Lavu

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Running a restaurant is tough, and poor inventory management can make it even harder. That’s where POS inventory tools step in to help. Research shows that using POS systems can reduce stockouts by 15% and cut excess inventory by 10% , directly improving profitability.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Supporting nearby farmers boosts your local economy and means you’ll get fresher products that haven’t had to travel far distances to get to your restaurant. Elevate your inventory management. You can’t properly manage your spending if you don’t have a good handle on your inventory. Reduce food waste.

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ChowNow

JUNE 12, 2025

LTOs also help you spotlight high-margin items or move excess inventory without slashing prices across the board. Refine Your Menu to Work Smarter Focus on the menu items that are proven sellers, easy to prep, and travel well for takeout or delivery options. Make sure containers keep food hot, travel well, and look good when opened.

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Loyalty Program Social Media Online Ordering Email Marketing 195

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 1, 2022

GMs have a lot of different responsibilities, including managing store operations, inventory, handling guest experience and managing budget. With travel resuming and restaurants booming again, staffing is critical. With average restaurant staff turnover at 130 percent , this is not entirely surprising.

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Goliath Consulting

JULY 8, 2020

When the dust clears and a proper inventory of each order is finally manageable, the frustration of back ordered product sets in. With modified inventory procedures, increased communication and planning, and appropriate training, bar managers can rein in the uncertainty and provide their guests and staff with a consistent product.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 20, 2022

Drivers will have more time to eat, go through drive-throughs with the vehicles, use both hands when eating, and longer travel times will become more commonplace. Integrated Inventory and Purchasing. This kind of predictive technology can be used by restaurants in so many ways: to manage inventory, staffing, menu pricing, and more.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Once you have that total, subtract all of your costs, such as labor, inventory, rent, utilities, and other operating expenses. Bars that effectively manage their inventory and reduce waste tend to maintain higher margins. To calculate your pour cost, you have to know the total cost of your alcohol inventory.

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 10, 2025

This type of dedication is important if an apprentice cook is to truly develop an understanding and level of competence in those areas. [] CONTROLS Cost control is everyones responsibility in every food operation, but in a larger operation there will likely be opportunities for cooks to delve into those controls through involvement with inventories, (..)

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Hotels Fine Dining Seasonal Menu Healthcare 372

7 Shifts

MAY 1, 2020

If you have many groceries, inventory, or portioned goods, consider offering meal kits to diners to cook at home. Food That Travels Well for Delivery: Tips for COVID-19 ?? With dine-in officially off the menu, we’re sharing a few options for restaurants to consider to pivot their business model during COVID-19. Offer meal kits ??

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 6, 2022

During the pandemic, travel restrictions meant restaurants had to figure out new ways to inspect their facilities. Digital inspections, inventory, and line checks are much faster, easier, and more accurate than manual processes. The exercise felt punitive, leaving employees feeling devalued and disengaged.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 30, 2023

Automating these procedures can save about an hour of labor per day while improving the customer experience and equipment uptime, protecting inventory and more. Imagine travelers pulling off the highway for the fast-food sandwich they’ve been craving, only to be disappointed because a fryer is malfunctioning.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 10, 2021

In the 1970s, Southwest Airlines sold tickets by phone, at airports, and at their offices to avoid commissions from travel agents and remain competitive with car travel routes. Today, with proper integrations, information is syndicated out in a way that reflects live inventory.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Every food product and ingredient that arrives on a diner’s plate first travels an epic journey from source to table; through harvest and processing locations, distribution channels, cold-chain operations, warehouses, trucking and storage.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 26, 2022

This research, from the March edition of the Digital Economy Payments report, “Going Digital to Pay for Travel and Restaurant Dining” also found that credit cards account for the greatest share of food spending with consumers using credit cards to purchase an estimated $29.8 According to a PYMNTS survey of 3,250 U.S.

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Consumer Goods Customer Service Restaurant Law Audits 449

Restaurant365

MARCH 3, 2022

According to Vacasa’s 2022 Spring Travel Trend’s survey, one thing is clear: everyone needs a break this spring. 37% are planning to travel during spring break, specifically, which is an increase from the 29% who were traveling for Spring Break 2021. American travelers are mostly staying planted on U.S. Fine dining – 41%.

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Sculpture Hospitality

APRIL 15, 2021

Sculpture Hospitality is delighted to announce that our innovative inventory management solution for restaurant and bars has hit the news, featuring on a recent episode of NewsWatch - a trusted source for breaking consumer, technology, travel, health and entertainment news on the AMC Network and ION Network.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

He emerged a couple months later with a new concept: He transformed his 1989 Volkswagen van into a mobile dining room, traveling the city to serve up a four-course “glamping” dining experience. 74 percent of retailers plan on using real-time inventory technology this year.

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Social Media Retail Website Management Online Ordering 397

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 18, 2024

The prix fix menu is gaining momentum as a way for restaurants to provide customer experiences and control inventory. International travel has renewed appeal post-pandemic and with it comes food and culture exploration. Omakase is exploding as restaurant patrons clamor to experience chefs’ tasting menus.

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7 Shifts

MAY 11, 2020

Run through our guide to reopening your restaurant to plan your labor, inventory, marketing, and more so you can reopen with a bang. Employees must report any symptoms and recent travel to their managers before a shift. Plan your reopening timeline The first question to ask yourself (and your team) when planning a reopen is “when”?

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BOH Food Safety FOH Equipment 368

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 17, 2020

Inventory is updated in real-time so customers know that what they order will be available for pickup. We are now offering ordering of bulk food and supplies through the Cheetah mobile app, which has been modified to service consumers as well as businesses.

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Food Supply Mobile Ordering Supplies Back of House 473

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 9, 2021

Show them about budgets, and marketing, human resource management and inventory control, menu planning and recipe costing, and how to build their personal brand. What did you need, what was lacking in your training, how did you feel, what type of support or push did you need? Be that resource for them. Teach them to take your job!

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Front of House Customer Experience Dine-in Training 474

Embrace the Suck

JANUARY 20, 2021

What happened that day altered how we travel and our perceptions of the world around us. We should be managing our inventory better. This will also reduce inventory and staffing as well, which is a good thing moving forward. Look back to a black swan event you might have already been through the events on September 11, 2001.

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Squirrel Systems

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

From improving customer satisfaction to managing inventory, every day presents a new opportunity to optimize operations. No longer just a payment processing tool, your POS system can handle everything from order taking and payments to inventory tracking and customer data management.

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The Rail

JANUARY 15, 2025

Simplifying service paths: Optimize the positioning of key service stations, such as beverage counters or POS systems, to reduce staff travel distances and speed up service times. Use inventory management software to organize supplies. Adjust the layout to minimize congestion, especially during peak hours.

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Outdoor Seating Customer Service Customer Experience 130

Restaurant365

APRIL 14, 2020

Successful restaurant operations, in any kind of economy, depend on well-managed restaurant food inventory. Much of the typical food and beverage inventory in restaurants tends to have a relatively short shelf life, making accurate inventory numbers essential to run a functioning kitchen, make economical orders, and adapt to long-term trends.

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EATER

MAY 26, 2021

This somewhat depressing strip of gas stations and fast-food restaurants that connects I-70 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike is familiar to anyone who has ever traveled through the bottom half of Pennsylvania toward points further east or west. into this particular argument.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 17, 2020

Common sense dictates that restaurants take an inventory of food, paper and other supplies. From a communication standpoint, many brands in the travel, hospitality, retail and restaurant industries have already sent emails to their customers explaining the precautions they are taking to keep employees and customers safe. Supply Chain.

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7 Shifts

JUNE 3, 2020

Preparing for COVID-19 closure Before closing their five locations, Ani Ramen knew they had to do something with all their inventory before it goes to waste. Ramen does not travel very well and when it does, it’s not nearly the same. In just one day, Ani Ramen donated 15,000 meals.

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Front of House Online Ordering Kitchen Safety Food Safety 63

The Rail

MARCH 25, 2025

BONUS: Dont Forget to Handle the Logistics Smoothly with Professional Movers A restaurant relocation involves transporting kitchen equipment, furniture, and inventory all of which require careful handling. Outside of writing, he is passionate about photography and travel.

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Social Media Email Marketing Customer Experience Events 130

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Emphasis on Group Sales : While household wallets may be tightening, corporate travel budgets are relaxing as employers push for a return to offices and face to face interactions. Because Cabernet Sauvignon is overplanted, winemakers have been replacing with Cab Franc, so that there’s more inventory.

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2023 Loyalty Program Fast Casual Customer Experience 419

Culinary Cues

MAY 15, 2021

Four-page menus do not reflect business common sense – inventories become unmanageable, waste is much more difficult to manage, the level of expertise required of employees grows exponentially, consistency and quality are challenging, and profit is hard to predict and realize.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2025

Two-thirds of restaurant leaders believe AI or automation will improve their business in each of the 15 areas we asked about, the most popular of which are marketing and promotions (77 percent), inventory management (77 percent), payments (76 percent), menu optimization (76 percent), and staff management (75 percent).

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SpotOn

JANUARY 15, 2025

Ideally, you should be tracking these with inventory management software. If you want to get that granular, inventory management software is the way to go. Before we were doing our inventory by hand. That way you're comparing apples with apples. Menu item cost Ask your chef or kitchen manager for the cost of each item.

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Hot Schedules

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

E xperts predict the global hotel industry in 2022 will return to 80 percent of 2019 demand — as more vacationers return to the fold and business travelers book trips once more, how have your offerings adapted to post-pandemic consumer demands? For these travelers, the dining experience will be back on the menu. Heart Care.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Slow movers tie up inventory -and the cash needed to by that inventory. With domestic road trips increasing post pandemic, consumers are looking to receive food and continue on their travels as quickly as possible. – Richard Patrick, Co-Founder of Cathead Distillery. Review menu items and strip away the slow movers.

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2023 Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Customer Experience 493

ChowNow

AUGUST 26, 2024

Restaurant Budget Benefits Running a restaurant without a budget plan is kind of like traveling without a map or GPS. Startup Budget This covers initial costs such as equipment, licenses, renovations and initial inventory. Additionally, consider using an inventory tracking system to reduce spoilage or lost inventory.

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Cash Management Seasonal Menu Inventory Equipment 195

7 Shifts

JUNE 3, 2020

Preparing for COVID-19 closure Before closing their five locations, Ani Ramen knew they had to do something with all their inventory before it goes to waste. Ramen does not travel very well and when it does, it’s not nearly the same. In just one day, Ani Ramen donated 15,000 meals.

Front of House 243

Front of House Online Ordering Kitchen Safety Food Safety 243