Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2024

On the challenges sustainability presented in 2024, and how to balance sustainable sourcing and practices with cost concerns in the new year: Several key challenges arise when it comes to sourcing sustainable ingredients. Thus, finding the right balance between maintaining high quality and keeping prices reasonable is crucial.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 19, 2023

Restaurant owners can lessen the carbon footprint of their kitchens through practical cut-backs such as eliminating single-use plastics, repurposing ingredients to limit food waste and partnering with local sustainable food suppliers. There are several tools out there that can help determine what makes a material sustainable.

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Goliath Consulting

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Capital Structure Optimization: Guiding decisions about debt and equity procurement to ensure sustainable growth while maintaining optimal financial health. For restaurant owners focused on scaling operations, improving margins, and building sustainable growth, a fractional CFO can be transformative.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2021

It’s not enough just to recover, retail and specifically restaurants and the food industry are compelled to pivot, adapt and create a model that will endure. Retail Is Remodeling and Partnering. Restaurants should consider following the example of big box retailers. in 2021 or double the previous forecast.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Read any article enumerating the current or emerging trends in restaurants and retail and you will see ideas of health and wellness, environmental sustainability, and brand authenticity coming to the fore. Green Restaurant and Slow Food were others we considered. But it was the pivots in the pandemic that pointed us toward B.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 28, 2025

Coffee prices have soared over the past few years, pushing roasters, independent cafés, and specialty coffee retailers into challenging territory. Understanding what drives these price changes, how coffee consumers are responding, and what alternatives exist is essential for businesses aiming to remain sustainable in a volatile market.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 9, 2020

By the end of the month, nationwide retail walk-ins were at a paltry 27.1 So what are some of the best things you can do to sustain your business during the pandemic? As word of the virus spread in early March, the precipitous drops in retail traffic started before any stay-at-home orders were issued.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 3, 2025

Quick-service and fast-casual concepts are leading this transformation, developing layouts that can seamlessly shift between dine-in, takeout, delivery, and potentially even catering or retail components. How does it dovetail with sustainability goals?

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EATER

MAY 14, 2025

At places like the Lonely Oyster in Los Angeles, you could pay as much as $6 for a sustainably sourced Blue Pool oyster pulled from the waters of Hama Hama, Washington. Some oyster farmers, like Hog Island, sell directly to restaurants and wholesale retailers, while others work with a distributor who helps get their product to market.

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Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 16, 2025

To support this trend, Bellwether Coffee, which will exhibit at WoC Geneva at booth #1422, created an ROI Calculator to help retailers analyse the costs and benefits of roasting their own coffee. The push for greater sustainability in roasting Today’s consumers are increasingly choosing to support brands that prioritise sustainability.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2024

Create strong relationships with local retailers. Having these retailers on speed dial can make sure both the restaurant and the retailers are on the same page. Through my experience in the restaurant industry, I have learned that it is paramount that businesses partner with and create strong relationships with local retailers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2025

Year of Experimentation Square released early insights from its forthcoming annual Future of Commerce report, providing a unique look at the restaurant, retail and beauty industries across the US, Canada, UK, and Australia. ” A Year of Challenges U.S.

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EATER

MAY 16, 2023

The company currently offers five sustainably farmed, low-intervention wines that Olszewski has chosen to be widely pleasing. I got a full-ride scholarship to UMass Amherst, where I majored in sustainable agriculture and gender studies and minored in English literature. How do we put the sommelier on the retail shelf?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 14, 2023

Currently, the average US business is losing $300,000 to payments fraud each year according to the latest Financial Census , a study which surveyed 2,750 senior finance executives across the globe – 15 percent of whom work in the retail, catering and leisure industry.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 16, 2024

" Lynch has more than 20 years’ experience managing large CPG and retail brands in marketing and brand strategy. Personalization engines that enable individualized loyalty experiences are key to creating and sustaining win–win experiences. "Restaurants "It’s not always a new method, idea, product, etc.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Focused on the retail, services and restaurant industries, the SpotOn ecosystem offers powerful technology to small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) at a price they can afford. Restaurants have been pivoting to reach and serve customers in new ways, and retailers have been seeing the lines blur between brick and mortar and e-commerce.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 1, 2024

Sam Vise, CEO and Co-Founder at Optimum Retailing, is passionate about where RFID is headed and its potential for the restaurant industry. How can RFID tech help restaurants with food safety, food waste and sustainability? How do you envision RFID being utilized by restaurants in the future?

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

We expect this year will see growth in off-premises options, technology that streamlines operations, and more restaurants that are talking about their increased sustainable and eco-friendly practices.” Healthy, sustainable options increase alongside changing alcohol preferences. Opportunity lies in off-premises.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

” Their answers touched on a variety of subjects including AI, virtual reality, virtual kitchens, staffing and retention, social media marketing, sustainability and third-party delivery. Elo’s Sonal Apte, vice president of retail and hospitality. Sean Bradley, AudioEye co-founder.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 30, 2025

The Food Access and Retail Expansion Fund (FARE Fund) is paid for by the American Rescue Plan Act. Increased costs of sustainable packaging and adherence to government regulations contribute to financial burdens. Increasing Competition and Market Saturation The U.S. in the U.S. economy. "The

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 2, 2024

With products now cleared for consumer sale in both the United States and Singapore, the cultivated meat industry is moving from proof of concept and early-stage R&D to a focus on demonstrating scalability, sustainable unit economics, and consumer and customer demand. How was the food sourced or produced?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2022

All restaurants should proactively work to reduce food waste, which will also help you save money, increase profits, spotlight your commitment to sustainability, and help the environment. This is due, in large part, to overbuying, overproduction, and spoilage, which could be significantly reduced with smarter systems in place.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Retailers are having a tougher time each month, as well. The “support local” movement that helped sustain several restaurants during the pandemic won’t be going away any time soon, with more Canadians purchasing and ordering from their local restaurants directly, and for items other than just takeout or delivery.

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EATER

APRIL 7, 2025

Hed previously been a supplier to top Portland restaurants like Ava Genes, Tusk, and Tournant, and currently operates an egg subscription program in which retail customers can buy their weekly dozen eggs in advance. As wholesale egg prices soared in January and February, Trents operation started picking up new customers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 9, 2021

According to the NSF, “NSF testing, auditing and certification services assure suppliers, retailers, regulators and consumers that an independent organization has reviewed a product or system to comply with specific standards for safety, quality, sustainability or performance.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Future of Commerce Square released its fourth annual Future of Commerce report , with comprehensive analysis on how business owners and consumers are considering the evolution of the restaurants, retail, and beauty industries.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 28, 2020

As businesses in the restaurant and retail industries prepare for prolonged digital-only and digital-first interactions, IT professionals are increasingly in the spotlight to implement sustainable solutions that keep the customer experience priority. As the U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 30, 2021

Red Lobster Sued Over Sustainability Claims : On June 11, 2021, California consumers filed a deceptive advertising class action lawsuit against Red Lobster’s parent company. This case is part of an increasing number of lawsuits filed against seafood retailers and foodservice outlets about their sustainability claims.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Robert Sanders, the study’s author, used economic models to show that if grocery retailers used dynamic pricing to adjust prices for perishable foods based on how long they’ve been on the shelves, retailers would likely dramatically curb food waste. San Diego’s Rady School of Management suggests that it might.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 12, 2023

During the pandemic he helped advise Milk Bar CEO Christina Tosi’s shift from retail to ecomm—resulting in the launch of Milk Bar’s rapidly expanding collection of CPG products. He also worked closely with Dave Chang and Marguerite Mariscal on Momofuku’s extension into CPG. What’s the investment forecast?

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Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 25, 2025

Many are facing the difficult decision to raise their retail prices , seeking new ways to streamline operations and manage cash flow more effectively. Selling in-house roasted retail coffee often results in higher long-term profit margins compared to stocking wholesale coffee bags, building more resilience to weather future market challenges.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 3, 2023

Retail foodservice, specifically convenience store foodservice traffic, was a growth area for the industry. Morning meal has been a bright spot for foodservice over the past two years, and restaurants and retail foodservice have contributed to the growth. The breakfast and A.M.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2021

In this new normal, nothing became more important to CX — and to business sustainability — than safety, cleanliness, hygiene, and sanitation practices. Employee attitudes can make or break a retail establishment. And these factors matter from a compliance and risk mitigation perspective, too. This includes employees.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2023

With Millennials and Gen Z customers, in particular, wanting to be heard on sustainability-minded and green-living topics, the door is open for additional services for restaurant brands. The company is catering to changing customer needs and preferences and positioning itself as socially responsible and sustainable.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 12, 2021

This employee-centric approach to company culture has resulted in high engagement, as well as MOD being recognized as one of the “20 Best Workplaces in Retail,” a “Best Workplace for Millennials,” and a “Best Workplace for Diversity.” ” Digital Communication Can Increase Customer Loyalty.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 22, 2024

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. These new owners did not know the retail side and neglected to invest in it.

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Transact

OCTOBER 21, 2021

WorkStation, received an award from C-Store Decisions as a Hot New Product for Foodservice Safety & Sustainability. In this video-based product contest, a panel of retailer judges decided amongst hundreds of new products that were launched this year to determine which will be the most successful. As a result, the BOHA!

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