Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 14, 2020

This new site is a one-stop hub of critical information for restaurants, employees, customers and industry partners. In addition to the latest resources on COVID-19 restaurant and employee recovery programs, RestaurantsAct.com offers a brand new, industry-first interactive map of each state, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The bakery, which distributes to grocery stores nationwide, is now built to better accommodate both customer and consumer needs while continuing to put the safety of employees and customers first. Lesson #1: Multiple factors are leading to businesses increasingly communicating via messaging – with both customers and employees.

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The Restaurant Times

JUNE 30, 2021

The role requires them to be a ‘jack of all trades’ and oversee functions that are as diverse as stock management and employee training. . The diverse nature of the job requires a restaurant manager to have a learning mindset and share new insights with the management and employees. . Source: MBB Management.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In a survey of 4,079 small business owners conducted from 8/15 to 9/13/21, 66 percent reported having a "very difficult" time finding the right employees to fill open roles, many of which are necessary to help them drive revenue and rebound. In July, 47 percent couldn't hire enough employees.

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The Restaurant Times

MAY 12, 2020

Cloud Kitchens, also known as dark kitchens, ghost kitchens, virtual restaurants, and delivery-only restaurants, run entirely on the strength of their back-of-house operations. However, they put heavy emphasis on improving food production and order management. Kitchen Management . Billion by the year 2026.

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EATER

AUGUST 3, 2020

More than 43,000 meatpacking and food processing workers have tested positive for COVID-19 this year This story was originally published on Civil Eats. “A That’s how a decade-long employee for Tyson Foods, Inc. That’s how a decade-long employee for Tyson Foods, Inc. A nightmare.”.

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EATER

MARCH 19, 2021

They’ve largely been left on their own to weigh staff and customer safety against the need to stay in business. And the decision to make it work has required investing in new systems, setups, and services, all with the knowledge that any new safety mandate could change everything, yet again.

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The Restaurant Times

OCTOBER 22, 2021

From banana breads and pancake cereals to mini pizza cereal and mug recipes, baking was on top of people’s minds whenever they picked up kitchen crockeries, as per the social media trends. Due to this, the bakery business has been in the limelight for quite some time now. How To Successfully Set Up A Bakery Business.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features evolving guest relationships, views on restauarant tech, employee desires and wedding trends. A new survey shows that Americans love new tech-driven options for ordering and retrieving food, but the flipside is that it is making them more impatient. In Love with Tech, but Impatient.

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Lavu

JANUARY 15, 2020

You need funds to restock your inventory, pay your staff, obtain or renew permits, buy business assets, and replace your restaurant equipment. Regardless of the purpose, restaurant financing is vital to running a successful business and ensuring smooth cash flow. . Start-Up Business Loans. Small Business Administration (SBA).

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Good Food Restaurant Scorecard. Despite skyrocketing demand for plant-based food across the U.S., 42 of the country’s favorite fast food and restaurant chains still don’t offer a plant-based entrée, according to a report released today by The Good Food Institute (GFI). This data covers U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Finding and retaining employees remain among the biggest obstacles operators struggle with. Additionally, turnover rates for restaurant employees and managers continue to be at all-time highs. In the case of the hourly crew, turnover increased slightly in October after a small drop in September. Go with a Restaurant Gift Card.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2020

Healthcare workers are risking their health to protect ours, and restaurants are fighting to stay in business. “With orders down so much right now, feeding hospitals makes a huge difference to our business,” said Paul Barker, Owner of Pauli’s in Boston. ” Small Brand, Big Heart.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Together, the initiative supported the food and beverage community by providing more than 500,000 freshly cooked meals and much needed supplies across 19 relief kitchens nationwide. Sharebite launched Sharebite Stations, a streamlined, post-COVID compliant solution for facilitating contactless food delivery at offices.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Workers at two HelloFresh factories in California and Colorado are organizing with UNITE HERE, a labor union representing workers in the hotel, food service, manufacturing, and other industries Workers at two HelloFresh factories in California and Colorado have announced their intention to unionize. It's time for change.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

” Their answers touched on a variety of subjects including AI, virtual reality, virtual kitchens, staffing and retention, social media marketing, sustainability and third-party delivery. Over the next decade, a generation passionate about health and wellness will demand restaurants be transparent about food from farm to table.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Pandemic-related materials, food, and labor shortages make running an independent restaurant near-impossible. Even as some of these supply chain hiccups and irregularities resolved, others popped up. That is, according to the professor, particularly true of the food we eat. “[Our Here’s how three owners are doing it.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

TEAM Schostak Family Celebrates Anniversary and Employees. TEAM Schostak Family Restaurants (TSFR) is celebrating its 40th anniversary along with the anniversaries of employees that have been with the company for 20 years or more. He started his career with Hardee’s Food Systems in 1983 ending in the position of District Manager.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

US Foods Holding Corp. "With colder weather setting in and new restrictions going into effect across the country, our ongoing commitment to helping restaurant operators adapt during the pandemic has never been more important," said Jim Osborne, senior vice president of customer strategy and innovation at US Foods. "Our

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 29, 2020

This edition of MRM News Bites features tech companies winning funding, AI in the kitchen, DoorDash invests in brick and mortar and the gamification of food ordering. We are excited to support their mission to help independent restaurants optimize online ordering and generate incremental revenue from under-utilized kitchens.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 16, 2021

The announcement comes after the COVID-19 pandemic presented many challenges for the hospitality industry, particularly for restaurant General Managers who grappled with unprecedented obstacles, such as labor shortages, customer and employee safety, and supply chain delays. Killer Burger Teams with Village Family Capital.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

. “Without assistance at all levels of government, many of these businesses will be forced to close their doors. This coalition seeks to provide a unified front willing and able to affect positive policy changes that support restaurants and bars both large and small.” Unfortunately, many already have.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2020

believes the coronavirus is not going to have a single blanket impact on all aspects of the economy or even the retail economy or food sector more specifically. 17 percent said they were just avoiding dining-in (opting to pick-up or have food delivered), with 10 percent appearing to lean toward Ordering for Pickup only. That was up 5.7

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 28, 2020

. “Over the last century, women, despite their incredible contributions, have struggled to make it in professional kitchens — held back by inequalities unfairly put upon them,” said Rob Sundy, Head of Brand Marketing & Creative Studios at Whirlpool Corporation, the parent company of the KitchenAid brand.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

. “The future of sports, business, art, medicine – you name it – is in the children around us, making it essential to invest in their success.” ru Sushi Kitchen at Legacy Hall in September 2019 to much success. . in Plano, Texas. Filet Mignon Hibachi Fried Rice.

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Black Box Intelligence

MARCH 10, 2020

Dine-in sales still represent a small percentage of the total. Despite many companies beginning to bring back employees from furlough, of those people employed by chain restaurants back in January, only 45% of them remain actively employed today on average. Restaurant companies held on to most of their managers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 27, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature sobering statistics from Yelp, a ghost kitchen franchise model, franchise explosions expected and falling for for an improved PSL. YEA reflects data from millions of local businesses and tens of millions of users on Yelp’s platform measuring U.S. Yelp Sees COVID Effect. “As U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

According to a new survey released by the National Restaurant Association, nearly one in six restaurants (representing nearly 100,000 restaurants) is closed either permanently or long-term; nearly three million employees are still out of work; and the industry is on track to lose $240 billion in sales by the end of the year.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2019

They touched on topics such as delivery, ghost (dark) kitchens, automation, plant-based menu items, food waste, sustainability, staffing and retention and more. The biggest trend by far, for now, and going into 2020 is ghost kitchens (AKA delivery only, virtual kitchens, cloud kitchens, pick-up only, etc.).

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EATER

DECEMBER 23, 2020

By August 20, the sky above parts of Healdsburg, a small tourist town in Sonoma County, roughly 70 miles north of San Francisco, was choked with dark smoke. Sonoma County has long been considered one of the country’s premiere food and wine destinations, a lower-key counterpart to neighboring Napa Valley.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 8, 2020

This is why we have expressed, since the beginning of the COVID crisis, that our industry’s unique operations require a flexible recovery program.While the PPP program can be a critical tool for helping restaurants and small businesses, changes to the program are needed so it can be utilized as intended. US Foods Holding Corp.

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EATER

JULY 22, 2021

Even before the pandemic, restaurants were in a precarious position, squeezed between ever-increasing rents, food costs, and payrolls. And that was before the fall and winter surges, which resulted in an exponential rise in virus-related hospitalizations and deaths , followed by new rounds of closures and restrictions. Tom McGovern.

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Black Box Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Not only is turnover rising for all employees, the percentage of new hires that leave the company within the first 90 days of employment is also increasing. Guest Intelligence tracks 6 main categories ‘food’, ‘beverage’, ‘service’, ‘ambiance’, ‘value’ and ‘intent on return’. Is your turnover better than your competitors?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2020

Yelp Reimagines Business Owner Platform. Yelp launched a number of new features to support businesses owners who have adapted their operational models, in addition to giving consumers the ability to better discover businesses that meet their needs. Yelp Virtual Services. Yelp Personalized Banner.

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