Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 15, 2023

Dynamic pricing would add friction to the guest experience, according to Capterra’s 2023 Dynamic Pricing in Restaurants. Sixty-five percent of consumers say dynamic pricing would make the decision of where and when to eat more difficult; 63 percent say it would make it harder to budget their restaurant spending. The research indicates consumer sentiment on dynamic pricing is overwhelmingly negative, and that most customers are unlikely to utilize it in a way that benefits restaurants.

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Sculpture Hospitality

MARCH 14, 2023

For bar owners and managers alike, keeping track of inventory can be a daunting task. Counting bottles, taking note of stock levels, and ordering new supplies can take up a significant amount of time and effort.

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Wasserstrom

MARCH 27, 2023

Menu fonts are an important part of restaurant marketing and design because they impact the overall perception of your establishment. Therefore, choosing your fonts is just as important as choosing the right logo or location for your intended culinary demographic. Because fonts are visual elements that psychologically influence your customers, they are very useful tools […] The post How to Choose the Best Fonts for Your Restaurant Menu first appeared on The Official Wasserstrom Blog.

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Fast Casual

MARCH 14, 2023

Jenifer Kern highlights eight trends that restaurant operators need to embrace in a rapidly progressing digital world where efficiency is no longer an easy equation.

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The Foody Gram

MARCH 31, 2023

Customers often prioritize convenience when choosing where to order food. If your restaurant still relies on phone calls or messages for online orders, you risk losing customers to competitors who offer a more seamless experience. Investing in a reliable online food ordering system , like The Foody Gram, can help you retain and attract customers. Advantages of Online Food Ordering and Delivery Platforms: During the pandemic, many restaurant owners signed up for online food ordering and delivery

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SQF Institute

MARCH 30, 2023

The food quality industry is responsible for ensuring that food products meet the necessary standards to be safe and suitable for consumption. Risk mitigation, the act of detecting, evaluating, and controlling possible dangers that could cause harm to consumers and businesses, is one way businesses accomplish this. Risk mitigation is essential in the food sector since it helps to avoid contamination, food-borne illnesses, and other problems with product quality.

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Sculpture Hospitality

MARCH 28, 2023

Franchising has been a popular business model for decades, with thousands of people investing in established brands each year. Owning a franchise offers several benefits, including a proven business model, established brand recognition, and access to training and support.

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IN Food Marketing

MARCH 31, 2023

Food shows are a topic we’ve written about on a couple of different occasions over the years ( September 2016 and April 2018 ), but as we find ourselves in a mostly post-restrictions world, it feels fitting to reexamine some of the lessons and recommendations we’ve accumulated from past experiences. Plus, be sure to peruse our list of upcoming events.

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Fast Casual

MARCH 1, 2023

Suzy Badaracco, president of Culinary Tides, reveals what you need to know about Eatertainment, preps and seasonings, plants and protein; global flavors and dessert.

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Restaurant Technology Network

MARCH 29, 2023

RTN Member Voices is a video series spotlighting innovative restaurant technologists sharing thought leadership around our industry’s most urgent challenges - and opportunities. Give RTN Member Voices 10 minutes to supercharge your tech game!

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Hygiena

MARCH 29, 2023

Hygiena’s APAC team took our One Health Diagnostics message to Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines and hosted five highly successful events. The post Highlights from the APAC Region appeared first on Hygiena.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 14, 2023

In this time of economic insecurity, payments fraud has the potential to hit businesses harder than ever before. 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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Sculpture Hospitality

MARCH 7, 2023

Starting a business can be a daunting task, but owning a franchise can provide a promising solution. By becoming a franchisee, individuals can leverage the established brand recognition, training and support, and proven business model offered by the franchisor. But those aren’t the only benefits of running a franchise.

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LTI, Inc.

MARCH 28, 2023

LTI sits down at the table with University of Massachusetts Amherst Dining Service’s Garett DiStefano and Alexander Ong At universities across the country, college students are progressively savvier and selective when it comes to the campus dining experience. The days of traditional university dining halls with drab old-school utilitarian cinderblock, boring meals and hard plastic cafeteria seating have fallen from the wayside altogether.

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Fast Casual

MARCH 21, 2023

As succeeding in the restaurant business becomes ever more complicated, many operators are turning to technology to overcome today’s challenges. Check out 10 brands that are using technology to thrive in the current business climate.

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Forward Fooding

MARCH 27, 2023

The FoodTech industry is constantly evolving, and every year brings in new advancements, innovations, and breakthroughs. On March 1st, 2023, we revealed the complete ranking of this year’s FoodTech 500 at our Barcelona FoodTech Innovation Hub , in a hybrid event that was packed with insights and inspiration. For those who missed out, don’t worry – you can still catch up on the entire session here.

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Lithos POS

MARCH 27, 2023

Technology getting more advanced day by day. in the case of the restaurant industry technology plays an important role. So many tasks that are more complex to do manually become more simple by automating. Technology revolutionized the restaurant industry. It causes the advent of restaurant automation. Automation helps restaurants to reduce labor costs and enable an efficient workflow.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 10, 2023

A restaurant’s design is a guest’s first impression, setting the stage for the experience to come. When creating an elevated dining space, it’s critical for there to be a meeting of the minds between the chef and designer that culminates in a setting that is reflective of the chef’s vision and taste. Hospitality designer Beatrice Girelli, co-founder and design director of Indidesign, recently conceptualized The Desmond, headed by Executive Chef Jason Neroni, at the all-ne

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Sculpture Hospitality

MARCH 21, 2023

As a business owner or manager, one of your top priorities is ensuring that your inventory is properly managed. Without accurate and up-to-date inventory records, it's impossible to make informed decisions about purchasing, pricing, and sales.

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Chef's Connection

MARCH 24, 2023

Pathogens, or “bugs” such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi can contaminate our food. Pathogens can make us sick when we eat them or can produce toxins that will make us sick. I am an anaerobic spore-forming rod I produce a deadly neurotoxin The spores are heat-resistant and can survive in foods that are incorrectly or minimally processed The spore state is a period of no growth, similar to hibernation There are seven types of me, of which 4 cause illness My spores and I are widely dist

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Fast Casual

MARCH 20, 2023

In a keynote address at the Restaurant Franchising and Innovation Summit, three restaurant execs discuss launching Buena Onda, which now has five locations. Seven more locations have been sold.

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SQF Institute

MARCH 24, 2023

Talking and seeing culture in action: Communicating the importance of a food safety culture takes many forms. “Include food safety culture in policy statements. Develop a catchy slogan that you can put in a banner when employees walk into the building or in the production areas, so they can see it and it reminds them of culture,” advises Neal. “Also, you need to keep things open.

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GFI

MARCH 23, 2023

August 4, 2023 Share this page on Facebook Share this page on Twitter Share this page on LinkedIn Bryan Szeliga is not your typical chef It’s not every day that you meet a trained chef who, after a career working in fine dining, opens his own sustainable seafood shop that sells plant-based seafood alongside conventional seafood. I learned more about Bryan Szeliga and his unique background last summer when a few of my GFI colleagues and I visited his store, Fishtown Seafood.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 21, 2023

With a looming recession, the QSR industry has been brainstorming ways to soften the expected blow to business. Many brands have been experimenting with new technology to help reduce the demand for labor and combat recent price inflation. However, technology is not yet advanced enough to supplant the human element in QSR locations, and with a recent push to increase minimum wage policies across the country, that labor is becoming increasingly expensive.

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Sculpture Hospitality

MARCH 28, 2023

Franchising has been a popular business model for decades, with thousands of people investing in established brands each year. Owning a franchise offers several benefits, including a proven business model, established brand recognition, and access to training and support.

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Chef's Connection

MARCH 24, 2023

These are actual photographs from different inspections in our county. Can you see what the problems are? 1. ↓ This looks like a dump sink at the bar. Is it? 2. ↓ Raw shrimp and a piece of raw chicken contaminating the product. Any other thoughts? 3. ↓ Things look stored pretty well, or not? 4. ↓ Is it OK to store raw ground beef next to ground meat since they have different kill step temperatures?

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Fast Casual

MARCH 14, 2023

Between supply chain issues, a labor crisis and changing customer expectations, most restaurant owners are dealing with lower margins, higher staff turnover, and a wealth of variables that makes profitability difficult to achieve. Fortunately, there are ways to deal with these market dynamics.

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IN Food Marketing

MARCH 22, 2023

When you’ve assembled a team of dedicated, creative minds, it’s only right that those talents be used to better help the communities in which we live. That’s the basis for our annual Food for All Partnership Program. Through an application and selection process, one food-based charitable organization is selected to receive half the proceeds from our 5% Give Back Campaign (up to $10,000), $10,000 worth of pro bono marketing services and 25 hours of staff volunteering.

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HACCP Mentor

MARCH 22, 2023

Process descriptions or process narratives are a fantastic way to show what happens at each step in your food production … Process descriptions: What to consider when developing for your production steps READ MORE » The post Process descriptions: What to consider when developing for your production steps appeared first on HACCP Mentor.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2023

The restaurant industry is an increasingly competitive market. And more restaurant owners are searching for ways to encourage repeat customers and successfully grow their businesses. One way to gain a competitive edge is with music – which is often overlooked. Music can help restaurants strengthen relationships with their customers and build loyalty.

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Healthy Schools Campaign

MARCH 20, 2023

Healthy Schools Campaign’s (HSC) work to make schools healthier places for all students is guided by the priorities and needs of the entire school community. That means supporting students, teachers, administration and school staff, while also building relationships with parents, caregivers, neighbors and community groups. Kenneth Varner, HSC’s Community Engagement Manager, has been actively working with schools in the Austin community for several years; he has found that effectively supporting

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