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Top Restaurant Hiring Tips

Modern Restaurant Management

Ask any restaurant owner for their main pain point and the likely response will be: staffing. Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked hiring expert Sid Upadhyay, co-founder and CEO of Wizehire for his advice on best practices for hiring and retention. What do you see as key challenges of restaurant hiring right now? What are the biggest pain points and have they changed due to the pandemic?

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Famous Toastery president: '3 ways to reduce opening costs'

Fast Casual

Mike Sebazco, president of Famous Toastery, outlines how strong vendor partnerships, a smart build-out model and purposeful incentives can cut costs for owners.

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Restaurant Supply Chain Solution: How to Beat the Shortage

Sculpture Hospitality

The restaurant industry is currently facing significant shortages due to rising demand and supply chain issues. As a result, maintaining a reliable inventory has become more difficult - both in terms of price and access to stock.

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Leafy Greens: 5 Tips for the Back of House

Wasserstrom

Leafy greens are a staple ingredient in most commercial kitchens and restaurants. While they play an important role in balanced nutrition, they can also be the culprit for foodborne illness. Strong BOH processes will help mitigate this risk, however, studies have shown that inconsistent back-of-house leafy green handling practices tend to be commonplace.

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Food & Beverage Industry Report 2024

Driven by a diverse and exciting ecosystem of passionate, ambitious, and often young entrepreneurs, the Food & Beverage (F&B) sector is a highly competitive environment full of immense challenges and exciting opportunities. Expert Market’s 2024 industry report, sponsored by Toast, is informed by a survey of 522 U.S. food and beverage professionals, from restaurant owners to food service managers, providing insights into the real-time challenges and opportunities within the industry.

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The Beautiful Relationship of Vegan Desserts and Design

Modern Restaurant Management

At the height of the pandemic, Casework’s founder Casey Keasler and Kate’s founder Katelyn Williams were the only two coming into the interior design firm's studio in Portland, Oregon. Kate’s Ice Cream kitchen was across the courtyard and she needed a desk and quiet place to work. They quickly developed a socially distanced friendship.

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Guide To Commercial & Restaurant Kitchen Equipment

Riddhi Display

Your restaurant’s success or failure hinges heavily on the quality of your commercial kitchen equipment. Choosing professional-grade equipment that meets the unique preparation and cooking requirements of your menu is crucial to attaining your objectives and thriving in the fiercely competitive restaurant industry. To boost performance and productivity in the kitchen, all restaurant owners must understand the importance of necessary restaurant kitchen equipment.

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ICYMI: RTN Town Hall: Restaurant Data Privacy in 2023 with Odia Kagan

Restaurant Technology Network

On February 21, 2023, RTN hosted a Town Hall entitled Restaurant Data Privacy in 2023 - What To Do Now featuring Odia Kagan, Partner & Chair of GDPR Compliance and International Privacy with Fox Rothschild.

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Increasing Profits in the Wake of Rising Food and Labor Costs

Modern Restaurant Management

According to a new survey by the National Restaurant Association, restaurant operators don’t think the future looks very bright. Nearly all of the operators surveyed think rising food and labor costs pose significant challenges heading into 2023, and half expect to be less profitable in 2023. This year will undoubtedly be difficult, but uncertainty provides an opportunity for restaurants to identify inefficiencies in their business models and establish long-term solutions for sustained gro

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Checkout-free market brings convenience, incremental sales to Dave & Buster’s

Fast Casual

Dave & Buster's in Hollywood, Florida, teamed with The Coca-Cola Co., and Zippin to deploy a store-within a-store concept to allow guests to buy food and beverages without having to check out.

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Temperature Monitoring Systems: A Comprehensive Guide

ComplianceMate

Technology is ever evolving and continually providing the foodservice industry with countless opportunities to ensure food quality, optimize their food safety culture and improve ROI. This comprehensive guide to temperature monitoring systems contains important information to help you select the right one for your business.

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Ensuring Food Security through Sustainable and Cost-Effective Practices

Culinary Digital

In this blog, we talk about the rising global concerns around food security. We also discuss how modern approaches have improved consumption habits and nutritional awareness – while, resolving issues around wastage and costs and promoting sustainable practices for all. Global Food Security: An Overview Food Security is the availability of food in a country and the ability of its individuals to access safe and nutritive food that meets their dietary requirements and preferences for a healthy and

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Bad Social Media Review?

Modern Restaurant Management

Do you regularly look at your reviews on Yelp and Google? If not, you should be. The ones that gush positivity (“awesome place!” “great food!”) will make you feel good and energize you for the long day ahead. But then there are reviews like this one, delivered via Yelp to a restaurant with an entertainment area this past summer: “Good location, but freaking expensive.

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So, you wanna be a franchisee?

Fast Casual

Franchise expert Marla Topliff advises franchise candidates to ask the "right" questions before jumping into any "great" deal.

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Youth4Climate call for solutions

Future Food Institute

ABOUT THE YOUTH4CLIMATE INITIATIVE Future Food Insitute is part of the Youth4Climate initiative, which is aimed to implement innovative approaches to drive climate action. Youth4Climate: Powering Action is a global initiative, co-led by the Government of Italy and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and co-shaped with youth and other strategic partners, with a long-term strategic vision oriented to: Build on the successes, lessons learned and recommendations from the 2021 Youth4Clima

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Bringing alt protein entrepreneurs together to build a better food future

GFI

August 4, 2023 Share this page on Facebook Share this page on Twitter Share this page on LinkedIn Collaboration fuels the alt protein ecosystem In the spring of 2022, GFI issued a call for applicants to participate in a six-month pilot for a mentor program. We expected to hear from a handful of generous volunteers willing to give their time and expertise to help emerging alternative protein companies.

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How to Choose the Best Commercial Outdoor Cooking Equipment?

Riddhi Display

Outdoor cooking is a great way to enable people to enjoy their meals amid lush greenery. Whether you are a professional caterer or run a restaurant with an outdoor kitchen, you need the right outdoor commercial kitchen equipment to quickly and easily cook barbecues, pizzas, and grilled food. To be truly functional, an outdoor kitchen must contain all the necessary cooking tools and accessories to prepare meals for the patrons.

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Case Study: IoT for Beverage Dispensing Taps into Cellular Solutions for the Perfect Pour

Fast Casual

Sestra Systems provides IoT-based smart beverage dispensing solutions for stadiums, arenas, hotels, and performing arts centers. To ensure cloud connectivity everywhere, Sestra deployed widely available cellular broadband, delivered through Cradlepoint’s NetCloud Service for IoT and wireless edge routers.

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RTN Member Spotlight: Carl Moberg

Restaurant Technology Network

Chief Technology Officer, Avassa

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Understanding GFSI Standards

HACCP Mentor

In the world of food safety, acronyms seem to be everywhere. The food industry seems to love them, with a … Understanding GFSI Standards READ MORE » The post Understanding GFSI Standards appeared first on HACCP Mentor.

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Protecting Your Restaurant: How a Rooftop Grease Containment System Can Save You Money and Headaches

HoodFilters

If you’re running a commercial kitchen, one of the most important aspects to consider is your exhaust and ventilation system. And a crucial part of that system is the rooftop grease containment. So why is a rooftop grease containment system so important? Well, allowing grease, fats, and oils from your upblast exhaust fan to drain out onto the roof of your building can be detrimental in several ways—and the benefits of keeping grease, fats, and oils off of your rooftop are numerous.

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Simplify your business by integrating your business operations with POS system

Lithos POS

By integrating your various business operations with a point of sale system (POS) the business can be more simple and powerful. Managing different functions of your business with 100% efficiency can be challenging. It is really hard to manage and keep your business operations efficient. integrated POS system is the solution for that. In this blog, we aim to let you know how a point of sale integration can be used to simplify your business.

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178: An End of Year Conversation about Food

Eating at a Meeting

In this year-end conversation about food, Tracy chats with Dani Nierenberg, an American activist, author, journalist, and Co-Founder and President of Food Tank, a non-profit that offers solutions and environmentally sustainable ways of alleviating hunger, obesity, and poverty around the world.

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Moving Forward by Going Back to School

Modern Restaurant Management

Huse Culinary’s VP of Culture and Learning Leanna Chroman came to the realization that in order to keep pace with new restaurant training processes she needed to go on a bit of a journey. After rising through the ranks of the Indianapolis-based Huse, which owns the legendary St. Elmo Steak House, Harry & Izzy’s, HC Tavern + Kitchen and 1933 Lounge, Chroman was in placed in charge of training.

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178: An End of Year Conversation about Food

Eating at a Meeting

In this year-end conversation about food, Tracy chats with Dani Nierenberg, an American activist, author, journalist, and Co-Founder and President of Food Tank, a non-profit that offers solutions and environmentally sustainable ways of alleviating hunger, obesity, and poverty around the world.

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