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Beyond the Plate: The Future of Restaurants in a Tech-Driven 2024

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However, persistent labor shortages are pushing restaurants to explore automation and artificial intelligence to streamline operations – from kitchen management to customer service – to alleviate staffing pressures while also enhancing efficiency.

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Amid Influx of New Employees, Restaurants Must Build and Reinforce Brand Excellence

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Fewer employees have carried the burden of prepping, cooking, and serving food while working to keep guests safe. The CDC estimates that, each year, 48 million ( one in six ) Americans get sick from contaminated food or beverages, a problem that costs more than $15.6 billion annually in the US alone.

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How to Avoid the Top Seven Restaurant Inventory Management Mistakes

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Forecasting tools enable managers to purchase food, beverage, and supplies at the right level. Mistake #5: Improper Storage Carefully managing inventory to reduce the risk that ingredients spoil or get too old helps lower a restaurant’s CoGS. Having insights into food costs is key to controlling them.

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MRM Research Roundup: 2022 Restaurant Trends

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A new survey shows that Americans love new tech-driven options for ordering and retrieving food, but the flipside is that it is making them more impatient. “As already short-staffed restaurants reopen, they are grappling with how to manage both in-person diners and deliveries, while meeting growing expectations on speed and service. .

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MRM Franchise Feed: Bad Ass Gets Bigger and New Prototype for Bagel Boss

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” “Subway is an iconic brand and its philosophy of freshly made-to-order and better-for-you food delivered at-home and in-store is central to one of the greatest structural consumer trends we see in South Asia,” said Sameer Sain, Founder and CEO, Everstone Group. across Asia.

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How to Simplify Your Menu for Greater Restaurant Profits

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In your restaurant, your food and beverage products are your most important assets. The more you optimize what’s in your restaurant’s inventory , the more profitable your business will be.

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Restaurant Inventory Management Is A Game Changer

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I often hear from restaurant owners and managers alike that taking inventory is too monotonous, too time consuming and won’t make a difference in the restaurant because your chef, your kitchen manager, your general manager, even your bar manager tell you they know what they need and what things cost. He said, “No!