Culinary Cues

AUGUST 4, 2022

The greatest threat is not the labor shortage or supply chain issues, it’s not the pandemic or the price of real estate – yes, all those concerns are troubling and must be dealt with, but they are not what will bring the restaurant industry to its knees. Well then – what will? Try apathy on for size. Is it ignorance or apathy?

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2021

From full service to fast-casual to legacy fast-food brands, the one constant was disruption. This approach required fewer front-of-the-house staff to maintain a dining room, complied with government orders, and kept many brands from closing. Just as one issue seemed fixed, another presents itself.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

You'll also be less likely to order too much of any ingredient, which leads to food waste. And you'll have a better handle on food disappearing due to employee theft, which happens a lot more than you may think. Kitchen items should be counted separately from the front-of-house and bar inventory. Table of Contents.

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Cheetah

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The company is also dealing with shutdowns and fines due to lack of permits, food supply disruptions , and the enduring labor crisis. In most instances, restaurateurs provide staff and food supplies. Some ghost kitchens provide basic supplies like delivery packaging and cutlery. Ghost Kitchen Business Model.

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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. This trend reflects the growing popularity of drive-thru and fast-casual dining, coupled with the demand for digital technologies such as QSR digital signage and QR codes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Our restaurant of the future is designed to benefit guests, employees and franchisees, with a new external design and a reimagined kitchen that will make it easier for us to serve hot, delicious food quickly for frictionless guest experiences, and we expect to see a lot more of that next year. Clinton Anderson, CEO, Fourth Enterprises.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 24, 2022

When properly deployed, they can transform the employee experience by improving daily operations, syncing front-of-house and back-of-house communication and execution, and delivering a memorable dining experience that won’t send staff to the walk-in cooler for a good cry. Hospitality is greater than the sum of its parts.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 30, 2022

Over the last few years, restaurants have been feeling the heat amid concerns about COVID-19, worker shortages and rising food prices. With this expected influx on the horizon, it’s important that your restaurant takes stock of proper cleaning and hygiene measures for key front-of-house (FOH) and back-of-house (BOH) areas.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 8, 2020

And social media is no slouch, either: actively follow and engage with restaurants on social media, 74% say they are more likely to visit or order food from those establishments. Engaged employees are also less likely to turnover. With an average cost of $3,500 when an employee leaves, it’s something restaurateurs can’t afford.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The choice to be great or not so great is in the hands of the restaurateur and the folks who make a living with food. Some mediocre operations may experience a false sense of euphoria simply because of supply and demand. Ironically, there is always room to be great and there is plenty of room to be mediocre. Plain and simple.

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ChefMod

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Sharing a delicious meal with friends and family delivers on all fronts. People seem to be making up for the lost time on the social front, unfazed by rising fuel, food, and labor costs. With the government banning in-house dining, savvy eateries quickly pivoted their operations.

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Sling

MAY 13, 2023

Whether you’re looking to hire employees for a fine dining establishment, a food truck, or a fast food business, you’ll need any number of restaurant positions to make up the foundation of your team. A fine dining establishment may need all 24 positions on this list, while a food truck may only need three or four.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 11, 2020

Space If you’re leasing a commercial space, you’ll need to pay a security deposit up front, which will cost between $2,000 and $12,000. You’ll also need to pay for supplies. You’ve probably thought about the challenges and risks that come with this venture, but do you know all of the costs that you’ll incur? While you can D.I.Y.

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Cheetah

JULY 1, 2021

Cross training your team to fulfil multiple positions in the kitchen or front-of-house will allow you increased flexibility to staff according to demand. But Restaurants can still significantly reduce product costs by adjusting to price fluctuations in the market. Finally, look for suppliers who are upfront about prices.

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Cheetah

JULY 1, 2021

Cross training your team to fulfil multiple positions in the kitchen or front-of-house will allow you increased flexibility to staff according to demand. But Restaurants can still significantly reduce product costs by adjusting to price fluctuations in the market. Finally, look for suppliers who are upfront about prices.

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Cheetah

MAY 11, 2021

Once you have a grasp on your establishment’s total allowed capacity, give some thought to the following: Inventory stock Back of house staff Social distancing and a better dining experience These 3 key pillars can make the difference between a streamlined restaurant reopening and a stalled one. Restaurant Reopening Requirements.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The modern Kitchen Display System (KDS) will be more interactive to increase operational efficiencies and improve quality of food for the chefs and their teams. Reduce portion sizes slightly to maintain menu prices but account for increased costs. Reduce portion sizes slightly to maintain menu prices but account for increased costs.

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Apicbase

MAY 8, 2024

MarketMan offers tools for automating invoicing, recipe costing, and food cost calculations, making it a popular choice among restaurateurs. However, with numerous similar systems available, tailored to various types of food service operations and specific use cases, you might ask, ‘Which software is the best fit for my business?

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Focus POS

JANUARY 15, 2020

From front-of-house to back-of-house operations, restaurant technology can be leveraged to streamline it all. From front-of-house to back-of-house operations, restaurant technology can be leveraged to streamline it all. Here are a few ways you can do this: Streamlined Restaurant Operations. Labor Management.

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Embrace the Suck

AUGUST 11, 2019

You’re now out in front of the market, and you don’t fear competition because you don’t have much. When you’re a commodity, and you compete, your market judges you on price. Here are the questions and my answers from that interview: Q: Can you explain the difference between competing and dominating the market?

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Sling

MAY 9, 2023

ADD_THIS_TEXT Restaurant operations (or RO for short) is the collective term for all the activities that go into managing a food-service business — everything from the daily responsibilities that need to be done to the long-term planning that keeps the business on track. They take purposeful planning and work to build and maintain.

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Future Food

MAY 10, 2022

At Future Food, we often choose to write content that provides our readers with a solution to their food and hospitality problems, or an industry forecast to assist with future planning, however today’s contribution comes purely as an observation of the industry from a consultant, who lives and breathes it on a daily basis.

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Future Food

MARCH 1, 2021

The last eighteen months have seen a tremendous rise in the acceptance of food delivery into our daily lives. Whether it’s prepared food or fresh food, the trend is obvious and apparent to all. From a prepared-food perspective, the rise of delivery aggregators is gaining momentum at a terrific rate of knots.

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Marketing4Restaurants

JANUARY 5, 2022

They’re not gonna feel like they’re getting second-best because the food you’re going to serve will be prepared by people who know what the food should taste like and what’s going to appeal to other vegetarians as well. Restaurants where their mission is a fundamental part of what they do.

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Lavu

MARCH 24, 2020

In your POS system , add options for curbside service, to tell the kitchen and front of house staff how to handle the order. Restaurant Supplies to Stock up on. Peli-Peli has never offered curbside service and is more of a luxury food chain, but they are quickly adapting to new dining hall closure mandates. Drink trays.

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Marketing4Restaurants

MAY 23, 2022

They’re not gonna feel like they’re getting second-best because the food you’re going to serve will be prepared by people who know what the food should taste like and what’s going to appeal to other vegetarians as well. Restaurants where their mission is a fundamental part of what they do. Just take a vegetarian restaurant for example.

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Marketing4Restaurants

MAY 23, 2022

They’re not gonna feel like they’re getting second-best because the food you’re going to serve will be prepared by people who know what the food should taste like and what’s going to appeal to other vegetarians as well. Restaurants where their mission is a fundamental part of what they do. Just take a vegetarian restaurant for example.

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Sling

APRIL 27, 2023

How to improve your restaurant operations management 1) Make clear plans Many things need to go right for your restaurant to open its doors each day — everything from accepting orders, prepping food, and readying the front of the house to running staff meetings and ordering supplies for the next day.

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Black Box Intelligence

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Restaurant sales, Restaurant traffic, PPA (per person average), Sales per labor hour, Daypart, Beverage versus food sales, and On and off-premise sales. Restaurant sales, Restaurant traffic, PPA (per person average), Sales per labor hour, Daypart, Beverage versus food sales, and On and off-premise sales.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

But restaurants, now that they are also bringing people back inside, are going to have do the harder work of making it a permanent solution—whether that's a pickup window adjacent to their door or reworking their kitchen in such a way that its food is flowing to the front of house in a more efficient manner.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features evolving guest relationships, views on restauarant tech, employee desires and wedding trends. The Pandemic Has Permanently Altered the Consumer-Restaurant Relationships. Investment in delivery and mobile ordering pays off. 71 percent rely on delivery for 11 percent or more of sales.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The younger generations don’t just want great food, they expect memorable experiences. When others have pulled back, we kept innovating by adding new menu items (a new Porterhouse steak, Wagyu New York Strip), half priced bottles of South American wine, To-Go experience packages and more. Lavu CEO Saleem S.

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Apicbase

MARCH 17, 2023

High inflation, labour shortages, supply chain problems and changing consumer demands are black clouds on a sunny day. They make it hard for food businesses to remain competitive and turn a healthy profit. AI tools even allow you to automate core tasks like food preparation or production. What tech does your restaurant need?

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Marketing4Restaurants

DECEMBER 29, 2021

You can find a lot of blogs and podcasts online that talk about trends, but a lot of them are sponsored by food and food providers. Dropping rent prices We are seeing a lot of movement among restaurants in terms of location too. . Dropping rent prices We are seeing a lot of movement among restaurants in terms of location too.

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Marketing4Restaurants

APRIL 1, 2021

The listing, which saw a poor opening day with the stock closing at 287.45, down from an issue price of 390p. With the recent listing in the UK of Deliveroo, we look at the Deliveroo business in Australia along with the other Restaurant Delivery Aggregators to see what the next 12 months will hold for them and for Australian restaurants.

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Ken Burgin

AUGUST 1, 2023

Ask people from one department to suggest a solution for another department eg front of house suggests the solution for a kitchen problem. Ask people from one department to suggest a solution for another department eg front of house suggests the solution for a kitchen problem.

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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. Over 8 million restaurant employees lost their jobs [permanently or temporarily.

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