Modern Restaurant Management
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
In an industry where cultivating guest relationships is critical to success, operators often forget that developing positive relationships with the people serving those guests is equally, if not more, important. I learned this lesson during my first job as a line cook, often working 10 to 12 hours a day, five to six days a week. I loved the challenge of the job and found the pace exhilarating.
Food Management
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
Robots, particularly delivery robots, have made their presence known on college campuses for quite a while. Heres a look at the latest developments in college dining tech.
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Foodservice Equipment Reports
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
After 18 years with Vollrath, Paul Egbert is ready to hang up his hat. Egbert works as the manufacturer’s vice president of product and market strategy, spearheading new product development and marketing initiatives. Prior to this role, he led product management and marketing communications.
Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
The Compton, a new independent lifestyle hotel, will open its doors in late fall 2025, bringing a new dimension of hospitality to the heart of Bentonville. The 142-room hotel will pay homage to Dr. Neil Compton, a renowned conservationist who played a pivotal role in preserving the Buffalo River by designating it as the first National River. The project is being developed by Blue Crane, a local company dedicated to vibrant, community-focused development throughout Northwest Arkansas.
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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.
Modern Restaurant Management
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has intensified its focus on industries that employ large numbers of undocumented workers, and restaurants remain a top target. The question isn’t if ICE will show up—it’s when. And when that moment comes, will your team know what to do? Recent enforcement actions highlight the severe consequences businesses face for non-compliance.
Food Management
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Created by Chef Toni Sakaguchi at The Culinary Institute of America for CIA ProChef, this craveable salad leans into maple's sweet seduction.
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Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Canal House of Georgetown, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel (1023 31st Street NW, Washington DC, 20007) is set to open in February 2025, offering a lively new escape in the heart of historic Georgetown. Perfectly situated just steps from the iconic Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, which dates back to 1828, Canal House of Georgetown is designed to be a central hub of connection and inspiration for both guests and locals alike.
Modern Restaurant Management
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
More than eight in ten restaurant operators expect 2025 sales to meet or exceed 2024 levels, but rising competition will require differentiation through experience, service, and innovation, according to The National Restaurant Association’s 2025 State of the Restaurant Industry report. Despite the positive outlook, many operators say, "new year, similar concerns." In 2025, restaurants will continue to grapple with many of the same challenges they faced in 2024.
Food Management
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Spiked with real maple syrup, these rich, chocolaty truffles from Jones Dairy Farm are rolled in crumbled bacon to balance that sweet syrupy goodness.
Foodservice Equipment Reports
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
More than 120 professionals came together Jan. 27-29 for FER’s annual Multiunit Foodservice Equipment Symposium. Attendees enjoyed pre-meeting events followed by two full days of advanced educations sessions geared toward equipment and supplies specifiers at multiunit restaurant brands and noncommercial foodservice facilities.
FoodInsight
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Download the survey here The International Food Information Council (IFIC) commissioned an online survey among U.S. consumers to measure knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about seed oils. One thousand adults ages 18 years and older completed the online survey from November 15-19, 2024, and respondents were weighted to ensure proportional results. Key findings include: More than half of Americans say they most often use olive oil when cooking or consuming food, followed by vegetable oil and butte
Modern Restaurant Management
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
This "Super" special edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup has a Super Bowl theme. MVP Menu Performances More than 200 million people tuned in to the Super Bowl last year—many with a plate of wings in front of them. But while wings still dominate as the top football snack, new data suggests that more fans are choosing to watch the game at home rather than head to their local sports bar.
Food Management
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
In her new role, Dangaran now oversees food and beverage at many venues across the East Coast, including The Norton Museum of Art in Florida and Zoo Knoxville in Tennessee.
Foodservice Equipment Reports
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Taco Cabana, a San Antonio-based fast-casual Mexican dining chain, plans to drive expansion this year with a prototype and a franchise model. The TC 3.0 prototype “reimagines the Taco Cabana experience,” the company says in the release, “with a sleek design built for operational efficiency, adaptability and maximum profitability.
Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
Four Seasons, the worlds leading luxury hospitality and branded residential company, continues to execute its strategic growth across key global markets, expanding its iconic portfolio of hotels, resorts and residences while redefining experiential travel on land, at sea, and in the air. This growth is anchored in an approach that blends heritage with innovation as the company thoughtfully expands its offerings to meet the evolving needs of todays luxury travellers.
Modern Restaurant Management
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Recently, one Zaxby’s franchisee decided to change how employees maintain cooking oil by switching to automated oil management. The new system has simplified oil changeouts at the restaurants, while also saving the franchisee money and taking a literal load off employees’ hands. 1788 Chicken owns and operates 60 Zaxby’s locations across eight states.
Food Management
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Chartwells Higher Educations Delight-Ful events, which are part of the companys Joy-Ful campaign, is back for a third year with new ways to encourage diners and staff to spread kindness without forgetting favorite activities from previous events.
Foodservice Equipment Reports
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Restaurant industry sales will continue to grow in 2025, according to the National Restaurant Association’s 2025 State of the Restaurant Industry Report. Specifically, the industry is expected to reach $1.5 trillion in sales, up from the forecasted $1.1 trillion in 2024.
Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Bvlgari Hotels & Resorts is delighted to announce its newest project, the Bvlgari Resort & Mansions Cave Cay, in the Bahamas, scheduled to open in 2029. It follows the previously announced projects in Maldives, Miami Beach and Bodrum which are set to open between 2026 and 2027. This new addition brings the Bvlgari Hotels & Resorts Collection to thirteen properties, including Milan, London, Bali, Dubai, Shanghai, Beijing, Paris, Tokyo and Rome.
Modern Restaurant Management
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
In a world where dining out is as much about the vibe as it is about the food, great branding is the appetizer to every meal. The visual identity of a restaurant can be the deciding factor behind reserving a table or scrolling on past. That’s why VistaPrint rounded up the hottest brand design trends tipped to be spicing up 2025. The team has drawn insights from its community of 1.4M freelance designers to predict 2025’s hottest hospitality trends that restaurant, bar, pub, hotel, caf
Bon Appetit Management Company
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
This Black History Month, Bon Apptit Management Company is centering the experiences of Black farmers as key drivers of more equitable food systems. We are exploring the storied past, present, and future of farming in the U.S. through the lens of Black farmers by investigating a dark history of land dispossession and the ongoing work towards a brighter future filled with greater opportunities for the next generation of land stewards.
Foodservice Equipment Reports
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Spaceman, offering soft serve and frozen beverage machines, has announced several leadership changes. Brittany Skulski has joined the company as vice president of business development. Skulski has over a decade of experience in the foodservice industry, having held multiple sales, marketing and key account roles. Most recently, she served as vice president of sales at Ice-O-Matic.
Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
As the year 2025 unfolds, the business events sectorencompassing corporate travel, conferences, and other significant gatheringsfinds itself at a critical juncture. The global imperative to address climate change and social equity has shifted market dynamics, compelling hotels and venues to provide ever more detailed sustainability data in response to corporate Requests for Proposals (RFPs).
Food Management
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Also in this weeks K-12 legislative update: Connecticut introduces a universal free school meals bill and Kentucky to award schools who use local products in school meals.
the CAMBRO blog
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Theres something about a perfectly poured glass of wine after a long day of walking around and waiting in lines at a theme park. Restaurants inside these worlds of wonder know that having robust wine offerings is essential for adult park-goers. One restaurant inside a popular theme park in Orlando, Fla., offers more than 100 bottles of wine, 34 of which are offered by the glass.
Chef Ann Foundation
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
The Chef Ann Foundation is in the big game! We were selected to represent Colorado in Google Workspace's 50 States, 50 Stories campaign, which is airing commercials during the Super Bowl. Check out the ad below!
Bon Appetit Management Company
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
The Bon Apptit Fellowship is an opportunity for recent graduates from colleges we serve to deepen their interest in all things food-related, by educating and inspiring others. Our Fellows spend their tenure visiting campuses and collaborating with Bon Appetit and school staff on educational workshops and events that expand food literacy for students at those schools.
Food Management
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Catch up with the latest food service industry news with 5 things with FSD.
the CAMBRO blog
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Cheshire High School s culinary arts program is more than just a classit’s a launchpad for culinary careers and passionate foodies. Located in Cheshire, Conn., and led by Culinary Arts Teacher Adam Belward, the culinary program at CHS welcomes students from all backgrounds, offering them practical skills they can use both at home and in professional settings.
Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
In a major partnership that promises to redefine the concept of luxury and sport tourism in Santa Ponsa, Meli and Summum have announced the opening of a new four-star superior hotel in this well-known coastal location in the southwest of Mallorca. This project represents the fourth collaboration between the two companies, consolidating their joint vision of providing exceptional experiences and elevating the quality of destinations.
Thomas Cuisine
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
At Thomas Cuisine, we understand that food is more than just sustenanceits a vital part of healing. Our approach to healthcare dining is based on the belief that meals made from fresh, nutrient-dense ingredients not only nourish the body but also support recovery and contribute to better patient outcomes. Recently, Lynn Daily, Senior VP of Operations at Thomas Cuisine, shared key insights into how REAL food and personalized service play central roles in improving patient health and overall well-
Food Management
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
This cupcake recipe from General Mills Foodservice brings distinctive maple flavor to the party, big time.
Penn State Food Safety Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
The FDA and CDC, in collaboration with state, local, and international partners, are investigating illnesses in a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections linked to Sweet Cream-brand mini pastries manufactured in Italy and exported into the United States by Importations Piu Che Dolci Inc. of Quebec, Canada. As of January 29, 2025, a total of 18 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella have been reported from seven states.
Hospitality Net
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
According to CoStar, there were 1,264 properties with a combined total of 151,129 guestrooms under construction in the United States as of November 2024, which represents approximately 2.6% of the existing inventory of U.S. hotel rooms. For perspective, the average monthly ratio of rooms under construction to total inventory since 2019 is 2.9%. Further, the 151,129 rooms under construction is the lowest figure since August 2022, which marked the end of the build out of projects that began prior
Foodservice Equipment Reports
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Dan Ellnor has joined Cres Cor as its central regional sales manager. In his new role, Ellnor will provide sales representatives, dealers and other professionals with expert training and product knowledge, driving market growth and expanding brand presence.
The Restaurant Technology Guys
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
In a recent episode of the Restaurant Technology Guys podcast, Jeremy Julian sat down with Alicia Kelso, Executive Editor for Nations Restaurant News, to explore the dynamic shifts and challenges facing the restaurant industry.
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