Lavu

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Integrating mobile inventory systems with POS platforms simplifies restaurant operations by automating inventory updates, reducing errors, and providing real-time insights. Here’s what you need to know: Benefits : Real-time stock updates, improved accuracy, and smarter inventory planning.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 19, 2020

Step 1: Cost out your specific delivery inventory items. Next, create a standard deliver recipe. Here’s a signature menu item, pulled pork sandwich (to stay): This sandwich includes three sub-recipes (in blue), which all contain other recipes, plus a purchased bun. What does a delivery fork cost? Food cost is $2.69.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 21, 2022

The key is to make the right decisions around inventory and pricing at the right times—and having the right technology can make all the difference. Back-office technology centralizes, automates, and improves operating processes related to purchasing, accounts payable, inventory management, recipe and menu engineering, labor scheduling,?and

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 19, 2022

Prioritize Accurate Recipe Costing. Maximizing recipe efficiency is a moving target that is specific to your restaurant. It requires a careful examination of your recipes, your team’s prep efficiency, and menu item prices. Train Staff on the Importance of Restaurant Inventory Control. Take Advantage of QR Codes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Sending stats on recipe distribution and average cook times. Product & Inventory Tracking. There also are monitoring systems that can track your inventory. Automatically turning off equipment during scheduled downtime or at the end of the day. Automatically switching modes (i.e. Viewing real-time stats and statuses.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 27, 2020

With the help of historical sales reports and known weather conditions, they can calculate how much raw material stock they will have to actually buy and eliminate the risk of spending extra to maintain inventory. Smart Inventory Management. Because AI keeps a close watch on inventory, it can help theft and waste be avoided.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 12, 2023

Merchants use the collected data to manage sales, generate labor reports, track inventory and even keep an eye on customer reviews. By evaluating recipes, portion sizes and inventory levels, for instance, opportunities to cut back expenses are illuminated. The answer lies in restaurant analytics.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 20, 2024

Partnering with November Five, Le Pain Quotidien launched Alain.AI, a tool that can be called the world's first digital twin of a chef-founder and used to help with menu development, recipe standardization, and culinary innovation. "As We are still in the process of continuously improving it. However, they embraced Alain.AI

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 10, 2022

Why should you and your staff spend hours counting inventory, auditing invoices, and combing through contracts? Whether you’re taking inventory, ordering supplies, or managing the supply chain – it all costs time and labor. The process of managing your food costs can be time consuming. Leverage Purchasing Data.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Keep an Eye on the Inventory There’s no substitute for taking regular inventory – not just knowing what’s been ordered, but what’s in stock, what condition it’s in, and how long it’s been in the restaurant. Got a few extra gallons of milk about to hit the expiration date?

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Make Inventory a Best Practice, Not an Afterthought. It’s one thing to know you should be doing daily inventory on your top 10 items and a full weekly inventory, and it’s another thing entirely to actually do it. Better inventory ensures each location can order more accurately for their needs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2021

To cater to these situations, restaurants should have a digitized checklist or a recipe management software tool. Recipe management software, on the other hand, standardizes menu items and monitors dish costs. As far as food waste is concerned, manual inventory monitoring is usually one of the main culprits.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Businesses in the food service industry are primarily adopting these advanced POS systems to streamline the communication between waitstaff and kitchen staff, inventory tracking, and improving team management. These software are specially designed for QSRs to manage inventory, online ordering, express billing, recipe management and more.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

With a detailed inventory of restaurant assets and accurate tracking of their usage, managers can make informed decisions around scheduling preventative maintenance tasks, budgeting, and planning for equipment repairs or replacements.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Tapping into up-to-date restaurant technology lets operators instantly pull the most recent supplier costs when playing with various theoretical recipes. With a recipe costing tool, operators can easily substitute ingredients, change amounts of ingredients, or look at paper costs in a theoretical view. Reinforce Employee Training.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 2, 2022

But with rising food and supply costs, how can operators keep menu prices low when they have to pay more for inventory? Technomic also reported that 45 percent of consumers say they usually pick restaurants with lower prices. Run LTO’s to Reduce Food Waste. Do you have fruit nearing its expiration date or meat about to go bad?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 5, 2025

Tying up all our cash into aging inventory was not going to work for us. Standardizing recipes and batch sizes helps ensure consistency across larger volumes, which is crucial when scaling. Co-packers I talked to wanted to know what basil extract & commercially made blackberry sauce we wanted to use for our 10,000 minimum unit run.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 14, 2020

Save your customers a trip to grocery store, sell off inventory, increase cash flow, and attract new customers during COVID-19. Plan to sell your existing inventory before you add more. This will work to decrease spoilage and provide room for a new shipment of inventory better aligned with your new operational structure.

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Sculpture Hospitality

DECEMBER 10, 2024

When it comes to operating a restaurant, managing inventory is like keeping track of every ingredient in a recipe - essential, but sometimes a little overwhelming.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2024

Finding the balance between innovation and tradition is the secret recipe for enduring success in the evolving dining industry. Leveraging technologies such as robotic food preparation and AI-powered inventory management systems can streamline processes and optimize resource utilization.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 10, 2022

An app for things like scheduling, clocking, inventory, and checklists is becoming more popular and giving restaurants a competitive edge in a tight labor market. Front of house tools will take a backseat in ghost kitchens while BOH will continue to manage inventory, purchasing, scheduling, recipe costing, and more.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 18, 2023

These will become as essential to a restaurant as their secret recipes, holding the key to understanding guests’ behaviors and catering to their preferences. In the back of the house, AI can automatically anticipate inventory shortages and suggest quantities for restocking that are consistent with predicted reservations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 30, 2023

Automating these procedures can save about an hour of labor per day while improving the customer experience and equipment uptime, protecting inventory and more. Sharing recipe updates through thumb drives is a common one. It also relieves employee stress and helps prevent burnout in a high-turnover environment.

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Lavu

MARCH 17, 2025

Leverage POS Systems : Tools like Lavu POS automate inventory tracking, reduce order errors, and provide real-time insights. Start by tracking inventory, analyzing menu performance, and negotiating with suppliers to cut costs and boost profits. Log spoilage through inventory adjustments. Whole Wheat Bun $0.30 Avocado(1/4) $1.20

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Lavu

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Proper cost tracking helps you set profitable menu prices, cut expenses, and manage inventory efficiently. How to track costs : Use tools like POS systems to record prices, calculate recipe costs, and update data regularly. For example, check high-cost items daily, count inventory weekly, and review prices monthly. Sauce : $0.32

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

These weighing scales are designed to take the guesswork out of food measurement and ensure controlled costs and better inventory management. By making sure that you dish out properly sized portions, you can save money and manage your inventory better. The importance of restaurant weighing scales cannot be underestimated.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 16, 2023

POS systems offer a multitude of benefits for businesses, including: Streamlined operations by automating various tasks such as sales transactions, inventory management and reporting. Enhanced accuracy through minimized human errors in order processing and inventory tracking.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 28, 2024

You need to quickly and accurately ascertain whether any of the foods in your inventory or ordering system are impacted, so you don’t jeopardize the health of your customers, or your business’ reputation. In foodservice establishments, the same technology opens doors to greater food safety and ingredient transparency.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In the kitchen, there’s a POS, scheduling devices, recipe books, inventory tools and more. Consolidate Your Tech Stack Although technology can function as a positive tool, when many systems are used for different processes, it can become overwhelming.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2024

Creating strategic LTOs is a great way to keep customers interested each season on the brand, but it's also important to be strategic about the recipes you create. This allows suppliers to anticipate demand and make necessary adjustments to their inventory and production schedules accordingly.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature a lot of tech news, a celebrity-owned virtual dining concept, and the annual Neighborhood to Nation Restaurant Recipe Contest. ” Neighborhood to Nation Restaurant Recipe Contest. TouchBistro Acquires TableUp.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 17, 2022

With so many restaurants using cloud-based management software, tasks such as creating employee schedules, paying invoices, ordering product, analyzing recipes, and more can be done remotely – even via a mobile app in most cases. Know One’s Limitations. Write down obligations for the week and prioritize them.

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Lavu

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

They connect tools like inventory tracking, payroll, and online ordering into one system, allowing real-time data access for smarter decisions. Key benefits include: Efficiency : Automates workflows like inventory management and order processing. Digital Recipe Display Ensures consistent food quality across all staff members.

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Lavu

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Here’s what you’ll learn: Common Problems : Fluctuating prices, waste, and poor inventory tracking hurt profitability. Identify underperforming dishes that might need recipe tweaks. Step 3: Break Down Costs by Ingredient A deep dive into ingredient costs can improve recipes and minimize waste.

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Lavu

MARCH 9, 2020

Inventory management is at the heart of running a successful restaurant business. With food ingredients costing a dime and requiring frequent replenishment, a restaurant inventory management system is necessary. It ensures that your chefs and cooks keep track of the available ingredients and can tell how much more inventory is needed.

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Lavu

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

These reports help you understand sales trends, manage inventory, optimize staffing, and improve customer satisfaction. Inventory Reports : Monitor stock levels, usage patterns, and waste to control costs and prevent overstocking or shortages. Over time, these insights can inform decisions about staffing, inventory, and menu tweaks.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 28, 2023

Yum Brands’ Recipe for Good reflects the organization’s ESG priorities, including social responsibility, risk management and sustainable stewardship of their people, food and planet. They prioritize transparency, and regularly spotlight their progress. Help stop (or reduce) the spread of foodborne illness.

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