The Food Corridor

JULY 24, 2025

In July 2025, the USDA announced the termination of all Regional Food Business Centers (RFBCs), including the Northwest Rocky Mountain Center (Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming), where The Food Corridor served as co-lead for the Connecting and Scaling Food Entrepreneurs Theme Team.

Kitchen Safety

Lavu

JUNE 13, 2025

Opening an in-house dining space isn’t just a perk—it’s a strategic move for businesses looking to boost employee satisfaction and streamline operations. Whether you’re a facility manager or a business owner, this is your blueprint for success. Cafeteria setup costs vary depending on kitchen size, equipment, staffing, and design.

2025

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

"The pandemic forced the restaurant industry to reinvent itself overnight, moving from a primarily in-store dining experience to an omnichannel, digital-first business. " As we mark the fifth anniversary, MRM magazine surveyed restaurant insiders about the pandemic’s lasting impact on their businesses and the industry.

Loyalty Program

Lavu

MAY 5, 2025

Heres a simple 7-day plan to upgrade your operations without disrupting your business: Days 12 : Plan your transition. Configure Lavu Settings Get your system ready by customizing it to your business needs: Add menu items, modifiers, and prices. Kitchen display systems : Send test orders to confirm proper routing.

POS

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 4, 2025

Identifying Challenges and Uncovering Opportunities SpotOn unveiled its 2025 Restaurant Business Report , revealing the financial challenges restaurant operators face and the opportunities to strengthen their businesses. On a year-over-year basis, small business sales (+2.1 Independent operators feel the squeeze the most.

Delivery

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Hiring a great kitchen manager can transform your BOH operations with outstanding culinary and leadership skills. Asking the appropriate kitchen manager interview questions can reveal whether a candidate has the experience, skills, and abilities that your restaurant needs. How do you stay organized during busy shifts?

Back of House

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 27, 2022

As a result, ghost kitchens, delivery-focused kitchens without a storefront or dining area, are growing in popularity. Ghost kitchens allow operators to utilize commercial kitchens – sometimes in shared spaces with other brands – without the overhead of a full restaurant space and staff. billion by 2027.

Kitchen Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 11, 2021

Restaurant kitchens have many places where fires can occur. Business owners need to be aware of potential fire hazards and take preventative steps when it comes to fire safety. Following a few simple safety tips can prevent fires and keep employees and patrons safe in your establishment. Conducting Regular Inspections.

Kitchen Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2023

In the hospitality industry, the last thing you want is a phone call from the alarm company at an early morning hour about a fire, break-in or other disaster at your business. Taking proactive measures and having plans in place will allow your business to react quickly to help minimize the impact of an emergency.

2024

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.”

Guest Recovery

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 6, 2021

Restaurant owners were forced to grapple with a question they may have never thought they would have asked themselves pre-pandemic: “Will my business survive?” As vaccination rollouts continue and business restrictions lessen, a resurgence in patronage will likely begin. Promoting Safety.

Kitchen Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Ghost kitchens, you’ve got spirit, but not much soul. Dark kitchens or virtual kitchens––real places staffed with non-ectoplasmic people—bring efficiencies to running a restaurant by providing off-site commissary services for delivery orders. Not up for opening your own off-site kitchen?

Front of House

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 7, 2023

In the world of food service and hospitality, proper refrigeration is crucial for maintaining the quality and safety of perishable goods. Let's explore the functions and installation of commercial walk-in coolers and the benefits they bring to businesses: Functions of Commercial Walk-In Coolers 1.

Kitchen Safety

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.

Food Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 10, 2020

As restaurants have experienced dramatic changes in how they do business due to the pandemic, many small business owners have learned just how important a visual communication plan is for success. Communicate what your current business model is with eye-catching window clings or easily removable window and door graphics.

Communication

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2020

The Small Business Administration (SBA), in consultation with the Department of the Treasury , released the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Forgiveness Application and detailed instructions for the application. Embracing preparation and safety protocols as part of your restaurant's story.

Front of House

7 Shifts

JULY 14, 2020

The COVID-19 health crisis has created a new emphasis on sanitization, health, and social distancing in businesses of all types—and restaurants are no exception. Benefits of keeping equipment maintained Cost-effective and increases equipment longevity - the cost of high degree damage is more expensive than opting for regular maintenance.

Management

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 21, 2020

However, as long as you keep the spotlight on food safety – sanitization, employee health monitoring and personal hygiene, and social distancing – your restaurant won’t be a hub of contagion. Here’s a quick checklist to help you make safe choices while ensuring business continuity: Redesign Your Offerings.

Social Media

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 11, 2020

Now that states are beginning to loosen their lockdown restrictions and reopen small businesses like restaurants, it’s fair to wonder how drastically the dine-in experience will have to change to accommodate the new safety requirements. How does that work with the new safety requirements? Limiting Capacity.

Customer Experience

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 10, 2020

The National Restaurant Association remains on top of the issue providing updates and resources including a fact sheet and a webpage with an FAQ, industry guidance, and food safety guidelines provided by ServeSafe to address increasing questions about COVID-19. We ensure food safety. Eat healthier.”

Kitchen Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The old norm of 15-20 servers per small restaurant is unsustainable for mom and pops if they’re looking to meet demand, making the evolution of tech vital for 2022 and worth keeping an eye on. This makes it easy to juggle orders and alleviate stress on the kitchen staff as orders come and go.

Loyalty Program

Culinary Cues

MAY 4, 2022

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. THAT SANITATION CLASS WAS VERY IMPORTANT. [] BE COST CONSCIOUS – THE KEY TO BEING NOTICED: Restaurants work on very small profit margins. Here you go!

2022

Culinary Cues

APRIL 1, 2024

I pass housekeeping where the heat from commercial laundry equipment and manglers pressing sheets and towels is palpable. We all have our particular missions that do not include small talk. Pushing through the swinging kitchen doors I am engulfed by the smells, sounds, and oh such intense heat from a busy operation.

Back of House

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. Newark Working Kitchens.

Healthcare

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2022

Use tech tools to create better forecasts so you can more accurately predict busy (or slower) shifts to prep foods accordingly. Use tech tools to track supplier certifications to be sure your suppliers are consistently practicing proper food safety and quality protocols. Realize that small changes matter. Store food properly.

Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Most Important safety initiatives. Followed (not surprisingly) by restaurants and delivery drivers following proper safety protocols, price, and ease of ordering from the restaurant. Small Business Recovery. The importance of making guests feel comfortable. 73 percent said social distanced tables. Broader SMB concerns.

2020

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2021

When COVID-19 forced restaurant shutdowns more than a year ago, foodies sprung into action to help our favorite businesses survive what we thought would be a slow few weeks. Delivering Success with Ghost Kitchens. We bought gift cards for future use, donated to employee relief funds, and shared our favorite spots on social media.

Delivery

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

TouchBistro Loyalty will give restaurateurs in-depth customer insights so they are able to deliver an exceptional guest experience, every time; drive more sales and encourage repeat visits by implementing powerful customer data-driven campaigns; and efficiently and effectively promote their business using sophisticated CRM and marketing tools.

Food Safety

Culinary Cues

JULY 31, 2023

A few years back, I posted an article about the UNWRITTEN RULES of the kitchen. It was an attempt to outline those universal guidelines for success in a kitchen, those attributes, and expectations of anyone who ties on an apron. My hope is that these are worthy enough of a space on your kitchen bulletin board or the chef’s office door.

Kitchen Safety

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.

Kitchen Safety

7 Shifts

MARCH 10, 2021

These may be traits that come naturally to the best restaurateurs, but they can also learn some valuable habits to help them efficiently and effectively run a business and meet their goals. A successful business plan covers everything from the food you’ll serve to how your restaurant will look and how you want your customers to feel.

Management

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2020

. “As we all know, the restaurant industry has been devastated by the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis, with employees across the nation out of work due to forced business closures,” said Rob Gifford, the Foundation’s president. Toast’s public directory of participating restaurants across the U.S.

Employee Relations

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 9, 2020

While we’re anxious to reopen, we will only do so when we are comfortable that our guests and employee’s safety and comfort is assured.” The prototype was designed to be flexible and adaptable for sites both large and small, including both nontraditional and traditional locations. customers anywhere they are.”

Kitchen Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

This edition of MRM News Bites features a double dose from US Foods, SpotOn Transact, DoorDash Kitchens, Virtual Restaurant Consulting, Tripleseat and Gather, wagamama, Toast, The Gluten Intolerance Group, Instawork and StaffMate Online, Procurant and Yellofin, Sift, 7shifts, ParTech, Revel Systems and Como, Kabbage, Bluecrew and Cuboh.

Bar

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. Elo’s Sonal Apte, vice president of retail and hospitality. Guests will demand a personalized journey when food is delivered to their door.

Mobile Ordering

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2020

"It's a challenging time for restaurants — large and small — and we believe that there are some practical steps restaurants can take to address the social distancing concerns you and many are voicing today," said Susie Fogelson, Founder/ CEO, F&Co. "First Utmost care and attention is required today."

Front of House

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 12, 2022

First, take stock of normal in-house use in the kitchen – consider how frequently are you making batches in your own restaurants. For most small to medium sized businesses, co-packers are far more economically viable than capital expense on machinery, manufacturing expertise, and warehousing. Packaging and Design.

Retail