Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 21, 2025

From the front-of-house ensuring a pleasant dining experience to the kitchen crew keeping up with orders and maintaining sanitized facilities, every process needs to run smoothly. Kitchen staff rely on hot water for sanitizing silverware, wiping down food prep areas, and quickly cleaning spills.

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Lavu

MAY 2, 2025

Managing food allergies in a restaurant isn’t just about good service its a critical safety responsibility. A well-equipped POS system helps reduce human error, improve kitchen workflows, and build guest trust. By integrating ingredient tracking with kitchen operations, these systems ensure safety and precision.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Offering Bento Packs for individually portioned meals and a la carte buffet-style trays for customizable group settings, L&L’s catering options bring Hawaiian-style comfort food to events large and small throughout our locations nationwide. Foot traffic or heat mapping, menu item engagement, or consumer demographics by time of day.

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SpotOn

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Joe Nicholson was a manager and tech consultant at one of the busiest restaurants in Sacramento, CA—Tower Cafe. Now, as a copywriter at SpotOn, he helps restaurant owners and managers learn how to run a more profitable operation. Restaurant P&L statements can be downright confusing. Prime costs. Contribution margins.

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Lavu

MAY 23, 2025

If youre wondering how to open a deli that stands out in a competitive food market, this guide walks you through every critical step from business planning and licensing to choosing the right equipment and location. Food trends come and go, but the classic sandwich stands the test of time.

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Lavu

MAY 2, 2025

Managing food allergens isnt just a best practiceits a legal and safety necessity for todays restaurants. With increasing awareness of food allergies, allergen management in POS systems has become essential to ensure customer safety and streamline kitchen operations. This reduces the chance of errors or miscommunication.

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Allergens POS Management Management 78

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

No matter how much technology evolves, or trends shift, people will always come back for quality food, great value, and friendly service. These changes have become permanent shifts in how they target customers, market themselves, and design their offerings." One of the biggest struggles for restaurants post-covid is staffing.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

Many restaurant owners had believed they would be covered in the event of something like the pandemic, and found themselves without a safety net. Overall, the pandemic highlighted the vulnerabilities, margin issues, and lack of safety net to restaurants in a way the industry is still recovering from. – Pooja S.

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Mobile Ordering Kitchen Safety Fine Dining Food Safety 418

Perfect Daily Grind

JULY 4, 2025

The new printer is capable of high-quality resolution of up to 1200 x 1200 dots per inch, and can print across the front, back, sides, and bottom of coffee bags. With the new equipment, MTPak Coffee now offers a minimum order quantity of 200 pieces and a one-week turnaround time after design approval. lb over the next 15 months.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The company's Beastro was designed to use AI to create personalized dishes, thereby cutting labor costs and cutting food waste. It also self-cleans, helping ensure food safety. Restaurants need to remain profitable, and lowering food quality is not a viable solution.

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Restaurant Business

APRIL 23, 2024

Food safety has never been more prevalent. When dining out, they rightfully expect that the food they order is cooked properly to a safe temperature and that the kitchen foods are prepared in is clean. For operators interested in ramping up their efforts, updating equipment can be a big help in fostering safety.

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Food Safety Equipment Kitchen Safety Food 274

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Today’s restaurants face obstacles on many fronts. Restaurant managers will need to identify and implement training solutions that accelerate onboarding and equip new employees to positively impact the bottom line as quickly as possible. Simplify Front of House Processes. Optimize Food Safety Protocols.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 27, 2021

Adopting in-house technologies became necessary for restaurants to stay open throughout the pandemic, restart operations after temporary closures, and pivot services to maintain revenue while still following enhanced health and safety protocols. Too Much Tech Is Not a Solution. Want to be Tech-Savvy? Start with Your Staff.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 29, 2022

Leveraging a physical-digital-physical framework ensures that restaurant management is maximizing their digital assets, human labor, and capital equipment investments. Many restaurant managers have already moved to digital food safety programs that give them visibility into the state of their assets across multiple locations.

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Operations Food Safety Kitchen Safety Front of House 473

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The best restaurants are those that keep back-of-house processes running smoothly to ensure a great front-of-house experience for guests. Keeping equipment functioning as intended also reduces the risk of damage that results in expensive repairs. In an increasingly digital world, one mistake can be costly.

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Kitchen Safety Front of House Food Safety Equipment 508

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2023

When staff are unable to answer basic questions about your gluten-free menu, or ask inappropriate questions of guests who inquire about gluten-free options, consumers may have doubts about your ability to ensure their safety or prepare a dish that meets their dietary needs. The first step is to clearly identify any gluten-free dishes.

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Training Front of House Kitchen Safety Allergens 449

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Growth for most, after all, isn’t walking through the front door, it’s coming in online. If your cooks are mostly fulfilling off-site orders, you can do away with niceties like a slick front of house, visual merchandising, and a location with hungry walk-ins. Not up for opening your own off-site kitchen?

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Front of House Kitchen Safety Food Back of House 508

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

With many restaurants closed for in-person dining on and off throughout the pandemic, the food service industry shifted to delivery and takeout as a business imperative. According to SEC filings, food delivery apps experienced tremendous growth in 2020 earning a combined $5.5 billion from the same period in 2019.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 22, 2023

As if hiring struggles weren’t enough of a problem, retaining employees remains a challenge, with the quit rate in food service at approximately 5.4 – 6.2 IoT is enabling restaurant employees to focus on what matters most, the customer experience, by automating manual back-of-house tasks to free up their time.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2020

US Foods Holding Corp. launched its COVID-19 online operator resource, the US Foods Restaurant Reopening Blueprint. The Restaurant Reopening Blueprint is informed by interviews with key stakeholders such as diners, restaurant staff and US Foods consultants and chefs. Click here to view the application and instructions.

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Front of House Back of House Online Ordering Kitchen Safety 520

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 29, 2020

For franchises, that means making sure your evaluations and data collection house in order. Food service has changed forever and getting an integrated digital approach to managing all your guidelines and compliance issues, especially across multiple locations, is more crucial than ever. Define Data-Based, Measurable Standards.

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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. Once upon a time, a frontline employee at a fast food restaurant did not necessarily need technological skills to apply for the job. Who makes the magic happen? Cashiers, cooks, and other QSR crew members.

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Food Food Safety Front of House Fast Casual 474

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 29, 2020

For FOH: Assure front of house staff that you are complying with or exceeding all regulatory local, state and federal rules and regulations. Food handlers must wear gloves, hats and masks. They are for your own safety too. based manufacturer, distributor, and marketer of advanced Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

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FOH Kitchen Safety BOH Food Safety 539

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Food safety and restaurant cleanliness. Similarly, restaurant visitors expect their food to be of a consistent quality every time they visit. Both of these technological advancements are instrumental in ensuring excellent customer service and reducing food waste. Kitchen operations. Dining room procedures.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 26, 2021

However, for restaurants looking to provide the safest environment possible, the CDC’s guidance forced some to become “vaccination police,” as noted by United Food and Commercial Workers. Dining rooms are open, and tables are at 100 percent capacity in most states. A New Way for QR Codes to Help.

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Technology Ordering Front of House Customer Experience 568

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 23, 2024

In addition to more wide-ranging compliance requirements like general health & safety guidelines and local labor laws, there are food and beverage-specific safety regulations , requirements for specialty licenses (such as those to serve alcohol), and unique stipulations on labor compliance, many related to the employment of minors.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Restaurants are no longer just about the food – they are about the complete dining experience, which includes ambiance, service speed, and personalized interaction. For example, IoT devices can notify when stock is low, or equipment is not functioning optimally.

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Operations Front of House Customer Service Customer Experience 472

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 8, 2020

For your restaurant, communications are limited to the closed circuit of your business, from the front-of-house to the kitchen. When you think of artificial intelligence, you might think of examples from science fiction like Terminator or The Matrix. Communications. Let’s take a look at a few that can directly benefit you today.

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Food Safety Kitchen Safety Front of House Website Management 522

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Before we begin, we need to realize that the guacamole product served to customers is not solely factored on the price of the ingredients, but you’ll find the sneaky costs in labor, waste, food safety, and shipping. Food Safety. A potentially costly sneaky costs is food safety.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 8, 2020

Common sanitation precautions being taken include lowered occupancy limits, mask requirements, and in-house social distancing. Safety ordinances can vary widely by city, county, and sate. Your safety and sanitation policies should be in alignment with the latest FDA , CDC , state, and local policies regarding COVID-19.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2020

The pink and blue horse illustration at the top of this article is not clickbait. It’s an example of what Prague’s Manifesto Market is doing as part of its reopening operation. “But the desire is in the air to get back to social life and reconvene the life that has been paused for over two months.

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Food Safety Front of House Back of House Seating 511

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

You get home from a long day at work, don't feel like cooking and want to treat yourself to some great food. But with the rise of services like DoorDash, GrubHub and Caviar, good food — some of it from Michelin-starred chefs — is only a click away. Consumers look for a sparkling clean front of house.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 7, 2021

A coalition of restaurant industry leaders released the first national safety standards for dining in an attempt to simplify and streamline city, state and federal guidelines and ensure a safe working and dining environment for employees and customers.

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Kitchen Safety Food Safety Front of House Back of House 423

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2020

Rakuten Ready surveyed more than 100 customers to measure how behaviors around dining have, or are anticipated to change around the perceptions and impact of COVID-19 on restaurants, food delivery and order for pickup. "The desire for convenience has always been present, coupled with an equally strong desire for delicious food.

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Front of House Back of House Restaurant Law Food Safety 499

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

According to a recent study by Mastercard , “79 percent of respondents worldwide say they are now using contactless payments, citing safety and cleanliness as key drivers.” Restaurateurs are facing a herculean effort just to produce and serve great food in this environment. Yes, ordering and payment is important.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 10, 2020

Our centers quickly adjusted their business models to provide everything from COVID and social distancing signs to safety screens and shields to PPE across all industries, including the restaurant industry. Front of House. Front of House. Outside Your Restaurant. Outside Your Restaurant.

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Communication Kitchen Safety Food Safety Front of House 493

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 12, 2021

Gives front-of-house teams the resources to provide better customer service. From ordering food to reserving a table, they want to do things digitally. The industry is even starting to see a rise in the number of CTOs, or Chief Technology Officers, to support this digital growth. The real money is with repeat business.

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