Sculpture Hospitality
MAY 9, 2022
It’s rare for restaurateurs to get to the next ordering day with no leftovers, no spoilage, and no last-minute menu changes. Even the best restaurant managers struggle with food purchasing and forecasting.
Restaurant365
MAY 10, 2022
Restaurant staffing is currently top of mind for every operator. It’s a candidate’s market, so competing with other restaurants goes beyond offering higher wages and providing benefits to hourly workers. Now, the speed at which you hire top restaurant talent can be the difference between landing those sought-after employees or losing them to the competition.
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Goliath Consulting
MAY 10, 2022
As everything gets more expensive, consumers are panicking, and business owners are in a predicament. To cover supply chain costs, restaurant owners need to raise their prices. However, will raising these prices cause them to lose some loyal customers who cannot afford it anymore? With any shift in costs, business owners will see the effect it has on profitability.
Culinary Cues
MAY 12, 2022
I get it, profit in restaurants is sometimes hard to come by. We deal with highly perishable goods, unpredictable customer behavior, swinging door staffing, and constantly escalating cost of goods. Restaurants get hit from all angles so when there is a chance to push the envelope on pricing – many do. It’s so hard to make money on that 10 oz. Prime Filet or 14 oz.
Speaker: Lissa Bowen - Chief People + Culture Officer, Full Course Executive Director, Full Course Foundation
Employee burnout is a pervasive issue in the fast-paced and demanding restaurant industry, resulting in decreased productivity, high turnover rates, and compromised mental well-being. Effectively addressing this challenge requires a comprehensive approach that combines conventional management techniques, insights from neuroscience, and stress management strategies.
7 Shifts
MAY 11, 2022
The 9 to 5 workday is common in many industries—but not in restaurants. The hospitality industry calls for early mornings and late nights, which means a normal scheduling approach doesn't exactly fit in a restaurant. If your restaurant is open 24/7 or needs workers outside its normal hours of service, your business might benefit from a swing shift schedule , which ensures you have the right amount of coverage at the right times.
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Perfect Daily Grind
MAY 11, 2022
When you’re buying beans or visiting specialty coffee shops, you might come across terms like third wave, single origin, micro lot, or artisan. For those who are new to the specialty coffee sector, this language can be confusing. As such, for coffee professionals looking to make the specialty coffee industry more accessible , there’s a simple first step: breaking down and defining this terminology.
Culinary Cues
MAY 8, 2022
When I was 15 years old the furthest thing from my mind was planning my future. This was the beginning of that age when aside from finding a way to be independent and seeking a girlfriend, there was very little planning going on. Ah, but getting a part-time job with a paycheck was a good start. I managed to land a weekend job at a local diner as a dishwasher.
7 Shifts
MAY 11, 2022
Episode Summary. As editor at Food News Media , Danny Klein has a 30,000-foot view of everything that's going on in our industry. So from curbside pickup to QR codes, to the labor shortage to loyalty, Danny has a ton of thoughts to share. It's an episode that's just packed with breakdowns, some hot takes, and knowledge bombs that you can take back to your teams.
Modern Restaurant Management
MAY 10, 2022
This edition of MRM's "Ask the Expert” features advice from Buyers Edge Platform. Please send questions to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. These days, restaurants are on the search for solutions to minimize costs and provide efficiency throughout their operation.
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Perfect Daily Grind
MAY 10, 2022
Milling is one of the most important post-harvest steps in coffee production. It involves removing the various layers of the cherry to remove the seeds. Wet milling is carried out after harvesting, while dry milling happens once the green coffee reaches the optimal moisture content for export. Around the world, producers use a number of different types of mills for these steps, which vary from washing stations and large commercial mills to micro mills.
Culinary Cues
MAY 9, 2022
Weekend work continued through the Fall and Winter when I turned 16. I already made plans to work full time at the diner during the summer months. Millie was beginning to involve me in some of her breakfast prep when things were slow. I peeled and diced potatoes for home fries, cracked eggs for scrambled and omelets, and learned how to use the slicer to cut bacon from slabs (this was before layout bacon was a thing).
Sculpture Hospitality
MAY 9, 2022
It’s rare for restaurateurs to get to the next ordering day with no leftovers, no spoilage, and no last-minute menu changes. Even the best restaurant managers struggle with food purchasing and forecasting.
Modern Restaurant Management
MAY 9, 2022
What’s the saying? You can’t get blood from a turnip? Today’s restaurant guests are certainly an example. There’s only so much wiggle room in their discretionary incomes and it’s showing up in decreasing basket size and check. Based on our most recent QSR sales and traffic data , we can tell from decreases in traffic and basket size that we’re at an inflationary tipping point.
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Artificial Intelligence continues to dominate conversations around technology. The transformative potential for this technology is massive. Virtually no industry is siloed from the possibilities of artificial intelligence, including restaurants. All new technologies come with a degree of uncertainty. Considering AI’s disruptive potential, many in the restaurant industry have feelings ranging from curiosity to concern regarding what these advancements might mean for the workers powering restauran
Perfect Daily Grind
MAY 9, 2022
For many baristas, a passion for high-quality coffee is one of the main reasons they work in the specialty coffee industry. But alongside this enthusiasm, baristas must also develop a broad range of technical skills, as well as knowing how to provide excellent customer service, if they are to be successful. In many cases, honing these skills gives baristas the foundation they need to advance in their careers, should they have the desire to.
Restaurant Technology Guys
MAY 8, 2022
First Online Marketplace Connecting Culinary Creators With Restaurants to Launch Menus in New Markets. A conversation with Irfan Mohammed, Co-Founder of Chups. Before founding Chups, Irfan’s focus was resolving unique consumer challenges with digital innovations for brands like Tesla and Johnson & Johnson.Chups is the first to give culinary creators and independent restaurants the power to collaborate on creating and selling trending dishes to niche fan bases across various neighborhoods.
Lavu
MAY 12, 2022
If you run a fast casual or quick service restaurant, you have the option of improving the customer experience by using self-order kiosks. Self-ordering kiosks … How Much Does a Self-Order Kiosk Cost? Pricing & Considerations Read More ». The post How Much Does a Self-Order Kiosk Cost? Pricing & Considerations appeared first on iPad Point of Sale System for Restaurants, Bars & More.
Modern Restaurant Management
MAY 12, 2022
The outlook is improving for many restaurants as COVID-19 restrictions loosen and guests make their way back to their favorite establishments. But the lingering effects of the pandemic continue to make this a challenging time for our industry as ongoing staffing issues and supply chain disruptions, in many cases, lead to reduced menus and shorter hours of operation.
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Running a restaurant is hard work, so it can be discouraging when you see how little of that work shows up in your bottom line. In our white paper “Maximizing Profits,” we show how you can improve your restaurant profit margins by implementing flexible technology. Because hard work can’t cut the fees from third-party delivery apps or get orders in and out of the kitchen to your guests faster.
Perfect Daily Grind
MAY 10, 2022
Coffee has long been renowned for its health benefits. For decades, research has shown that coffee can help to reduce the risk of developing major diseases, such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. However, alongside the health benefits of consuming coffee itself, some of the byproducts in the supply chain actually have nutraceutical properties.
EATER
MAY 12, 2022
The menu at Ticonderoga Club in Atlanta | Sasso & Co. From Danny Meyer’s skyscraper restaurant Manhatta to dive bars in Brooklyn, these hand-drawn menu designs are bringing a new level of fun and creativity to the dining experience Menu design isn’t something that typically claims a lot of space in diners’ minds, so long as the information on them is presented clearly and they’re taken away quickly to be replaced by the meals they describe.
Ken Burgin
MAY 9, 2022
Michael Tinsager has a unique position in hospitality – as an industry adviser and podcaster with the Hospitality Mavericks Podcast , he has access to the experience and wisdom of hundreds of operators and experts. He is based in the UK and has a great perspective on the industry there, in Europe, North America and worldwide. Ken Burgin interviewed Michael to find out what he’s learned during the pandemic about Innovation & Leadership in Hospitality Management.
Modern Restaurant Management
MAY 13, 2022
Quick-serve restaurants (QSR) — a highly localized business — have long been using Out of Home (OOH) advertising as a prevailing channel for its historical effectiveness in brand building. New innovations in audience and location targeting and outcomes-based measurement have recently elevated OOH’s role as a valuable performance marketing channel for both QSR and restaurant marketers to better understand the efficacy of their ad spend and drive audience conversion.
Speaker: Joseph Guszkowski - Senior Technology Editor, Restaurant Business | Jay Ashton - National Brand Activation Manager, Sysco | Dan Maimone - Global Director of Customer Success Operations, Harri
ChatGPT has made a significant impact on the hospitality industry, particularly in restaurants, by revolutionizing customer interactions and improving overall experiences. With its natural language processing capabilities and vast knowledge base, ChatGPT acts as a virtual assistant, providing instant assistance and streamlining various processes. In the near future, ChatGPT will transform the hospitality industry by enhancing communication, improving efficiency, and elevating the dining experien
Perfect Daily Grind
MAY 13, 2022
Every Friday, Perfect Daily Grind rounds up the top coffee industry news from the previous week. Here are this week’s stories. Mon, 9 May. Voyage Foods secures US $36 million in Series A funding round. The “bean-free coffee” manufacturer will launch its first product in the second quarter of 2022. First round of 2022 Canadian Barista Championships takes place in Toronto.
Future Food
MAY 10, 2022
Applicants for hospitality jobs are at a two-year low, with the number of job ads at a two-year-high, jumping 20 per cent in February alone. Observations from a Hospitality Consultant. Hospitality Workforce the Key to Business Success. At Future Food, we often choose to write content that provides our readers with a solution to their food and hospitality problems, or an industry forecast to assist with future planning, however today’s contribution comes purely as an observation of the industry f
EATER
MAY 12, 2022
Scott Eisen/Getty Images. Batali’s acquittal on indecent assault and battery charges comes as no surprise, which is why it’s on the public to deny him a second chance Following a two-day trial that’s been delayed since 2019, a Boston judge found Mario Batali not guilty of indecent assault and battery on Tuesday. The charges stemmed from a 2017 incident in which Batali was accused of forcibly kissing and grabbing the genitals of a woman he met at a now-shuttered Boston bar, one of a series of all
Modern Restaurant Management
MAY 12, 2022
Is the popularity of veganism slowing? According to a new report from the team at Chef’s Pencil , the answer could be yes, but there is a bright spot for restaurants. The team utilized a variety of data sets including Google search trends, Google Adwords and sales information for the research. Vegan-related searches have actuall increased over the past couple of years in the United States.
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