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How to Avoid the Top Seven Restaurant Inventory Management Mistakes

Modern Restaurant Management

Inefficient restaurant inventory management practices, improper storage, gaps in inventory logs, theft, and waste can cause even the most successful kitchens to struggle or fail. Using par levels based on real usage and not just a “guess” creates more accurate orders.

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The Top 5 Restaurant Inventory Management Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Restaurant365

With food costs running at approximately 30% or higher, learning importance of inventory management and how to prevent common mistakes is critical in successfully driving down costs and maximizing profits. Actual Food Cost (COGS). Theoretical Food Cost. Failing to Streamline the Ordering Process. Order on time.

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The Leftovers

EATER

Can an app promising discount, end-of-day goods make a dent in America’s food waste problem? Now, in a bid to reduce food waste, an app is using the appeal of cheap, unexpected food to motivate consumers to buy items restaurants would otherwise throw away. Lille Allen/Eater. I was more than up for the challenge.

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Restaurant Loyalty Programs to Boost Revenues

Cheetah

Regularly recurring personalized deals, seamless ordering, and cardless payment all help bring diners back to Starbucks again and again. . They can find the nearest restaurant on a map, as well as quickly order and pay through the app. Online Ordering With Loyalty Perks. They have roughly 14.2 Loyalty Programs and Restaurants.

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From Ghost Kitchens to Living Kitchens: A New Vision for Food Service’s Next Great Space

Modern Restaurant Management

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. Without these pricey anchors dragging down your profitability, you just might be able to focus on making food, and not making rent.

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12 Tips to Increase Catering Profits This Busy Season

Cheetah

These small bites require just as much food as entrees, but demand meticulous prep work (and thousands of toothpicks). Unfortunately, many catering businesses suffer from disorganized operations, especially in relation to sourcing supplies, prepping food and retaining staff. Cheetah’s Coalition partner PlateIQ can help.

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How to keep your food business going during the COVID-19 / corona crisis

Deliverect

Governments all over the world have been ordering restaurants, bars and other food businesses to close up shop - until further notice. So how can the food industry try to keep its head above water during these difficult times, and how can consumers continue to support their local food and hospitality businesses?