EATER

MAY 17, 2023

Emily Chu For some restaurant owners, a pandemic pivot to frozen dumplings has created a promising new career path Everyone in food pivoted during the pandemic. Now rebranded as MìLà, their frozen food company recently received an influx of $22.5 billion, according to the American Frozen Food Institute. billion to $72.2

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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. Restaurants have been pivoting to reach and serve customers in new ways, and retailers have been seeing the lines blur between brick and mortar and e-commerce.

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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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Sante

MAY 5, 2020

Teaser: The “We’re In This Together” mentality has enabled food producers to serve those in need with kindness through community outreach programs. While most states are still in lockdown, some good news about good deeds in the food and beverage industry may help shed some light during these dark times.

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BNG Point of Sale

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

A Guide to a Restaurant’s Ideal Profit Margin for Food . Ideal Profit Margin for Food . The food business is notoriously tough. A Guide to a Restaurant’s Ideal Profit Margin for Food . 30% food costs . Food Trucks . 30% labor . 30% overhead expenses . 10% profit .

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 17, 2021

“The food at Taco John’s was definitely a differentiator as I was doing my research in the industry. “As we expand to larger cities, restaurant entrepreneurs like Dara are just who we’re looking for – with a passion for the food, and his background in the industry, we definitely have a winner here.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 7, 2020

This edition of MRM News Bites features the Independent Restaurant Coalition, Tripadvisor, Inspire Brands Foundation, WorkJam, EZ-Chow, US Foods, Potbelly Pantry, Just Salad, Zalat Pizza, Kentucky Fried Chicken, California Pizza Kitchen, Nando’s and Street Factory Media. These are the people that feed America.

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EATER

JULY 27, 2020

But he fails to extrapolate the larger, damning diagnosis from that symptom: If employers can’t compete with unemployment benefits that equate to a living wage, then there’s obviously a massive problem with how much workers — especially those in food service, janitorial, retail, and other lower paid occupational fields — are paid in this country.

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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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EATER

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The initial quarantine of 2020 created a baking boom that shattered the flour supply chain, but King Arthur Flour came back from it even stronger In March of 2020, King Arthur Flour was cruising to the end of its winter season, when mill partners slowed production to do maintenance and the company ran its leanest inventory of the year.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

He started his career with Hardee’s Food Systems in 1983 ending in the position of District Manager. Paul Soulliere began his career with Hardee's Food Systems in 1978 and worked his way up as Crew Supervisor, Assistant Manager, and Restaurant Manager. Bill is a 1982 graduate of Michigan State University.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2019

They touched on topics such as delivery, ghost (dark) kitchens, automation, plant-based menu items, food waste, sustainability, staffing and retention and more. The economic model makes more sense than traditional brick and mortar so many food businesses are moving in this direction. FAT Brands Chairman and CEO Andy Wiederhorn.

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EATER

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Environmental economists now say it is actually better for the planet to simply throw your plastic in the trash so that it requires less trucking to get it to the landfill. You would need something like 500 trucks to move that same amount of freight.” Sad stuff.”. View this post on Instagram.

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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. But there are still issues affecting cargo movement, including the availability of truck drivers to move cargo to Chinese ports. percent and 2.9

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KaTom

MAY 13, 2020

The availability of food delivery has grown to meet customers’ search for convenience and become an expected service, whether it is provided by employees on staff or outsourced to third-party companies (often at a hefty fee). Everything You Need to Know About Ghost Kitchens. Where should your ghost kitchen be located?

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Restaurant Engine

MAY 6, 2020

Sysco is the largest food service distribution company in the world, selling over $50 billion of food annually to restaurants, hotels, hospitals and concert venues. consumers purchased roughly half of their food for consumption outside of their homes. He also said that customers convinced Sysco to fulfill individual food orders.

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The Food Corridor

MAY 7, 2020

Two common themes are food businesses transitioning to online ordering for delivery or curbside pickup, and others turning to an ecommerce model. Transition to Food Delivery or Ecommerce. Separate hot elements from cold, for example, and use appropriate packaging to keep the food at its best in transit.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Together, the initiative supported the food and beverage community by providing more than 500,000 freshly cooked meals and much needed supplies across 19 relief kitchens nationwide. Sharebite launched Sharebite Stations, a streamlined, post-COVID compliant solution for facilitating contactless food delivery at offices.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2020

Cheetah, an e-commerce platform offering contactless pickup and delivery of food and supplies, closed $36M in Series B funding led by Eclipse Ventures, with participation from ICONIQ Capital, Hanaco Ventures, and Floodgate Fund. who provided business advisory and restructuring services. Cheetah Secures Funding.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2020

percent from the previous year, led by underperformance in restaurant, food and nightlight categories, as well as brick-and-mortar shops. voted Republican in 2016 – North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Alaska – with services sectors and several food-related economic growth trended blue — Washington D.C.,

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EATER

JULY 13, 2022

Wild foods like fish, moose, and berries are plentiful in Alaska, but the state’s relationship to certain perishables like winter produce and milk has always been fraught. Empty dairy cases have been a regular sight in grocery stores statewide over the last two years, a sometimes spooky reminder of the Alaska’s tenuous food security.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 6, 2022

Beans Coffee Club becomes official coffee partner for electronics retailer Currys. The company states the new electric ship will reduce its annual carbon emissions by the equivalent of 40,000 diesel trucks. The acquisition company states the app can improve equity and sustainability in the coffee supply chain. Mon, 2 May.

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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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EATER

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The cocktails embody what makes Amazonia so special: its massive pisco collection, the way smoky flavors weave through both food and drink, and how distinctly Peruvian ingredients are the star. The Chicken Supply. The Chicken Supply proves that takeout can be truly celebratory in its expression of flavor and history. Dina Ávila.

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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

AUGUST 28, 2020

He began his life-long career in the hospitality business at the food service division of Stouffer in Newark, N.J., and joined the Marriott Corporation in 1965 to help launch its fast-food division, beginning with Hot Shoppes Jr., It’s fun to be able to offer the city food from such a great brand through our Kitchen Center.”

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Cheetah

MAY 2, 2022

The board itself will have plenty of other preserved foods, like pickles, mustards, olives and jams – the accouterments to cheese and meat. The first recorded cured meat products were made 5000 years ago in Mesopotamia, where meat and fish were preserved in sesame oil and then dried and salted to save for when food became scarce.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Real Food at BK. Burger King permanently banned 120 artificial ingredients and counting from its food menu nationwide. “By banning these 120 ingredients from our food, we’re offering guests an easy choice – delicious food made with quality ingredients. .

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The Food Corridor

APRIL 1, 2021

Canadian food entrepreneurs are clearly eager to join the largest network of shared kitchen facilities in the world. . The team at The Food Corridor was overwhelmed with inquiries from food businesses looking for kitchen space to rent. . Like all the best innovations, The Kitchen Door was created out of necessity.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

We've learned that the increase in digital consumption and e-commerce adoption that's resulted from COVID-19 has impacted QSR much like it has retail. Restaurants saw exposure to new customers by utilizing a food delivery service and reported a 20% increase in check sizes from delivery orders versus dine-in.

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Marketman

JULY 7, 2019

The quality of the food you serve ensures diners keep your tables packed. Do you know enough about your food suppliers to answer the tough questions your customers may already be asking? food vendors (2018 ranking) to give you the information you need. Countdown of the top ten food vendors.

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Marketman

JULY 7, 2019

The quality of the food you serve ensures diners keep your tables packed. Do you know enough about your food suppliers to answer the tough questions your customers may already be asking? food vendors (2018 ranking) to give you the information you need. Countdown of the top ten food vendors.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 17, 2020

Curry Up Now began as a food truck in 2009 and was founded by husband and wife duo, Akash and Rana Kapoor, and supported by co-founder and Senior VP of Operations, Amir Hosseini. Our business growth in the last decade has positioned us to create change for good and implement creative solutions for our planet, our people and our food.

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Touch Bistro

JUNE 17, 2021

As a result, many of the POS providers that use Android hardware require customers to purchase the company’s own proprietary tablets – putting you at the risk of potential cost and supply chain issues. In addition to being extra durable, impact printers are also very loud – a quality that’s ideal in a noisy kitchen environment.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

From the Editor: Everything you missed in food news last week This post originally appeared on November 21, 2020 in Amanda Kludt’s newsletter “From the Editor,” a roundup of the most vital news and stories in the food world each week. DoorDash is exploring an IPO while Lyft considers getting into the food delivery game.

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Culinary Digital

OCTOBER 12, 2020

For insight for the Food Services Industry, we turn to our VP of Products, Abilash Krishnaswamy. Of the industries that has seen the most effects of the pandemic, one can say that the Food and beverage industry remains the most impacted business in terms of production, distribution and consumer adaptation.

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