Goliath Consulting

JUNE 15, 2021

Since the start of the pandemic, safety measures such as social distancing, lockdowns and mask-wearing have completely changed our understanding of how consumers spend on food. We saw customers stockpiling on groceries and supplies in homes instead of going out to eat, raising retail sales by 29 percent over the previous year (1).

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Future Food

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

The Trends to Watch in 2022 & Beyond The changing face of Food & Hospitality. Whilst some food and hospitality businesses chose to pivot their businesses early, out of necessity, others have elected to respond to changes in consumer preferences and are quickly reshaping the food and hospitality landscape in front of our eyes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

This capability can prove invaluable for refining pricing strategies, optimising ingredient and waste management, and planning forthcoming shifts, among other benefits. Consider, for instance, a scenario in which your Point of Sale (POS) system can forecast the popularity of a new dish based on historical customer behaviour.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2022

Cryptocurrency has real-world applications in the food industry, with restaurants using it to create new and exciting foods for their customers and find ways to use crypto as payments. Application of Blockchain in the Food Industry. Blockchain technology has been applied to the food industry.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Retailers are having a tougher time each month, as well. Based on findings from a survey hosted on the Angus Reid Forum on behalf of Restaurants Canada, the report shares that on the positive side, Canadians are looking forward to returning to restaurants, so long as safety measures are in place. Delivering Excellence.

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EATER

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Supply chain disruptions were a theme of 2021, but thanks to viral recipes, some ingredients were hit especially hard I learned a hard lesson on a recent trip to my local Asian supermarket, Tan A. Viral food trends are nothing new for social media. If the TikTok trends are significant enough, that safety stock is gone.”.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 13, 2022

As we end 2021 and consider the vast increase in takeout, comfort food, and overconsumption of alcohol that took place during the throws of the pandemic, many of us are resolved to doing better in 2022. Do some research to decide what is best for you based on the kind of food and beverages that you serve.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Just Salad was the first national restaurant chain to label its entire menu with carbon emissions similar to how brands like Allbirds had done in the retail sector. The younger generations don’t just want great food, they expect memorable experiences. We celebrate this as it benefits us all when brands focus on sustainability.

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Restaurant365

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Sourcing beef and pork from smaller local producers will alleviate some supply chain headaches. Production took a nosedive during the pandemic, meat processing slowed or stopped completely as packing houses shut down, and now a shortage of truck drivers is delaying deliveries—all tangling the meat supply chain in knots. .

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The Rail

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Most certainly this was all driven by an urgent need for safety and sanitation. If you aren’t familiar with what AR is, think Pokemon Go , but instead of monsters viewed in the real world via the lens of your phone, it will be your best food items. The Supply Chain Will Remain in Chaos. about that item.

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EATER

JANUARY 10, 2024

These powders, typically made with pulverized kale, spirulina, and other “superfoods,” have lingered on health food store shelves for decades as a way for folks to pack as much nutrition into their diets as possible. Once sold only online, Bloom made its way onto the shelves at major retailers like Target and Walmart in 2022.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The data further signaled that price increases have had a significant impact on consumer restaurant habits. Nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of participants indicated they have ordered or visited less due to higher prices. Inflation and Pricing Concerns. · 63 percent of customers are impacted by recent price increases.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The bakery, which distributes to grocery stores nationwide, is now built to better accommodate both customer and consumer needs while continuing to put the safety of employees and customers first. Shyam Rao, CEO and Cofounder, Punchh. This year we witnessed how resilient our customers are. Raquel Rosenthal, CEO, Digilant.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 13, 2022

As we end 2021 and consider the vast increase in takeout, comfort food, and overconsumption of alcohol that took place during the throes of the pandemic, many of us are resolved to doing better in 2022. Do some research to decide what is best for you based on the kind of food and beverages that you serve.

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2022 Compost Recycling White Paper 78

ChefMod

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Luckily, it is faster, more convenient, and allows you to compare different prices from different vendors. Optimal Supplier Integrated Pricing Gone are the days when vendor pricing organization was done through texts or email. Furthermore, the larger orders have made suppliers more attentive and price aggressive.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 13, 2022

Voyage Foods secures US $36 million in Series A funding round. PRF Colombia announces Covid-19 health and safety measures. With more than 5,000 attendees expected, a number of health and safety measures will be implemented at the Plaza Mayor venue, including biosecurity technology to record attendees’ temperatures.

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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. Bacardi employees and contractors also received the free product as the health and safety of people is always top of mind for the family-owned company.

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Food Supply Kitchen Safety Cash Management Food Safety 85

Cheetah

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Instead of fixed-price rent based on floor space, some restaurants are demanding variable percentage-of-revenue rent that fluctuates with the profitability of the restaurant. Lockdowns and virus variants, as well as supply deficits and labor shortages have made forecasting based on seasonal peaks extremely hard, if not irrelevant.

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Apicbase

MARCH 28, 2024

Most successful food businesses are now multi-unit and multi-channel. All come with their own data sets and metrics – food cost, inventory variance, sales numbers, the list goes on. Recipes – Your Core Data Set The back of house or production side of a food business is notoriously hard to manage.

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Management Management Point of Sale Kitchen Safety 52

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Good Food Restaurant Scorecard. Despite skyrocketing demand for plant-based food across the U.S., 42 of the country’s favorite fast food and restaurant chains still don’t offer a plant-based entrée, according to a report released today by The Good Food Institute (GFI).

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The featured food items will be “Big Kahuna Burger,” “Loco Moco Fries,” “The Fat Luau," top photo and “The Fat Piña Shake." Six of the ten largest retailers in the U.S. delivery success rate. Smart Foodservice to Open Idaho Falls Store.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

In their Q3 2019 Food Sector Retail Index, Placer.ai, the world’s most advanced foot traffic analytics platform, looks at ten of the biggest QSR brands to see who came out on top this quarter. “Whether they dine in or carry out, guests notice when the quality of the food, from the temperature to the taste, are inconsistent.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2020

Other businesses have seen a surge of consumer interest, including chicken-wing joints (+84 percent), pizzerias (+71 percent) and fast-food restaurants (+55 percent). In Asia, the third factor most often cited was provenance and food production methods. ” Safety, hygiene and the food supply chain. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The Manifest surveyed 501 people about their food delivery and restaurant habits during COVID-19 and found that two-thirds of people ate in-person at a restaurant in July 2020. Nearly two-thirds of people (65 percent) ordered food delivery in July 2020 as food options remain in-demand, but restaurant profit margins decrease with delivery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2020

Participating restaurants will donate 15-25 percent of sales to their local food bank and over 1500 restaurants nationwide have already joined the initiative. ” Over 200 food banks face a surge in demand for emergency food aid in the wake of COVID-19. Aramark Creates Safety Plans.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2020

There has also been an increase in review content for Black-owned restaurants and food businesses (up 9X) and nightlife (up 13X). The findings, from research conducted by Reach3 Insights show a complex restaurant consumer marketplace that is ready to return, but still concerned about safety.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Elo’s Sonal Apte, vice president of retail and hospitality. Over the next decade, a generation passionate about health and wellness will demand restaurants be transparent about food from farm to table. Guests will demand a personalized journey when food is delivered to their door. Christopher Baron of RedBaron Consulting.

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Black Box Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Guest Intelligence tracks 6 main categories ‘food’, ‘beverage’, ‘service’, ‘ambiance’, ‘value’ and ‘intent on return’. Full-service restaurants experienced an erosion in net sentiment for ‘food’, ‘ambiance’, ‘value’ and ‘intent on return’ during the quarter. Click here for more details. . October 19, 2021.

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T-Ching

JANUARY 29, 2020

Summer retail sales were slower than expected. In addition, these business owners may be facing challenges in finding a quality supply for their products. New FDA regulations, Chinese tariffs, and climate change have posed great uncertainty to the quality and supply of tea. The last part of 2019 was hard on small tea business.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This will manifest itself in several ways, such as informing robotics in the kitchen for food preparation, in addition to kitchen display systems (KDS) as restaurants kitchens seek to improve efficiency and better optimize for enhance prep station capacity management. – Chris Adams, VP of Strategy, Oracle Food and Beverage. "As

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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. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2020

Placer.believes these numbers show signs of a resilient economy in the face of health concerns and run counter to the notion that the entire retail economy is heading for a major downturn. Retailers are working with both their suppliers and transportation providers to find paths forward to minimize disruption.” percent and 2.9

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Focused on the retail, services and restaurant industries, the SpotOn ecosystem offers powerful technology to small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) at a price they can afford. Tastewise, an AI-powered food intelligence solution, launched in the UK. SpotOn Executive Team. ” Tastewise Data. social interactions, and 1.2M

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Market Cafe Powered by FOODWORKS is both a cost-effective, contact-free dining option, while simultaneously helping local restaurants and food artisans who were affected by COVID-19 get back on their feet and provide them with a way to restart their services. US Foods Holding Corp. On Point With Off-Premise.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Rakuten Ready unveiled a benchmark study enlisting secret shoppers to evaluate the Order for Pickup customer experience and wait times at 25 top quick-service restaurant, retail and grocery brands across the U.S. Among grocery experiences, H-E-B and Whole Foods made it into the top rankings. The future of food products and packaging.

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EATER

MAY 24, 2023

In fact, its lack of quality is often the point, a grand embrace of the lowbrow and cheap that is the cornerstone of so much comfort food. While it’s available at two retail spots in LA, New School is primarily found on the menu at a handful of places in New York and California, like Red Hook Tavern, Oui Melrose , and Amboy Quality Meats.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 15, 2021

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features restaurant industry year-end totals, how restaurant labor is evolving, fast-food brand intimacy and top cities for locavores. Top Fast-Food Brand Intimacy. An Unpopular Year. In December, quick service restaurant chain customer transaction declines were down -8 percent versus last year.

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