EATER

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Kitchens as Energy Hogs Commercial kitchens use anywhere from two to 10 times more energy per square foot than other commercial businesses, Richard Young, the director of Frontier Energy , a national energy consulting firm, told Civil Eats. And new equipment is often beyond the reach of small restaurants. “We

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 14, 2025

She is a co-founder of Women in Hospitality United, and sits on the Board of Directors of the NYC Hospitality Alliance, the NYC Small Business Services Hospitality Council, the Emma's Torch Culinary Council, and the Urban Justice Center's Street Vendor Project Advisory Board.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

It seems that every time I check my email or flip through postings in social media – there is another restaurant, food business, or culinary school preparing to close their doors. It is heartbreaking to read of life visions dashed and even long-standing, viable businesses choosing to throw in the towel.

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EATER

APRIL 8, 2021

It is also a nonprofit that has spent 30 years training at-risk youth exiting the juvenile detention system to work in hospitality. So the staff and the 15 young people working that night spent most of the evening doing extra training and cleaning to keep busy. Café Momentum is more than just a restaurant, though. Several U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2022

Train your staff. Educate your employees why it’s essential to reduce food waste and train them on how to accomplish this. Use tech tools to create better forecasts so you can more accurately predict busy (or slower) shifts to prep foods accordingly. Realize that small changes matter. Store food properly.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

In this article, you will learn: How to educate customers on why direct ordering matters Simple incentives to encourage direct orders Ways to streamline and promote your direct ordering system Lets explore the best ways to shift customer behavior and grow your direct ordering sales. But how do you get diners to change their habits?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2020

The National Restaurant Association has provided a list of best practices to ensure business continuity. In the wake of the coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic, RWCF’s full focus is on supporting workers, small business owners, and an industry in crisis. Click here to learn the 10 steps to take now. More than 2.45 and Canada.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 20, 2020

With the possibility that 20 percent of restaurants could permanently close due to the pandemic , owners are looking to an array of alternatives including heaters, blankets, and plastic domes to preserve their outdoor dining spaces and continue driving business year-round. Create a Training Program.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 8, 2020

As restaurants slowly begin reopening, things remain far from “business as usual.” ” The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way businesses operate, and the restaurant industry is now learning to navigate this “new normal.” Train Employees Regularly. Educate Employees and Customers.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Here are some that have, in the past, been posted on my office door when I was a chef and later as an educator. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. But few would deny the value of inspirational words from the experience of others. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

These are your friends and neighbors; they are cornerstone businesses that support local little league teams, charities, and causes that unite the people around you. They are the businesses that provide gainful employment for all age groups, and in some cases – those jobs for youngsters entering the workforce for the first time.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

As a property chef you have reached one of the pinnacles of your career – having paid your dues and likely worked very hard in a variety of properties until demonstrating the right mix of skill, knowledge, experience, and temperament to hold the lead position in a busy kitchen. Congratulations! So.now what?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 19, 2022

By making small tweaks to the placement of these items in your menu, you can make significant increases to your bottom line. Train Staff on the Importance of Restaurant Inventory Control. Training staff on inventory control provides value to your entire organization. Prioritize Accurate Recipe Costing.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 4, 2022

One would assume that you dedicated the time and effort to your education, otherwise graduation might not be within your grasp. Now you are ready to take the leap into reality, to test what you think you know in a fast-paced, physically, emotionally, and mentally demanding business. This is where you are right now. Here you go!

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 23, 2020

Educate yourself If there’s one thing to know when opening a new business—especially a new restaurant—it’s that there’s no such thing as “too much research.” Educating yourself and thoroughly researching every aspect of your new restaurant and your local landscape is only going to help you with fleshing out your plan.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 15, 2020

Whether it is the environment, the postal service, senior citizens, global partnerships, healthcare, or restaurants – there is a tendency to set aside or forget just how important these businesses, global responsibilities, and people truly are to our existence. Restaurants are more than places where we can fill our stomachs – so much more.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 3, 2023

I have long embraced this philosophy when it comes to restaurants, but it also can apply to any business. Customers would like up, sometimes around the block, hoping for a seat in her rather small restaurant where she featured, what we called – blue plate specials. This love is what we call “hospitality”.

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Culinary Cues

JULY 23, 2023

As if that weren’t enough, the menu and each morsel of food presented represents the chef’s life of experiences, his or her family history, the cuisine of their forefathers, every chef who contributed to their training, and everything that they believe in – as it pertains to food. The model makes sense from a clear business perspective.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 7, 2022

A resume may reflect on where you have spent time, the title that you have been given, and the scope of the business, but what do I (you) really know after all this time and all of those positions? Every minute spent in teaching, training, mentoring, and lifting up that team is an investment in the future of the restaurant.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

When considering prices, it is important to know where the competition is priced, what they are offering and how busy they are. If a restaurant is underpricing the market and is busy relative to its peers, it may have room to increase pricing without damaging its customer base.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

Small Business Administration (SBA) Jovita Carranza and U.S. million small businesses and protected over 30 million jobs for hardworking Americans," they said. "With Additional funding has been allocated for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP ). For more information, visit: sba.gov/paycheckprotection.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2020

The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation has launched the Restaurant Employee Relief Fund to support U.S. One of the ways they are doing this is by providing information and insights to make it easier for them to find new ways of conducting business. restaurant employees financially impacted by the coronavirus crisis.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 30, 2023

The same applies to any business, in this case – a restaurant. Whether a sporting team, tech company, banking institution, institution of higher education, or a restaurant – investment in this culture should be first and foremost. Successes are celebrated – even the small ones. [] TEAM IS NOT A GOAL IT IS WHO YOU ARE.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

Small Business Administration (SBA) Jovita Carranza and U.S. million small businesses and protected over 30 million jobs for hardworking Americans," they said. "With Additional funding has been allocated for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP ). For more information, visit: sba.gov/paycheckprotection.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 28, 2022

There are the emotional scars from that small percentage of guests who fail to treat the staff with any level of respect, the demands of timing, the challenges in upselling, and the struggle to always keep a smile on their face. MAKE IT EDUCATIONAL. A small step, but a giant leap for any restaurant. Give it a try!

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

A number of restaurant and retail store owners in the city of Pasadena have quietly established the nation’s first dense “face-pay” network, top video.These small business owners have embraced an advanced facial recognition technology that lets their customers make secure, hands-free purchases using only their faces.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 1, 2023

One fact about the restaurant business stands out to me – something I have always appreciated: the kitchen is the great equalizer. So, no matter what their journey has been like; no matter their heritage, race, gender, education level, or portfolio of beliefs – this is a business of unity in purpose.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 6, 2020

It happens in business, it happens in education, and it happens most often in government. An example in the restaurant business is a new chef in a property who is determined to radically change a menu to reflect his or her style without paying attention to those who will be affected. PLAN BETTER -TRAIN HARDER.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature help for small business owners and products for the 'new normal' for restaurants as they reopen. “The ability to customize delivery limits and costs to our customers was especially powerful, as it helped us remain competitive at a cost our business can afford.”

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

When staff are unhappy, you lose more than just the cost of hiring and training. Guests pay for good service, and if employees have low morale or motivation, the business will suffer. This gives employees work outside of their normal day-to-day that still helps the business. “We People are the heart of the restaurant.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 20, 2024

Buy quality beans, grind them on premise, train your servers to properly brew, or better yet – hire a barista to take care of that. The three price points can be a tool for your service staff to educate and upsell. There is no logical reason for a pound of meat. Do it right!

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

I don’t have the answers – they need to come from a consortium of restaurant professionals representing operations, organizations, education, ownership, and customers. What are you doing to modify menus, reduce portions of dairy, and/or educate consumers about moderation? Pretention is fading in popularity. Can they survive?

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Hiring and retaining staff has always been a challenge for businesses in the food industry. High turnover not only disrupts business operations but also leads to increased costs and time spent on hiring and training new staff. Leadership training should focus on communication, conflict resolution, and team-building.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

There is no shortage of stress nowadays, but for me, unlike the stress that I felt as a chef in my prime – the stress is not related to business volume, staffing, unpredictable vendors, and budgetary pressure. We must pay attention and do what we can, even if it’s a small gesture. Be that person, be that business.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 6, 2020

All restaurant businesses face these risks, even those with a dedicated human resources staff. However, the risks are further amplified for many small and independent restaurants that are navigating the employment law web alone without the benefit of experienced human resources professionals. Why Compliance Matters.

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Culinary Cues

JUNE 29, 2022

They were gained working with people whom I had to depend on, people from all kinds of backgrounds: ethnic, educational, race, gender, and age. We discovered that we are in the business of service and it’s not always pretty. INVEST IN YOURSELF: No one owes you an education – you have to seek it out. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

Smart Foodservice operates 70 small-format cash and carry stores across California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Montana that serve small and mid-sized restaurants and other food business customers with a broad assortment of products. Tools to Simplify Staff Training. Plant-Based Burger Patty.

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