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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

With products now cleared for consumer sale in both the United States and Singapore, the cultivated meat industry is moving from proof of concept and early-stage R&D to a focus on demonstrating scalability, sustainable unit economics, and consumer and customer demand. How was the food sourced or produced?

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2023 Reflections: The Year That Was in Restaurants, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

4 to 7 vendors in the restaurant space between recruiting and payroll are too many to be sustainable. Mobile payments and contactless transactions are expected to remain at the forefront, reflecting the sustained demand for swift and secure payment methods. Why such a “hard” insurance market?

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Three Trends That Will Keep Restaurateurs on Their Toes in 2020

Modern Restaurant Management

But the influence of legal marijuana is being felt on more than just menus. Cannabis Cafes Put a New Spin on “Farm-to-Table” The farm-to-table food sustainability movement isn’t new, but it’s gaining a different sort of momentum when locally grown organic marijuana is added to menus.

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Why are some coffee roasters switching to electric machines?

Perfect Daily Grind

However, with demand for sustainable coffee continuing to increase, as well as soaring shipping and energy costs , roasters are looking for new ways to appeal to consumers and reduce their spending. One example is the ever-growing demand for more sustainable coffee. One of these includes investing in electric roasters.

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Howard Schultz Doesn’t Think Starbucks Has Done Anything Wrong

EATER

Multiple times, he invoked his veteran father sustaining a workplace injury as his inspiration to make a company that treats workers well. And even if she had been eligible for one of Starbucks’s benefit plans, Carter said that she may not have been able to afford to keep her insurance.

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Job Costing: What It Is And Why It’s Essential For Small Businesses

Sling

That entails crunching such numbers as: Pay rate Gross hours Gross pay Net hours worked Other annual labor costs (insurance, taxes, overtime, benefits, etc.) Overhead costs are recurring expenses that sustain your business but don’t contribute to income. Which expense has the most influence on job costing? 3) Calculate Overhead.

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Questions in the Minds of Restaurant Job Applicants

Ken Burgin

They may not be asked openly, but they will influence whether the applicant wants the job or not. Applicants may wonder about the restaurant’s culinary direction, commitment to sustainability, sourcing ingredients, and how innovation is balanced with tradition in the kitchen.