Lavu

JULY 11, 2025

Its cloud-based technology and hardware flexibility make it ideal for restaurants of all sizes—from food trucks to full-service establishments—looking for a modern, scalable POS solution. Here’s how this partnership is transforming the way restaurants handle payments. How does the Lavu and Verifone integration benefit restaurants?

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Lavu

JUNE 20, 2025

In 2025, staying ahead means more than great food—it means leveraging the right tech to boost efficiency, reduce costs, and elevate the guest experience. VR onboarding spares the restaurant from wasting food or spending excessive time on training sessions. The most immediate improvement realized is the reduction in food waste.

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Lavu

JULY 18, 2025

In the fast-paced world of food service, every second counts. Real-Time Order Tracking : Keeps customers informed about their food status, reducing anxiety and follow-up inquiries. Predictive Analytics : Optimizes staffing and food prep using historical data, reducing understaffing and food shortages. Restaurants For U.S.

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Lavu

JUNE 26, 2025

Running a successful restaurant isn’t just about great food and service—it’s also about smart financial management. You probably joined the industry to make delicious food to serve and create a great environment for your patrons. It includes all the cost incurred on food and beverage, payroll, taxes, and benefits).

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Restaurant Clicks

MAY 6, 2025

Barbecue holds a special place in Missouri’s food scene. The establishment’s commitment to excellence has earned it recognition among barbecue enthusiasts and food critics alike. Starting as a food truck, this team has grown into a full-service restaurant known for its creative approach to smoked meats.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 4, 2025

Yelp analyzes the millions of reviews on its platform, along with nominations from its community of users, to generate a diverse list of local eateries, from food trucks to fine dining. This edition ranks the top fraud challenges faced by global food delivery and ride-hailing companies in 2024. percent and 2.9

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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

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The survey was conducted in January 2024 among 522 US-based Food and Beverage professionals, including owners and managers from single-site establishments and small multi-site chains with fewer than 20 restaurants. This sample size ensures statistically robust and representative data for the industry. percent year-over-year, compared to 0.4

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7 Shifts

JUNE 20, 2022

We chatted with some of those most experienced in the ghost kitchen game to find out some myths, best practices, and tips for success in this food service style. One ghost kitchen may contain multiple units where different brands can prepare food for delivery, and in some cases, pickup. Table of Contents. What is a ghost kitchen?

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Should you consider entering the food truck business? While COVID-19 may have presented additional challenges to the restaurant industry, we hope these tips can help restaurants continue to be agile and resourceful in the face of adversity. Does your dining room layout need a social distance inspired layout?

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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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Culinary Cues

JULY 15, 2024

It is evident in the way customers are approached, employees interact, how staff members dress, the lack of attention paid to customer needs, the poor execution of cooking methods, the lack of attention to flavor and a haphazard approach to presentation of products, and the overwhelming disconnect between server and guest, cook and chef.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Fresh: Modern vegan and vegetarian food with an emphasis on whole and natural ingredients. The way your menu is presented should also reflect your concept. A fine-dining restaurant with an emphasis on ingredients may present the menu simply, with descriptions of where the ingredients are from. Example: Cluster Truck.

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Culinary Cues

JULY 4, 2021

The quick fix may just be a dramatic change in how we plan and present our menus. CHANGE #3: It may also mean that certain menu staples that everyone accepts as “always present” need to be pushed aside for the time being. The important reality is that we MUST MAKE CHANGES NOW! This means that the menu will become the key to success.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 22, 2022

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine caught up with co-owner Stuart Snyder to discuss the Southwest Harbor, Maine landmark’s past, present and future. Over nine decades, Beal’s Lobster Pier, which has become one of Maine’s great food and waterfront destinations for the over 3.5-million

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Embrace the Suck

DECEMBER 25, 2019

You have a major food distributor in your market that you are probably buying from. It could be Sysco, US Foods, Performance Food Group, Ben E. Keith, Shamrock Foods, Gordon FoodService or another regional brand. Things don’t just get loaded onto a truck by little magical elves.

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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. ” Ervin Cohen & Jessup Launches Food, Beverage and Hospitality Practice. .” Neighborhood to Nation Restaurant Recipe Contest. ” DeliverThat Expansion.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

" Conversations Behind the Kitchen Door: 50 American Chefs Chart Today’s Food Culture " by Emmanuel Laroche offers insights from leading chefs and readers will walk away with advice and inspiration from noted chefs, restaurant owners, bartenders, and industry leaders, all of whom have shared their stories in their own words.

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Lavu

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Food trucks are fueled by more than just diesel. Across the country, food truck operators are relying on the latest technology to streamline operations, manage wait times, inform customers, and so much more. Today, we list the must-have technologies for food trucks. A Mobile Point-of-Sale System.

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Goliath Consulting

MAY 19, 2020

You may even get client requests you’re not used to, like having to add a food truck or using non-traditional type venues you would have never thought of using (1). A workplace food program that brings in a different pop-up restaurant to serve as the office lunch vendor each day. But that’s what makes it a perfect opportunity.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 2, 2021

With bars and restaurants fully open for indoor service with no restrictions across the country, and visitation remaining strong over recent weeks, it presents suppliers and operators with a valuable opportunity to keep engaging consumers, leverage tailored food and beverage offers and maximize spend opportunities.”

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EATER

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Can an app promising discount, end-of-day goods make a dent in America’s food waste problem? Now, in a bid to reduce food waste, an app is using the appeal of cheap, unexpected food to motivate consumers to buy items restaurants would otherwise throw away. Lille Allen/Eater. Too Good To Go, which launched in 2015 in the U.K.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2019

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature Ono Food Co, DoorDash, Parts Town and Heritage Foodservice, Rouxbe, Presto, Burger King and Uber Eats, Pared, Tork, Restaurant Technologies, Willie Degel, Bolay, Ritual, Preoday and TISSL, AdTheorent and Voodoo Doughnut. Ono Food Co. Ono Blend Founders Daniel Fukuba and Stephen Klein.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

US Foods Ghost Kitchens. US Foods Holding Corp. launched US Foods Ghost Kitchens, a program designed to guide restaurant operators every step of the way when opening their own operation, helping them easily add a new revenue stream. and Jim Plamondon and present a secretarial citation from the state.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 21, 2024

It also ended with continued economic growth and low unemployment, making it a profitable, yet challenging year for small businesses in the food service industry. While we do expect 2024 to present challenges, we are optimistic about the overall economy and the role of U.S. small businesses in driving economic growth. Census Bureau.

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EATER

MARCH 18, 2021

In March 2020, Irene Li, chef of Mei Mei , a modern Chinese restaurant and food truck in Boston, and program manager of CommonWealth Kitchen , was spending most of her time thinking about how to keep her restaurant running in a way that made employees and customers feel good. When we were shut down it was a lot of, “What do I do now?

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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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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

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. Customers use their mobile device to view menus, order courses, and have food delivered directly to their table.

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The Restaurant Times

APRIL 21, 2021

The idea of food trucks is gaining traction worldwide. The UAE too has seen tremendous growth in the number of businesses operating food trucks. All it needs is a good food truck business promotion plan. Besides, they face competition from the other food truck brands too. Unique Branding .

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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 Restaurant Times

MAY 10, 2022

The food industry is expanding dramatically in the US, and food trucks take a major share of it. This uber-cool way to sell food has ruled the streets of the States for over a decade now, and numbers show it: the industry was valued at over $1.2 If you want to open your food truck, now is as good a time as any.

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Restaurant Engine

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Follow these tips to get your food truck off the ground. Did you know the market size for the food truck industry was more than $2.2 So, if you’re dreaming of starting your own food truck, you’re in the right place. Convenience is key, and your new food truck can leverage this trend.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 28, 2021

The celebration continued with an announcement of nine more award categories presented than the previous year, bringing the total to twenty-one, which are all centered around the brand’s ‘Year of the Guest’ commitment. And because our food travels so well, guests never have to choose between quality and convenience."

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7 Shifts

JUNE 16, 2024

In 2020, the number of establishments in the food and beverage industry was estimated to be 23.1 You can give your customers 1 point for every $10 they spend at your restaurant (the price point depends on how much you're selling your food and beverages; just make sure to set an achievable price).

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The Restaurant Times

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

With a rise in average consumer expenditure, conscious consumerism, and an increasingly mobile lifestyle, the food truck model has become quite a rage in the Middle East. in the next five years, the future of the food truck industry seems bright. Food Trucks Require Low Initial Investment.

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The Restaurant Times

APRIL 19, 2021

Food truck business in the UAE has been around for almost ten years. Starting a food truck provides multiple advantages at once, especially pertaining to cost and mobility. Interestingly, the food truck concept has kept evolving throughout the years in the UAE and is easily the future of its food industry.

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