Culinary Cues

MAY 12, 2025

If you want to exude excellence in your taqueria then you will grind the dried corn to make your own masa and shape it with care, rolling or pressing it into perfect corn tortillas, and griddle them to order. If tacos are your thing, then the tortilla must be revered, must become a lifes work, must be made in-house.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2024

At the same time, economic uncertainty, consumer price sensitivity, and limited resources remain pressing concerns. With AI’s growing prominence in marketing discussions this year, brands have begun navigating both its potential and pitfalls.

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ChowNow

JUNE 6, 2025

Press Kits and Partnership Material Journalists and collaborators (influencers, other local businesses, etc) often need a fast way to understand your restaurant. It belongs on your About page, of course, but you’ll also use it in your social media bios, Google listing, review platforms, printed materials, and press kits. Everywhere.

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EATER

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Sure, it’s great to have a garlic press, and a cherry pitter does come in handy when it’s peak stone fruit season, but for most of the year, this junk just takes up space in my meager kitchen storage situation. Lille Allen/Eater Potato ricers are annoying and bulky. They’re also essential for perfect mashed potatoes.

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EATER

JANUARY 7, 2025

This was the true catalyst for buying my first musubi press. The musubi press is simple to use. All you have to do is lay down a sheet of nori, load up your rice and toppings in the Spam-shaped centerpiece, and smush everything with the accompanying press.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Per the November 13 press release , Wonder sees the partnership as helping its goal of “re-envisioning the future of food delivery” and making “great food more accessible.” A timeline of major Wonder moments: 2020: Wonder begins piloting its van program in parts of Westfield, New Jersey.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 10, 2024

A pressing dilemma emerges as 62 percent of operators struggle to match demand due to insufficient staffing, with 80 percent encountering tremendous difficulty filling open positions. Shockingly, staffing in the restaurant industry remained 3.6

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Crunchtime

APRIL 15, 2025

If your brand is looking to revamp brand standards, these 3 best practices from ops leaders at Pressed Juicery, Gong cha, and Global Partners can help. And when powered by a digital platform, these audits provide instant visibility into store operations, turning insights into action faster than ever.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 28, 2023

The media is in love with the drama, as confessions of abused cooks find ample press time, and despondent cooks who leave the business trash talk their previous employers. After absorbing all the negative press and glamorized abusive behavior it’s no wonder restaurants are having a tough time recruiting employees.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Your application should include every relevant media link, press clipping, broadcast appearance and notation of all speaker and panelist roles at industry events and education conferences.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Overcoming barriers to increase guest spend Rising food, labor, and general operating costs were the most pressing concerns in 2024 among respondents, further tightening thin margins.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 18, 2021

Health and wellness branding is in the spotlight during this episode of The Main Course as host Barbara Castiglia speaks with Ross Franklin, the Founder and CEO of Pure Green, an omnichannel business that is one of the fastest-growing, cold-pressed juice companies and juice bar franchises in the United States.

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EATER

MAY 5, 2025

The focus on marketing has become so consuming that many companies have lost the plot on consumer experience and desire. Perhaps food brands see this as an opportunity to remind you who they are when youre least likely to be thinking of them, like when youre in the shower.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 1, 2023

took action, filing a Petition to Cancel Taco John’s TACO TUESDAY registration, combining it with a press release and social media campaign claiming it was fighting to “liberate” TACO TUESDAY. Taco Bell and “Liberation” In the past, Taco John’s targets have acquiesced to its demands to cease use.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 10, 2021

Self-ordering kiosks offer an immediate and practical solution to this pressing problem. The outlook is bleak and restaurants cannot afford to wait up to another year to become adequately staffed. If they are to make things work with a smaller staff base, then they must start automating.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The risks to health and safety are, obviously, the most pressing reasons for the increase in delivery and the apprehension about returning to dining in. When asked about their post-pandemic intent to dine out at restaurants, 42 percent plan to go out less.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Club members are interested in a chef who at the very least can support the existing brand of the operation, but typically a person who can enhance that brand in the eyes of members and in the words of the press. The chef’s brand brings prestige to the club. [] SUPERIOR ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 10, 2022

You can use this data to produce actional insights and get answers to your operation’s most pressing questions such as, “Am I making money off my menu items?” The challenge your restaurant is faced with is what to do with the plethora of data you are creating.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

While talent development is often a priority, it tends to fall on the list when managers have to devote their time and attention to more pressing, administrative tasks to keep operations running smoothly. The alternative is to risk losing that worker to another job opening that doesn't require as much red tape just to start work.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The difference is that users don’t need to go into an app and press buttons to initiate payments; they simply prompt the device using a voice command. Setting up a voice payment system is very similar to paying through any other kind of online wallet, essentially just linking a credit/debit card to the device.

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EATER

MAY 7, 2025

Or, as the press release puts it, blends the high-stakes thrill of a cooking competition with the raw emotion of personal transformation.) The reward for winning this comically Nanny McPhee -coded stunt?

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EATER

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The food souvenir to bring home: Maizajo is known for its top-notch tortillas, which they nixtamalize and make in-house I was fascinated by the workers making and pressing tortillas from my spot at the standing counter downstairs. Stephanie Wu The cheese and longaniza taco at Maizajo.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 26, 2024

Decide in advance who the spokesperson will be, which media contacts will get your press release, etc. While the details will vary, depending on the situation, outline the general plan and steps to take. Having this prep work done ahead of time will be invaluable during a recall. Determine what happened.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2023

As restaurateurs grapple with these regulatory frameworks, they're also positioned to tackle pressing issues like food security, using their influence to promote equitable access to nutritious food.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 30, 2020

Post social updates and press releases for major policy updates as well as making that information readily available on your company website. Delivery customers want restaurants to follow CDC guidelines (and be vocal about it!). Delivery customers want restaurants to communicate (well and often!)

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 23, 2021

In this episode of The Main Course , host Barbara Castiglia talked with Steve Schulze, the Founder of Nékter Juice Bar, a juice bar that is at the forefront of the juice cleanse revolution with cold-pressed juices, smoothies, and acai bowls.

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Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 9, 2025

It includes 28 grind settings, ranging from espresso to French press, with one-turn adjustment that allows users to switch between settings, eliminating the need for manual calibration,” he adds. “It’s turned travel brewing from a compromise into an opportunity to enjoy premium coffee anywhere.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 22, 2024

percent for the 12 months ending in May 2024 , highlighting the pressing need for energy management solutions. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index Summary, the electricity index went up 5.9

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 18, 2025

That all sounds like good news for time-pressed consumers and stressed-out kitchen and counter staff. As Brian Rice, chief information officer at McDonald’s, told The Wall Street Journal: “We have customers at the counter, we have customers at our drive-through, couriers coming in for delivery, delivery at curbside.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 21, 2020

With the demanding day-to-day of the industry, marketing can sometimes be passed over for more pressing needs – especially by smaller restaurants with tighter budgets. But we have already seen how signs and banners have helped communicate take out services over the past few months.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 13, 2025

“We’re building a platform that makes it easier for local businesses to grow—whether that’s through delivery, pickup, reservations, or in-person hospitality,” said Parisa Sadrzadeh, VP of strategy and operations at DoorDash, in a press release.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 17, 2022

For time-pressed establishments, implementing and managing more advanced technological systems are likely better to be outsourced to experienced providers. First, while technological solutions are not a cure-all, they can give restaurants significant relief for various operational pressures they face.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 26, 2024

According to a press release by one of the bill’s authors, State Senator Scott Weiner, freelance workers make up 39 percent of the total U.S. FWPA was signed by Governor Newsom on September 28, 2024 as Senate Bill (“SB”) 988. FWPA passed with a 70-0 vote in the State Assembly and a 34-3 vote in the State Senate.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2020

. “As one company, we’ve recently made commitments to listening to and learning from merchants and have worked together to support the National Restaurant Association’s development of these new principles that are designed to address the most pressing interests of the industry.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 6, 2020

Online ordering, curbside to-go, self-ordering kiosks, and third-party delivery services dominated the restaurant landscape; these trends were so predominant that you'd now be hard-pressed to find a restaurant that doesn't offer at least one of these services. So what new trends will 2020 bring?

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Take the time to think about it: This is a profile of the restaurant business that gets lost in all the negative press. [] SECOND LARGEST EMPLOYER. In 2021, there were 14.5 million people employed in the restaurant industry 1. [] THE CLEAREST WINDOW TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP. 80%of single-unit restaurants in the U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2024

On the pressing labor shortage and strategies to reduce its impacts in 2025: Foodservice has always been about relationships and connections. To remain competitive and retain customers, distributors need to invest in modern and efficient e-commerce platforms.

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