Chowly

MARCH 14, 2024

Through these pillars, the Mastermind program equips restaurant owners with the skills needed for sustainable success. By mastering controllables, setting precise revenue targets, and adopting strategic thinking, independent owners can take control of their profitability.

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Airlines Sustainability Pricing Technology 111

Perfect Daily Grind

APRIL 21, 2023

However, experts remain unsure of the effect this may have on annual contract prices, including for coffee. After a successful first edition in 2022, Expo Café Uruguay will once again take place in Montevideo. Re:co Specialty Coffee Symposium 2023 takes place in Portland, Oregon.

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Pricing 2023 Café Workshop 129

Future Food

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Improving the sustainability of your restaurant during challenging times – a lesson for everyday trading. The question for every restaurateur and food operator in Australia is: What am I doing every day to make my business more sustainable and immune (or partially immune) to market forces? Image via Good Food).

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Sustainability Social Media Communication Customer Experience 88

Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 10, 2022

IDH – The Sustainable Trade Initiative publishes Coffee Farmer Income Resilience Baseline Report. The report concludes crop diversification and intensification of sustainable farming practices are required to improve the socioeconomic livelihoods of producers. Robusta prices drop as Brazil continues 2022/23 harvest. Tue, 7 Jun.

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Culinary Cues

JULY 23, 2023

This does not excuse chefs who lash out, who wear their strong emotions on their sleeve and point the finger at those who do not follow their intended steps towards greatness. Chef, one of your most important jobs will be to train the next outstanding person to take your position if you ever move on.”

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Guest Recovery Seasonal Menu Presentation Customer Experience 406

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 2, 2022

Soaring prices, continued supply chain disruptions, and ongoing staffing shortages are creating a perfect storm for restaurants. And seven out of ten operators said their restaurant doesn’t have enough employees to support customer demand. With prices skyrocketing, restaurants should focus on eliminating food waste.

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Food Safety Food Supply Waste Sustainability 210

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 8, 2023

That doesn’t mean they are trading in their filet mignon for a fast-food burger, but rather they are looking for a more culinary-driven menu at a lower price point. Restaurant brands that had to scramble to get into take-out and off-premise at the start of the pandemic learned this the hard way.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 30, 2024

Sustainable restaurant expansion requires balancing excitement with patience and perspective. Sustainable restaurant expansion requires balancing excitement with patience and perspective. Restaurateurs should thoroughly model out growth plans, get creative on managing cash flow and run lean before considering outside investor dollars.

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Leadership Small Business Cash Management Customer Experience 194

Perfect Daily Grind

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

European Sensory Summit 2022 takes place Zurich, Switzerland. All 37 competitors will use the grinder at the WBrC finals, which will take place from 27 to 30 September 2022 at the Melbourne International Coffee Expo. Robusta prices increase by 9.2% Report suggests US coffee shop sales will increase by 10.5% by end of 2022.

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2022 Pricing 2023 Events 133

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 22, 2024

What should restaurant brands take away from this mega deal and the Red Lobster bankruptcy filing? There are entities willing to invest in restaurant growth strategies, provided the restaurant has a sustainable value proposition and at the same time, there are acquirers who can rescue restaurants that have fallen on hard times.

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Front of House Back of House Leadership Franchise 168

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

But know this: Most restaurant owners don't have it all figured out. As you work your way through this section take note of the examples of mission statements. She also supports coffee shops that value sustainability and partner with suppliers that use organic farming methods. Now, let's get to it. Enter Sublime Brew.

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Fast Casual Customer Service Customer Experience Back of House 370

Culinary Cues

JULY 8, 2021

With a real need to try and make-up for a lost year and an overnight demand for dining out – restaurants are faced with a new pressing issue: where do we find the staff and how do we keep them? When demand exceeds supply in any situation – businesses know that prices inevitably go up. The strong survive and the weak shall perish.

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Sports Take-out Café Training 473

Future Food

APRIL 14, 2024

Frequently food and beverage departments/revenue centres have highly streamlined beverage procurement, underpinned by pour targets, contract pricing and bonus structures. Pricing frequently reflects a default market rate. It is an opportunity that is overlooked more often than many would like to admit.

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Food Supply Beverage Catering Pricing 78

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. In 2024, we anticipate a continued evolution, where technology and sustainability will play pivotal roles in reshaping the culinary experience. The first gusto!

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2024 Loyalty Program Cash Management Customer Experience 210

Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 8, 2022

Sustainability continues to be a major focus across the coffee industry, specifically in coffee production. Read on to find out what they said. However, without specific data that indicates where, when, and how deforestation is happening, it’s difficult for industry professionals to take steps to prevent it.

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Food Supply Sustainability Agriculture Supplies 148

Culinary Cues

JUNE 14, 2022

There are many questions that people ask with regard to the restaurant industry, but two seem to really stand out in the post pandemic world: Why should I spend money in a restaurant? There is a great deal of pent-up demand and restaurants are struggling to figure out how to gear up. Remember only 1.4%

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Fine Dining Food Supply Customer Service Presentation 469

Perfect Daily Grind

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The survey found that that 35% of respondents were expecting to be operating at a loss or face closure by the end of the year, with 96% of businesses also experiencing higher energy costs and 93% facing food price inflation. Fairtrade launches Living Income Reference Price for Ugandan arabica. Wed, 2 Nov.

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2023 Hospitality 2022 Food Supply 126

Perfect Daily Grind

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The second regional qualifying round will take place in Denver, Colorado from 3 to 5 March. The Paris event will take place at Le Carreau du Temple from 13 to 15 May, while the Amsterdam event will be held at Westergas from 30 March to 1 April. Coffee equipment manufacturer Joy Resolve launches Groove Compact portable grinder.

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2023 Seminar Certification Food Supply 121

Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 5, 2023

Mon, 1 May Westrock Coffee publishes 2022 Sustainability Progress Report. The report highlights the company’s key environmental and social sustainability activities from last year, including increasing global purchases of certified and verified responsibly-sourced coffee by 9% – amounting to an increase of over 19.5 Take a look.

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2023 Airlines Certification Seminar 140

Future Food

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Frequently food and beverage departments/revenue centres have highly streamlined beverage procurement, underpinned by pour targets, contract pricing and bonus structures. Pricing frequently reflects a default market rate. It is an opportunity that is overlooked more often than many would like to admit.

Food Supply 78

Food Supply Beverage Catering Pricing 78

Perfect Daily Grind

JANUARY 3, 2023

To find out, I spoke to three roasting professionals. You may also like our article on whether coffee roasters should add robusta to blends if arabica prices increase again. Following the pandemic, the price of shipping containers increased drastically , the price of coffee increased, and the US dollar strengthened against the euro.

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Equipment Transportation Sustainability Technology 162

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Are you trying to differentiate your brand and stand out from the competition? Historically high gas prices are pushing consumers towards EV options. People ( especially millennials ) are increasingly interested in sustainability and want to support brands that are aligned with their values. Be aware of marketplace changes.

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Audits 2040 Food Safety Consumer Goods 176

Perfect Daily Grind

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

To understand more about how the use of technology could affect coffee production in the future, I spoke with several industry professionals who are developing these technologies and who work with Sucafina , a sustainable farm-to-roaster coffee trader. Read on to find out what they had to say. How can technology improve traceability?

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Technology Food Supply Sustainability Supplies 176

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The idea of diversifying portfolios toward concepts that were leaner but offered the same – or better – ROI began to take shape. For example, a CBS MoneyWatch article from June of this year cited several well-known fast-casual brands' move to boost prices as much as 4 percent to help offset higher labor and other costs.

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Franchise Franchising 2022 Fast Casual 182

Perfect Daily Grind

AUGUST 14, 2022

The idea is simple: by reducing the number of intermediaries in the supply chain, the farmer receives a higher percentage of the final sale price. Read on to find out what they had to say. However, the certification doesn’t necessarily guarantee a minimum price paid for coffee. What are certification programmes?

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Certification Sustainability Agriculture Communication 126

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

If you’re a pizza restaurant, plan on stocking up so you don’t run out of key ingredients in the rush! Deviled eggs came third in 21 states, with the highest number of searches coming out from California, averaging 52,659 monthly searches. Rounding out the list in tenth place are quesadillas. Why the buzz?

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Despite the industry being at its most stable since 2019, customers being more educated and engaged around the issues impacting the food system, and massive strides made in creating sustainable and equitable conditions for staff, rising costs are greatly impacting both operations and the public’s dining out frequency.

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2024 2023 Food Order 2013 148

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Scooping out an avocado or extracting crab meat and leaving ten percent in the shell or cutting a filet of salmon to nine ounces instead of eight ounces adds ten percent to your target food usage (and cost). This is basically a hack that allows operators to only inventory their top value items for it to work.

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Waste Technology Food Inventory 159

The Rail

MAY 9, 2024

While the industry has been clouded by a variety of pressures that defined 2023 (such as inflation and price sensitivity), Restaurant Dive predicts that such challenges may push restaurants to embrace new solutions this year. The value triangle refers to three primary points in business: speed, quality, and price.

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Supplies Food Supply Food Truck Technology 52

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

As brands place emphasis on creating a meaningful guest experience, robotics companies offering tools such as tech-enabled order taking or serving, should stop calling themselves ‘robotics’ as it will likely steer some operators, consumers and investors away. Don’t be afraid to increase price.

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2023 Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Customer Experience 193

Sling

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Want to take your culinary skills to the next level, move out of your home kitchen, and learn how to start a bakery? While the process is really just that simple, there are a number of practical steps you can take to get your new business heading in the right direction — including writing your very own bakery business plan.

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Restaurant Law Customer Experience Customer Service Employee Relations 78

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

When we set out to found Conscious Hospitality Group and our flagship brand, Just Poké, we embraced the values most important to us – sustainability, and people being at the forefront – that we dreamed of implementing when developing our first business plan years ago. Where are you investing your capital?

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Recruiting Compost Sustainability Consumer Goods 168

Cheetah

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Taking advantage of the growing trend of reducing food waste is a great way to achieve both. By taking a few simple actions to reduce food waste, operators can position themselves as a conscious business that appeals to the heart of their patrons. A business that is sustainable and takes part in upcycling food.

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Waste Compost Food Social Media 148

Perfect Daily Grind

APRIL 6, 2022

Read on to find out what he said. To start with, at the minute, the price of green coffee is very high, and that doesn’t seem to be changing any time soon. You depend on that roaster, [and effectively defer to them on] quality, availability, and price. “If He told me more about how small roasting operations can stay competitive.

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Management Management Small Business Point of Sale 192

Perfect Daily Grind

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Read on to find out more. In order to fully understand the problems associated with gentrification and coffee shops, we first need to know what causes this process to take place. As a result of the increasing migration of more affluent inhabitants, more urban renewal projects start to take place. What is gentrification?

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Pricing Article Hiring Supplies 156

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 30, 2021

Owners can also install door tissue dispensers near restroom exits to help guests avoid touching door handles on their way out. Restaurant operators should take note: that’s a 17 percent increase in just a year’s time, suggesting strongly that the pandemic moved public opinion sharply.

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Consumer Goods Sustainability Customer Service Innovation 191

Restaurant365

JANUARY 13, 2022

Sustainability will be top of mind. Many of the sustainability practices that we were committed to pre-COVID flew out the door when we entered this unprecedented era. Reusable, recyclable, and compostable are the three major categories that fall under the sustainable packaging category. Each provides something different.

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