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How Is Inflation Affecting Restaurants?

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine quizzed expert Kathryn Petralia, co-founder of Kabbage, an American Express Company, for her analysis on what restaurants owners need to understand about inflation. How is inflation affecting food prices? Just how does inflation affect restaurants?

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How Can I Streamline Inventory Management?

Modern Restaurant Management

Please send questions to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. Rising food prices, over ordering and product waste can all lead to higher food costs. Taking inventory is one of the most tedious processes in restaurant operations.

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Celebrating 90 Years of Fresh, Maine Lobster

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine caught up with co-owner Stuart Snyder to discuss the Southwest Harbor, Maine landmark’s past, present and future. Food prices are rising all over, how can you manage with a high-ticket item such as lobster? How can guests feel they have been provided with value?

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Is There a Right Way to Raise Prices?

Modern Restaurant Management

Due to many factors including inflation and supply chain challenges, restaurant owners and operators have been faced with tough choice about raising menu prices. As food prices rise, restaurants should try to stay within their target ratio for food cost to gross food revenue in order to maintain target profits.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-April 2020-COVID-19 Effects Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features COVID-19 crisis statistics and surveys about third-party delivery, guest expectations, QSR reliance and more. Yelp Economic Average. The second highest-rated concept was businesses offering free face masks.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-Year 2024

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features news on the impact of California's minimum wage, customer satisfaction, AI use in restaurants, popular cocktails and bathroom readiness. The ACSI Restaurant and Food Delivery Study 2024 is based on 14,604 completed surveys.

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Beyond Cocoa: Embracing Carob in the face of El Niño’s Challenges

FMT Magazine

Although it’s going to interrupt the overall distribution of agricultural output worldwide, this does not only affect food security but is also going to affect impediments to global concerns, inflation, food prices, and conflicts all over the geopolitical world.