Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Additional findings inlcude increased inventory costs caused the greatest financial strain for operators in 2021 with 33 percent citing it as their top expense, followed closely by rent (30 percent) and labor (30 percent). Now, more than half of all operators (57 percent) report offering a loyalty or rewards program of some kind.

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Restaurant365

JUNE 15, 2021

The data is always there—but it’s up to you as an owner or operator to use it. Leveraging your front of house (FOH) and back of house (BOH) data allows you to gain more insight into your operations. You may have a hunch that you are doing fewer table turns on the weekend, or that your inventory has gotten wasteful recently.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, it can limit your options if few franchisees are selling—and if they are, there may be a reason, such as low sales, high operating costs, or staff retention issues. Taking over an existing franchise drastically lowers opening costs and the initial investment. Remember, you are opening a brand new business.

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Restaurant365

MAY 10, 2022

Restaurant staffing is currently top of mind for every operator. Some operators might worry that hiring too quickly can lead to hasty decisions and choosing the wrong candidates but recruiting faster does not mean that you ignore your standards. How can you improve your recruiting strategy and accelerate your speed to hire?

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The Restaurant Times

MARCH 13, 2023

A restaurant can improve the BOH operations to increase efficiency and overall performance. For example, you can streamline kitchen processes, optimize inventory management , provide staff training, and implement scheduling systems by focusing on your BOH. It can also help reduce labor costs and increase the speed of food preparation.

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Restaurant365

JULY 24, 2020

Restaurant365 customer Wow Bao recently announced it has partnered with operators in various cities to offer alternative sources of revenue by utilizing their space, equipment and personnel to serve prepared Wow Bao staples, while third-party delivery providers provide delivery of the meals to customers.

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7 Shifts

MAY 31, 2021

For example, kitchen managers rely on software to let them know how much expected inventory they have in stock. Inventory was ordered based on par levels, which are set based on sales forecasts, which are in turn determined by how many guests you'll serve and what they'll order. That's why restaurateurs rely on restaurant operations.

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Goliath Consulting

JANUARY 6, 2019

Management companies provide restaurants with a franchise like operating system without having a franchise agreement. The right firm helps restaurants improve their financials, staff the restaurant with skilled workers, cultivate better vendor relationships, and maintain consistency in day to day operations.

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Restaurant365

JUNE 4, 2021

As a restaurant owner or operator, you always have restaurant profitability on your mind. Of course, there are small changes you can make in the short-term to benefit operations. However, much of improving your profitability requires the same discipline as it takes to create a new habit: improving operations incrementally over time.

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The Restaurant Times

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

These difficulties are producing instability, forcing operators to cut costs and find new niches. Investing in labour-saving technologies and providing simple and fewer menu selections, for example, has allowed them to free up cash flow and recruit more people or raise compensation.

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Restaurant365

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Success in the restaurant industry is notoriously difficult, and one main factor is that restaurants, even from the beginning, underestimate the amount of capital it takes to run operations. However, the biggest factor in controlling food costs is improving your inventory management. Restaurant Operating Costs. Labor Costs.

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Restaurant365

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

For instance, offering restaurant accounting and operations training to employees can help set them up for success in future restaurant management roles. The responsibilities can start off on the simpler end, like overseeing inventory counts or waste logs, and increase in complexity toward purchasing or budgeting.

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The Rail

JULY 19, 2022

Below, we look at five major changes that are reinventing traditional restaurant operations alongside some false beliefs that restaurant operators need to avoid. #1 Restaurant automation solutions, for functions like stock and inventory, order processing, or CRM. 1 - Technology. Restaurant management systems.

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The Restaurant Times

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Over the course of a bartending shift, wasted movements add up, making a bad bar layout and design extremely detrimental to its profit margin. . To ensure that your bartender’s time isn’t wasted, there are a few often utilized items of bar equipment that need to be front-and-centre. Inventory Checks.

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Restaurant365

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Essentially, you want to provide employees with the opportunity to become proficient in different operational areas, while also connecting the task with how it impacts the restaurant’s success. Maybe an employee can be responsible for completing scheduling or inventory or placing a chemical order or cheese order.

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The Restaurant Times

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Dark kitchens helped restaurants to continue operating despite bans on diners accessing their facilities. With new limits on operating hours and stricter hygiene and distancing requirements, restaurants are starting to reopen for dine-in customers. So don’t anticipate the ghost kitchen model to go away anytime soon.

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Apicbase

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

2023 has been a challenging year for restaurant operators, caught as they were between rising food costs and labour shortages. In a 2023 survey, 29% of operators said they are very likely to open new locations in 2024. Most operators raised their menu prices in 2023, but fewer expect to do so in 2024. trillion to $1.34

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Restaurant365

MARCH 15, 2022

Recruitment and retention strategies go hand in hand. Many restaurant operators don’t know their retention statistics, such as the average tenure in their restaurants or their turnover cost. The constraints that restaurant operators have – lack of time and energy resources – is real. Part 3 focuses on retention.

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The Restaurant Times

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The greatest commercial kitchen in the world would be for waste if you didn’t take your local norms and laws into account. No two restaurant kitchens are alike, especially when it comes to operating models, for example, full service, fast service, and so on. Know Your Local Health Codes . Kitchen Floor Plan . Technology .

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MBB Hospitality

APRIL 25, 2018

Your experienced consultants will help with training and retraining staff on basic restaurant techniques and help make sure your operations are running as smoothly as possible. They can also help with food distribution and inventory so that you are never running out of prime ingredients, but also keeping waste to a minimum as well.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Read on to learn about almost everything you need to know about restaurant management to help you run a more profitable operation. Restaurant managers are the on-the-ground team members responsible for keeping the operation efficient and providing excellent service to diners. What is Restaurant Management?

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Apicbase

JANUARY 13, 2023

It highlights those shifts so that you can prepare your operation for success without being blindsided by pitfalls and emerging trends. They could help guide your decisions in what is shaping up to be a very uncertain time for restaurant operators. Accurate and timely inventory control can boost restaurant profits by 24% annually.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Minimal Waste – Ono’s food truck is designed to be environmentally sustainable. Increased inventory availability, faster delivery, better data, and constant innovation add value to the entire supply chain. Wayne, IN (Heritage’s headquarters), in addition to other operations in the U.S., Canada, the U.K.,

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Apicbase

JUNE 16, 2023

This is especially true for large-scale foodservice operations and scaling restaurant businesses. From customer satisfaction to profitability, there are countless metrics that restaurant owners and managers should track to gain a better understanding of their operations. That’s the theory. Why Are Metrics Important?

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Apicbase

JUNE 20, 2022

Franchisees are business owners operating a restaurant under your franchise’s brand. In other words, franchisees are business owners operating a restaurant under your franchise’s brand. That’s why recruiting from within your existing customer database is an excellent plan. What Is A Restaurant Franchisee? Start-up phase.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2021

These challenges pose the potential for inventory constraints, menu price increases, delays in service and more, impacting not only the hours restaurants can stay open but also the capacity at which they can operate. Steve Fredette, Co-Founder and President at Toast.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 27, 2022

Restaurant operators have chosen to go digital to ensure customers’ health and safety as these touchless menus can help mitigate virus spread. Streamline Operations. Use QR code restaurant menus to improve operations as well as the customer experience. However, their adoption has escalated through the pandemic. Increase Revenue.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Before restaurants can record a profit, they need to take several expenses into account—inventory, kitchen equipment, building utilities, and of course, labor. Some businesses choose to calculate labor cost as a percentage of operating costs rather than a percentage of sales. Benefits (Health Care, Employee Discounts, etc.).

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Although the land, labor, and creativity of farm-to-table sourcing is so exciting and delicious, considerable operational disruption, scheduling, and menu management is still required to make it all a profitable business model. If you think Uber Eats and Grubhub have already had a big impact on the way restaurants operate, just wait.

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The Restaurant Times

MAY 20, 2022

Here is a list of things you should know to operate a profitable bakery business in the UK successfully. Based on the scale of operations, there are three major bakery types – artisan creations, local scale, and national level. Firstly, you need to determine whether the quality or volume of the ingredients drives your operating costs.

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Apicbase

APRIL 20, 2022

That’s where an extensive operations manual comes in, including your processes, recipes, portion sizes, suppliers, safety and hygiene guidelines, equipment, pricing, appropriate furnishings, etc. Recipes should be simple to execute and dishes easy to assemble using your operations manual and training courses.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

For example, to level-up the fan experience you can combine first-party transaction data with player stats, weather conditions, and inventory to better predict game-day sales. Operators will need to be creative in finding ways to counter the increased restaurant costs and the waste being produced.

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SpotOn

JUNE 5, 2024

According to the Michelin guide , Michelin recruits food professionals to review restaurants anonymously and determine if the restaurant's cuisine meets the guide's standards. Of course, access to quality ingredients depends on your restaurant's budget, inventory capabilities, location, and food supplier.

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MBB Hospitality

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

Sometimes the most challenging aspect of the employee recruitment process is knowing which sources are best to pull candidates from. There are a lot of recruitment agencies out there and job listing sites on the internet, but don’t forget about also using your current employees to help you as well. Don’t Rush the Recruitment Process.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 17, 2020

Curry Up Now began as a food truck in 2009 and was founded by husband and wife duo, Akash and Rana Kapoor, and supported by co-founder and Senior VP of Operations, Amir Hosseini. Through these initiatives, Taco Bell aims to enhance restaurant performance, employee satisfaction and support recruitment and retention.

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Kounta

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

From the coffee cart operator to the ritziest restaurant in town, every business owner in the hospitality industry has their own way of doing things. For Kounta head of customers Ed Randow-Stone, that means showing hospitality operators that they don’t have to rely on tradition in order to do things right.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2019

They touched on topics such as delivery, ghost (dark) kitchens, automation, plant-based menu items, food waste, sustainability, staffing and retention and more. The utilization of ghost kitchens means more money and opportunity for restaurant operators, without large price or labor hikes. Enter dark kitchens.

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