facilities save costs and reduce waste by curbing the amount of paper restroom guests use.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 14, 2022

It is also becoming very difficult to design a plan that has a 60-percent actuarial value, and simultaneously does not exceed the maximum out-of-pocket limits. Combined, the affordability guideline keeps employee contributions flat, and the minimum coverage requirements do not permit cost shifting via plan design adjustments.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

launched US Foods Ghost Kitchens, a program designed to guide restaurant operators every step of the way when opening their own operation, helping them easily add a new revenue stream. It is designed to be flexible depending on the needs of each institution, and the dozens of instructors teaching courses this fall.

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Goliath Consulting

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Metaverse was designed to be the future of e-commerce, gaming, remote work, fitness and even interpersonal relationships.” Architects and designers have joined forces with engineers, illusionists, and screenwriters to craft immersive audio/visual experiences to accompany Sublimotion’s Sci-Fi cuisine.” Meta Restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Ghost kitchens of 2019 almost exclusively referred to restaurants that worked only through third-party delivery services. Creating websites with catchy restaurant website design is a long-term solution, although it's a significant investment for many companies.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 24, 2019

As a brief primer on land use and zoning, every municipality generally has local land use and zoning Ordinances that specifically layout, identify and designate zone districts by boundary lines within the municipality. Municipalities: Land Use and Zoning Ordinances. 'Bulk' Standards Must be Met.

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The Eat Restaurant

MARCH 13, 2025

The importance of a restaurant referral program A well-designed referral program does more than just attract new customersit can transform loyal diners into powerful advocates, driving new business to your restaurant. Choose the type of customers you want to refer others and decide on incentives to motivate them.

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Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 1, 2021

I have watched in horror as mobs break into stores and steal merchandise, terrorize employees and customers, and do so without any consideration of the harm being done, or the laws that are designed to protect.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 26, 2022

Federal and state unemployment taxes, commonly referred to as FUTA and SUTA/SUI, are often overlooked and/or ignored by operators, but especially with the increased turnover in the industry, it is paramount in controlling HR operations costs. Here’s the bad news, it’s actually worse than that. This one is fairly straightforward.

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ChowNow

OCTOBER 17, 2024

There are sections to remember and availability to reference. About 7shifts 7shifts is a scheduling, payroll, and employee retention app designed to help restaurants thrive. It takes too long to create schedules Paper schedules are free and easy to get started.

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Goliath Consulting

AUGUST 28, 2020

Allie Van Duyne from Toast says that a creative menu design can help strategically suggest and promote more profitable items to guests (6). References: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link]. The food and operational costs vary by restaurant, so there is no one-size-fits-all solution to pricing your menu.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 19, 2020

If your servers are wearing masks, consider masks that match aprons or a custom design and don’t be afraid to have fun with it. Rather, we are referring to the value equation where the reward (the enjoyment of the experience you are offering) far outweighs the combination of risk (disease) and cost (spend + hassle).

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

One of the ways to achieve this is to utilize technology, possibly a mobile platform designed for communicating with restaurant employees – hourly workers, some temporary, who are usually all working different shifts and never at a desk.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Referring to your gluten-free menu on your “About” page is a good place to start. A bonus of working with a validating organization like GFFS is that they will often refer to your restaurant in social media posts, newsletters and online directories, providing some much-appreciated free publicity.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

.” In the interim, the FDA announced its intent to exercise enforcement discretion for foods labeled “healthy” that (1) are not low in fat, but that have a fat profile of predominantly mono- and polyunsaturated fats; and (2) contain at least 10 percent of daily value per reference amount customarily consumed (RACC) of vitamin D.

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