Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Restaurants are no longer just about the food – they are about the complete dining experience, which includes ambiance, service speed, and personalized interaction. This efficiency level reduces waste, saves time, and ensures a high standard of food quality.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 9, 2021

We may complain about the guest who is taking loads of pictures of their food and posting them on Instagram, but deep inside we get a bit of a rush when it happens. We may complain about the guest who is taking loads of pictures of their food and posting them on Instagram, but deep inside we get a bit of a rush when it happens.

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Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 28, 2021

I know you remember the first day that you slid your arms into the sleeves of that chef’s jacket with your name embroidered under the title: executive chef. It was that first time in the lead position – the commander of the kitchen brigade. You are now the conductor of the orchestra that is totally in sync, creating beautiful music together.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Every restaurant has a back of house and a front of house. Cloud Kitchens are restaurants with no front of house. This indicated a clear trend that a “restaurant” does not need to necessarily comprise of both front of house and back of house components.

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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. 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.

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Food Truck Food Audits Tip Distribution 297

Future Food

APRIL 20, 2022

Source: www.food-management.com. Food, Hospitality & Wellness ‘Places’ Transcending the Resources & Mining Village Work-Life Experience. Source: Future Food.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

Inventory management Managers need to ensure the kitchen is stocked with the right amount of food so that nothing is wasted and as few items need to be 86'ed as possible. Managing a restaurant is a delicate routine—if we can even call it a routine. This wide-ranging responsibility is a lot, and it often leads to burnout.

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Management Management Kitchen Safety Front of House 195

Restaurant Engine

MARCH 13, 2024

Incorporating food service trends brings in returning customers to see what’s new. In this article, we take a broad look at food service trends to know in 2024. In this article, we take a broad look at food service trends to know in 2024. Here are some ideas: Compost leftover food scraps and paper products.

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Culinary Cues

JULY 31, 2023

A few years back, I posted an article about the UNWRITTEN RULES of the kitchen. It was an attempt to outline those universal guidelines for success in a kitchen, those attributes, and expectations of anyone who ties on an apron. These are not the only rules, nor are they necessarily a perfect fit for every operation, yet again, maybe they are.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Your POS system reduces ordering errors, increases front-of-house and back-of-house efficiency, and helps you control inventory. If the past few years have taught us anything, it's that restaurant technology is no longer a nice-to-have. It's a necessity for building a modern and future-proof restaurant. Third-party delivery.

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Technology Front of House Social Media Back of House 370

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Think about it: no more stacks and folders full of invoices, no clipboards and checkmarks, no guessing when it comes to food costs. Many services also allow you to add your recipes in and calculate actual food costs. If the past few years have taught us anything, it’s that restaurant technology is no longer a nice-to-have. Partender 3.

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ChefMod

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

For instance, if the news reports that your city or county has seen a major spike in cases or that a local restaurant has been noted as the source of a super spreader event, that is the time to start preparing for potential changes. Some restaurants are getting creative to get their staff back.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 23, 2021

In those restaurants where profit is measured in terms of smaller numbers with significant volume then concerns such as food cost percentage are of paramount importance. In those restaurants where profit is measured in terms of smaller numbers with significant volume then concerns such as food cost percentage are of paramount importance.

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Point of Sale Front of House Back of House Fine Dining 450

Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

So, it would make sense that the visual impact of food, the dining room ambience, the tabletop, and the appearance of service staff is very important. So, it would make sense that the visual impact of food, the dining room ambience, the tabletop, and the appearance of service staff is very important.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2021

By improving customer loyalty and increasing revenue through the smart use of technology from the public-facing part of the business all the way to the back-of-house prep, sourcing, and staffing. Lavu, the restaurant technology services company, estimates 42 percent of food purchases are made online.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2021

From full service to fast-casual to legacy fast-food brands, the one constant was disruption. This approach required fewer front-of-the-house staff to maintain a dining room, complied with government orders, and kept many brands from closing. Just as one issue seemed fixed, another presents itself.

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Xtra Chef

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Food waste is a serious environmental and humanitarian issue. But restaurant food waste poses a huge problem for overall profitability in the business: The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that restaurants waste $162 billion in food each year. Food costs are responsible for most of the expenses a restaurant has.

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Ken Burgin

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Questions in the Minds of Chefs or Cooks Applying for a Job What is the restaurant’s culinary or food philosophy? Applicants may wonder about the restaurant’s culinary direction, commitment to sustainability, sourcing ingredients, and how innovation is balanced with tradition in the kitchen.

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Front of House Tip Distribution Kitchen Safety Customer Service 78

The Eat Restaurant

MAY 6, 2021

CRM helps restaurants collect data about their guests through different sources like online and phone reservations. This information can be as basic as name and contact information or go in-depth with details like number of visits, food and seating preferences, allergies, birthdays, and anniversaries.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

It means guests love the food you serve so much that one location simply won’t cut it — and you get to serve more customers, generate more revenue , and expand your business. Expanding your place in the food service industry happens in one of two ways — developing a new restaurant concept or replicating an existing one.

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Restaurant Business

APRIL 8, 2024

The challenge is front and center at Orlando, Fla. We make a lime-cilantro butter sauce in house, add roasted vegetables, garlic and vegetable stock, then finish with chive ‘grass’ and Grana Padano cheese,” he said. based Margaritaville Hospitality, founded by the legendary Jimmy Buffett. Then Barilla Frozen Pasta came along,” he says.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Interestingly enough, the very source of a lot of this tension — technology — can also be the solution. I’ve heard of restaurant leaders setting up multiple POS demos with shift managers or front-of-house staff. Three ways to ease the adversarial relationship between your staff and your technology.

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Technology Front of House Fast Casual Back of House 120

Touch Bistro

AUGUST 23, 2021

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

A tip out ensures other employees working in the front of the house share in gratuities, such as: Barbacks. Food runners. There's a lot of confusion surrounding the process, structure, and laws regarding restaurant tip outs. Table of Contents. What is a Tip Out? Tip Out Methods. Choosing the Right Tip Payout Method. Bartenders.

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Tip Distribution FOH Front of House Restaurant Law 195

EATER

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Digital cookbooks have been a hard sell for big publishing houses, despite the promise of Amazon’s Kindle and other e-readers. As a culture, we romanticize the food-stained pages of a print cookbook, a physical totem that can be passed down through generations. Those numbers both rose coming into 2021, to 3.6

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 10, 2021

While your restaurant may feature a diverse menu, delicious food, a great ambiance, and excellent customer service, you will still struggle to build a customer base without promoting it. The fact is that running a successful restaurant is more than just offering good food and good service. If you pull a joker, the meal is on the house.

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Marketing SEO Front of House Website Management 225

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2021

We’re also seeing many of our clients find new ways to be more sustainable in sourcing their food products. For example, we have one client who has moved away from traditional meat options, and their focus is on sustainably sourced oysters and oyster mushrooms, which are grown on-site. Think paper straws versus plastic.

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Fast Casual Front of House Fine Dining Mobile Ordering 154

Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

AlMar Cecconi’s Atrium Dumbo Westville Dumbo Seamore’s Dumbo Celestine Jacob’s Pickles Superfine Thai sidewalk dumboLUV Bread & Spread Front Street Pizza Bklyn Wild Sugarcane Time Out Market New York Em Vietnamese Bistro The Migrant Kitchen Juliana’s Gran Eléctrica The River Café Almondine Bakery Smile To Go Vinegar Hill House.

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Front of House Seasonal Menu Online Ordering Café 104

Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Vinegar Hill House Superfine The Atrium Almondine Bakery AlMar Grimaldi’s Pizzeria Bread & Spread Westville Dumbo The River Cafe Celestine Gran Electrica. Vinegar Hill House. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vinegar Hill House (@vinegarhillhouse). Most restaurants in this area cater to dinners or lunch.

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Front of House Café Online Ordering Reservations 109

Culinary Cues

MAY 15, 2021

Even through the most challenging and tragic experiences, when the lessons are quite vivid – we quickly push aside the need to change in favor of a return to what is considered “normal”. The restaurant industry continues to be devastated – not just as a result of the pandemic but because the pandemic brought underlying issues to the surface.

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Customer Experience Cash Management Customer Service Front of House 387

EATER

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Brendan Smith/Chef Hui Weeks after the Maui fires, Hawaiʻi chefs continue to cook for displaced people while trying to keep their own restaurants afloat On the morning of August 8, chef Isaac Bancaco rode his bike to Pacific’o on the Beach, the upscale Pacific Rim restaurant he helmed on Front Street, on Lahaina’s historic waterfront.

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Food Truck Front of House Back of House Government 132

EATER

AUGUST 27, 2021

From Prohibition comfort to wartime morale booster, ice cream has played a surprisingly significant role in the country’s history The premise of The Secret History of Food is straightforward: There’s an interesting story behind almost everything we eat. The Secret History of Food is on sale August 31. Monica Burton.

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Food Food Supply Point of Sale Back of House 120

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

Other advancements include: integrating data from various sources, including social media, reviews, and loyalty programs, to gain a holistic view of customer behaviour as well as as well as the implementation of real-time analytics for immediate insights into customer behaviour and preferences.

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2024 Loyalty Program Cash Management Customer Experience 212

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 6, 2020

Lastly, food cost should always be a consideration when making menu changes. Food cost is one of the key variables restaurants can manage on their P&L/ During these times, it’s important to evaluate which suppliers are offering deals and cut down on ingredients that are more expensive or low margin. Optimize Inventory.

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Front of House Inventory Food Safety Social Media 209

Sling

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Dining, at its heart, is all about the food. Offer a distinctive dining experience as well as delicious food. Source: CuriousHalt.com. If that’s not unique enough for you, how about this: all the food is cooked on a basalt grill built over a crack in the earth that uses the volcano’s geothermal energy. Hilton.com.

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Front of House Fine Dining Dine-in Back of House 148

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 10, 2022

The impacts of COVID have been heavily felt by those in the restaurant and hospitality sector. The most significant impact of the pandemic on restaurants has been the loss of revenue and business interruptions during shutdowns due to supply chain challenges and worker / capacity restrictions. How Insurance Policies React.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 8, 2020

For your restaurant, communications are limited to the closed circuit of your business, from the front-of-house to the kitchen. When you think of artificial intelligence, you might think of examples from science fiction like Terminator or The Matrix. Communications. Let’s take a look at a few that can directly benefit you today.

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Food Safety Kitchen Safety Front of House Website Management 208