Culinary Cues

AUGUST 22, 2022

Paul de Vance in southern France, or the walled in villages of Tuscany, the narrow streets of Oslo, Norway, and the typical hidden villages found in parts of historic Germany; places that were home to those special little restaurants that reflect the terroir of the region. I have very fond memories of walking the streets of St. That was it!

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 26, 2021

2020 was a year that the restaurant industry won’t soon forget. From a projected record growth at the top of the year to a decline of nearly $240 billion in sales and 2.5 million out of work, it was nothing short of devastating. Through it all, we emerge from the year as an industry in evolution—and our restaurants need to evolve with it.

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ChowNow

JANUARY 27, 2021

If your restaurant isn’t using email marketing, now is the ideal time to start. Restaurant email marketing is one of the most cost-effective ideas to stay top of mind, engage with your customers, and increase sales. . To make it easy, we’ve rounded up 10 ideas to fuel your restaurant’s email marketing. Profile a special dish.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 7, 2021

As restaurants reopen and business starts to pick up again, it’s important you pick up your marketing plan, too. To help, we’ve created the ultimate restaurant marketing guide, covering strategy, creative, branding, marketing channels, paid and unpaid advertising, and so much more. So, where do you start?

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7 Shifts

JULY 12, 2023

She now co-owns Poppy + Rose, Poppy & Seed , and Root of all Food , an LA-based catering company. She joined us on The Pre-Shift Podcast to discuss her philosophy on managing a team, including how she coaches managers. But first, Reed recounts how she followed her husband into restaurants. "I It served a purpose. I seen the books.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

Managing a restaurant is a delicate routine—if we can even call it a routine. A better description might be a balancing act that presents new and unique challenges every day. Managers are responsible for nearly every aspect of the restaurant and have to cover a variety of duties. This part of the job is arguably the most multi-faceted.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

ChowNow : Online ordering, marketing, and operations with a commission-free marketplace and a smart dispatching system. Restaurant technology is no longer a nice-to-have: it’s an absolute necessity for building a modern, resilient restaurant that can become and stay competitive.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 30, 2022

Answer: restaurant advertising and marketing. Whether you feel like you've tried every advertising tactic in the book, or 2022 is the first time your restaurant has had a dedicated marketing budget, you can implement our restaurant advertising ideas to attract new customers and turn one-time visitors into loyal customers.

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Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The community is lively year-round, with various seasonal outdoor concerts, food markets and bars with great happy hour specials. If you are looking for weekly drink specials or Happy Hour deals in Williamsburg, check out my list of the 21 best spots! Best Happy Hour Deals in Williamsburg NYC. Freehold Brooklyn. Concord Hill.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 9, 2021

Guests will return when the effort expended to create memorable complete dining experiences is front and center. If you recognize the farmer, the rancher, and the fisherman, then they might be so inclined to set aside those extra special ingredients for your kitchen.

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Touch Bistro

MAY 26, 2021

Dad is king for a day, which means millions of families will be on the hunt for Father’s Day restaurant specials to mark the special occasion. Plan the right Father’s Day restaurant specials and your venue could become the spot for not only Father’s Day feasts, but also repeat business on many other days throughout the year.

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Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Even the Michelin Guide broke the ice of snobbery in recent years. How’s that for an introductory sentence? Yes, it’s true – when the Michelin Guide decided to recognize some exceptional street food vendors with Michelin Stars, they broke the barrier of snobbery noting that excellence can happen outside of traditional fine dining.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 26, 2022

We'll look at what artificial intelligence is and how it's being used in three different areas of the restaurant industry: back of the house, front of the house, and marketing. Let's start with the back of the house.

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Sling

JULY 4, 2021

Restaurant marketing has changed dramatically over the past 20 years. With the rise of the internet and the ubiquity of smartphones and tablets, the vast majority of marketing efforts are concentrated online. But there are still effective marketing channels available offline too. 1) Produce A Food-Prep Video.

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ChowNow

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This program provides ChowNow’s clients with special access and exclusive discounts to unique product integrations and services, from front- to back-of-house, and everywhere in between. Meet our current Partners and see what they have to offer. The result is simplified team management, one shift at a time.

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ChowNow

OCTOBER 18, 2023

This program provides ChowNow’s clients with special access and exclusive discounts to unique product integrations and services, from front- to back-of-house, and everywhere in between. Meet our current Partners and see what they have to offer. The result is simplified team management, one shift at a time.

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Open for Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Streamline the front of house. Run a smooth back of house. Streamline the front of house. Keeping front-of-house activities humming like a well-oiled machine is important for every restaurant. Keeping front-of-house activities humming like a well-oiled machine is important for every restaurant.

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The Restaurant Times

AUGUST 27, 2021

Architaste is built on the notion that hotels and independent establishments need to rethink their approach to food and beverage to expand in today’s market. He specializes in the creative design and concept development of restaurants, bars, and public spaces for hotel products of the future.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 23, 2021

In the restaurant business there are really only two ways to view profit: a very small amount of profit balanced by very significant volume, or a significant amount of profit on far less volume. How you approach the design of your restaurant in this regard will determine nearly everything else. So what is contribution margin? SP = $43.33.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

You are sitting in your favorite restaurant and have placed an order on a tablet at your table. After a few seconds of placing the order, a notification appears on your messaging app. Ding* ‘Your order is being prepared by Chef Bot 19 and will be delivered to your table in approximately 19 minutes. Let’s Start With the Why.

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QSR Automations

APRIL 29, 2024

That’s where ConnectSmart® Host comes in – it’s a game-changing tool that helps restaurants manage their front-of-house operations with ease. From front-of-house to back-of-house, QSR Automations’ ConnectSmart® Kitchen and Host have got your back.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

Managing a restaurant is a delicate routine—if we can even call it a routine. A better description might be a balancing act that presents new and unique challenges every day. Managers are responsible for nearly every aspect of the restaurant and have to cover a variety of duties. This part of the job is arguably the most multi-faceted.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The system can also help to streamline front- and back-of-house processes to increase employee workflow and production efficiency, as well as customer capacity requirements, allowing outdoor orders to be handled quicker and with better service. Actionable Insights Gathered by POS Data. Customized and Tailored Promotions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 17, 2023

Here are the latest tech solutions that will allow to increase transparency and productivity of the highly developed and rapidly changing F&B market. Employees and restaurant owners are benefiting from automation technology: over half of leaders say that revenue has increased since implementing restaurant’s automation tools.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 24, 2022

When properly deployed, they can transform the employee experience by improving daily operations, syncing front-of-house and back-of-house communication and execution, and delivering a memorable dining experience that won’t send staff to the walk-in cooler for a good cry. Hospitality is greater than the sum of its parts.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Before the fire, Lahaina’s world-famous Front Street was little more than a patchwork of wooden shacks held together by layers of paint, cooking grease, crusty sea salt, banana sap, and gossip. Over the years it housed a saloon, stage, and movie theater. Over the years it housed a saloon, stage, and movie theater.

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Marketing4Restaurants

JANUARY 11, 2021

2021 Restaurant Trends – Food, Marketing, and Business. Whether you are in the middle of the pandemic or just coming out of it, what are the trends in 2021 are going to be for your restaurant around food, marketing, business, and leasing. This is Part 3 of our Resto Trends 2021 series. Lease prices are going down significantly.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Send customers special offers, communicate directly, and keep them up to date. Here are the things you should consider: Things to Consider When Choosing an Online Ordering Platform Does it integrate with my Point of Sale (POS) Will I need to add another tablet to my front of house setup?

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The Rail

MARCH 21, 2023

They help with everything from always have an updated menu, to faster service, to direct in-house marketing, and even less stressful staff! QR codes in menu stands can also be used to promote specials, deals, and events, providing an additional marketing opportunity for restaurants.

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Open for Business

JANUARY 24, 2023

A strong social media presence has never been a more important marketing strategy, whether your restaurant is new or 110 years old. There are a few things to keep in mind before marketing your restaurant on social media. Here’s a rundown of the most popular platforms and some basic tips on how to add them to your marketing plan.

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Clover - Restaurants

MAY 7, 2024

Here are a few sample back-of-house job descriptions you can use to jumpstart your own job descriptions to help attract top notch BOH staff. Work closely with the management team to brainstorm new ideas, promotions, and special events. Provide guidance, training, and support to foster a positive and productive work environment.

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Open for Business

MAY 16, 2024

A website can be a powerful tool for marketing your restaurant. Menus can be refreshed and hospitality can be fine-tuned, but your restaurant’s success ultimately boils down to discoverability. Diners are doing more research than ever and a restaurant website is a critical touchpoint of the guest experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 18, 2023

Today, more guests expect special treatment – they want to have more of their needs anticipated before they even have to ask. These could, for example, help a waiter suggest a special Italian wine pairing to match a guest’s usual lasagna order. Personalization with Data. Making More Informed Decisions.

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Perfect Daily Grind

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Throughout the 16th century, many coffee houses opened across the Middle East, including in Lebanon. People would meet in coffee houses to discuss social, political, and spiritual issues. Like many other Middle Eastern countries , Lebanon has a rich history of coffee consumption. Read on for more of their insight.

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The Rail

MARCH 14, 2023

Let’s dive a little deeper into what makes QR codes so special and how they can improve the guest experience at your restaurant. QR codes offer a convenient and contactless way for customers to access menus, order food, and pay using mobile devices. What is a QR Code for a Restaurant?

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Plant-based food businesses, events, and pop-ups are frequently entering the market and it has become exceedingly clear that this is not just a fad. Effectively educating those (bartenders, wait staff, back of the house, etc.) Don’t overlook what your chef is already capable of creating. Choose a Versatile Plant-Based Protein.

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