Modern Restaurant Management
JUNE 20, 2022
During the Great Resignation of late 2021, staggering numbers of employees left their jobs in search of new opportunities. Lack of opportunity, low pay, difficulty with childcare, and feeling disrespected at work were amongst a wide variety of factors listed as motivators. Amongst those who left their workplace, one-fourth of those were in the hospitality industry.
7 Shifts
JUNE 20, 2022
Whether you want to call them ghost kitchens, dark kitchens, cloud kitchens, or something else, there's no denying that this new model has exploded in popularity these past few years. While that popularity has generated excitement about the prospect of these dining room-less restaurants, it's important to remember that ghost kitchens aren't an easy thing to pull off.
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Goliath Consulting
JUNE 21, 2022
Grain and Cooking Oil Shortage. Ukraine and Russia are the biggest suppliers of cooking oil. Since the war between Ukraine and Russia started, there has been intensified supply chain problems with food and other items. Both countries export around two-thirds of sunflower oil in the world. 1 Since this supply chain has been disrupted, the US, UK, Indonesia, Germany, Netherlands, and India have faced significant difficulties locating sunflower and vegetable oils. 2.
EATER
JUNE 21, 2022
Daily Harvest Crumbles promotional image. | Daily Harvest. Consumers are claiming the company’s new plant-based protein sent them to the hospital In late April, Daily Harvest — a celebrity-backed food brand that’s popular on social media for its ready-to-blend smoothies and other frozen foods — announced the launch of its plant-based protein line called Crumbles, which come in walnut and thyme and French lentil and leek varieties.
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.
Modern Restaurant Management
JUNE 24, 2022
The idea of creating a well-thought, engaging employee handbook isn’t why restaurateurs go into the food industry. However, spending the time to create a handbook will help create the desired culture, as well as save time and money (helping to avoid employee turnover as 36 percent of employees say they quit because they wish they had better training, legal action, safety concerns).
Perfect Daily Grind
JUNE 22, 2022
Around the world, convenience is now a key purchasing factor for many coffee consumers. Over the past few years, demand has been growing for coffee that is easy to prepare and high in quality – and we’ve subsequently seen a rapidly-growing market for self-serve coffee machines emerge. It’s believed that the first coffee vending machine was invented in the US in the late 1940s, which ground and extracted hot coffee to order.
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EATER
JUNE 24, 2022
A 1970s dinner party. | Getty. Where Martha Stewart and Ina Garten might have instructed previous generations of hosts, TikTok influencers and services offering downloadable guides and tablescape rentals are here to help today’s party hosts When Mya Gelber started making videos on TikTok early this year, the 26-year-old went for the known format of the fit check, posing while putting on Carhartts and coats.
Modern Restaurant Management
JUNE 23, 2022
Consumers visit a fast food or quick serve restaurant (QSR) with a goal in mind: secure a tasty meal incredibly quickly. Who makes the magic happen? Cashiers, cooks, and other QSR crew members. Once upon a time, a frontline employee at a fast food restaurant did not necessarily need technological skills to apply for the job. Taking orders at the counter and preparing quick meals were not necessarily perceived as stepping stones to better-paid careers with expanded responsibilities.
Perfect Daily Grind
JUNE 21, 2022
For many, a cup of coffee is a central part of the experience of air travel. In the lounge and on board the aircraft, it is a necessity for some, thanks to extended delays, early departures, or long flights. However, it’s undeniable that convenience has historically been a priority for airline coffee, with quality and taste generally taking a back seat.
Ken Burgin
JUNE 19, 2022
Management is a lot more than carrying a big bunch of keys and covering the roster. A massive increase in operational complexity makes the manager role more demanding, and also more effective if the data available is harnessed accurately to show real-time results. Ken Burgin interviewed Liz Perkins from The Hospitality Company on this very interesting topic – she has a background as a chef and business owner.
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.
EATER
JUNE 24, 2022
Shutterstock. Having a meat-free night? Here are the best recipes for a vegetarian dinner menu It’s no longer news that more and more people have started incorporating vegetarian dishes into their cooking repertoire. For all manner of reasons, vegetarian food has of late become ever more mainstream, and consequently, vegetarian dinner recipes are now found everywhere.
Modern Restaurant Management
JUNE 22, 2022
Beal’s Lobster Pier is celebrating its 90th anniversary this summer. Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine caught up with co-owner Stuart Snyder to discuss the Southwest Harbor, Maine landmark’s past, present and future. What Harvard Beal founded in 1932 as a wholesale fish market evolved into a go-to waterfront dining destination and experience.
Perfect Daily Grind
JUNE 24, 2022
Every Friday, Perfect Daily Grind rounds up the top coffee industry news from the previous week. Here are this week’s stories. Mon, 20 Jun. PRF Colombia to take place from 30 June to 1 July. The event will include the Origin Trip Experience (held from 26 to 29 June), the Café Pergamino Barista Jam competition, and the Cold Brew Championship in partnership with Toddy.
The Salt
JUNE 22, 2022
Users on social media reported experiences of nausea, vomiting and liver damage after consuming the dish.
Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker
Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.
EATER
JUNE 23, 2022
Table grapevines in Southern California. | George Rose/Getty Images. Winemakers around the country are working to bring back Indigenous and hybrid grape varieties that are better adapted to extreme weather This story was originally published on Civil Eats. In his almost 50 years in the wine industry, J. Stephen Casscles has watched the weather in New York’s Hudson Valley become wetter, hotter, and more humid — the perfect environment for fungal diseases and pests to thrive.
Modern Restaurant Management
JUNE 22, 2022
Hiring teams are facing a specific challenge this summer–quickly hiring the top seasonal talent before someone else does. Summer 2022 is certainly expected to look different than the last two years as travel and gatherings increase. According to Forbes , 2022 summer travel plans are on the rise as 85 percent of Americans are planning to travel this summer while 46 percent plan to fly.
Perfect Daily Grind
JUNE 19, 2022
Water temperature plays a crucial role in espresso extraction. To produce high-quality espresso, your brewing water should sit within an ideal temperature range of between 92°C and 96°C (197°F and 205°F), according to the Specialty Coffee Association. As well as this, the temperature must be kept stable throughout extraction to ensure it remains truly even – a concept known as thermal stability.
Sling
JUNE 24, 2022
Maintaining a personnel file for each person on your payroll is an essential part of running a business. Local, state, and federal laws make it mandatory that you do so. But there’s more to the process than just filing employee documents away and forgetting about them. In this article, we discuss the personnel file and necessary employee documents in detail and then give you tips and best practices to help you create the best recordkeeping system for your business.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.
EATER
JUNE 21, 2022
Shutterstock. Widely dismissed as a lowly constipation cure, prunes are, in fact, a superior dried fruit For too long, prunes have been relegated to the health food aisle, paraded out only as a solution to immovable bowels. Even their mere mention is guaranteed to turn up many a wrinkled nose. But I won’t stand for it a moment longer. Because prunes are, without a doubt, actually the best of the dried fruits.
Modern Restaurant Management
JUNE 21, 2022
As cash intensive businesses (CIB), food and beverage businesses have historically been sites of fraud. Yet, as such businesses move their sales, ordering, operations, and bookings online, the rates of fraud have only increased. Looking at online food delivery overall, the sector is projected to reach revenues of $343.80 billion in 2022, per figures published on Eatance.
Gourmet Marketing
JUNE 22, 2022
Customers search for the perfect hotel for themselves among many hotels. Each one has a variety of reasons to prefer their ideal hotel.
Sling
JUNE 20, 2022
Want to build an effective team, retain high-performing employees, and make your business the best it can be? Implement a performance improvement plan. At first glance, many managers may think that a performance improvement plan is only necessary as a form of discipline or to improve a glaring skill imbalance. But these plans can be used for so much more.
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.
EATER
JUNE 22, 2022
Grilling at Nam-Yeongdon. | Robert Evans/Eater. From marbled cuts of hanwoo beef at a basement tasting counter to a decades-old spot for buckwheat noodles in bulgogi broth, here’s where to eat KBBQ in Seoul Barbecue has long been an integral part of Korean cuisine. Dishes like bulgogi date back centuries , while depictions show noblemen gathering outdoors in the 18th century to grill meat over an open fire while drinking and reciting poetry.
Ken Burgin
JUNE 22, 2022
You’ve seen the videos – hot, fresh pizza from a machine, a robotic arm that cooks perfect fries, or a cocktail robot with flashing lights. No people = no wages – sounds like a good move, but what will the customers think? If their priorities are consistent quality, speed and value, more automation can help you achieve that. I talked with cafe owner Matt Lucas of the Coffee Pedaler cafes in Gundagai and Tumut NSW – both are high-volume operations catering to tourists and
Culinary Cues
JUNE 20, 2022
When a person refers to “work” there are a number of connotations that come to mind. Quite often the term “work” implies something slightly negative – a necessary evil. In this light, we tend to think of associated words to explain the feelings we have towards work: hard, demanding, stressful, required, tiring, limiting, etc. Those who approach “work” in a more positive way may view it as fulfilling, rewarding, purposeful, dynamic, and even enjoyable.
Rocket Fuel
JUNE 21, 2022
This article is the fourth in a series of five to promote Delaget’s 2021 QSR Operational Index – an annual report that shares stats and figures from over 6,000 QSR locations for sales, costs, employees, loss, and customer experience. . Inflation’s grasp on franchisees is tighter than ever and it’s affecting every aspect of the business. According to QSR Magazine , the price of quick-service meals jumped 8 percent, while full-service menu items lifted 6.6 percent.
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.
EATER
JUNE 18, 2022
Every celebration needs dessert | Beatriz da Costa. A new cookbook from Nicole A. Taylor, the “queen of celebration” A version of this post originally appeared on June 18, 2022, in Stephanie Wu’s newsletter, “From the Editor,” a round up of the most vital news and stories in the food world. Read the archives and subscribe now. For as long as I can remember, all of my celebrations have centered on food.
The Restaurant Times
JUNE 21, 2022
Are you rolling out a new menu? Well, you’re in luck! Because this is the perfect opportunity to attract new customers and excite your existing customer base with something new. . Marketing and advertising are some of the most crucial activities to boost your restaurant’s success. Launching a new menu lets you have some great catchy content that will level up your restaurant’s advertising game.
Apicbase
JUNE 20, 2022
You can do many things as a franchisor to improve your chances of building a thriving restaurant franchise. However, the most important thing is to engage with the right franchisees. Even if you’ve ticked all the right boxes and executed every step of the restaurant franchise playbook to perfection, your ability to attract and retain strong franchisees is essential to your success.
Ken Burgin
JUNE 18, 2022
It’s often easy for staff to misunderstand or ignore instructions. About the correct way to serve drinks, greet a customer or balance the till – if the standards aren’t crystal clear, someone will take shortcuts. There are five key issues to cover so everyone understands – not hard to write down, but they’re often overlooked.
Speaker: Jennifer Hill
Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.
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