Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 7, 2023

In the world of food service and hospitality, proper refrigeration is crucial for maintaining the quality and safety of perishable goods. From restaurants and grocery stores to hotels and hospitals, commercial refrigeration plays a vital role in preserving the freshness of food and beverages.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Restaurant365’s State of the Industry Customer Survey shows that 60 percent of surveyed customers plan to expand their businesses in 2023 despite expected increased labor and food costs. By minimizing the menu options, a unit can limit the amount of inventory needed to order each week.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

However, the impact that AI is already having on the food industry is without parallel, helping to lower food prices, increase the availability of certain products or ingredients, and prevent supply chain shortages. With AI, food companies can calm ingredients that trigger allergens.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2021

Inventory stock changed significantly. Lavu, the restaurant technology services company, estimates 42 percent of food purchases are made online. What’s more, consumers tend to spend extra on their food when ordering by themselves, either through kiosks or branded apps. Menus were trimmed to a fraction of original size.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 19, 2022

Menu engineering is a top-down approach to increasing revenue while Actual versus Theoretical (AvT) – tracking the difference between theoretical food costs and actual food costs – is a bottom-up approach to controlling costs. Theoretical (AvT) Variances to Control Food Costs. Prioritize Accurate Recipe Costing.

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Food Safety Tech

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Farm-to-table has become a popular dining concept over the last twenty years, yet the broader food and beverage industry still needs more transparency in many areas. A larger movement is now emerging to bridge this information gap, driven by consumer demand for deeper insights into the food they consume.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 18, 2024

The discussion included food, beverage, nutrition, lifestyle and unique aspects of boutique and high volume foodservice. Food trucks that bring food to patrons where they live and work has become a part of everyday life. Today’s restaurant guests are more knowledgeable and food savvy than ever before.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 25, 2022

The customers are already in your restaurant, where they can experience the menu and taste your food firsthand. Beverage costs will decrease significantly once liquor is secured, and rotating food products properly is a health and safety issue. Efficiency will improve, because foods are easier to store and grab quickly.

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Lavu

MARCH 17, 2025

Managing food costs is one of the most important factors in running a profitable restaurant. With rising ingredient prices and tight profit margins, understanding the food cost formula can make the difference between financial success and failure. What is the Food Cost Formula? Lets dive in!

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 9, 2021

government created the Food Safety Modernization Act , which transformed the nation’s food safety system by shifting the attention from responding to foodborne illness to preventing it. This Act prompted even more eyes to focus on the food processing and food service industries to ensure sanitation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2020

In early March at Oracle's Food & Beverage conference held prior to the COVID-19 outbreak shutdown, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine discussed the company's plans for products and services designed to help Mom and Pop restaurants with Chris Adams, VP of Strategy for Oracle F+B about their future plans in the above video.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 27, 2024

By the time you manage inventory, staffing, customer demand and narrow profit margins, the last thing you want to think about is the IRS. Your expenses may be higher than the industry average due to the type of food you serve, the depth of your menu offerings or your market differentiation strategies.

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Food Safety Tech

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Smart beverage packaging can create innovative customer experiences, reduce waste, improve safety and more. Todays packaging technologies can transform how customers and retailers interact with beverage products. Improved Customer Convenience Smart beverage packaging can drastically improve customer convenience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2025

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features news of dramatic Valentine's Day shift, best food scenes, and the evolution of c-store foodservice. Food-away-from-home spending is likely to see modest growth as softer consumer spending patterns prevail. ” A Year of Challenges U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 21, 2020

However, as long as you keep the spotlight on food safety – sanitization, employee health monitoring and personal hygiene, and social distancing – your restaurant won’t be a hub of contagion. With less inventory and even fewer customers coming in, we recommend that you widen your margins and revamp your offerings.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Restaurants will increasingly become more reliant on using their transaction data to inform and automate their businesses. Restaurateurs may very well look to expand beyond the typical pop up, food truck, festival or off-premises event to more interesting, intimate venues like social influencer kitchens, dining rooms and gardens.

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Sculpture Hospitality

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Proper food and beverage inventory management is one of the most important processes that any restaurant can implement into their backend operations. That’s because poor ordering decisions lead to wasted money.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The modern Kitchen Display System (KDS) will be more interactive to increase operational efficiencies and improve quality of food for the chefs and their teams. To reduce friction and allow multitasking, a KDS should speak to the chef rather than display information on its screen. – Tim McLaughlin, Founder & CEO, GoTab. "We

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 2, 2021

When thinking about the future of the dining experience post COVID, it is easy to get caught focusing on things like digital only self-service, sci-fi-like drone food delivery and taking pills or shakes instead of food. This is where restaurant technology plays its biggest role.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 2, 2024

Looking ahead, we predict a day when cultivated meat will find its place as a default choice -on menus, because it delivers on taste, nutrition, and food safety, in addition to environmental sustainability and animal welfare. Beyond the realm of food, a similar shift has occurred with electric cars.

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Total Food Service

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Among the most pressing challenges for restaurant, bar, and taproom operators are the issues of fraud, waste, and breakage, where these instances of inventory shrinkage can silently erode the already thin margins. These figures highlight the critical need for effective control and monitoring systems in the hospitality industry.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

The bites will also be served with the option of twelve different dips, along with regular or sweet potato Tyga Tots, chocolate chip cookies, and beverages. General Mills Foodservice' s Neighborhood to Nation Restaurant Recipe Contest will award $100,000 to restaurants and food trucks nationwide.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 27, 2023

While consumers still love restaurants, economic headwinds are forcing many to cut back on discretionary spending, and restaurants are experiencing higher prices across the board for line items that include food, labor, utilities and occupancy. The cost of goods sold (COGS) measures food and beverage expenses.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Our restaurant of the future is designed to benefit guests, employees and franchisees, with a new external design and a reimagined kitchen that will make it easier for us to serve hot, delicious food quickly for frictionless guest experiences, and we expect to see a lot more of that next year. Clinton Anderson, CEO, Fourth Enterprises.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Over the next decade, a generation passionate about health and wellness will demand restaurants be transparent about food from farm to table. Guests will expect to know every aspect of sourcing and meal preparation, which will disrupt traditional back-of-house systems with technology that connects the farm to the food.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

Centralization of data-driven marketing will also become increasingly critical, including streamlining processes and providing businesses with a comprehensive view of their data to inform strategic decisions. million jobs in the food industry by 2024. "2023 has still been less predictable than we would have hoped for.

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Lavu

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

By staying on top of profit margins, you can make informed decisions about pricing, portion sizes, and operational costs, thereby improving your profit margins. By comprehending the financial dynamics at play, restaurateurs can make informed decisions that contribute to their overall profits and sustainability.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 3, 2024

Centralization of data-driven marketing will also become increasingly critical, including streamlining processes and providing businesses with a comprehensive view of their data to inform strategic decisions. 2024 will be a year of value and beverage innovation. Is it any wonder transactions are declining industry-wide?

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The Restaurant Warehouse

APRIL 18, 2025

cubic feet of capacity, the Atosa 36-inch Undercounter Refrigerator provides ample storage for ingredients and beverages. cubic feet of storage, while the Beverage-Air UCR36AHC provides 8.5. Visit our website for current inventory and pricing. This ensures optimal food storage, preserving freshness and minimizing spoilage.

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Chef's Deal

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Restaurant inventory management is key to a restaurant’s success because proper inventory management boosts kitchen productivity and profitability and prevents food wastage. Whether you’re a seasoned restaurateur or just starting, this guide will illuminate the nuances of managing your inventory efficiently.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 12, 2020

For more information, visit www.diningbond.com. As restaurants around the country look towards reopening, Edward Lee and Lindsey Ofcacek, director of The LEE Initiative are committed to helping reset the supply chains for farmers and restaurant operators who are committed to sustainable food. U S Foods Holding Corp.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 17, 2021

“The food at Taco John’s was definitely a differentiator as I was doing my research in the industry. “As we expand to larger cities, restaurant entrepreneurs like Dara are just who we’re looking for – with a passion for the food, and his background in the industry, we definitely have a winner here.”

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Total Food Service

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

For all of the change the food service world has seen including takeout & delivery and the impending arrival of robotics, beverages are often overlooked. California-based beverage dispenser Backbar believes that beverage profits need to be looked at once again carefully.

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Culinary Digital

MARCH 20, 2024

A streamlined menu is the cornerstone of efficiency in the onboarding process within a food service establishment. This specialized product knowledge equips servers with the ability to provide detailed descriptions, make informed recommendations, and confidently answer customer inquiries.

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The Restaurant Warehouse

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

This recognition highlights the product's inventive approach to addressing labor shortages in the food service industry. Revolutionizing kitchen operations, Atosa USA has developed a six-axis collaborative "co-bot" robot called the Intelligent French Fry Robotic Solution to assist food service professionals during peak and non-peak times.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

We immediately informed all retailers who had purchased this lot code about this recall and instructed them to inspect their inventory or remove any potential affected product on their shelves. This recall is being made with the knowledge of the Food and Drug Administration.

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FMT Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2025

Beverages can also be modified with the right use of spices, as you can add cinnamon or ginger to teas, smoothies, or coffee. These are not limited to beverages only, as you can use them in sauces and dressings. So, do not fall for any false promises of those who just want to pass their inventories and sell you something you dont need.

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