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How Restaurants Can Manage Food Costs During Disruptions

Modern Restaurant Management

Amid these potential disruptions, operators need a fresh approach to managing food costs. But it goes beyond figuring out how to source the freshest ingredients at the best price. Extreme Weather: By 2035, experts predict that higher temperatures alone will push up worldwide food prices by between 0.9 percent annually.

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Best Practices for Dealing with Fluctuating Food Costs

Modern Restaurant Management

Successfully navigating fluctuating food costs, especially with volatile ingredients like eggs, requires a multi-faceted approach, Mike Stasko Jr., What are the best practices for dealing with food costs for recipes when necessary items are fluctuating in price? What are the best ways to ensure food safety when sourcing eggs?

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Customer Experience in the Restaurant Industry: Reflections and Predictions through an AI Lens

Modern Restaurant Management

Fast food and food delivery gradually began changing that equation. 2024 was a year of experimentation with AI, with restaurants testing it on customer-facing interactions, like AI drive-thru ordering, with varying degrees of success. The restaurant experience was once solely comprised of human-to-human, in-person experiences.

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2025 Outlook: Experts Weigh In on Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

Steady Online Ordering Brings Food Waste, Donations to the Forefront of Priorities Ordering food online increases restaurant sales, but it also can potentially increase wasted food if proactive measures aren’t taken – for both the business and consumers at home.

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New Tariffs and the Potential Impact on Restaurants

Goliath Consulting

How rising import taxes may reshape menus, pricing, and sourcing in the restaurant industry. The restaurant experience isnt just about great service and ambianceits deeply tied to ingredient sourcing and food costs. Supplier and Menu Shifts Some restaurants may respond by sourcing more ingredients domestically.

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Beyond the Scoop Shop: A Blueprint for Scaling Artisan Food Businesses

Modern Restaurant Management

Scaling an artisan food business is no easy feat. Many small food businesses reach a critical point where they must decide whether to remain small and exclusive or expand into wholesale, manufacturing, and broader distribution. Increased interest from wholesale buyers or retailers requesting larger orders.

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Could Co-Sourcing Help Restaurant Staffing Issues?

Modern Restaurant Management

Utilizing co-sourcing, restaurants, restaurant software providers, food distributors, or suppliers of any size can take advantage of the global talent pool at a scale that makes sense for them. Payroll processing and benefits administration are easy roles to fill using co-sourcing. Thankfully, that is not the case anymore.

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