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Restaurateurs Foresee Bright Future as Fine Dining Turns Vegan

Modern Restaurant Management

We are witnessing the evolution of fine dining. Astonishingly veganism is a chief enabler of this culinary transformation. Starting out as a whole grain diet for radicals, vegan food culture has evolved into Michelin star worthy mega trend for future chefs and culinary experts. Nowadays, vegan food is becoming normal in restaurants and fast food joints.

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5 Ways to Increase Your Restaurant’s Profit Margins

Sculpture Hospitality

Most restaurants have narrow profit margins, typically somewhere between 3 and 6 percent. There’s a range of factors that impact those margins, from restaurant inventory management , menu pricing and product waste.

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Using Restaurant Analytics to Increase Profits

Restaurant365

Are you using restaurant analytics? Your restaurant group generates valuable data every day in the normal course of operations. There’s sales and customer data, labor performance data, and even data telling you how much food you waste. But merely gathering the data offers little value. It’s what you do with the data to improve the way your business operates on a day-to-day basis and over the long term that makes it invaluable.

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COOKS BREAKING THE STEREOTYPE

Culinary Cues

It is so easy to fall into the trap of a stereotypical line cook. It seems, at times, written in stone that those who work in kitchens will be quick to point out other’s mistakes, easily angered, inflexible, excessive drinkers, lacking in balance, and outside of their job in the kitchen – somewhat irresponsible. We can deny it and point to examples of cooks who are always professional, kind, cool under pressure, and willing to listen, but face it – this is more the exception to

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Planning Your Restaurants Path to Profitability

Speaker: James Kahler, COO of Full Course

Ever wondered where to splurge and where to safely conserve when it comes to operating and growing your restaurant? 🤔 Join James Kahler, COO of Full Course and industry visionary, in this new webinar where he'll talk all about best practices to invest in your restaurant's success! Whether you're a new business or an established restaurant, a seasoned pro or a rookie, you'll learn the keys to sustainable success in this competitive industry.

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Top Tips to Show Appreciation for Your Employees This Year

Modern Restaurant Management

Q1 means another year of celebrating employees on a regular basis, and especially on their respective appreciation days. These acts of recognition go further than you may think. A recent survey of job holders – including front-of-house and back-of-house restaurant workers – showed that 55 percent were planning to switch jobs, citing “lack of recognition” as the number one reason for the change.

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Ready to Spice Things Up? 5 International Flavors to Add to Your Menu in 2022.

Restaurant365

Perhaps we can blame it on wanderlust combined with the lack of travel over the past two years; Americans are craving global flavors. While in any American town you can find a variety of Chinese, Mexican, and Italian restaurants, now consumers are wanting to step beyond these regions and become more adventurous in their dining options. According to the 2022 survey produced in partnership with the National Restaurant Association and the American Culinary Federation, the top 5 regions expected to

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Employee Turnover is at an All-Time High: 5 Emerging Benefits Trends You Need to Know

Hot Schedules

Blog. Employee Turnover is at an All-Time High: 5 Emerging Benefits Trends You Need to Know. The past year has seen employee turnover reach an all-time high , and you’ve likely experienced it at your own business. Workers are reevaluating their jobs in record numbers, and many are not afraid to work at companies that better meet physical and mental needs.

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The Not So Great Resignation: Unseen Risks and Mitigation of Costs

Modern Restaurant Management

A recent jobs report revealed 6.6 million jobs were created in the last year. It’s a jaw-dropping number and the opportunities for employment are endless. So where are the servers, the hotel housekeepers, and prep cooks? The situation is so dire we see signs in restaurant windows begging for patience and daily postings online from disgruntled workers, fairly complaining about being treated poorly by patrons after they could not do their job well, given the under-staffing at their place of

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Here Are the 2022 James Beard Awards Restaurant and Chef Semifinalists

EATER

James Beard Foundation. Check out the full list Today in a press release , the James Beard Foundation revealed the semifinalist nominees for the 2022 James Beard Awards. At a glance, the list appears to be one of the most diverse — across race, gender, geography, styles of service, and styles of cuisine — in the foundation’s history. There are some new categories this year , meant to address the findings of an extensive 2021 audit to address the longstanding biases baked into the awards process.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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Restaurant Startup Trends To Follow In 2022

The Restaurant Times

Even though life is slowly returning to normal following the COVID-19 epidemic, many restaurants and foodservice enterprises still face many challenges. For those who have made it this far, the future appears bleak, as the government bailout package they expected didn’t come to pass. Trends come and go, and, indeed, they’re never here to stay.

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Shared Kitchen Resources Starter Pack

The Food Corridor

Most people are good at coming up with exciting ideas, but few actually follow through and make them a reality. The best way to ensure that you don’t lose momentum as you turn your shared kitchen dreams into reality is to plan rigorously and make sure you have all of the resources that you need to overcome the inevitable hurdles. There’s a bunch of research that needs to be done including market analysis, running revenue numbers, looking at facility design, and carrying out feasibility studies,

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FSMA Rule 204 Updated: What Restaurants Need to Know Right Now

Modern Restaurant Management

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law in January of 2011 and expanded the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s authority to regulate the way foods are grown, harvested and processed. The FSMA 204 has already been launched, and the final section of the law, FSMA 204, will come into effect in 2023 with a food traceability record compliance date of 2025.

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Eater’s Guide to the Canadian Rockies

EATER

Fairmont Banff Springs | Fairmont Resort Hotels. Set in 9,000 miles of pristine parkland, the restaurants of the Canadian Rockies reflect abundant natural resources like wild elk, Saskatoon berries, and fresh trout The Canadian Rockies take everything up a notch. Over the course of 1,000 miles from the U.S.-Canada border in Montana to northern British Columbia, the jagged peaks look like layer cakes of snow, ice, and fossil-studded 100-million-year-old limestone and shale.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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5 Ways to Increase Your Restaurant’s Profit Margins

Sculpture Hospitality

Most restaurants have narrow profit margins, typically somewhere between 3 and 6 percent. There’s a range of factors that impact those margins, from restaurant inventory management , menu pricing and product waste.

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Improve Employee Retention with Leadership Development

Crunchtime

With employee turnover rates at an all-time high and the labor market tighter than ever, restaurants are looking for ways to improve retention. With a 5-Step Leadership Ladder , you can quickly deploy a talent development program to retain team members and develop bench strength. When vacancies occur, many hospitality businesses dive into a mad scramble to fill the position as quickly as possible, often settling for less-than-ideal external candidates or promoting internal employees before they’

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The Restaurant Operator’s Dilemma in 2022: Automation Vs. Hospitality

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2022, the restaurant business finds itself at something of a crossroads—or, to put it in a more 21st-century way, the industry has reached a pivot point. Restaurants were already getting more high-tech before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, but once it did, adoption of solutions including contactless ordering and payment methods became a matter of survival, in more ways than one.

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Importance Of Brand Development For Restaurants

The Restaurant Group

Restaurant Brand Development. In the cut-throat restaurant industry, the choices are now so vast that consumers have become very demanding. Whether it concerns the menu or the design of the logo or packaging material for takeout, it seems like a never-ending chase to reach the top. So, while the quality of foods must be good, you cannot deny the role that branding plays in your restaurant’s success.

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Top 5 Ways to Optimize Your Loyalty Strategy

Speaker: Lauren Barash, Vice President, Brand Marketing

In an ever-evolving industry, building and retaining loyal customers is critical to the success of any restaurant business. Join Lauren Barash, VP of Brand Marketing at Full Course, as she delves into the world of restaurant loyalty programs, and reveals the top five essential strategies to optimize your approach! This webinar will explore: Loyalty trends and what you should be focusing on 📊 Actionable insights and ideas to help you develop the most powerful and effective loyalty program

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What’s the Buzz Around Sober Bars?

Wasserstrom

All over the United States, sober bars are starting to pop up and the term is finding its way into day-to-day conversation. Bar and restaurant owners with a keen eye are asking themselves, “Are sober bars here to stay? And how can I profit from this new foodservice movement?” In this article, we’ll be answering […]. The post What’s the Buzz Around Sober Bars?

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Hiring with QR Codes

ExactHire - Restaurants

If you’ve been dining out or picking up food to go, it’s likely you have seen or used a QR code to access your menu or even pay a bill. Want to share feedback on an experience? Often, the participant will access a QR code to provide input on a topic. What are QR codes you might ask? What is a QR Code? Invented in 1994 , QR (Quick Response) codes are matrix barcode readable optic labels…or more simply, those black line patterned squares we see on receipts, papers, billboards and a multitude of ot

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Restaurant COGS: How Does Your Restaurant Stack Up

Margin Edge

The Barrow House, Clifton, NJ. The cost of goods sold, or COGS, are hands down something anyone who’s run a restaurant knows about. They can impact everything from menu prices to labor decisions and can vary from week to week. . This blog looks at COGS basics (in case you want a refresher), their financial impact, the COGS you should be aiming for depending on your type of restaurant, and how and when to monitor them.

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How to Open a Restaurant

FreshCheq

There are roughly 15,000,000 restaurants in the world, and you're about to open a restaurant as well! It's an exciting time to start a business, but do you have what you need to open a restaurant? You'll need to make your own "open a restaurant checklist" if you want to successfully start a company.

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2024 Restaurant Spending Trends to Stay Ahead of the Curve

How do you stay on top of what your customers are expecting when they step through your doors? Do you know what’s on their mind? How are you going to account for what they’re planning on doing months from now? As we head into 2024, price-related issues are still top-of-mind for restaurant customers after the inflation boom earlier this year. In this new report, we give you the latest insights on consumer spending trends, attitudes on tipping, and how you can respond.

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Top Royalty-Free Stock Photo Websites To Make Your Brand Look Professional

Lady Boss Blogger

In advertising, images are your best friend! Good photos draw in your audience and make them take notice of your brand. Therefore, it is important to have royalty-free photos in your posts and advertisements. So, here are the top royalty-free stock photo websites to make your brand look professional. 1. Depositphotos Depositphotos is an amazing […].

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Commercial Kitchen and Bar Design and Layout

The Restaurant Group

Commercial Kitchen Layout. What defines the success of a restaurant? You’d think it’s all about how good their menu and food is [1]. But service efficiency can make or break a restaurant. So restaurant owners need to pay close attention to the design and layout of their kitchens and bars to maximize the efficiency of their service. In this article, we’ll take a look at why commercial kitchen and bar design influence a restaurant’s growth and success.

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A Chefs Impact on Culinary Innovation

Foodable

Listen to "A Chefs Impact on Culinary Innovation | SPB Hospitality" on Spreaker. The next generation of culinary artisans are changing up the industry. These artisans have a whole new approach to reaching and satisfying the next generation consumer. In this podcast we will explore chefs and artisans from around the world diving into their story and passion.

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6 Cloud Kitchen Myths, Debunked

Restaurant Engine

Looking to expand your market reach? Try a cloud kitchen. You may have heard about cloud kitchens (sometimes known as ghost kitchens or virtual kitchens). They are commercial kitchen spaces so food related businesses can use the facilities and services to prepare their dishes for delivery. This is different than a traditional brick-and-mortar location because it allows restaurants and food service businesses to create and provide their food without a lot of overhead.

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2024 Payroll Calendar Templates

These calendars provide pay period dates and paydays for biweekly, semi-monthly, and monthly payroll in 2024. Use them as a reminder or share with employees so they can celebrate payday.