Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

New restaurant and food businesses are opening at pre-pandemic levels, with the number of new openings increasingly more in line with 2018 and 2019 volumes, according to third quarter data for the Yelp Economic Average (YEA) report. There were only 100 fewer new restaurant openings in September of this year, compared to September 2019.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 18, 2019

As of December 17, 2019, a total of seven people infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria monocytogenes have been reported from five states. Listeria specimens from ill people were collected from April 10, 2017, to November 12, 2019. Ill people range in age from less than 1 to 82 years, with a median age of 75.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2021

In fact, the number of diners seated via Yelp was up 48 percent in May 2021 compared to May 2019. Nearly 6,600 new restaurant and food businesses opened in May 2021, a 42 percent increase from May 2020 and down by only 21 percent from May 2019. Three in five consumers have purchased premium drinks/brands since returning.

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Food Safety News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

A court in Australia has ruled that I Cook Foods was unfairly ordered to close and destroy products in relation to a Listeria incident in 2019. In early February 2019, an 86-year-old woman died while an inpatient at Knox Private Hospital. Knox Hospital purchased between 3,000 and 3,500 sandwiches from I Cook Foods per week.

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Bill Marler

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

On November 1, 2019, the CDC announced that along with public health and regulatory officials and the U.S. Several different types and brands of ground beef were consumed and purchased at a variety of locations. Illnesses began on dates ranging from August 8, 2019, to September 22, 2019.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

According to a December 2019 report by commercial real estate giant CBRE using data from eMarketer, Generation Z’s spending is now at approximately $143 billion per year, with an additional influence over $450.5 And wow, does this young generation have some incredible spending power! billion in spending by others.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 16, 2021

Consumer spending at restaurants was up +32 percent in the April-May-June 2021 quarter compared to the same quarter last year, and for a pre-pandemic view, flat compared to the same quarter in 2019. Despite the gains, FSR dine-in visits are down -37 percent from the second quarter of 2019. foodservice industry. “The U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

While restaurant sales were lower for November of 2018, November of 2019 did not include the same holiday headwinds. Unfortunately, with consumers making more purchases from home, a trend that shows no signs of lessening, eating out is likely to be limited.” That points to decent, but not great, overall holiday shopping.

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the CAMBRO blog

AUGUST 8, 2024

Although owner Kaylee Knaggs doesn’t have a background in foodservice, she was a quick study when her family purchased the store. My parents purchased their first convenience store in early 2019, right as I was moving home from college. Knaggs explains how South Side Party Store sets itself apart from the traditional quick mart.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 19, 2022

Consumers adjusted; between 2019 and 2020, online ordering for food/beverage rose by a record 93 percent. Also, as of 2019, up to 35 percent of in-person restaurant purchases were paid for in cash. During Covid, however, in-person purchases dropped dramatically. Then came Covid. Friendly Fraud and System Abuse.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 26, 2022

Underutilization or product expiration can be avoided by tracking and purchasing items based on their use. As we approach the front of the house, in 2019, McDonald's began using predictive AI technologies and projecting orders in drive-thrus.

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Bill Marler

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

All reported eating Ready Pac Bistro® Bowl Chicken Caesar Salad purchased from various Sam’s Club locations in Maryland. Testing of unopened salad purchased by one of the patients identified the presence of E. There has been one hospitalization and no deaths associated with these cases. coli O157 in the romaine lettuce.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 20, 2021

Total restaurant visits were down -6 percent in May 2021 compared to May 2019 but were up +23 percent from a year ago, recovering from a -23 percent decline in May 2020. Snack were up this May +8 percent compared to May 2019 and up +3 percent compared to two years ago. Sales velocity is now +27 percent vs July 13, 2019.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 22, 2020

As Alexia Howard, a senior analyst at the investment research group AllianceBernstein recently told The New York Times: “We were saying [in mid-2019] that by 2030, Beyond Meat could have $1billion in sales; now we’re saying by the end of 2020, which is only 18 months later.” In October of 2019, U.S. billion in 2018.

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Hospitality Net

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In March of 2019, the group added Revinate Marketing to its toolset, excited by the opportunity to unify all the data across the entire portfolio. Little did they know at the time of purchase that Revinate would soon become their most powerful driver of direct revenue.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 26, 2022

consumers, 33 percent of these consumers used a credit card for their most recent restaurant food purchase. According to a PYMNTS survey of 3,250 U.S. billion in food items in February.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2023

restaurants today than in 2019 and it is not clear when —if ever — they’re coming back. That’s roughly 72,000 fewer than in 2019. Insights include optimism about the economy, plan to purchase and media usage. The last few years have not been easy for several key industries in the U.S.,

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The company discovered that bad actors are advertising their services on Telegram forums in order to purchase food and beverage orders at a reduced price, using stolen payment information on behalf of customers. million users in 2019 to 45.6 million users in 2020, according to Statista.

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Food Safety News

JANUARY 26, 2024

MPI urged anyone who had purchased the affected product not to drink it and to return it to the retailer for a refund. From 2019 to mid-2023, 10 outbreaks in New Zealand were associated with people drinking raw milk. Affected lot numbers are 2612, 2712, 2812, 2912, 3112, 0101, 0201, 0301, and 0401. Use-by dates range from Dec.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2022

Simply put, the experience should look, feel, smell, and sound differently from their last visit in 2019. Cardboard and static signage, antiquated Menu boards, aging sound systems, and a lack of customer engagement throughout their purchasing experience just doesn’t cut it anymore. Great question.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Gift cards practically eliminate the need for packaging and can be sent via email when purchased digitally, which is no doubt a handy feature for the last-minute shopper. Holiday spending trends also show that having the right promotional strategies around gift cards will help brands maximize the customer purchasing experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 6, 2020

In 2019 it was widely reported that Americans were making less and less meals at home, and with that we saw the rise of grocery stores and retailers across the country begin to offer dine-in experiences to attract customers. ®, consumers are purchasing more natural products in 2020, both pre-COVID-19 and during the current pandemic.

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Purchasing 197

Bill Marler

MAY 11, 2022

A survey of state health departments experiencing person-to-person hepatitis A outbreaks during 2016–2019 demonstrated that among almost 23,000 hepatitis A outbreak cases reported from states, <4% occurred among food handlers; secondary infections among patrons accounted for 0.2% of outbreak cases ( 173 ).

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Bill Marler

APRIL 28, 2022

If Abbott cannot guarantee the safety of infant formula purchased through the WIC program, the federal government should not be in business with them. Secretary, we look to you and USDA for leadership on issues of child nutrition and I strongly encourage you to investigate USDA’s contracts with Abbott Nutrition. Here is FDA’s “response:”.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 31, 2021

The comparable week last year (to August 22 2020), while in recovery compared to the height of restrictions, was still lower than the same week in 2019. However, velocity remains strongly positive versus last year (+43 percent) and 2019 (+20 percent). Sales velocity is now +20 percent vs August 24, 2019.

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Bon Appetit Management Company

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This year’s return to in-person plant-based trainings allowed us to spread the word and share the knowledge that our chefs have accumulated since we started the Plant-Forward Culinary Collaborative in 2019. last year, despite our companywide coffee spend doubling between fiscal years 2021 and 2022.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 1, 2022

To accurately assess the underlying trends of restaurant performance, RMS compared 2021 sales and traffic to pre-pandemic 2019 data. percent over 2019, and average check increased by a remarkable 22.9 ” In 2021, the quantity per transaction — or how many items were purchased in a single order — was up 14.3

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Food Safety News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

MPI urged anyone who had purchased the affected product not to consume it and to return it to the retailer for a refund. From 2019 to mid-2023, 10 outbreaks in New Zealand were associated with people drinking raw milk. It was sold in the Hawke’s Bay region via home deliveries and several registered depots.

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Bill Marler

MARCH 10, 2020

Listeria samples from ill people were collected from November 23, 2016 to December 13, 2019. Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development collected mushrooms for testing from a grocery store where an ill person purchased enoki mushrooms. Four deaths have been reported from California, Hawaii, and New Jersey.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2020

Some likely expenses to be considered for initial cash reserves: 20 percent of the prior year’s monthly sales for purchases of goods. So, if you expect to reopen in June, then use the June 2019 numbers to determine the cash reserves needed to reopen in June 2020. 75 percent of the prior year’s monthly payroll cost.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 20, 2022

Restaurants can then adjust their food purchasing decisions accordingly, reducing their spending amounts as well as their contribution to food waste. Integrated Inventory and Purchasing. In 2019, McDonald's started using predictive AI technologies and forecasting orders made in its drive-thrus.

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Food Safety Tech

JANUARY 8, 2024

The findings were presented at the 2019 , 2021 and 2022 International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) annual meetings. corporate, business and institutional glove purchasers allow this to go on. Therefore, the onus is on corporate and business purchasers of gloves. What Is the Solution? The post What’s in Your Glove?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

45 percent want to be prompted with personalized order suggestions based on their purchase history. CGA’s latest BeverageTrak data reveals that seasonal trends over the last weeks of 2021 loosely mirrored those seen in 2019 – with a strong build up to Christmas followed by a decline in the week immediately before December 25.

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Food Safety News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Anyone who purchased and/or ate food or drink from this restaurant during these days could be at risk for hepatitis A infection. Cases of hepatitis A in Maine have remained elevated since an initial increase in 2019. 11, 13, 15,16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 27 and 28, 2023. Most children younger than 6 years old have mild or no symptoms.

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Bon Appetit Management Company

JANUARY 9, 2024

This thoughtful approach to caring for the land supports a productive harvest as well, yielding over 5,500 pounds of produce per year, nearly 100% of which is purchased by the Bon Appétit team at Butler University to serve in the dining hall in Atherton Union.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 7, 2023

One challenging aspect of owning a small business is purchasing and maintaining expensive equipment. In 2019, Lending Express conducted a survey where 7.5 This is especially true in the food service industry. Updated equipment enables restaurants to offer additional menu items and remain competitive in the marketplace.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2023

Patrick’s Day weekend in 2019, 63 percent of car-related fatalities involved drunk drivers, and in 2018, 33 percent of pedestrians killed in car crashes over the holiday were intoxicated with a BAC over 0.08. Patrick’s Day drinking statistics are sobering. Over the St.

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