Lavu

JULY 25, 2025

Unlike traditional setups, modern solutions offer advanced features like mobile ordering, integrated payments, taproom analytics, and automated inventory tracking—all tailored to brewery workflows. With craft beer culture expanding, breweries are stepping up their game, offering tours, merchandise, and in many cases, food.

Brewery

SpotOn

DECEMBER 30, 2024

But not entirely because of inflation, labor shortages, and high food costs. Gross profit margin subtracts only the Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) to determine the profitability of your food and beverages, while net profit margin subtracts all your costs to determine the profitability of your entire operation. We all know it. Labor costs.

Operations

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.

Delivery

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 1, 2025

Despite the fact that consumers are paying more to visit and order from restaurants this year – 12.5 28 percent of consumers say they are ordering takeout and delivery more frequently than last year. Additionally, households making less than $50k ordered takeout and delivery far less frequently than their wealthier peers.

Pricing

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2025

Off-Premises Dining Is Essential Nearly 75 percent of all restaurant traffic now happens off-premises—meaning that almost three out of four restaurant orders are taken to go. More than 60 percent say they’re ordering off-premises more often than a year ago. Older adults still prefer in-person ordering.

Reservations

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Turning Tides: Restaurants Continued Navigativating Inflation In response to inflation, operators said they: adjusted food suppliers (37 percent), tracked ingredient prices (36 percent), increased menu prices (34 percent), managed a leaner inventory (32 percent), and reduced their menu sizes (26 percent).

Point of Sale

Perfect Daily Grind

JULY 25, 2025

Farmer Brothers sold assets worth approximately US $100m to TreeHouse Foods in June 2023. The singer‑songwriter and social media influencer Lars Huang will spearhead online marketing campaigns, lead new merchandise launches, and appear at in‑store events to boost Tims China’s profile among Gen Z consumers.

Pricing

Perfect Daily Grind

JULY 11, 2025

Prototype locations feature flexible bar layouts, zoned seating areas, integrated digital order screens, and dedicated mobile pick-up drawers to streamline service flow and enhance the customer experience as part of the Back to Starbucks efficiency drive. Seattle, Washington, US) Tue, 8 Jul – Germany’s The Barn makes UK debut in London.

2025

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Dark kitchens or virtual kitchens––real places staffed with non-ectoplasmic people—bring efficiencies to running a restaurant by providing off-site commissary services for delivery orders. Without these pricey anchors dragging down your profitability, you just might be able to focus on making food, and not making rent.

Front of House

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 16, 2020

The return of high-value customers with large business orders is a big opportunity for restaurants. Many offices are requiring individual packaging for catered food and even office snacks. The majority of ezCater orders now contain individually packaged items. Use checklists to eliminate order mistakes.

Guest Recovery

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 30, 2021

Today, examine the effects the pandemic has had on the restaurant and food service industry as well as five simple but effective marketing techniques to boost your local business. Restaurants were harder hit than most because many food related businesses weren’t ready to transition to digital services.

Marketing

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Of, course the food must be tasty and appealing at some level and above all else – consistent. How convenient you might ask: we barely need to slow down our cars and roll down the window when our food arrives – that’s convenience. Great food and drink and honest, sincere service can be the sunshine at the end of a not so terrific day.

2022

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Using par levels based on real usage and not just a “guess” creates more accurate orders. Forecasting tools enable managers to purchase food, beverage, and supplies at the right level. Using a tool like a food waste log can help managers record sources of waste at the time it happens for analysis later.

Inventory

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

Limited-service restaurants (those in quick service and fast casual) had a sharp acceleration in their guest check growth, as consumers likely shifted to larger off-premise orders to feed multiple people at home. Easy online ordering – Easy online ordering was nearly tied for second. Food and Alcohol Sales Trends.

2020

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 2, 2024

Looking ahead, we predict a day when cultivated meat will find its place as a default choice -on menus, because it delivers on taste, nutrition, and food safety, in addition to environmental sustainability and animal welfare. Beyond the realm of food, a similar shift has occurred with electric cars.

2024

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

These weighing scales are designed to take the guesswork out of food measurement and ensure controlled costs and better inventory management. Portion Control Food Scale. Portion control food scales are used in restaurant kitchens to make sure that the portion size of your serving is consistent. Receiving Scale.

Merchandise

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Restaurateurs put great passion into their food, their concept, and their decor. But, if you have a playful style that could be embodied by a mascot character, consider developing a fun mascot figurehead to speak directly to your customers from your social media posts, signage, menu, website, and maybe even merchandise. Your Website.

2020

ChowNow

JUNE 29, 2020

With a contactless dine-in model, your customers can view your menu, place an order, and pay using their own devices. If you use ChowNow for online ordering, it’s simple to create a dine-in option that’s convenient and safe. Use all of the online ordering channels you have. Ditch the commissions. TripAdvisor.

Online Ordering

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Diners are turning to online ordering in increasing numbers because of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on on-premise dining. According to a survey conducted by S&P Global Market Intelligence, 40% of Americans are ordering more food for takeout and delivery now than they were before the pandemic. Online ordering - Ditto.

Design

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

In addition to allowing a safer, hands-free payment method, the system has been shown to make the ordering process quicker and more efficient. US Foods Ghost Kitchens. US Foods Holding Corp. US Foods Holding Corp.

Kitchen Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 12, 2022

But rapidly rising labor and food costs over recent months has heightened pressure on already tight restaurant margins. ”Menu allows Velvet Taco’s fans to earn rewards in a way that both engages and incentivizes them to order directly, instead of using bottom line-disrupting third party services. million members to 27.4

Loyalty Program

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.

Waste

EATER

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Fast food chain Wendy’s has announced plans to test “dynamic pricing” at its locations across the country, beginning in 2025. The changes come at an interesting time for the fast food industry, especially when it comes to cost. If so, you’re in luck! Surge pricing is, of course, not new.

Pricing

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The new restaurants — as well as upgrades to existing locations — will adapt the company’s new, modern, and inviting “Fresh Forward” design and meet the needs of today’s consumer with comfortable guest indoor dining spaces as well as numerous delivery and order ahead options, with a strong digital first strategy.

Franchising

7 Shifts

JULY 16, 2021

Do they serve just coffee or small foods as well? Many food businesses have gotten their start through sites like Kickstarter , Indiegogo , AngelList , GoFundMe. Food Handler's Permit. If you're serving food at your coffee shop, your employees should complete a food handler's course. Know of any local coffee shops?

License

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 29, 2019

But what if I told you it is not the only place where you can find innovation, that if you go to the next food show and not find a product that dazzles you, that there are other channels to bring something new and different to your customers. Was the menu confusing or the ordering process complicated? Innovation Through Community.

Innovation

7 Shifts

JULY 25, 2024

One of the best things to do is to find additional revenue streams to supplement your core food and beverage sales. Delivery and takeout 60% of American consumers reported ordering delivery or takeout once a week. To maximize this revenue stream, you must have an efficient online ordering system.

2024

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 12, 2020

The idea of purchasing Dining Bonds seemed to strike a chord with the public as a way to provide much needed financial support in order to help restaurants stay in business. The company is exploring collaborations with corporate partners and charities, as well as merchandise sales, to keep its mission alive. "When

Mobile Ordering

EATER

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

As new, cool food brands have popped up all over Instagram, so have brick-and-mortar stores dedicated to collecting them all in one place In 1977, Joel Dean and Giorgio DeLuca opened their first store in New York City’s Soho neighborhood. That’s where today’s specialty food store comes in. The interior of a Foxtrot location.

Retail

EATER

AUGUST 20, 2024

Lille Allen Brands like Fly By Jing and Bachan’s are reaching a whole new audience from the shelves of the ultimate big-box store The last decade or so has been a golden era for cool food products sold directly to consumers online. Since the launch, the company has seen consistent sales increases at the retailer month-over-month.

Retail

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 14, 2022

In mid-December, a story went viral on Twitter across the pond about a customer being refunded by a food delivery service after complaining that the “four milkshakes, a cheesecake and an ice cream” they had ordered from a Manchester restaurant were “too cold”, as reported by Manchester Evening News.

Online Ordering

Deliverect

MARCH 17, 2020

Governments all over the world have been ordering restaurants, bars and other food businesses to close up shop - until further notice. So how can the food industry try to keep its head above water during these difficult times, and how can consumers continue to support their local food and hospitality businesses?

Online Ordering

Goliath Consulting

JUNE 8, 2019

Order a case of this liquor and get six bottles of their newest flavor added on.” Some brands will even reduce their price for allowing their logos to be printed on cocktail and food menus! These range from the traditional promotional models handing out merchandise and samples to more personalized events.

Bar

Cheetah

DECEMBER 24, 2021

On October 8th, 2021 California took a huge leap forward in formally legalizing CBD, or Cannabinidoil by its full name, to be labeled an official food and drink supplement. In short, the more stressful life becomes, the more consumers seek out calming and relaxing food and drink. How does this affect YOU? Where can I buy CBD beverages?

Food

EATER

APRIL 25, 2023

On the road that leads to Santa Teresa (one of the most visited destinations in the country), dozens of food stands blanket the sidewalks with plastic tables, chairs, and signs advertising “caldosas here.” For to-go orders, Pacheco continues to serve the recipe like the original, scooped into a bag of chips.

Fine Dining

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Unique Food and Beverage Experiences. In addition to coffee beverages, Roastery visitors can enjoy food at Princi™, the renowned artisanal boutique bakery and cafe founded by Italian baker Rocco Princi. Customers can also purchase limited-edition merchandise from Chicago-based visual artist Mac Blackout to take home with them.

Delivery

EATER

MAY 28, 2020

The dinner, featuring such dishes called Notes From a Black Pantry and Cart of Yams, was one of Tate’s Honeysuckle pop-ups, which explore and pay homage to the black experience through food and art. Opening a restaurant seemed the most effective way to take matters into their own hands and provide fresh food to their neighbors.

Front of House