Culinary Cues

APRIL 7, 2025

Its a question on the minds of most chefs, restaurateurs, and culinary educators: What will the next generation of cooks and chefs look like? The full package of compensation and support will be the price of admission and the key to attracting and retaining the next generation.

Kitchen Safety

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Restaurant employees typically apply to make some money to pay the bills while they pursue higher education or other ventures. It’s important to educate your staff about the correlation between productivity and profit. Especially with buyers juggling 300+ ingredients each week, it can be difficult to stay on top of deals and prices.

Mobile Ordering

Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 24, 2025

As sustainability concerns grow and consumers become more conscious of coffee’s environmental and social impact, Nepal’s predominantly smallholder agriculture and organic coffee production methods align with market trends. With increased awareness and education, more farmers are planting arabica,” Dhanvie explains. “We

Sustainability

EATER

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Rifrullo’s rustic-modern décor, mismatched dishware, and chalkboard sign welcoming guests to “be yourself, make friends, find harmony, and relax,” are as inviting as its prices, which top out at $16 for the salmon burger. It takes a lot of education. Containers cost more upfront, but businesses start to save fairly quickly.

Compost

Perfect Daily Grind

JULY 7, 2025

The plethora of price hikes over the last few years has forced roasters to allocate more of their financial resources towards areas that need them most. Green coffee prices reached historic highs in February 2025, prompting business owners to explore alternative funding options.

Sustainability

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

At True Food Kitchen, we’ve always believed that value isn’t just about price—it’s about quality, transparency, and giving guests the confidence that their meals align with their health and wellness goals. In a time when guests are looking for value, how does a move to eliminate seed oil use affect the bottom line?

2022

ChowNow

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Running your own online ordering system gives you complete control over pricing, promotions, and customer data, helping you maximize profits while still offering convenience. Theres little room for branding, and menu presentation, pricing, and promotions are often influenced by the platforms rules rather than the restaurants preferences.

Online Ordering

The Rail

JULY 18, 2025

By Rebecca Smith, Contributor In today’s restaurant industry, sustainability is no longer a nice-to-have — it’s expected. But sustainable packaging doesn’t have to eat into your profits. Dispelling the Cost Myths of Sustainable Packaging One of the biggest myths in the restaurant world is that eco-friendly packaging is unaffordable.

Compost

Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 13, 2025

This set the precedent for future astonishing auction prices, which have since surpassed US $10,000/kg. With the 2025 BoP auction scheduled for 6 August, all eyes will be on the bidders of the 97- and 98-point coffees, as many eagerly anticipate the extent of the prices they’re willing to pay. in the year-ago period.

2025

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

. – Sophia Goldberg, Founder and CEO, Ansa The big lesson I learned is that I've had to continue to adapt my pricing, because people are still watching their spending. That's why we instituted lower-priced lunch specials and made other adjustments. – Berekti Mengistu, owner/operator of Mesob Ethiopian Restaurant

Front of House

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 27, 2025

A Dilemma of “Super Size” Proportions Amid rising food prices and shifting consumer preferences, the restaurant industry is facing a dilemma of “super size” proportions. percent menu-price inflation rate. Customers can become more critical of the quality of products and services when prices increase.

Loyalty Program

Perfect Daily Grind

JULY 14, 2025

Traditional coffeehouses have long outnumbered specialty coffee shops and roasters, and historic regulations have kept espresso prices unrealistically low. When roasters and coffeehouses feel incentivised to buy low-quality and cheap green coffee, it’s inherently at the expense of sustainability.

Café

Perfect Daily Grind

JULY 29, 2025

After a hurricane occurs, it’s common that the communities who live in the mountains leave because there’s nothing to sustain them there,” Omar says. “We Puerto Rico’s agricultural structure also keeps coffee prices low and disincentivises farmers to grow it. A small but passionate cohort of producers is hoping to change this.

Education

Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 29, 2025

But following recent and abrupt changes to long-standing educational institutions , it’s evident that many in the coffee community are changing how they choose to engage with these organisations. The organisation includes national chapters that focus on events, education, and networking in different countries and regions.

Education

Perfect Daily Grind

JULY 2, 2025

With sustained high coffee prices and rising operational costs across the board, coffee businesses need to maintain their presence and relevance in an increasingly competitive market. However, the escalating costs of exhibiting at these large-scale events are pricing out many smaller and medium-sized roasters. Enjoyed this?

Events

Perfect Daily Grind

JULY 17, 2025

Understandably, menu prices at “competition cafés” can reach well over US $20 for a cup of coffee, attracting a niche but steadily growing audience. Colombian coffee consumers, as well as educated and knowledgeable international buyers, are becoming more aware of processing methods and are opening up to new profiles,” he adds.

Café

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2025

The research found that businesses worldwide – particularly restaurants – intend to experiment more in 2025, especially with customer retention programs like loyalty, as they face the triple challenge of sustained high inflation, shrinking consumer wallets and the need to raise prices across the board.

Marketing

Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 1, 2025

Green coffee prices remain high, while labour, logistics, packaging, and operational costs have all increased significantly. You may also like our article on why roasters and coffee shops need to strategise menu pricing. It’s a challenging time for roasters in today’s coffee market.

Point of Sale

Lavu

JUNE 6, 2025

With rising ingredient prices, labor shortages, and tighter margins, operators must find strategic ways to reduce restaurant costs without compromising quality or customer experience. Reducing restaurant expenses is critical for improving profitability and sustainability.

Loyalty Program

ChowNow

MAY 27, 2025

What started as a passion project while working in education eventually turned into a full-fledged business built on word-of-mouth, strong community ties, and a passion for bringing bold Caribbean flavors to the Midwest. Without the right tools in place, scaling online orders in a sustainable way became more difficult to manage.

Online Ordering

Perfect Daily Grind

JULY 15, 2025

Tariff threats and trade wars , fluctuating coffee prices, and export delays from major producers like Brazil have created unprecedented uncertainty. These can include sessions on coffee sourcing philosophy, sustainability practices, and community involvement, helping new hires understand their role in the larger brand mission.

Hiring

Lavu

AUGUST 14, 2025

Weak Accounting Practices That Lead to Restaurant Failure Too many restaurateurs fail to educate themselves on the basis of restaurant accounting. Get to know what your competitors are serving (and at what price point). Addressing these issues early can keep your business profitable and sustainable. What’s yours?

Cash Management

EATER

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

And in times like these, when the price of one dinner at a buzzy new restaurant can easily break a budget, its been a balm to do something nice at home. We go to restaurants with conservas, which we thought was fun, but its significantly more financially sustainable to experiment at home.

Take-out

Lavu

JUNE 13, 2025

From a sustainability standpoint, cashless payments also offer environmental benefits by reducing the reliance on paper and coin currency. Fast-casual restaurant Sweetgreen, part of the sustainable food movement, will go cashless in all 64 locations nationwide (excluding Massachusetts, where it’s illegal not to accept cash).

2025

EATER

MARCH 11, 2025

Jaya Saxena, correspondent Outages and supply chain challenges mean higher prices The early days of the pandemic were marked by unexpected price hikes (a run on flour and yeast) and unpredictably empty shelves (the great bucatini shortage of 2020 ). food prices have risen by 23.6 food prices have risen by 23.6

Food Supply

Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 6, 2025

Editor’s note New York’s Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) recently announced that as of March 2028, arabica futures contracts will no longer be priced in US cents per pound. Instead, ICE will implement a US $/tonne (or metric ton) pricing mechanism, although a new date has not yet been confirmed for this transition.

2025

Perfect Daily Grind

JULY 18, 2025

Accra, Ghana) Tue, 15 Jul – Lucky Cup opens 6,000th store amid China price war. Robusta prices fell to their lowest levels since May 2024 after Brazil’s crop reached 69% completion, as improved supply prospects outweighed remaining quality and demand concerns, according to Safras & Mercado.

Café

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2025

And customers questioned the value they got for their money at all three chains in written reviews, citing high prices, watery drinks and dissatisfying customer service. The median price they would pay for a medium cup of coffee was $4. A common complaint was that drinks were not full or had too much ice. percent for Starbucks, 4.3

Reservations

Perfect Daily Grind

AUGUST 1, 2025

Fifty percent import levies on Brazilian beans is likely to mean higher market prices. CEO James Quincey hinted at a review of Costa Coffee within Coca‑Cola’s Europe, Middle East, and Africa division after slower‑than‑expected growth and rising coffee prices. But there is hope of a coffee exemption.

Workshop

Perfect Daily Grind

JULY 11, 2025

Liverpool, UK) Wed, 9 Jul – Latest ICO report shows sharp decline in prices and global exports. to 92.4 US cents/lb, with Brazilian arabica FOB export prices down 13% to $1.78/lb At the same time, Starbucks’ market share in China has plummeted from 34% in 2019 to 14%, prompting its first price cuts and talks of a local partnership.

2025

Paper Chase Accountancy

JULY 10, 2025

Understand how to apply dynamic pricing, segmentation, and forecasting to improve revenue. At its core, revenue management for the hospitality industry is a sophisticated, data-driven approach designed to sell the right room, to the right guest, at the right time, for the right price. a standard room vs. a suite).

Hospitality

EATER

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

In the bread aisle, you see two loaves identically wrapped; both are perfectly edible, but one is a day older and costs half the price. This is a business practice called dynamic pricing, and it may be coming soon to a supermarket near you. The price is changing throughout the [time] horizon.” Which do you choose?

Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 2, 2024

With products now cleared for consumer sale in both the United States and Singapore, the cultivated meat industry is moving from proof of concept and early-stage R&D to a focus on demonstrating scalability, sustainable unit economics, and consumer and customer demand. How was the food sourced or produced?

2024

Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

They cannot continue to create programs that place graduates in debt for 20-years following graduation and, they cannot remain effective unless they deliver an education model that takes advantage of industry partnerships. [] Bars Will Once Again Become a Preferred Meeting Place.

Social Media

Perfect Daily Grind

MARCH 21, 2023

And while these actors can certainly play an important role, their presence in the supply chain can often mean that producers end up receiving a smaller percentage of the final price of each cup of coffee. As part of this, farmers can receive higher prices for their coffee. This is especially important to note.

Pricing

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 2, 2019

I t’s no secret that the key to sustainability in restaurants is managing limited resources and keeping your operations clean and safe. The bottom line: clarity around sustainability, food preparation and safety is essential. As consumers demand more transparency about sustainability, turn your operations into an advantage.

Management

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

They drive the demand for clean labels, responsibly sourced ingredients and sustainability. According to a National Restaurant Association Show presentation, Gen Z consumers care more about authenticity, convenience and aesthetics than price value. Gen Z demands transparency and ethical practices in the food industry.

Social Media