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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

– Peter Kellis, CEO of TRAY Since the pandemic, it has been complicated managing through government issues, supply chain issues, manufacturing shortages of restaurant equipment and, of course, hardest of all the loss of great staff and managers who were forced to leave the hospitality industry.

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MRM Research Roundup: AI Investment Heating Up and Summer Dining Dos and Don’ts

Modern Restaurant Management

Across all brands surveyed, less than half of respondents say their organizations are ready for AI adoption when it comes to strategy (43 percent), technology infrastructure (39 percent), operations (34 percent), risk and governance (28 percent), and talent (27 percent). Brands, meanwhile, have the edge in technology infrastructure readiness.

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Coffee News Recap, 13 Jun: Gesha scores 98 points at 2025 BoP, potential IPO for Pret A Manger & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

London, UK) Tue, 10 Jun – China’s Cotti Coffee signs MoU with Rwandan government to boost production and exports. Kuusisto, who will assume the role on 1 September, brings senior leadership experience from the food sector, with a strong commercial and strategic background aimed at growing Löfbergs’ Finnish operations.

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Coffee News Recap, 20 Jun: NCA report says specialty coffee consumption is at 14‑year peak, Vietnam robusta exports hit record high & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

Government programmes on nursery development and agronomic training aim to raise yields and quality. (Lima, Peru) Tue, 17 Jun – Mozambique aims to produce over 90 tonnes of coffee in 2025/26. Forecast includes arabica and robusta output, with export volumes pegged at 85 tonnes and domestic consumption at 15 tonnes.

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Coffee News Recap, 27 Jun:  WoC Geneva hosts four World Coffee Championships, Starbucks denies complete sale of China division & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

Matthew Amigh will join on 7 July, bringing over 25 years of financial and operational leadership experience from roles at Raybern Foods, Bulletproof, and Ethos Pet Nutrition, with expertise in fundraising, debt negotiations, and successful business turnarounds. London, UK) Mon, 23 Jun – Black Rifle Coffee names new CFO.

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

As government policies constantly changed, the bank remained proactive ensuring we got the help we needed without any missteps. We emerged from COVID as a company intensely focused on the customer experience, starting with the accuracy of the order, the quality of the product, and the strength of leadership from within.

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MRM Research Roundup: To-Go Trends, State of the Plate, and Black Market Reservations

Modern Restaurant Management

Over the past year, state governments have been working with the restaurant industry to create a regulatory framework to fix the system by giving control over their own reservations back to restaurants. ”