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May/June 2021 Legal Update

Modern Restaurant Management

Arkansas Enacts Food Freedom Act : On April 30, 2021, Arkansas enacted the Food Freedom Act that exempts certain producers of homemade foods or drinks products from any state food safety licensure, certification, or inspection. The law allows home cooks to prepare meals from their homes and sell to consumers without being a licensed kitchen.

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How a Virtual Kitchen Could Improve Your Restaurant Group’s Profitability

Restaurant365

As a prominent example, virtual kitchens existed before the pandemic, but the last year has skyrocketed the growth of this new kind of establishment. As restaurants adapt to how customer dining preferences have changed, ghost kitchens are now more popular and quite often more profitable. What is a virtual kitchen?

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Top 24 Restaurant Management Software Solutions for 2023

Sling

There is an ever-growing market of specialized software for all of the outside-the-kitchen things restaurateurs have to think about. 4) Spiffy Spiffy aims to modernize staff training for restaurant and retail businesses. 13) FoodDocs FoodDocs uses AI technology to help restaurants stay in compliance with food safety regulations.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Modular Chicken and 2020 Year-End Results

Modern Restaurant Management

The brand not only entered more traditional restaurant franchises, but it also expanded into non-traditional retail presences such as grocery, universities, ghost kitchens, combo kitchens and coming soon, Military bases. with support including royalty and marketing fee relief for five weeks in March and early April.

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Federal Grants Programs for Shared Use Commercial Kitchens Supporting Local Food Systems

The Food Corridor

Bootstrapping a shared commercial kitchen is never easy. Here we take a look at some examples of community projects involving shared-use commercial kitchens that each received hundreds of thousands of dollars to make an impact in their communities. . Inspirational Shared Kitchen Projects Already Funded. March 3, 2021.

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PPP Part Two and More Restaurants Need to Know Now

Modern Restaurant Management

Tips for pivoting to retail. Training on best practices and templates for printed materials to promote employee and customer safety in accordance with City, County, State and Federal orders. PayByPhone will support the global nonprofit organization World Central Kitchen's COVID-19 relief response.

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PPP Part Two and More News Restaurants Need to Know Now

Modern Restaurant Management

Tips for pivoting to retail. Training on best practices and templates for printed materials to promote employee and customer safety in accordance with City, County, State and Federal orders. PayByPhone will support the global nonprofit organization World Central Kitchen's COVID-19 relief response.

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