Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 19, 2023

As extreme weather and climate change continue to make headlines, restaurant owners are recognizing the impact their commercial kitchens have on the environment, with their enormous quantities of waste and carbon emissions. According to the United Nations , the food sector (from production to consumption, including processing, transport and packaging) accounts for 30 percent of the world's total energy consumption and around 22 percent of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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Restaurant Business

MAY 19, 2023

The Bottom Line: Operators have kept their foot on the pricing gas this year even as inflation shows signs of easing and profits improve. But with the economy nearing a recession, it’s time to slow down.

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Open for Business

MAY 19, 2023

A small restaurant business plan is the roadmap you use to open a successful spot. As a first step to creating yours, ask your friends and colleagues to share restaurant business plan examples. Their restaurant business plan samples can inspire yours. Once you’ve studied those examples, it’s time to start writing your own. No matter how much thought you’ve put into your concept or how many trusted colleagues have assured you of its greatness, you must write a restaurant business plan.

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Restaurant Business

MAY 19, 2023

Executive Summary: A roundup of high-level hirings and promotions in the restaurant business includes changes for Noodles & Company and Polly’s Pies.

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Advertiser: Paycor

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

Crunchtime

MAY 19, 2023

Brandon Blosser, Senior Manager of Process Innovation with Chipotle, is an accomplished operations professional with expertise in digital innovation automation and operations technology. He's served as the Senior Manager of Process Innovation at Chipotle Mexican Grill for over four years.

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Restaurant Business

MAY 19, 2023

The deal will add 2,300 accounts to US Foods' fold. Terms were not disclosed.

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Restaurant Business

MAY 19, 2023

Working Lunch: The mayoral contests yielded little insight on what's ahead for restaurants politically.

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Restaurant Technology Guys

MAY 19, 2023

I am delighted to share with you that I was recently featured in an article by Nations Restaurant News, one of the most respected and influential publications in the foodservice industry. The article, titled “Why tech efficiency is the biggest challenge for emerging restaurant operators today”, was written by Joanna Fantozzi, a talented and experienced journalist who covers the latest trends and innovations in the restaurant sector.

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Restaurant Business

MAY 19, 2023

That’s just fine with the bosses of this GM of the Year winner. They laud the longtime chief’s innovation and refusal to be an also-ran.

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EATER

MAY 19, 2023

Shutterstock From big-batch stews to breakfast muffins, these ready-to-freeze recipes are your key to convenience We like to think of the freezer as a way to maximize our efforts in the kitchen. Big-batch recipes? Make the whole thing — you’ll be thankful for any extras in a few weeks when you need a quick dinner or late-night snack. A baked good that’s somewhat involved?

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Advertiser: Paycor

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

Restaurant Business

MAY 19, 2023

One Fair Wage and a Union says the association has undercut the safety of teen workers by lobbying for a loosening of child-labor laws. The charge was levied on the eve of the annual National Restaurant Show.

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EATER

MAY 19, 2023

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Restaurant Business

MAY 19, 2023

The fast-growing Mediterranean fast casual had previously filed confidential plans, but now the financial disclosures are public.

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EATER

MAY 19, 2023

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Advertiser: Paycor

Great leadership development is the key to sustainable business growth. Are you ready to design an effective program? HR can use Paycor’s framework to: Set achievable goals. Align employee and company needs. Support different learning styles. Empower the next generation of leaders. Invest in your company’s future with a strong leadership development program.

Leadership

Food Business

MAY 19, 2023

The last few months have been all about understanding the Six Pillars of a Successful Business. Hospitality is the 6th of Six Pillars. It's where we take all the planning of a restaurants daily plan and turn it into reality. We all need a little levity. This levity is an amuse-bouche for a series of service stories.

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EATER

MAY 19, 2023

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The Salt

MAY 19, 2023

The NIH will track the diets and lifestyles of 10,000 people to see how genetics, biology and the microbiome impact people's health. The study will use AI to tailor individual diet advice.

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EATER

MAY 19, 2023

Too Good to Go [link]

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Advertiser: Paycor

Great leadership development is the key to sustainable business growth. Are you ready to design an effective program? HR can use Paycor’s framework to: Set achievable goals. Align employee and company needs. Support different learning styles. Empower the next generation of leaders. Invest in your company’s future with a strong leadership development program.

Leadership

Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 19, 2023

Every Friday, Perfect Daily Grind rounds up the top coffee industry news from the previous week. Here are this week’s stories. Mon, 15 May Apply to be a volunteer at this year’s PRF Colombia. The event will take place on 14 & 15 September 2023 at the Plaza Mayor in Medellín. PRF Colombia will feature lectures, panel discussions, workshops, cupping sessions, several coffee competitions, and the second iteration of the Global Coffee Awards.

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EATER

MAY 19, 2023

WGA members eat doughnuts on the picket line on the third day of the writers’ strike. | Getty When you’re on strike with the Writers Guild, you never know who might deliver your next meal It was 5 a.m., a Thursday, and it was raining in LA — a cold, discouraging rain, the kind that’s supposed to signify your protagonist is enduring emotional turmoil.

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