The Restaurant Group

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Introducing new menu items is more than just adding dishes to your offerings—it’s about crafting an experience that captivates your guests and keeps them coming back for more. A well-planned new menu launch not only boosts customer engagement but also reinforces your restaurant’s brand identity.

Menu

EATER

MAY 16, 2025

The lack of power obliterated thousands of dollars in perishable food and supplies at the restaurant, and the Iocovozzis assess the loss of revenue from the closure as approximately $80,000. The hurricane hit during the fall and the winter shopping season, particularly busy and profitable times of year for local businesses.

Tourism

Lavu

APRIL 25, 2025

As a chef or restaurant owner, keeping food costs down without sacrificing quality can be a challenge. By swapping out expensive ingredients for more affordable alternatives, you can optimize your menu and significantly reduce food costs. Seasonal Flexibility: Adjust menus based on ingredient availability.

Seasonal Menu

Paper Chase Accountancy

JULY 25, 2025

Here, financial reporting isn’t merely about compliance; it’s the strategic backbone supporting dynamic pricing models, intricate seasonal forecasting, a vast web of vendor relationships, and operations that are inherently labor-heavy. Restaurants and Food Service: Including fine dining, fast casual, QSRs, cafes, and catering.

Hospitality

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

Delivery/Takeout : COVID created a shift from in-person dining to takeout and delivery options, increasing reliance on third party delivery services, and on attractive takeout options. Furthermore, digital tools for inventory and labor management became crucial for navigating supply chain disruptions and staffing challenges.

Mobile Ordering

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 4, 2025

Turn Pricing into a Growth Strategy : A smarter approach to menu pricing can boost revenue and profitability without compromising guest experience. These annualized sales declines despite foot traffic growing reflect the ongoing trend of consumers trading down for lower-cost options when dining out. percent) and transactions (+3.9

Delivery

EATER

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Scott Suchman This year, we found ourselves blissfully forgetting about the world outside the dining room, and settling into meals that felt exciting, confident, and joyful Dining out should be a lot of things — nourishing, thought-provoking, less than a week’s rent — but one that can be easy to forget about is fun.

Seasonal Menu

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

As the world is largely re-opened post-COVID, people are eagerly out and about dining in restaurants and bars to reinvigorate their social routines. According to Morning Consult , 77 percent of all polled adults are comfortable dining out at restaurants or cafes as of June 2022.

Fine Dining

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2024

The year 2024 promises a journey of adaptation and fierce competition for the restaurant industry as it manages stronger-than-expected economic data and slowing inflation while dealing with the headwinds of short labor supply, more demanding customers and an uncertain political environment. The key lesson both establishments teach?

2024

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Unprecedented labor and supply chain pressure will drive most of the restaurant trends that will define 2022, industry analysts say. This instability will push operators to trim costs by shortening menus and investing in labor-saving technology to free up cash for wage increases. Simplified Menus. Serving smaller portion sizes.

2022

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

QSRs Shift Focus from Slow-Paced Dining to Swift, Transactional Experiences Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) are reimagining their dining spaces to prioritize speed, convenience, and personalization over traditional, slow-paced dining experiences. Not Quite Cyndi Lauper, but Brands Just Wanna Have Fun!

2024

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

43 percent plan to add an outdoor on-site dining space. "What 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. ” The results are part of an Oracle Food and Beverage survey conducted by Untold Insights in September 2021.

2022

7 Shifts

JULY 12, 2024

Variable costs Variable costs depend on your restaurant’s level of activity, including food and beverage costs, labor costs, and supplies. Train your staff to use ingredients efficiently and plan your menu to minimize waste. Customers sit down, order from a menu, and are served by waitstaff. Constantino writes.

Food Truck

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

With so many amazing new dining and entertainment experiences emerging around the world, it feels good to be a part of that revolution and to bring something unique back to San Diego.” Hunter also has plans for a robust dining program in partnership with San Diego’s top restaurants and caterers.

Coaching

EATER

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Telly Justice and Camille Lindsley are creating a blueprint for fine dining’s queer future with their upcoming New York City opening, HAGS The dining room at 163 First Avenue in New York’s East Village is barely big enough to fit two people standing side by side.

Fine Dining

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Fine and Family Dining Hurt by Holiday Shift. The best performing segments during November were those whose sales are the most negatively affected by Thanksgiving: fast casual, upscale casual and casual dining. Expect for casual dining, upscale casual and fine dining to have abysmal sales and traffic growth numbers.

2019

EATER

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The same nearby coast that brings endless powder to Whistler’s peaks also supplies fresh seafood and keeps neighboring farms lush with crisp, clean mountain water. They know food, they know service, they know their wines, and they have high expectations.”. Whistler Cuisine. Leila Kwok. Pasta at Il Caminetto. What to Know Before You Go.

Seasonal Menu

EATER

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In the 19th century, the Canadian Pacific Railway brought European food cultures and grand lakeside hotels. And most recently a locavore, mountain-to-table food movement has built on these overlapping historical influences and endemic Rocky Mountain ingredients to create bold meals fit for the breathtaking setting.

Hotels

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 10, 2019

October has arrived, the leaves are falling, and spooky season has officially begun. With over 20% of restaurant staff reporting that Halloween is the busiest holiday at their restaurant, you shouldn’t shrug off the spooky season. Halloween Specials and Menu Ideas for Restaurants and Bars ?????

Specials

EATER

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This is the year that a bakery — not a bakery-plus-restaurant, not a bakery with a savory menu too, just a damn good bakery — can feel revolutionary, even when sticking to the classics. With a menu of compelling bites like beef heart skewers and glistening ceviche, the city has embraced Amazonia as a nightlife destination in its own right.

2022

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2019

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature Ono Food Co, DoorDash, Parts Town and Heritage Foodservice, Rouxbe, Presto, Burger King and Uber Eats, Pared, Tork, Restaurant Technologies, Willie Degel, Bolay, Ritual, Preoday and TISSL, AdTheorent and Voodoo Doughnut. Ono Food Co. Ono Blend Founders Daniel Fukuba and Stephen Klein.

Food Truck

Cheetah

JANUARY 20, 2022

When the Covid-19 delivery boom took off, many restaurants shortened their menu in order to focus on their best, and most delivery-friendly, items. But as supply chain issues, labor shortages and health concerns persist, the small menu trend is making increasingly more economic and operational sense as a long term strategy.

Seasonal Menu

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2020

Brands, Mount Franklin Foods, US Foods, Melt Shop, FoodMaven, Nathan's Famous, Island's Fine Burgers & Drinks, Checkers & Rally’s, Lineage Logistics and Minnow. In addition to the new brands, The Absolute Brands will introduce pop-up concepts for seasonal happenings and chef collaborations.

Food Supply

7 Shifts

MAY 23, 2024

This includes: Net Sales: The total revenue derived from your sale of food and beverages. However, as a rule, the primary costs you can expect in running your restaurant are usually related to food, labor, and rent. This can reduce your budget for ingredients and, at the same time, minimize food waste.

Point of Sale

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 8, 2024

Q4 Restaurant Trends Toast released its Q4 2023 Restaurant Trends report that examined catering activity around the holidays, large events, cold-weather food and alcohol preferences, and weekly tipping trends. Among the highlights: On or Off Prem Same-store catering transactions increased +71 percent in Q4 2023 compared to Q4 2022.

Catering

7 Shifts

MAY 23, 2024

We’ve studied what makes the 20% of restaurateurs successful and categorized them into essential categories, including optimizing your menu, providing unforgettable experiences, hosting events, and improving takeout. When done right, menu engineering can grow your sales by as much as 15% !

Social Media

7 Shifts

MAY 23, 2024

Improving your restaurant operations to succeed in this highly competitive industry means serving quality food and providing excellent customer service while minimizing waste, reducing costs, and keeping your employees engaged. This is why 62% of managers feel burnt out , especially on days leading to peak seasons. In USA, the U.S.

Operations

EATER

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

From Basque chorizo to huckleberry ice cream, wine trails to mountaintop picnics, here’s everything you need to know about wining and dining in Idaho’s Snake River Valley Since it earned the nickname the Gem State, Idaho has been attracting fortune-seekers who see untapped value in the West. And then there’s wine. Really great wine.

Vineyard

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

This edition of MRM News Bites features McDonalds, the Food Waste Reduction Alliance, OpenTable, Ordermark, Hudson Group, Hakkasan Group , Waitr and Checkers, ICV Partners, Restaurant Technologies, Diebold Nixdorf and Alto-Shaam. " Reducing Food Waste. Changes at the Top for McDonald's. in January 2017. " Joe Erlinger. "Joe

Waste

Deliverect

MARCH 24, 2021

But every food business is different. Ghost kitchens avoid the costs of front-of-house staff and dining space and can operate with a lower marketing spend and lower setup costs than traditional restaurants. With more people than ever ordering food to go, many restaurants have found off-premise orders outstripping dine-in customers.

Food Truck

7 Shifts

JUNE 16, 2024

In 2020, the number of establishments in the food and beverage industry was estimated to be 23.1 You can give your customers 1 point for every $10 they spend at your restaurant (the price point depends on how much you're selling your food and beverages; just make sure to set an achievable price).

Marketing

Restaurant365

DECEMBER 11, 2020

operators, mostly sales) minus your cash outflows (your operating costs, like food and drink, payroll, rent, etc.) For instance, you may need to proactively adjust your labor to meet a seasonal drop in sales, or plan for the best time to spend cash on any needed maintenance or upgrades. Cost out your menu items and recipes.

2021

Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

When I recently searched for where to eat in Austin, I found an eclectic and unique array of restaurants that feature world-class fine dining to the typical Texas barbeque joint. Uchi’s menu is vast, with every sashimi, sushi, soup, vegetable, and toyosu imaginable. There is nothing on this menu that isn’t perfect.

Fine Dining

Sante

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Spanning 50,000 square feet and three floors, Time Out Market Chicago will celebrate the very best the city has to offer with its 18 kitchens, three bars, demonstration kitchen, event kitchen, entertainment platform with bleacher seating and an all-season rooftop bar complete with impressive skyline views. Photo credit: Jaclyn Rivas. ?

Beverage

Xtra Chef

APRIL 15, 2020

From completely changing their concept, like Canlis in Seattle going from fine dining institution to burger drive-thru spot, to philanthropic efforts, like José Andrés’ quick work to distribute meals to those in need, plenty of big brands in the industry have sprung into action. The Seasonal Supplier.

Fine Dining

Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

My most recent trip involved exploring Nashville’s pizza spots, which offer a great diversity of pizzerias with unique pizza styles and dining experiences. Originating in Brooklyn, Emmy Squared is surprisingly a Detroit-style pizza and American comfort food restaurant and bar. I recommend starting with the fried calamari.

Brewery

The Restaurant Group

APRIL 21, 2024

Launching a business in a highly competitive industry like food and beverage (F&B) requires a deep and extensive understanding of the factors that fuel success. Running a restaurant, whether it’s a fine dining, quick service, bar, bistro, or cafe venue, involves a gamut of essential activities.

Food Supply