Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Through financial recessions, terrorist attacks, global pandemics, and just the typical challenges we face in the course of daily business, there are many leadership lessons to be learned. In the good times, this looks like rigorous training, a dedication to time-honored processes, and a focus on building your culture. Get Better.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 7, 2025

PLAN BETTER TRAIN HARDER Work Hard and be Kind Dick Cattani Harvest America Ventures, LLC Restaurant Consulting www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG (Over 900 articles about the business and people of food) CAF Talks Podcast [link] More than 90 interviews with the most influential people in food

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 2, 2022

Food and labor costs are elevated and expected to remain high in 2022 , negatively impacting restaurants’ profit margins. To maximize your existing resources: Reduce food waste. With prices skyrocketing, restaurants should focus on eliminating food waste. Train continuously. in one tech stack. Maximize compliance.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 23, 2025

23, 2025 Photograph: RATIONAL Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Maintaining clean and hygienic equipment is one of the most important tasks in food service — and also one of the most despised. Most of all, it’s not nearly as much fun as preparing food and serving customers, the reason most people love working in food service.

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EATER

APRIL 8, 2021

It is also a nonprofit that has spent 30 years training at-risk youth exiting the juvenile detention system to work in hospitality. So the staff and the 15 young people working that night spent most of the evening doing extra training and cleaning to keep busy. Café Momentum is more than just a restaurant, though. Several U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Why Measure Food Safety Performance? Achieving food safety excellence should be a continual goal. Therefore, a restaurant's food safety goals should evolve along with these changes. To begin measuring food safety performance, an organization first needs to establish its KPIs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 17, 2024

Promoting a food safety culture in the restaurant industry requires a fundamental shift in mindset and practices. A recent survey revealed that only 49 percent of companies have a formal food safety culture plan, highlighting a critical gap that the foodservice industry must address. percent of pathogens.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2020

It requires businesses to overhaul cleaning procedures, conduct thorough training and implement new employee-centric policies. For food contact surfaces, you can instruct employees to use a disinfectant cleaner for added assurance, but they must rinse the surface afterwards and then apply a no-rinse sanitizer. Cleaning the Right Way.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Or employees haven’t been properly (and regularly) trained. To increase order accuracy, your restaurant should: Prioritize training. When restaurants are short-staffed, training may become an afterthought, as other high-priority tasks loom. Even when things are hectic, training must remain a priority.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2020

“We know the coming weeks will be challenging ones for many small business owners, and we want to help restaurants focus on food, not finances.” will present a free webinar in conjunction with The Food and Beverage Shows titled, "Restaurant Preparation to Minimize COVID-19 Disease Risk and What You Need to Do Now."

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The world of food franchising has been a catalyst for pioneering innovations that have had a ripple effect across multiple industries. And it’s safe to say that the food franchising industry brought Henry Ford’s approach to process optimization to a whole new level.

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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.” Cash is dirty.

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The Rail

JANUARY 8, 2025

By Ellie Gabel, Contributor Safety is crucial in any workplace, but restaurants face a unique mix of concerns. However, they must also ensure the safety of their guests, as foodborne hazards can be dangerous and stem from many areas. Experienced restaurant owners likely already recognize the need for both sides of restaurant safety.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2020

By prioritizing employee safety during a time of crisis, leaders set a strong example for their management teams and clearly demonstrate how the organization values its people. And to say that larger food service organizations with locations that cross state borders will have their work cut out for them is an understatement.

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Embrace the Suck

MAY 14, 2023

As such, it's a tragedy when these establishments falter, collapse, or disappear, not due to a lack of talent, vision, or culinary prowess but because of a deficiency in leadership. I've distilled this undeniable truth: The success or failure of any restaurant is invariably linked to the quality of its leadership.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2020

By prioritizing employee safety during a time of crisis, leaders set a strong example for their management teams and clearly demonstrate how the organization values its people. And to say that larger food service organizations with locations that cross state borders will have their work cut out for them is an understatement.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2020

” Traditionally, to enable delivery most sellers list their menu on food delivery platforms because the restaurant doesn’t have their own couriers. Visa is expanding its partnership with IFundWomen providing grants and digital training to U.S.-based In the U.S., based Black women-owned small businesses.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 15, 2023

Cafés and Bistros should be able to dip into a cache of “extra” money to pay for the entrance fee and since it is thought that restaurants make significant profits from the food they sell, then those deep discounts will be easy to swallow. If you are not in the restaurant business, then maybe this sounds reasonable. We would love that.

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The Rail

OCTOBER 3, 2024

By Indiana Lee, Contributor The old idiom “a team is only as strong as its weakest link” is shown to its fullest extent in the food service industry. While the adage applies to a wide range of restaurant operations, one of the most vital is food safety. If you’ve seen any of these in your kitchen, it’s time to course correct.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 27, 2020

Our research from over 1,900 restaurant professionals shows that the main reasons employees quit are due to poor training, bad relationships with managers, and lack of team-building activities. Doesn’t it make sense to create a restaurant employee handbook that encourages a positive workplace culture through teamwork and training?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 12, 2020

As a new initiative offering valuable education opportunities, business skills and training, and enhanced career prospects, Dunkin’ has launched a new partnership with Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) to offer low-cost college degrees to its independent franchisees and their employees. metro area.

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Open for Business

OCTOBER 15, 2024

That’s why having a solid restaurant management training program is so important for owners and operators looking to build a successful team. A well-structured management training program equips new leaders with essential skills while promoting ongoing development.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

It's up to the restaurant manager to maintain a warm, welcoming atmosphere and train staff to do the same. Inventory management Managers need to ensure the kitchen is stocked with the right amount of food so that nothing is wasted and as few items need to be 86'ed as possible. This goes far beyond training during the first week.

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Hot Schedules

AUGUST 10, 2021

Protecting Your Customers: How to Scale Your Food Safety Culture Across Multiple Locations. While employees know they play a crucial role in food (and ultimately guest) safety, when a 45-minute wait forces everyone to rush, things learned in food safety training can quickly fall to back-of-mind to an undisciplined staff.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 15, 2022

Every person has needs that go beyond food, shelter, and clothing. We (the food industry) need to point to a well-known quote from Anthony Bourdain: “When someone cooks for you – they are saying something. Of course, we require those important things to survive, but survival to the average person is never enough.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 29, 2024

We speak of a time of unconditional commitment to the craft and the job – sacrificing all else for the plate of food in the pass. Certainly, the restaurant and the chef have a responsibility to train, but the individual cook can take that training to a new level if they are willing to seek out every opportunity to learn and grow.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

“This alignment, along with TouchBistro’s global market leadership and powerhouse team of restaurant industry veterans, represents a great opportunity to get the proprietary capabilities we’ve built into our guest retention solution into the hands of significantly more restaurants.” ” Tyga Bites Launches. .”

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

While the pandemic forced consumers to leverage contactless payment, such as tap-to-pay, out of pure health and safety concerns, it’s quickly become the normal course of business for restaurants aiming to streamline operations and maximize convenience. in a full-service restaurant will jump to a fast-food operation for the $3.50

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7 Shifts

MARCH 23, 2022

The food and hospitality hasn't changed all that much since '65. It was a two-day training for managers.” So I think it was almost two, eight-hour days training for the managers got to implement.”. The training took like an hour for us to pick, pick it up and start using it,” says Buck. The restaurant industry has.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 28, 2021

The brand’s commitment to each guest service experience is the focal point of upcoming menu innovation, value-based choices, and a portfolio of new organic food and beverage educational content. And because our food travels so well, guests never have to choose between quality and convenience."

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7 Shifts

JULY 24, 2020

Topics: Hospitality; hiring and training staff; building workplace culture. ?? Topics: Leadership; time management; reducing overheads and staff turnaround. ?? You’ll learn her secrets on leadership and boosting team morale, which in turn will lead to smoother shifts and happier staff. Published: 2009 ?? Author: Danny Meyer ??

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 14, 2020

Because the facility includes a kitchen for restaurants to prepare foods, the only equipment needed to operate a Dickey’s location is a smoker and a warming cabinet. Virtual kitchens handle food delivery and have additional staff at the facility, so the barbecue brand will only need to employ a limited number of team members.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

“Our new formats are incredibly attractive to today’s multi-unit operators, who are looking for chef-driven food quality at a lower investment than a traditional QSR. The brand will continue to implement preventative health and safety measures recommended by the CDC. designed with high-rent urban areas in mind.

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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.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 16, 2024

One of a restaurant manager’s primary responsibilities is hiring, training, and scheduling staff so that the business runs smoothly. Leadership and communication Leadership and communication are not just skills, but essential qualities for a successful restaurant manager.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

TIPs offers training for individuals on the responsible sale, service and consumption of alcohol. ” Following his transitional leadership role at SALIDO and NAB, Chowdhury will focus his efforts on the Bowery Engine, an early stage direct investment and incubation company that previously supported SALIDO. US Foods Holding Corp.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

We are also leaning heavily into our People First Safety Always Plan to guide us through how we’re doing business, as we seek what’s best for all our teams, franchisees, and enterprise.” There aren’t a lot of products that are transparent about what is in your food.”

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