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The Impact of Color and Lighting in Brand Photography

Social Hospitality: Restaurants

Essentially, this term refers to professional-level images that are meant to tell your brand story through visual media. There are also more intricate approaches, such as monochrome which employs a single-color filter to create a uniform feel. Hard light — Photographers intensify the light source for a high contrast, shadowy effect.

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Trash or Treasure? Used Cooking Oil’s Golden Allure Isn’t Just About its Color

Modern Restaurant Management

Used cooking oil, sometimes referred to as “liquid gold”, turns out to be an extremely valuable resource for both restaurateurs and refineries — and thieves. A garage sale’s success depends on the saying, “one person’s trash is another’s treasure.”

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CLOSING THE RINGS OF THE TOTAL RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE

Culinary Cues

An owner for whom I worked years ago referred to it as the Total Dining Experience and I have held on to this concept ever since. Have you established a uniform and grooming standard in your restaurant and is it equitably enforced? It refers to interactions with people and events that sit forever in our memories.

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I SPEAK THROUGH COOKING

Culinary Cues

Uniforms will be pristine, the demeanor of cooks will be professional, knives will be sharp, and pans scrubbed clean. This will extend to the dining room as well where servers are just as knowledgeable and committed to the source as the chef and cooks. Once the voice is determined, all parts of the restaurant begin to fall in place.

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Why it’s never been more important for coffee roasters to invest in quality control

Perfect Daily Grind

Additionally, logistical challenges, like the temporary suspension of operations at ports in Djibouti (where the majority of Ethiopian coffee exports are processed), have disrupted green coffee sourcing, thereby creating a more competitive marketplace. Simultaneously, business operating costs are increasing across the board.

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Menu Engineering: The Science of Optimizing Your Menu to Maximize Profit

7 Shifts

Look into lowering ingredient cost to keep menu prices the same by sourcing less expensive ingredients or acquiring new vendors. If your restaurant uses an inventory management software, you can refer to this to track your actual inputs versus your outputs to see just how efficient your kitchen is.

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Retaining Restaurant Employees During the Pandemic: 5 Effective Ways to Reduce Turnover

Goliath Consulting

The pandemic has brought a talent crisis to the restaurant industry, with a recent survey showing that more than 55% of hiring managers had difficulty sourcing hourly workers, while about 45% expressed difficulty scheduling interviews (1,2).