Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

This helps the business manage its bottom line – especially given the higher cost of cooking oil in recent years – and the quality of the food coming out of its kitchens. The process was ripe with safety risks for employees and liabilities for the franchisee. “I talk about it all the time,’ Neal said.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Offering Bento Packs for individually portioned meals and a la carte buffet-style trays for customizable group settings, L&L’s catering options bring Hawaiian-style comfort food to events large and small throughout our locations nationwide. In what ways can operators enhance the dining experience while still providing value?

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

'Safety' is what I believe to be most important now to help assure patrons to revisit their favorite restaurants. The marketing message has not changed drastically from food-based to safety procedures. But now there is an added message about the safety precautions that are in place for a restaurant.

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Goliath Consulting

MARCH 26, 2025

Spring presents unique challenges, from sudden temperature swings to an influx of pollen that can strain ventilation systems. A well-maintained HVAC system doesnt just provide comfortit also protects food safety by maintaining stable temperatures and proper air circulation. Key Spring Maintenance Priorities 1.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 10, 2021

With so much of a focus on health and safety, other details and levels of service are understandably pushed to the backburner. While the safety of guests and staff should remain the top priority, there are a few strategic ways that operators can elevate their service to retain and grow business right now.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Steady Online Ordering Brings Food Waste, Donations to the Forefront of Priorities Ordering food online increases restaurant sales, but it also can potentially increase wasted food if proactive measures aren’t taken – for both the business and consumers at home.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The migration to electronic vehicles (EVs) presents a great business opportunity for restaurants, allowing you to entice key stakeholders – and drive specific behaviors – simply by adding charging stations in your parking lots. You already provide delicious food, exceptional customer service, and an inviting atmosphere, right?

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2021

It’s not enough just to recover, retail and specifically restaurants and the food industry are compelled to pivot, adapt and create a model that will endure. Expect to see more self-ordering kiosks already present at Taco Bell, Panera and McDonalds. Food Trucks Factor in the New Normal.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Be Transparent About Safety. Over the past year, restaurants have had to evolve their communications to consumers with a sensitivity and transparency never before required around issues of safety and health. Put a plan in place now and you’ll be ready to execute the minute you’re back in the game.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 21, 2020

Both now and for the future, technology can answer many of the question’s managers have surrounding maintaining the health of employees, ensuring the safety of their guests and protecting their bottom line. Temperature sensors will track refrigeration to ensure food safety. Plan Wisely.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 26, 2021

These conditions present an evolving challenge for restaurants when it comes to providing a safe dining experience for customers and employees, especially when it’s often unknown whether patrons are vaccinated or not. And as the delta variant has shown us, you never know when safety protocols may change.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 15, 2022

Cryptocurrency presents a chance to break the traditional rules around loyalty platforms. Visibility in all aspects of the supply chain is important for restaurants, especially since food is a sensitive product to handle. Loyalty Benefits. Well, what does this have to do with cryptocurrency?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 20, 2020

These heightened food safety standards and consumer expectations are sure to continue after reopening and could possibly lead to more permanent requirements. The national narrative has shifted in recent weeks to talks of reopening and public safety concerns with implementation of effective social distancing protocols.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 14, 2025

However, the restaurant industry can present significant safety hazards for employees. Prioritizing safety is crucial, and often, seemingly small, overlooked aspects can significantly impact your business's well-being and reputation. Enhancing safety protocols doesn't always require drastic changes.

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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 24, 2023

When staff are unable to answer basic questions about your gluten-free menu, or ask inappropriate questions of guests who inquire about gluten-free options, consumers may have doubts about your ability to ensure their safety or prepare a dish that meets their dietary needs. The first step is to clearly identify any gluten-free dishes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 19, 2020

They provide much more than food, they provide nourishment and create communities. Restaurants bring groups of people and that traffic often brings safety. Restaurants must build trust, communicate safety and clearly establish value. Restaurants must build trust, communicate safety and clearly establish value.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The extra precautions and contortions of today’s pick-ups will eventually fade, but the model of customers grabbing food right outside the restaurant is here to stay. Yes, curbside reduces the number of virus-spreading interactions and increases safety, but that’s about the only good news for the people running the restaurant.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Even as restaurants reopen to some on-premise dining, takeout presents distinct advantages: Takeout can help make up for those “missing tables” resulting from social distancing requirements, even as it requires less of a restaurant’s biggest expense item: labor. Eating out, or taking out, is never just about the food.

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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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Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 26, 2025

As consumer demand continues to grow, coffee shops and roasters must consider an often overlooked aspect of cold brew production: food safety. You may also like our article on why the coffee industry needs to take cold brew food safety seriously. Cold brew’s longer shelf life also presents unique challenges.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2020

Rakuten Ready surveyed more than 100 customers to measure how behaviors around dining have, or are anticipated to change around the perceptions and impact of COVID-19 on restaurants, food delivery and order for pickup. "The desire for convenience has always been present, coupled with an equally strong desire for delicious food.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2020

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. Training topics should include infection prevention, food safety and personal hygiene. Serving up Cleanliness.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 8, 2021

Chef’s who are able to progressively teach cooks and even service staff about the ingredient, preparations, flavor profiles, pairings, and presentations of the food that is designed and produced in the kitchen will be in high demand. will find themselves in the winner’s circle. [] FLEXIBILITY. This is quite the package.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2020

US Foods Holding Corp. launched its COVID-19 online operator resource, the US Foods Restaurant Reopening Blueprint. The Restaurant Reopening Blueprint is informed by interviews with key stakeholders such as diners, restaurant staff and US Foods consultants and chefs. Click here to view the application and instructions.

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The Rail

JANUARY 3, 2025

For example, training employees to not waste food and other resources is a growing priority for restaurants seeking to minimize environmental impact while maximizing efficiency. Training in this area might include: Food safety : Food safety is non-negotiable. Are customer complaints often related to slow service?

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Culinary Cues

MAY 8, 2023

It is very rare that any owner/operator demands a chef work that much, we just feel responsible and hate to ask our staff to work as hard as they do and not find the chef present to help, encourage, critique, and celebrate. Finally, the chef signs every plate of food that leaves the kitchen. The job is, of course, very physical.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 23, 2024

In addition to more wide-ranging compliance requirements like general health & safety guidelines and local labor laws, there are food and beverage-specific safety regulations , requirements for specialty licenses (such as those to serve alcohol), and unique stipulations on labor compliance, many related to the employment of minors.

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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

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

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Non-perishable packaged or canned food. One of the biggest dangers in a hurricane is the loss of power and how it affects food storage. Many Time and Temperature Control for Safety Foods (TCS Foods) may need to be destroyed if they go out of temperature range. Keep Foods Safe During Floods. Extra batteries.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2021

Safety and Normalcy. Then the same devices that make guests feel more secure, such as safety screens between booths, can be erected in a way that increases the feel of intimacy or privacy. Discreetly branded disposable masks could also be worn by employees and presented to on-premise patrons who forget theirs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2023

In the waning days of 2022, FDA issued an updated Food Code with several important updates. economy, and the Food Code impacts virtually every American. Let’s examine the key new provisions of the 2022 Food Code. Many of the key changes in the 2022 Food Code relate to food allergens.

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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. . In the U.S.

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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. Search filter : A new filter allows users to easily find which hotels and restaurants are taking these added safety precautions. ” Dine Brands Adds to Team.

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Guest Recovery Kitchen Safety Mobile Ordering Food Safety 540

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

General Mills Foodservice' s Neighborhood to Nation Restaurant Recipe Contest will award $100,000 to restaurants and food trucks nationwide. The Neighborhood to Nation Recipe Contest is open to foodservice operators, chefs and line cooks who develop recipes for menu items served at independent, commercial restaurants or food trucks.

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