The Rail

MAY 2, 2024

In this post, we'll explore effective strategies for managing inventory during a restaurant move, from inventory assessment to packing and transportation, to help restaurant owners easily navigate this challenging task. Develop a plan to prioritize using perishable items to minimize waste in the days leading up to the move.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 7, 2023

For any specialty coffee roaster, one of the key factors to running a successful business is a continuous supply of fresh green coffee. However, with many medium or larger-sized roasters often having anywhere up to a year’s supply of green coffee, how can they manage their inventories as effectively as possible?

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law in January of 2011 and expanded the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s authority to regulate the way foods are grown, harvested and processed. This last initiative is perhaps the most urgent for food businesses and requires immediate attention.

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Focus POS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Sustainability is about cutting costs, eliminating waste, and improving your bottom line. Local suppliers eliminate the need for excess fuel and C02 emissions used for transporting products, so find vendors in your area, like local farmers, to team up with instead. Cut the Waste. Shop Smart. Are you buying local?

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Cheetah

APRIL 30, 2021

In case you haven’t noticed, the food truck market is on the rise , which means you need to up your game. The right commissary kitchen can mean the key to a successful food truck business – considering it offers all the benefits of having your own kitchen, without a lot of the associated overhead, paperwork, and hassle.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 3, 2023

Collecting and analyzing real-time data allows operators to make more informed decisions that can optimize operations, increase efficiencies, boost revenue, reduce waste, cut costs, and drive restaurant growth. Continued supply chain disruptions could result in stalled deliveries to your restaurant.

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The Restaurant Times

OCTOBER 29, 2021

When it comes to food trucks, a lack of sustainability can give rise to multiple problems. For a mobile business like food trucks catering to multiple locations, it is relatively harder to keep everything clean and be eco-friendly. Setting up a sustainable food truck is, therefore, a new concept. . Inspect Your Vehicle.

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Culinary Digital

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In this blog, we talk about the rising global concerns around food security. Global Food Security: An Overview Food Security is the availability of food in a country and the ability of its individuals to access safe and nutritive food that meets their dietary requirements and preferences for a healthy and active life.

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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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Marketman

JULY 7, 2019

The quality of the food you serve ensures diners keep your tables packed. The environmental impact of how products were transported. 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.

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Marketman

JULY 7, 2019

The quality of the food you serve ensures diners keep your tables packed. The environmental impact of how products were transported. 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.

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BNG Point of Sale

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Supplies used in either making or selling the product. . To ensure a profitable business, the Food Service Warehouse recommends your restaurant’s cost of goods sold (CoGS) should not be more than 31% of your sales. Cost of items intended for resale. . Cost of raw materials. . Cost of tools used to make a product. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

15 percent have ordered alcoholic beverages with food for delivery or takeout, on par with the 18 percent of Canadians that say they’re likely to do this. “The developments and improvements made to delivery and takeout containers, food quality and speed have made a lasting, positive impression,” says Barclay.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

A new survey shows that Americans love new tech-driven options for ordering and retrieving food, but the flipside is that it is making them more impatient. ” The results are part of an Oracle Food and Beverage survey conducted by Untold Insights in September 2021. In Love with Tech, but Impatient. Kicking orders to the curb.

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Marketman

JUNE 30, 2019

The easiest and probably the most obvious is to reduce waste. Here is where the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Food Recovery Program Hierarchy comes into play. Are you doing everything within your power to prevent, recover and recycle waste; or are there still some gaps that need to be plugged. . Buy in Bulk.

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Marketman

JUNE 30, 2019

The easiest and probably the most obvious is to reduce waste. Here is where the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Food Recovery Program Hierarchy comes into play. Are you doing everything within your power to prevent, recover and recycle waste; or are there still some gaps that need to be plugged. . Buy in Bulk.

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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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The Restaurant Times

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Obtaining food and trade licenses is a vital step if you wish to build a restaurant or cafeteria in Dubai. The Food and Safety Department will issue a food license, while the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing in Dubai will issue a trade license. Requirements Of Food Safety To Open A Cafeteria. Cost of License.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2021

Waste management is one of the challenges affecting the restaurant industry. Research from the University of Arizona shows that fast-food restaurants waste 9.55 percent, while full-service restaurants waste 11.3 Therefore, you should start by monitoring waste production before consolidating your efforts.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

In their Q3 2019 Food Sector Retail Index, Placer.ai, the world’s most advanced foot traffic analytics platform, looks at ten of the biggest QSR brands to see who came out on top this quarter. Overwhelmingly, the quality of food is the main factor in determining why consumers pick a particular restaurant when dining out (46 percent).

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Apicbase

JULY 1, 2022

It helps them expand operations while keeping food quality consistent across locations and channels, and, equally important, keeping the overhead costs in balance. Recommended read : Restaurant Expansion Strategy: How to Grow Your Restaurant Into a Successful Food Empire. This blogpost covers: What is a central kitchen?

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 18, 2019

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature Winnow, Epic Burger, OneDine, Revenue Management Solutions, t he ONE Group Hospitality, McCain Foods, Epson America and Noble, Inspire Brands and 2nd Avenue Lighting. Winnow Raises $20M to Fight Food Waste. 63 million tons of food is wasted every year.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 27, 2023

The restaurant industry is guilty of producing large amounts of carbon emissions in its quest to deliver delicious food and memorable culinary experiences for customers. In fact, the food and drinks industry (of which the restaurant industry forms a part) is responsible for around one third of all greenhouse gas emissions annually.

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EATER

MARCH 16, 2022

Amid supply chain challenges and rising food costs, fuel price spikes are yet another headache for food banks If you’re like basically everybody else in America right now, you’re feeling a serious pinch at the gas pump. Lori Cannava/City Harvest.

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Harbor Touch

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Restaurant owners are always looking for ways to save money and cut down on waste. Use Extra Food and Cooking Products. By the nature of the business, restaurants tend to throw away a lot of food – according to a study by the University of Arizona; and this equals 9.55 percent of fast food and 11.3 Buy less food.

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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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7 Shifts

AUGUST 4, 2020

It’s no surprise the food industry leaves behind a large footprint—and while much of the supply chain is inevitable, there are many innovative and simple steps we can all take to reduce waste and our own carbon footprint. Takeaway: By showing your commitment to reducing plastic waste, you’ll encourage customers to do the same.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 4, 2020

It’s no surprise the food industry leaves behind a large footprint—and while much of the supply chain is inevitable, there are many innovative and simple steps we can all take to reduce waste and our own carbon footprint. Takeaway: By showing your commitment to reducing plastic waste, you’ll encourage customers to do the same.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Pandemic-related materials, food, and labor shortages make running an independent restaurant near-impossible. At its start, the pandemic brought us images of vast trenches of rotting onions, piles of abandoned produce, and lakes of wasted milk, dumped by farmers who no longer had restaurants to buy their products.

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EATER

JUNE 7, 2023

First, they’d “purge” the crawfish, which involves soaking the critters in salted water to, theoretically, remove waste material and other impurities. Someone would inevitably source a slew of beer flats, or cardboard trays used to transport canned beverages, that we’d use as makeshift plates. Thank God for Granny’s tartar sauce.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 13, 2021

Wages, food, turnover, rent, utilities, and other operational costs have stayed level or increased as supply chain, labor and transportation disruptions continue to pop up. It makes sense to bring together comprehensive reporting, streamline labor, and cut waste to avoid bleeding profits as guests return.

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Cheetah

JANUARY 20, 2022

But as supply chain issues, labor shortages and health concerns persist, the small menu trend is making increasingly more economic and operational sense as a long term strategy. One of the most pressing issues currently influencing all aspects of food-service is the labor shortage. Reading Time: 3 minutes.

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The Restaurant Times

AUGUST 5, 2022

A cloud kitchen, sometimes known as a ‘ghost kitchen’ or’ virtual kitchen’” is a contemporary culinary environment that gives food businesses the equipment and resources to cook food for delivery and takeout. It is a kitchen that provides food but does not serve it on-site. But is that it?

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The Restaurant Times

MAY 26, 2021

They are free to take their pick from the food options available. Food Wastage. Food wastage is another primary reason to be considered while explaining the downfall of the buffet business. With fewer customers visiting the buffet restaurants, all the food prepared could be wasted. The leftovers are, thus, wasted.

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Tundra Restaurant Suppkly

DECEMBER 1, 2020

But food delivery apps such as Grubhub, DoorDash, and UberEats had already been gaining popularity even before the pandemic hit. And as the demand for getting restaurant food to go continues to increase, consumer expectations are rising across the board – floppy pizza isn’t going to cut it anymore.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 11, 2022

Craft and artisan are notably used throughout several food and beverage sectors; they are attached to segments such as craft beer and artisanal bread. As third wave coffee consumers express more interest in learning about where coffee comes from, there is more focus on the wider coffee supply chain, particularly on producers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Tastewise, an AI-powered food intelligence solution, launched in the UK. With real-time data into consumer behavior data, the solution offers immediate, location-specific food and beverage insights into an industry that is changing faster than ever before. ” Tastewise Data. social interactions, and 1.2M online recipes.

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