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From Kitchen to Counter: Outfitting Your Team for Comfort, Style, and Brand Visibility

Modern Restaurant Management

The uniforms worn by staff, from kitchen to counter, represent your brand in every customer interaction, making apparel a strategic business decision rather than merely an operational requirement. Strategic use of color should inform uniform design decisions.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their views on what trends and challenges owners and operators can expect to see in 2025. And the digitization of operations over the past few years means that the industry is getting better at capturing that data. Data, Data, Data.

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STEPPING INTO PROFESSIONALISM

Culinary Cues

Those operations that resemble the caldrons of hell filled with arrogance, bullying, unprofessional behavior, and a lack of respect for people, product, and process is the same as categorizing musicians, athletes, business leaders, and politicians under a unified profile. Am I wagging a finger at those operations that perpetuate the negative?

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THE VALUE OF THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS

Culinary Cues

The kitchen is a place where those who are successful come to the realization that those later aptitudes are enhanced through experience – the more you do, the better you become. Some talented people are not the best cooks and chefs and quite often the most intelligent (using commonly referred to scales of measurement) are lacking in common sense.

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ALL HAIL DISHWASHERS

Culinary Cues

At the very least, we know that the work right in front of us won’t change. Why do we sometimes treat dish washers as commodities – interchangeable and easily replaceable parts, when their role is so critical to the success of the restaurant (front and back of the house)? March 9 was National Dish Washer Day.

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IN THE KITCHEN – ORGANIZATION IS EVERYTHING

Culinary Cues

From first-in, first-out in the walk-in cooler to how you fold side towels and where your knives are placed – it is organization that allows a kitchen to run efficiently and keeps the mood and pace of the restaurant in sync. To some, it may seem less significant, but to seasoned professionals – this is the truth of the kitchen.

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Staffing Solutions for Restaurants During COVID-19 Outbreak

Modern Restaurant Management

With that being said, management will need to assess staffing and look for a more updated model to affect the cost of operations. The concept of cross-utilization means training employees to perform multiple positions that create added efficiencies in the operation. How can restaurants weather these complexities? Mark Heymann.