7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

You won't be able to refer to your previous restaurant opening playbook and follow it to the letter. The benefits of this decision include relying on a proven business model, which will ease the opening and operating process, as you'll be able to refer to what worked (and what is working) at your original location. Table of Contents.

Management 370

Management Management Document Hiring 370

Harbor Touch

MARCH 18, 2025

Check references carefully and run quick trials. Establish reorder points like 10 cases of fries or 5 gallons of sauce to avoid shortages during rushes. Restaurant Business Online reports top managers cut waste by 15% with tight trackingon a $50,000 food budget, thats $7,500 saved annually. This isnt just theory from a manual.

Management 148

Management Management Seasonal Menu Cash Management 148

7 Shifts

MAY 31, 2021

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. The term ‘restaurant operations' refers to the process by which a restaurant is run. Table of Contents. What does it mean? Areas of Operation. Improvement Tips.

Operations 363

Operations Inventory Hiring Customer Service 363

7 Shifts

AUGUST 7, 2024

But there's more to it than adding up your inventory bill and comparing it to your sales. This is commonly referred to as a percentage. And while it can vary by restaurant, your prime costs should hover somewhere around 60 to 65 percent of the total volume of sales. There certainly are other major restaurant cost considerations.

Food 370

Food Seasonal Menu Inventory Pricing 370

Lavu

JUNE 26, 2025

Understanding Accounting for Restaurant Business Methods Although accounting for restaurant businesses is a topic that many restaurateurs try to avoid, it is an essential element of running a business. You cannot manage your restaurant properly without going into the accounting details. But the importance of this administration cannot be emphasized.

2025 113

2025 Cash Management Point of Sale POS 113

Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 1, 2025

I spoke with Kacper Ornat and Łukasz Jura at Coffee Machines Sale and Nikolai Fürst at Desarrolladores de Café about why quality control is more important than ever in today’s competitive specialty coffee market. You may also like our article on why roasters and coffee shops need to strategise menu pricing.

Point of Sale 90

Point of Sale Pricing Equipment Cash Management 90

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Customer service: Interact with guests, solve customer complaints, and ensure the service is on point. Restaurant management covers several duties and responsibilities—from hiring team members, to dealing with customer complaints, to making on-the-fly decisions to control labor costs. If it gets the job done, why change it, right?

Management 284

Management Management 2019 Employee Relations 284

Goliath Consulting

MAY 8, 2020

Important points to consider before starting a catering program. Aside from boosting revenue, catering can boost business during slow performing times, reduce excess food waste, allow for menu changes, and helps to increase employee retention as they gain new skills and varied tasks that challenges and keeps them busy (1).

Catering 248

Catering Point of Sale Delivery Customer Service 248

7 Shifts

AUGUST 29, 2019

Follow these two steps: The first thing you’ll want to do is gather sales and profit data for every item on your menu—preferably over a set time period (last quarter, last month, etc.). Plowhorses: Low Profit, High Popularity Plowhorses are a big point of frustration for menu engineers. Menu Pricing and 2. What to do?

Menu 279

Menu Point of Sale Website Management Online Ordering 279

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

They might also want to restock popular brews, with recent research from the International Wine and Spirits Record asserting that the alcohol e-commerce sales will hit $42 billion by 2025. With more food comes the potential for more waste. restaurants rack up 22-33 billion pounds of food waste per year.

Menu 221

Menu Point of Sale Seasonal Menu Food Order 221

EATER

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

So many of TikTok’s food creators built their platforms on relatability, but some have succeeded to the point of rendering themselves unrelatable, with lofty Architectural Digest -esque kitchens and deals with luxury fashion brands. This is how Justine Doiron — 2.3 It led to a somewhat clunky, more complicated approach to writing recipes.

Food 279

Food Social Media Point of Sale Book 279

EATER

APRIL 25, 2023

Juan adds, “The combination became famous, and we started calling it caldosa,” a reference to the caldo that went into the first bag. The caldosa at Fory Fay, the home of the original recipe. Others become representative of a city or a region. In Costa Rica, that dish is the caldosa, a national phenomenon launched by a child.

Fine Dining 274

Fine Dining Back of House Point of Sale Advertising 274

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 28, 2024

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features news on the impact of California's minimum wage, customer satisfaction, AI use in restaurants, popular cocktails and bathroom readiness. Early Impact of California's Minimum Wage A new edition of The Anchor from Placer.ai, written by R.J.

2024 294

2024 Mobile Ordering White Paper Food Order 294

7 Shifts

MAY 23, 2024

This includes: Net Sales: The total revenue derived from your sale of food and beverages. Restaurant expense #1: food cost Your restaurant's food cost comprises 3 elements: the food cost percentage, the cost of ingredients, and the sales or revenue from selling your dishes. Managing a restaurant is not for the faint-hearted.

Point of Sale 221

Point of Sale Seasonal Menu Food Supply Cash Management 221

Restaurant365

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The data from inventory management can help you place more accurate orders, calculate exact food costs, make informed menu changes, and address potential sources of food waste. Your inventory system can automatically pull sales information to track theoretical inventory. As a store-level manager, you always have a lot on your plate.

Inventory 138

Inventory Management Management Point of Sale 138

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2020

Participating restaurants will donate 15-25 percent of sales to their local food bank and over 1500 restaurants nationwide have already joined the initiative. Participating restaurants will donate 15-25 percent of sales to their local food bank and over 1500 restaurants nationwide have already joined the initiative. Takeout For Good.

Food Safety 441

Food Safety Kitchen Safety Mobile Ordering Guest Recovery 441

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

With the acquisition of Johnny Rockets, FAT Brands will have more than 700 franchised and company owned restaurants around the globe with annual system-wide sales exceeding $700 million. The Main Course. "We always viewed a podcast as a natural extension of the MRM brand," said Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia. "When Brands Inc.

Kitchen Safety 515

Kitchen Safety Loyalty Program Delivery Customer Service 515

Focus POS

DECEMBER 8, 2021

However, the right point of sale system can help alleviate some of these restaurant challenges so business owners can stay ahead of their competition. Point of sale systems that require a series of clicks to make selections or switching between screens can be frustrating to learn and use.

Mobile Ordering 148

Mobile Ordering Point of Sale Online Ordering Cash Management 148

Restaurant365

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

There’s sales and customer data, labor performance data, and even data telling you how much food you waste. While restaurant reporting refers to your numbers, restaurant analytics, on the other hand, provide actionable insights. Are you using restaurant analytics? But merely gathering the data offers little value.

Point of Sale 147

Point of Sale POS Inventory Seasonal Menu 147

Open for Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

From streamlining operations to automating guest touch points, artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the hospitality industry. It refers to AI that can act autonomously to achieve specific goals. Read on for top takeaways and insights from the discussion.

Point of Sale 60

Point of Sale Inventory Hospitality Reservations 60

Lavu

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Profit margin is a key metric, especially pivotal in restaurant sales, that calculates the percentage of revenue left as profit after covering expenses. This, in turn, can significantly increase your sales and enhance profit margins, pointing towards areas of strength and potential areas for improvement.

Fast Casual 138

Fast Casual Food Truck Fine Dining Loyalty Program 138

Restaurant365

JANUARY 4, 2022

Your team must still take manual inventory by hand to account for spoilage, improper portioning, and waste. To ensure efficiency, a restaurant inventory management system that is fully integrated with your point of sale (POS) system can streamline and automate as much of the inventory process as possible. from a year ago.

Inventory 148

Inventory Pricing Management Management 148

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Minimal Waste – Ono’s food truck is designed to be environmentally sustainable. Minimal Waste – Ono’s food truck is designed to be environmentally sustainable. World’s First Mobile Restaurant Powered by Advanced Robotics. Ono Food Co. Ono Blend Founders Daniel Fukuba and Stephen Klein.

Food Truck 317

Food Truck Customer Service Customer Experience Front of House 317

Deliverect

AUGUST 31, 2020

Having the right sort of data allows you to plan, shift priorities and make changes on the fly based on cold hard proof of your sales numbers. What this means is making sure that your delivery sales get input into your POS as they come through and not waiting till the end of the day to send them all through at once.

Delivery 146

Delivery Front of House Point of Sale Back of House 146

Goliath Consulting

JANUARY 6, 2022

According to Mary King, “third-party food delivery services have setup fees of up to $400, charge a commission of 10% to 40% per order, and may not integrate with your point-of-sale system.” Most restaurants benefitted from these third-party food delivery services, but other restaurants did not have the same success rate.

Delivery 195

Delivery Food Online Ordering Customer Service 195

Restaurant365

OCTOBER 27, 2021

It has been estimated that each year, more than 100 billion pounds of food is wasted in the United States. The waste of food is not only a waste of money and bad for the environment, but it is also making vulnerable populations even more vulnerable. That equates to more than $160 billion worth of food thrown away each year.

Waste 78

Waste Food Online Ordering Food Order 78

Cheetah

JULY 1, 2021

Important hidden costs that operators sometimes overlook include waste, gas money and countless billable hours spent on roaming the aisles of wholesale warehouses like Restaurant Depot. JIT also guarantees you get 100% usable product, which translates to zero waste. Is it fair towards customers? Table of Contents.

Customer Experience 148

Customer Experience Front of House Fine Dining Customer Service 148

Cheetah

JULY 1, 2021

Important hidden costs that operators sometimes overlook include waste, gas money and countless billable hours spent on roaming the aisles of wholesale warehouses like Restaurant Depot. JIT also guarantees you get 100% usable product, which translates to zero waste. Is it fair towards customers? Table of Contents.

Customer Experience 148

Customer Experience Front of House Fine Dining Customer Service 148

Perfect Daily Grind

APRIL 25, 2022

Convenience and growing quality are the biggest driving forces behind capsule sales, but a rising awareness of environmental impact is becoming an increasingly important purchasing factor. Waste is one of the biggest concerns for coffee capsule consumers, leading some single-serve coffee manufacturers to start offering a number of solutions.

Compost 182

Compost Sustainability Consumer Goods Waste 182

Apicbase

MARCH 3, 2023

Although the point-of-sale system (POS) remains the technological heart of restaurants, numerous technologies run behind the scenes these days. This end-to-end solution uses data from your POS to provide insights into sales, food costs, menu engineering and inventory management. Restaurant technology has come a long way.

Point of Sale 52

Point of Sale POS Management Management 52

Lavu

MARCH 26, 2020

Coming off a hard winter and hoping sales would pick up for catering businesses, this sudden hit of all events canceling has pushed some catering businesses to the brink. Don’t let your inventory go to waste; start offering your best-sellers as meal prep items. Sales to Retail Customers. Meal Prep Kits with Pickup Options.

Catering 127

Catering Food Truck Retail Small Business 127

Touch Bistro

MAY 10, 2021

And one area that is often overlooked is the question of how to reduce food waste in restaurants. Food waste costs restaurants a staggering $162 billion per year , and in America alone, restaurants generate as much as 33 billion pounds of food waste per year. Different Types of Restaurant Food Waste.

Waste 59

Waste Food Compost Tip Distribution 59

EATER

MARCH 29, 2023

The world’s most expensive spice is many things: an irreplaceable staple of various cuisines, the focal point of a multibillion-dollar industry, a hot topic in the realm of geopolitics, a victim of fraudulent trading. As Roustaei points out, saffron’s regional presence predates modern borders. What is saffron? Where does saffron grow?

Consumer Goods 274

Consumer Goods Tip Distribution Agriculture Point of Sale 274

Restaurant365

JUNE 22, 2021

Training your store-level managers and your kitchen staff about food waste reduction is critical to improving overall Cost of Goods Sold (CoGS). Training your store-level managers and your kitchen staff about food waste reduction is critical to improving overall Cost of Goods Sold (CoGS). Train your store-level managers.

Compost 88

Compost Food Waste Front of House 88

Restaurant365

MAY 17, 2022

Tight integration between your r estaurant inventory management software , point of sale (POS) system and restaurant accounting software is essential for executing key restaurant tasks that help control your food costs. A POS system is excellent at collecting sales and labor data. That’s great.

Inventory 78

Inventory Management Management Food 78

Cheetah

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

While it affects our bottom line, let’s not forget the effects of food waste on our environment and our communities in general. While it affects our bottom line, let’s not forget the effects of food waste on our environment and our communities in general. Let’s begin with a key question: what is demand planning?

Small Business 78

Small Business Food Supply Point of Sale Inventory 78

Restaurant Engine

AUGUST 2, 2020

The abilities of an ERP to reduce food waste and pilferage, as well as the reduction of billable labor for inventory management, are the key value propositions for restaurateurs. Whenever a restaurant receives a delivery, the receiving staff must refer to the ERP system to validate the quantity and unit prices.

Inventory 80

Inventory Management Management Point of Sale 80