Restaurant Business

JUNE 23, 2025

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Leadership Food Supply 2025 Kitchen Safety 200

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

. – Noah Glass, Founder & CEO of Olo The pandemic was a transformative period for the restaurant industry, leading to significant changes in how both restaurants and consumers operate. Technology continues to transform restaurant operations. The workforce also experienced a major reset.

Front of House 221

Front of House Loyalty Program Recruiting Customer Experience 221

ChowNow

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Most of the restaurant technology tools operators use every day were first introduced years ago, but it wasnt until the 2020 Tech Boom, brought on by COVID-19, that widespread adoption became essential. Do you lose money due to food waste? Identify your biggest pain points. Start by pinpointing where your restaurant struggles the most.

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2025 Technology Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering 195

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 21, 2025

Operational efficiency is paramount in restaurants. From the front-of-house ensuring a pleasant dining experience to the kitchen crew keeping up with orders and maintaining sanitized facilities, every process needs to run smoothly. Beyond hygiene, hot water is vital for maintaining kitchen efficiency.

Front of House 275

Front of House Food Supply Food Order Supplies 275

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 16, 2025

The agency has grown from a one-woman operation to a team of nine with clients across the U.S. So when we develop a brand’s marketing strategy, we take into consideration operational factors.” Operators are maximizing revenue through delivery, private events, ghost kitchens, catering, and branded merchandise.

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Marketing Social Media Email Marketing Back of House 332

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 24, 2024

B Corp Restaurants As of early 2024, almost 150 restaurants around the world have achieved the certification, from fine-dining independents to fast-casual chains, with hotels, breweries and food delivery companies also dotting the list. Green Restaurant and Slow Food were others we considered.

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Certification Fast Casual Government Front of House 221

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

According to 51% of restaurant operators, staffing is one of the top challenges to success. How do you ensure a team-oriented approach to working with the kitchen staff and other waiters? How do you handle special dietary requests or food allergies? Have you ever worked long shifts? How did you resolve it?

Hiring 195

Hiring Dietary Restrictions Customer Service Customer Experience 195

Lavu

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Real-time inventory systems help restaurants cut food waste , save money, and improve operations. Tracking Stock Levels in Real Time With real-time inventory tracking, restaurants can keep a close eye on their ingredients and supplies. Forecast Demand : Use sales data to predict future needs and order the right quantities.

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Waste Inventory Food Point of Sale 78

Harbor Touch

MARCH 18, 2025

Our goal is simple: give you tools to streamline operations, cut costs, and grow your business without burning out. Operational Efficiency 3. Restaurant Business Online reports top managers cut waste by 15% with tight trackingon a $50,000 food budget, thats $7,500 saved annually. Staff Management 1. Deliverys a must these days.

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Management Management Seasonal Menu Cash Management 148

SpotOn

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Now, as a copywriter at SpotOn, he helps restaurant owners and managers learn how to run a more profitable operation. Direct operating expenses. That could simply be food sales , alcohol , and non-alcoholic beverages. Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) Your Cost of Goods Sold is the cost of your food and beverages. Prime costs.

Point of Sale 90

Point of Sale License Insurance POS 90

Lavu

APRIL 17, 2025

Managing food costs is a growing challenge for restaurants as ingredient prices fluctuate and margins shrink. Real-Time Inventory Tracking offers a powerful solution by giving operators instant visibility into whats in stock, whats being used, and what needs to be reordered.

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Inventory Food Waste Mobile Ordering 78

Indoor Media

JANUARY 16, 2025

Exceptional pizza Consistent branding and marketing, Efficient operations, Cleanliness Strong customer focus These aren’t just sides; they are the central slices in the pie of success. When your pizza stands out, it enhances your entire operation and keeps customers coming back for more. It’s a conversation starter. It takes a team.

Website Management 78

Website Management Customer Experience Back of House Customer Service 78

Restaurant Business

JUNE 6, 2025

She will now oversee human resources, culture, legal, risk safety and security, internal audit, and facilities. Blaze Pizza has named Jaime Denney to the role of chief operations officer. She also led a turnaround at Jamba as vice president of operations, and spent 14 years with Starbucks, rising to director of business operations.

Fast Casual 147

Fast Casual Leadership Franchise Franchising 147

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

The focus now is finding the minimum necessary seating capacity while maximizing kitchen efficiency and service throughput. If restaurant operators are not attuned to this, they will find it very difficult to exist in the very near future. This shift ensures that operations run smoothly, and sales revenue is optimized.

Loyalty Program 471

Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Customer Experience Online Ordering 471

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

"As awful as it was, the pandemic pushed restaurants to completely rethink their operations in order to survive, and some of the changes they made during the pandemic have continued to be beneficial to those restaurants and industry at large." Landlord/Tenant Disputes : in my practice, I have seen a huge increase in lease disputes.

Mobile Ordering 418

Mobile Ordering Kitchen Safety Fine Dining Food Safety 418

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Hiring a great kitchen manager can transform your BOH operations with outstanding culinary and leadership skills. Asking the appropriate kitchen manager interview questions can reveal whether a candidate has the experience, skills, and abilities that your restaurant needs. How do you handle conflicts between kitchen staff?

Back of House 195

Back of House Management Management Operations 195

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 27, 2022

The restaurant industry is still dealing with pandemic-related issues, including supply chain disruptions, new COVID variants and surging cases, labor shortages, rising prices, and a shift in consumer demand. As a result, ghost kitchens, delivery-focused kitchens without a storefront or dining area, are growing in popularity.

Kitchen Safety 530

Kitchen Safety Food Safety Audits Food 530

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 6, 2022

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, a new trend in the food service industry has risen in popularity—ghost kitchens. These restaurants, which exclusively deliver food, typically use online ordering and a cashless transaction system that allows for little physical interaction between the customer and facilitator.

Operations 491

Operations Kitchen Safety Food Safety Waste 491

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 5, 2025

World Food Safety Day , held annually on June 7, aims to raise global awareness and inspire action on the critical importance of food safety. The core message is that food safety is everyone's business – from farmers and producers to governments, businesses, and consumers.

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Food Safety Food Supply Food Supplies 428

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2021

However, in the process of resuming and continuing restaurant operations, operators need to take steps to lower the risk of infection among employees and customers and prevent the spread of COVID-19. Kitchen operations. Food safety and restaurant cleanliness. Kitchen Operations.

Technology 492

Technology Operations Food Safety Kitchen Safety 492

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 29, 2022

Restaurant management and operations personnel are always on the search for proactive ways to increase operational efficiency and reduce waste while complying with local regulations. Transparency across operations allows corrective actions to take place before an incident occurs. Leveraging Digital Visibility.

Operations 473

Operations Food Safety Kitchen Safety Front of House 473

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Sweetgreen implemented tech solutions to improve their operations, boost sustainability , and personalize customers’ experiences. In fact, when restaurants adopt tech solutions, it can significantly improve every aspect of their business operations. For instance, technology can help restaurants: Optimize operations.

Food Safety 489

Food Safety Kitchen Safety Food Supply Audits 489

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 1, 2021

Technology will be vital in the months – and years – ahead as the pandemic continues to change the conversation about food safety. Restaurants now must prioritize the overall safety of the restaurant environment, in addition to addressing food safety itself. Deploying RFID for Supply Chain Traceability.

Technology 454

Technology Kitchen Safety Food Safety Food Supply 454

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 2, 2020

I’ve had the opportunity to support restaurant operators that have stayed open throughout the COVID shutdown. Everyone agrees that with COVID-19, the public has a heightened safety awareness. The public is watching operators very closely to see if they are doing all the things to make safety your #1 priority.

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Training Kitchen Safety Food Safety Website Management 545

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.”

Kitchen Safety 516

Kitchen Safety Food Safety Cash Management Food Supply 516

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

The key lies in achieving operational efficiency. By adopting technology and automating processes to streamline your business operations. We have seen many tech interventions in recent times that safeguard material handling in the food business. Food contamination and the outbreak of epidemics is serious business.

Technology 551

Technology Food Supply Kitchen Safety Waste 551

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2023

However, persistent labor shortages are pushing restaurants to explore automation and artificial intelligence to streamline operations – from kitchen management to customer service – to alleviate staffing pressures while also enhancing efficiency.

2024 506

2024 Food Supply Kitchen Safety Influencer 506

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 30, 2021

Nair, a partner at Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP compiles recent legal news affecting the restaurant, food and beverage and hospitality industries for Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. The act replaces previous regulations on the cottage food industry. The bill would have had a dramatic impact on fast food franchises.

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2021 Restaurant Law Kitchen Safety Food Safety 474

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 23, 2020

As they reopen, restaurant operators will need to make some immediate changes so guests and employees feel safe. Therefore, restaurant operators are embracing guest-focused technologies within their restaurants, such as kiosks and mobile devices to serve their guests at a safe distance. Focus on the Endpoint.

Back of House 568

Back of House Front of House Kitchen Safety Online Ordering 568

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 3, 2021

Still, QSRs are faced with daily challenges of disrupted supply chains, new consumer habits, and constantly changing regulatory mandates at the federal, state and local level. Factored in are disruptions to staffing, supply chain, and changing regulations, driving a need to change menus almost daily in many locations. Automated Safety.

Technology 493

Technology Mobile Ordering Kitchen Safety Food Safety 493

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Imagine you operate a multi-site restaurant organization known for its elegant holiday dining and delicious catering. You’re also hostage to other rising costs and supply chain delays, and want to deliver the experiences your diners expect, now and into 2022. freezers, food warmers, fryers, etc.). Maintaining Equipment.

Equipment 493

Equipment Kitchen Safety Food Supply Food Safety 493

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. Here are five trends in the restaurant industry to consider post-COVID: Labor Supply, Wages and Automation. Food Trucks Factor in the New Normal.

Food Truck 539

Food Truck Retail Mobile Ordering Food Safety 539

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Additionally, as a result of the ongoing labor shortage, we anticipate more automated chatbots to support on-site team members and help streamline their work as well as operators looking for locations with smaller dine-in square footage in favor of adding more drive-thru lanes. Clinton Anderson, CEO, Fourth Enterprises.

2022 450

2022 Food Supply Back of House Kitchen Safety 450

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2022

The restaurant industry loses an astounding $162 billion each year in food waste. All restaurants should proactively work to reduce food waste, which will also help you save money, increase profits, spotlight your commitment to sustainability, and help the environment. Between a third and a half of food is wasted worldwide annually.

Waste 539

Waste Compost Food Recycling 539

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Open Up More 'Ghost Kitchens' Restaurant locations are having a hard time keeping up with all the mandated restrictions to dining in. It’s a giant expense to gear up to reopen, invest in perishable supplies, rehire staff, upgrade safety measures … all just to close up shop again.

Innovation 558

Innovation Hiring Mobile Ordering Online Ordering 558

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 14, 2022

There are all kinds of different types of restaurant theft, ranging from food and inventory, theft at the register and checkout counter, external grease theft, time theft and employee product theft. That hurts your bottom line and is regressive to the rest of your restaurant operation. Supplies and ingredients can get expensive.

Point of Sale 508

Point of Sale Kitchen Safety Back of House Inventory 508

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. Travel Safe features are available in all 49 markets where Tripadvisor operates. How Travel Safe helps travelers and business owners. ” Dine Brands Adds to Team.

Guest Recovery 539

Guest Recovery Kitchen Safety Mobile Ordering Food Safety 539