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2025 Restaurant Outlook: A Recipe for Success with Risk Management

Modern Restaurant Management

After weathering years of pandemic-related challenges, the sector continues to rebound with optimism. Economic shifts including inflation-driven cost increases in food, utilities and supplies; regulatory changes and climate-related disruptions will continue to challenge restaurant operators.

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The Science of Food Safety: Understanding and Preventing Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

Modern Restaurant Management

Manual checklists, bathroom signs reminding employees to wash their hands and visual inspections were designed for a different era of food service – one with simpler supply chains and lower volumes. Advanced detection systems can now identify contamination on hands and surfaces before it spreads into the food supply.

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2025 Outlook: Experts Weigh In on Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

With so many people leaving the industry, restaurants stepped up—raising wages, creating new opportunities, and doubling down on the employee experience. Much of that confidence comes from focusing on stronger employee benefits—like mental health support—and rising wages.

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Restaurant Cost Control Strategies Every Operator Should Be Using

ChowNow

This includes hourly wages, payroll taxes, employee benefits, management salaries, and the hidden costs of manual schedules, overtime, and scheduling inefficienciesfor example, how much money youre losing from last-minute schedule changes or people clocking in early. Are you overstaffed on slow days? Understaffed when youre slammed?

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The Cost of B-ing Good

Modern Restaurant Management

” Additionally, you will speak to or put in place written policies around employee and manager expectations and a code of ethics. Workers – 40 points To address employee concerns, you will be asked to discuss pay structures and scale, benefits packages and distribution and speak to the health and safety of your operation.

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From acqui-hire to vaporware: The new restaurant tech ABCs

Restaurant Business

Acqui-hire “To acquire a company in order to use its employees skills or knowledge, rather than for its products or services.” AI agents will no doubt make their way into restaurants themselves, where they could be used to create schedules or order supplies, easing the workload on managers.

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5 Things to Consider Before Opening a Restaurant in 2025

The Rail

Modern successful restaurants create their branding to support community and purpose, usually related to local collaborations, sustainability, or cultural celebration. Starting with a too broad or complicated menu results in supply chain problems , training difficulties, and waste from common mistakes.

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