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MRM Research Roundup: Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day 2024 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Other highlights include: Check Size Up, Tips Down: Guests are willing to treat themselves to menu items like steaks, caviar, truffles and tasting menus, resulting in an average 14 percent increase in their bill. However, when it comes to tipping, it seems Cupid missed the memo, and there's a 1.5 percent dip in overall gratuities.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

Other advancements include: integrating data from various sources, including social media, reviews, and loyalty programs, to gain a holistic view of customer behaviour as well as as well as the implementation of real-time analytics for immediate insights into customer behaviour and preferences. It makes everything easier.

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Restaurant Experts Talk Sustainability Tips and Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

Sustainability continues to be a pressing issue for restaurants and the world. As we look to celebrate Earth Day, restaurant industry insiders offer their top tips and trends. One of the penultimate responsibilities as a professional chef is learning to work sustainably. Lisa Dahl, Chef and Restaurateur, Dahl Restaurant Group.

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The Essential Guide On Food Traceability For Production Kitchens [How To Comply With Regulations Without Adding To Your Employees’ Workload]

Apicbase

These businesses are accountable for any safety issues in their supply chain and must have information on traceability for the goods they grow, distribute, and sell. Food traceability is an F&B company’s ability to track the food products they sell, produce, and distribute across the supply chain. What Is Food Traceability?

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Pay-What-You-Can Markets Provide Produce for the Common Good

EATER

Off-site food distribution partners have requested additional food for low-income seniors and Indigenous families in the San Diego area. I don’t know that we could keep our doors open if our only source of revenue was the pay-what-you-can farm stand,” says Spoor. “We It’s creating a culture of trust and dignity.”

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Federal Grants Programs for Shared Use Commercial Kitchens Supporting Local Food Systems

The Food Corridor

Happily, there are sources of funding out there for community-focused projects that aim to give something back to the local food community. The organization’s Frenchtown Farmers Market was aimed at improving the distribution of local produce to the community. . Bootstrapping a shared commercial kitchen is never easy.

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New & Notable: TEAM Schostak Celebrates 40, AI in Food Service and Beachy Tech

Modern Restaurant Management

That August, the James Beard Awards announced an audit of policies and procedures, which was conducted by various stakeholders, including subcommittee members, the Awards committee, James Beard Foundation staff, and consulting firms specializing in equity, justice, sustainability, and awards protocols and processes.

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