Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 17, 2022

With wholesale food prices soaring 13 percent in 2021 and labor costs rising as worker shortages continue, many restaurants are looking for smart ways to lower costs and avoid passing them on to their diners. One such solution has been shrinking restaurant menus. One such solution has been shrinking restaurant menus.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 18, 2023

Each table has its own wench, which allows them to be raised and lowered to any desired height –– seated, cocktail, or all the way up to the ceiling –– using a network of cables and an electric power source. Brian, the executive chef, changes Ronin’s menu daily to reflect the best of the week’s harvest.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

As a seasonal business, we must manage a budget that includes almost all revenue during those busy months and very little or no cash flow during the slow months. With slow seasons also comes the need to navigate seasonal layoffs and the task of hiring all the best people back the next season. Plan for Gaps in Your Budget.

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ChefMod

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Food costing solutions eliminates the dull, tedious manual work associated with food costing and pricing processes. Unrestricted access to past data lets you account for seasonality, monthly trends, and other crucial factors. You no longer need to spend valuable time sourcing and vetting new suppliers.

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MBB Hospitality

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

It involves tracking the cost of each ingredient, understanding seasonality, and recognizing price fluctuations. Using cost percentage formulas, you can determine the ideal cost for each item on your menu. Building strong relationships with suppliers can lead to more favorable pricing and terms.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

This capability can prove invaluable for refining pricing strategies, optimising ingredient and waste management, and planning forthcoming shifts, among other benefits. During peak seasons, considering outsourcing certain services becomes a practical solution to ensure seamless operations. The first gusto!

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 30, 2024

Typical restaurant KPIs involve monitoring costs around food, labor and supplies, pricing adjustments, table turnover rates during peak periods, customer wait times, promotion effectiveness, brand sentiment on review sites, and training completion rates. Discuss new ideas openly, challenging assumptions and pressure testing feasibility.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 13, 2022

If you are leery about diving into a specialized mocktail menu, Dry January is an ideal time to test your market. While takeout and delivery options helped to recoup some lost sales, most restaurants were still missing out on alcohol sales, which generally are the highest margin items on the menu. Support of the local food movement.

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Cheetah

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The busy season is underway, and for caterers and restaurants it is the biggest opportunity in the past two years to boost sales and make a hefty profit. Most travel and social distancing restrictions have been lifted and supplier indications point to a record breaking catering season. Reading Time: 4 minutes.

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Restaurant Clicks

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

The bistro menu is also impressive in the evening. It has all the French classics, from escargot to quiche, but the menu often changes throughout the season. I can’t even begin with menu recommendations for the Belvedere – anything from the ocean is worth ordering in my opinion. Bistro Barberet & Bakery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 2, 2023

More than ever, we’re seeing threats at the source. While it’s still necessary to take full inventories on a regular cadence, for the sake of calculating food waste, doing a quick inventory of the top items is a lot faster than running through everything on the menu.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

While it makes sense not to leave money on the table, it can be overwhelming, to have to come up with a whole new menu in an attempt to increase revenue and take advantage of this trend. Review your menu carefully and add a symbol that denotes all your plant-based/vegan dishes already available. Seasonality.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Restaurants will also explore delivery options beyond costly third-party partnerships, and hike delivery menu prices to make the channel more lucrative as off-premise demand holds steady. Simplified Menus. Menu variety plays a substantial role in every dining experience. Health-Conscious Food Will Dominate Menus.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 15, 2021

Our business model requires too much labor: At the same time as we step back it becomes vividly apparent that our method of operation and the menus that we provide require too many hands. We need to create a take-out experience, not just a source of food: So, we shifted from in-restaurant dining to take out and delivery.

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 15, 2021

Programs need to either find ways to stabilize enrollment or come up with some other source of funding to support their efforts. If so, what are students learning about cost effectiveness, efficiency, speed, and effective menu execution? Every product that a student handles in class should carry a price tag.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 23, 2020

As you plan out your concept, location, menu, staffing, and marketing, take a read through the advice left by hundreds of restaurateurs to ensure you’re set up for success in 2020. Spend time researching low rent prices with good location. Start with a small, focused menu featuring quality ingredients and hiring kind, skillful servers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we feature pizza predictions, Valentine's Day menu trends and lots about loyalty. Valentine's Menu Trends Restaurant guests heavily favor tasting menus this Valentine’s season, according to Lightspeed. percent dip in overall gratuities.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 10, 2021

While your restaurant may feature a diverse menu, delicious food, a great ambiance, and excellent customer service, you will still struggle to build a customer base without promoting it. Others tend to emphasize their cheaper menu options. Instead of promoting items according to price or margin, promote what your customers love.

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The Rail

MARCH 27, 2024

A thorough competitor analysis for restaurant businesses may include access to the following data: Operations Menu items and pricing Marketing methods Customer reviews In each area, data can help you to see what’s working for these other businesses that you can learn from. Menu optimization isn’t a once-off task.

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Open for Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

From budgeting and licensing to crafting the perfect menu, here’s everything you need to know about how to open a restaurant. Market research Before you even think about the menu or location, you need to understand the guests who will walk through your doors. Creating the menu Your menu is the restaurant’s calling card.

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Xtra Chef

JANUARY 14, 2021

For most restaurant operators, pivoting to the new normal has become a major source of stress. Manage Vendors and Compare Prices Quickly. Plate Costing and Menu Engineering Made Easy. But if operators don’t know how much margin they’re making—or losing—on each menu item, how will they know if they’re going to be profitable?

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Buzztime Business

AUGUST 24, 2023

It’s last call for summer – and your first chance to kick off the fall season. Whip up a menu of grilled small plates: think sliders, gourmet sausages, and elote (grilled Mexican corn on the cob with savory toppings). Create Labor Day bar promotions that revolve around a special all-white drink menu. It’s Labor Day weekend!

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The Restaurant Times

DECEMBER 5, 2020

One area of restaurant operations you must regularly check and monitor is your menu. An upgraded menu can bring in opportunities to generate more revenue and cut down costs. Thinking about whether your restaurant menu needs an upgrade? How to Know If Your Restaurant Food Menu Needs an Upgrade. We have got you covered.

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Future Food

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Modern Menus The humble menu has had a thorough overhaul in the past two years and as businesses are reopening, we are seeing the emphasis that has been placed on menu flexibility, pricing, structure, and menu size. The uprise in delivery has manifestly changed chef’s thinking and influenced menu development.

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Clover - Restaurants

APRIL 25, 2024

Here are some top reasons you should have recipe cards for your restaurant: To maintain quality and consistency: Even the most seasoned chef needs a reference every now and then. For menu development: Wanting to spice up your offerings? What’s more, it may incentivize them to celebrate their birthday at your eatery.

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Cheetah

DECEMBER 14, 2021

This winter be sure to have at least two vegan desserts with massive profit margins on the menu to increase ticket sizes and improve your bottom line. The price that can reasonably be charged for a dessert is, however, limited. Diners want cruelty-free, eco-friendly, locally-sourced, plant-based food, from appetizers to dessert. .

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Food Supply Seasonal Menu Cash Management Pricing 148

Mad Mobile

MARCH 1, 2024

High-quality menu imagery per dish In the age of digital dining, restaurant tablets offer a tantalizing upgrade to traditional menus with their ability to showcase high-quality imagery for each dish. Dynamic pricing strategies Most restaurants and bars use digital menus because of their flexibility.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2020

We are using last year’s monthly sales to address some of the seasonality of the industry. One possible source is the new SBA Payroll Protection Program (PPP), a small lifeline for restaurants who had to let employees go during the onset of the crisis. Globally, restaurateurs should increase pricing in order to improve margins.

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Front of House Back of House Reservations Seating 210

Lavu

APRIL 6, 2020

Feel like your menu is a bit lackluster? Even the most popular menus can seem a bit dull with time. Many restaurants choose to update their menu constantly, and although this can be a successful practice, it must be done with care. So, what type of menu changes can be positive on your ROI? Daily, Weekly, or Monthly Menus.

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EATER

APRIL 30, 2024

But Num says the exercise isn’t about gathering enough eggs to fill out a menu. Utilizing seasonal, traditional ingredients — mountain crabs, boba pearl-like mushrooms, sour forest mangoes, mole crickets — his sophisticated-yet-unpretentious dishes are upending stubborn perceptions. “The Chef Num at work. Torching ant eggs.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 13, 2022

If you are leery about diving into a specialized mocktail menu, Dry January is an ideal time to test your market. While takeout and delivery options helped to recoup some lost sales, most restaurants were still missing out on alcohol sales, which generally are the highest margin items on the menu. Support of the local food movement.

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2022 Compost Recycling White Paper 78

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Consider what foods you love, what the local community loves, and what cuisines and menu items are not currently available in your region. Showcase the bounty with fresh and seasonal dishes. This food truck idea would have a rotating menu. Benefits of Choosing the Right Food Truck Idea. Farmer's market fresh. Frozen favorites.

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Restaurant Clicks

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The multi-course menu at al di la Trattoria changes seasonally and uses locally and responsibly sourced ingredients. The menu offers some of the most spectacular Mediterranean food in the most beautiful presentation that you’ll encounter.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

As travel season approaches, we anticipate seeing more people lean into making their vacation destinations feel more like home, with an increase in activities like cooking while traveling! Savvy operators will adapt their menu and model to accommodate more flexible ordering options – but with a renewed focus on the bottom line.

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The Restaurant Times

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Yet, according to BCG , only one out of every five restaurants fully utilize the vast amounts of data they have access to from various sources. Data on operations also include your menu, staffing, and sales. In addition, restaurant data analysis can be employed to optimize seasonal labor costs. How Do Restaurants Gather Data?

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Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

They serve lunch and dinner, and they have a brunch menu on the weekends, both with their respective cocktail menus. Atrium Dumbo’s food is all locally sourced from farmers and fishermen in the New York area. The menu changes seasonally, using the bounty of local harvests to dictate the dish offerings.

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Ken Burgin

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Many small hospitality businesses run their price negotiation on a weekly or daily basis, like thrifty seniors who are always looking for the best price on canned goods. The primary source of tension between a hospitality business and a supplier is a difference in cash flow. … This combination gives you the selling price.

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