The Rail

JANUARY 1, 2024

It’s no wonder, then, that more restaurants are training their staff in zero-waste methods. Let’s explore why zero-waste training is essential and how you can best approach it. The Imperatives of Zero-Waste Training Training takes a significant amount of time, commitment, and even capital investment.

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Restaurant365

MARCH 10, 2022

With food costs running at approximately 30% or higher, learning importance of inventory management and how to prevent common mistakes is critical in successfully driving down costs and maximizing profits. First, let’s break down the two types of inventory costing, Actual and Theoretical. Failing to Streamline the Ordering Process.

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Restaurant365

MAY 17, 2022

Food inventory management goes way beyond counting the items on the shelves. The most important part of inventory management is understanding how the amount of product relates to your profit margin. Why a POS system is not suitable for inventory management. Best practices for effective food inventory management.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Meanwhile, restaurants must effectively manage inventory, staff, and customer data. As a result, many establishments struggle with slow service times, inefficient inventory management, and inadequate customer engagement — all of which can lead to decreased satisfaction and lost business.

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Restaurant365

MARCH 10, 2020

When you think of your restaurant finances, do you think of your inventory? Your restaurant inventory management is an oft-forgotten component of your finances, but the amount of product you have on hand represents a large part of your budget. What is Restaurant Inventory Management? What is Restaurant Inventory Management?

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Ken Burgin

JUNE 6, 2023

I love using ChatGPT to develop training activities and materials for restaurant and cafe employees. I’ve used it here to brainstorm ideas for training modules for waiters, managers, cooks, head chefs, and baristas. This will help train staff in customer service skills and problem-solving.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

It's up to the restaurant manager to maintain a warm, welcoming atmosphere and train staff to do the same. Metrics and sheets you'll need to track include cost of goods sold, labor costs, new operating income, profit, and (see below) inventory costs. One other way you may need to manage inventory is with menu planning.

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Mad Mobile

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

You’ve finally settled on a tableside ordering system to streamline your restaurant systems. Sometime after closing for the night, pouring over customer complaints on Yelp, you realize something crucial: you forgot to train your staff. Of that time, 25% is spent taking an order and 19% taking payment. Picture this.

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Mad Mobile

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Are you keeping a close eye on your beer, wine, & liquor inventory costs? It also has one of the most complex stock lists. Because liquor, wine, and beer have such wildly varying prices, it pays to keep tight controls on ordering and inventory. Operators who calculate their cost of sales add 2–10% to their bottom line.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Restaurants categorize the majority of food waste into three buckets: prep/portioning, customer ordering or cooking errors, and spoilage. Not much can be done about errors caused by customers, and training servers to listen attentively and cooks to set timers and stay focused can address internal errors.

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Restaurant365

JULY 21, 2021

When it comes to restaurant inventory, there are a lot of moving pieces. Understanding how to master restaurant inventory management is an invaluable skill. Your inventory control tracks what is coming in and out of your restaurant and what is left over during a certain period of time.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 11, 2020

Don’t forget to budget for training, installation, and support costs. Starting food inventory Stocking up on pantry staples and your beginning inventory of perishable foods will set you back at least $1,000. Both ordering too much and ordering too little can lead to overspending.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Streamlining Inventory and Menu Studies show that restaurants waste an average of four percent to 10 percent of all the inventory they purchase. Elevating Customer Experience In an age of increasing convenience and transparency, a seamless ordering process can turn curious diners into loyal patrons.

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Restaurant365

MARCH 10, 2020

When you think of your restaurant finances, do you think of your inventory? Your restaurant inventory management is an oft-forgotten component of your finances, but the amount of product you have on hand represents a large part of your budget. What is Restaurant Inventory Management? What is Restaurant Inventory Management?

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Restaurant365

AUGUST 4, 2020

You invest a large amount of your budget in inventory. When that inventory is wasted, stolen or spoiled before it’s sold, it must be written off as an expense in the books. Integrating inventory management with accounting facilitates better inventory control. What is restaurant inventory management?

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Mad Mobile

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Whatever the size of your operation, a tableside ordering system can help—it’s certainly not a tool for just large corporate restaurants. Implementing a tableside ordering system like CAKE from Mad Mobile can reshape how you run your business. Orders go directly from the server to the kitchen, reducing mistakes and miscommunications.

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Evergreen

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Efficient food inventory management is crucial for the success of any restaurant.

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Evergreen

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Efficient food inventory management is crucial for the success of any restaurant.

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Evergreen

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Efficient food inventory management is crucial for the success of any restaurant. By streamlining your inventory system, you can reduce costs, prevent food waste, improve order accuracy, and ensure that your restaurant is always well-stocked with fresh ingredients. […]

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Lavu

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A state-of-the-art restaurant POS System, specifically tailored for bars and restaurants, streamlines transactions, inventory management, and customer service, ensuring that business owners can focus on what they do best—serving their patrons. That’s why inventory management is one of the most important features of a good bar POS system.

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The Restaurant Times

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Since the outbreak of novel Coronavirus disease, order taking in the restaurant business has undergone a complete transformation. This article discusses how restaurant operators must invest in the right order taking software that ensures smooth operations and increases profitability. . Understands your restaurant’s needs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Money and Inventory Management The profitability of a restaurant depends on the careful management of cash flow. Inventory management is another key issue that can creep up if owners are not aware of what product they have and how much is currently available.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The chef will likely be the most experienced culinarian with responsibility for the financial operation of the kitchen, menu planning, ordering and inventory control, training, and quality control. Each cook is struggling against the clock to get his or her prep in order before setting a station for service.

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Restaurant Engine

AUGUST 2, 2020

Restaurant owners implement Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions for inventory management and real-time low stock notifications. For example, when chefs order an ingredient, the stock counts in their ERP systems automatically reflect an increase in stock. Fundamentally, inventory control revolves around three variables.

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Clover - Restaurants

MAY 31, 2024

POS software can also include inventory management to control restaurant food waste , online ordering for restaurant features, and more. Training and integration costs: Clover offers free training and support for integrating your POS with existing technology and tools. It also ensures customers can order what they want.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

There'll be new branding, a new staff, different inventory, and updated forecasting involved. If you're managing multiple locations of the same concept, you'll benefit from having a universal approach to hiring, training, suppliers, technology, and the overall guest experience. Replicating an Existing Concept. Supplier Sourcing.

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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.

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Squirrel Systems

MAY 3, 2024

This involves meticulous inventory management to prevent overordering and minimize waste. Training staff to be multi-skilled to handle multiple roles during less busy times can also increase productivity and reduce the need for a larger workforce.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2022

Upgrade inventory and ordering systems with the latest technology. Proper inventory management is essential to decreasing food waste and saving related expenses. a POS system, predictive ordering technology) to accurately predict what products you’ll need to order based on historical patterns.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2023

As such, restaurants are investing in training and development programs to upskill their workforce, ensuring team members are equipped to handle the latest tools and technologies. Beyond the menu, we’re also seeing restaurants embrace smart inventory systems and blockchain technology to monitor and optimize the farm-to-fork narrative.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 1, 2024

I picked up the clipboard holding an overview of restaurant reservations for the night as well as a stack of banquet orders that will tax the system until well after midnight. He ordered food at all hours with uninspired requests for poached eggs and peanut butter and banana sandwiches.

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Focus POS

DECEMBER 8, 2021

During a “normal” year, restaurant owners and operators face issues such as cash flow and capital, inventory management, hiring and training and providing excellent customer service. Training new employees and helping them to perform their jobs successfully is a top priority now.

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ChowNow

OCTOBER 19, 2023

ChowNow integrates seamlessly into Toast to route orders through your kitchen, manage your online menu faster and easier, reduce errors and cancellations, and have better order accuracy. ChowNow’s integration to Square allows restaurants to receive and fulfill every order into one POS and simplify their operations.

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ChowNow

OCTOBER 18, 2023

ChowNow integrates seamlessly into Toast to route orders through your kitchen, manage your online menu faster and easier, reduce errors and cancellations, and have better order accuracy. ChowNow’s integration to Square allows restaurants to receive and fulfill every order into one POS and simplify their operations.

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Xtra Chef

JUNE 25, 2019

Today, we announced that xtraCHEF has reinvented restaurant inventory management software. I wanted to share some thoughts on why we built an Inventory Management product and how our offering is different than any other product available in the market today. Why Build Another Restaurant Inventory Management Software.

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Restaurant365

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Knowing how to manage restaurant inventory is essential for a healthy business, no matter if you have one location or several. Running a successful restaurant isn’t just selling menu items and fulfilling orders – it’s also about controlling the amount of product that you have in the restaurant, daily, weekly, and monthly.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 30, 2023

Invest in Training Seasonal Workers It might seem counterintuitive — investing time and resources into employees who will only be on the job for a few months — but making an extra effort with temporary employees will pay off. Don’t skimp on onboarding and training.

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