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JANUARY 30, 2025

” To discuss the firm's growth, the evolution of food marketing and its future, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine reached out to Alan A. One campaign we’re particularly proud of was our "Post a Recipe to Make a Difference" initiative for a Fortune Noodles.

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APRIL 10, 2023

Despite rising ingredient costs and staffing shortages, more than half of the 8,000 restaurant operators and owners polled globally in Lightspeed’s State of the UK Hospitality Industry , agreed that adopting new technology over the past two years has been critical to their success.

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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

MARCH 25, 2021

You’ve probably encountered restaurant management software. For the uninitiated, restaurant management software is all of the tech in a business that improves efficiencies. About a Restaurant Management Platform. What is a restaurant platform?

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

Please send questions to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. Taking inventory is one of the most tedious processes in restaurant operations. Recipe Costing. Prevent Shortages.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Please send questions to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. Here are three ways restaurant operators can cut costs without customers noticing: 1. Standardize Recipes. Consistency is crucial for accurate plate costing.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2024

It also acts as a recipe guide with solutions to industry-wide challenges, from cost-saving initiatives that ease labor shortages to recipes backed by forward-thinking trends. And lastly, I hope they are able to take the recipes within the report and adapt them to their operation.

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MARCH 1, 2024

To learn more, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine reached out to Mush Foods Culinary Director AJ Schaller. What are some best suggestions for chefs looking to use the blends in existing recipes as well as in crafting new ones? A third suggestion would be for any recipe that you’d put mushrooms in!

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 25, 2021

In addition, they can receive real-time alerts on potential problems, and these alerts can be escalated to management if issues are not being addressed. Problems with recipe changes: Being able to rapidly change menus/recipes is a competitive advantage—all the more true in a Ghost Kitchen.

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MARCH 13, 2025

Kump’s vision was to teach fundamental cooking techniques at a time when other schools focused on recipes. ” To learn more about the ICE's past, present and future, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine reached out to Smilow. In what ways has culinary education evolved, yet kept true to the fundamentals?

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JANUARY 20, 2023

Creating Consistency in Foodservice During an Inconsistent Time In a time with unpredictable product availability and labor, complex recipes can drain a business’ time and money, and risk leaving customers unsatisfied. © Modern Restaurant Management, 2023. Consistency is key.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

There are many factors that drive the bottom line for restaurants and properly managing maintenance is chief among them. Maintenance impacts multiple critical aspects of restaurant management and operations. Restaurant maintenance ensures technical difficulties don’t compromise food production and quality.

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JULY 1, 2020

Please send questions to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. With restaurants reopening their patios and doors with limited menus and seats, now is the perfect time to make sure your menu is designed for margin, profitability and strong sales.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 14, 2020

Share Recipes and Cooking Tutorials with Followers. Another idea is posting your famous recipes and tutorials for diners who sparked a passion for home cooked food during their time in quarantine, and to provide your restaurant with a brand new revenue channel. There are a few ways to monetize recipes and tutorials.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 2, 2022

Please send questions to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. Restaurant menu prices continue upward as the U.S. This edition of MRM's "Ask the Expert” features advice from Buyers Edge Platform. percent on an annual basis.

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APRIL 12, 2021

This is an excerpt from Chicago restaurant industry veteran Ken McGarrie’s new book, The Surprise Restaurant Manager, which aims to help solve a common, but rarely addressed problem in the industry. In my experience, most restaurant managers unfortunately embrace the lazy touch over the more difficult quality approach.

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OCTOBER 2, 2023

For someone just getting started on building out the recipes in their restaurant management system (RMS), they can focus on the main ingredients. But today, most chefs in the kitchen rely on modern cooking tools as most operators embrace the benefits of a digital restaurant management system. Technology?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 10, 2022

Please send questions to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. These days, restaurants are on the search for solutions to minimize costs and provide efficiency throughout their operation. Leverage Purchasing Data.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

Employees can better understand their tasks and responsibilities with structured restaurant operations. Technology also helps bridge communication between restaurant management and staff. Similarly, restaurant visitors expect their food to be of a consistent quality every time they visit.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 30, 2023

Sharing recipe updates through thumb drives is a common one. It’s not unusual for a fast-casual restaurant with over 1,000 locations to manually save the recipes on these drives and then send them to the field teams, and hope they’re properly uploaded. © Modern Restaurant Management, 2023.

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MAY 16, 2022

Even with robust growth, the restaurant industry faces steep challenges right now, with labor shortages, higher inflation, challenges with home food and drink deliveries, and ongoing food and supply chain shortages. What are the big insurance issues impacting restaurants going forward?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2021

In recent months, the public’s primary need has been to feel safe, so restaurant management should ensure guests are aware of efforts to protect their health and well-being. Put together a PDF of easy recipes from the head chef that will help isolated families make something tasty and different using common pantry staples.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The nature of restaurant management is a pendulum; each year operators swing back and forth to prepare for challenges and take advantage of new opportunities. Tiktok has begun to create virtual kitchens where the menu consists of the most popular recipes of the month based on their own analytics.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) learned more from Zinger. What are the main obstacles for brands and operators to integrate more robotics in restaurants? For example, chefs can easily create and test new recipes, which allows for frequent menu updates with minimal effort.

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JANUARY 10, 2022

After adopting better delivery and takeout technology in 2020, restaurants are now turning their tech budgets toward bringing in back of house. 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

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Once a kitchen signs on to be licensee, Foodhaul provides a turnkey toolkit, along with the concept’s recipes designed for systematic production. Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine caught up with Stavrou to discuss how the concept is working with struggling restaurants and the impact it’s having.

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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. TouchBistro acquired Boston-based TableUp, a provider of loyalty and marketing solutions for the restaurant industry. TouchBistro Acquires TableUp.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Finally, during a lull in the fall in 2020, Pepe had time to pause and reflect on the last seven months, realizing what he had for restaurant management tools were not working. “At first, I was skeptical because I was looking for tools before I opened the restaurant, and I don’t know why I didn’t bump into MarginEdge.

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APRIL 14, 2020

Please send questions to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. Q: What can I do to help my restaurants and community battle the effects of COVID-19? Include a link to that video recipe instruction.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Technical issues that are addressed in real time, using remote IT support and AR, help restaurant management with efficiencies and cost savings. A well-run, busy restaurant can’t function without a refrigerator, nor can it function if key technology systems — like POS or music systems — stop working.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

” To delve more into the process of eliminating seed oils, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine quizzed Daniella Voysey Olson, Chief Growth Officer. When we removed seed oils from our cooking in 2022, it was a major milestone—challenging, but relatively straightforward from a recipe standpoint.

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JANUARY 4, 2022

The same data that makes it possible to spot trends and engage customers is also capable of redefining how restaurants manage food and labor costs. Using Customer Intelligence to Cut Costs and Increase Revenue.

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JANUARY 21, 2022

Please send questions to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. Restaurants are experiencing more impatient patrons as the labor shortage causes operators to struggle to maintain business – and with a smaller staff.

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

Flexible APIs – connect all of the technology in your stack so that each piece is sharing data for accurate information for everyone in your restaurant. Recipe viewing capability – streamline your training efforts and make changing your menu a breeze! Consider the different types of controllers based on your business goals.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 13, 2020

The business of running a restaurant is no longer limited to exceptional recipes, gorgeous plating, and advertisements. In an age of online ordering, customers demanding Wi-Fi, and the need for websites to dazzle just as much as the food, countering cybercrime has to be a factor in the day-to-day work of restaurant management.

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MAY 24, 2023

A rooftop garden sits on the top of the building, providing fresh herbs and produce for the students to harvest and use in their recipes The facility is used by all facets of Auburn’s Hospitality program including event management, operations, culinary science, hotel and restaurant management and more.

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JULY 31, 2024

"Call it whatever you want; there’s no denying the power in pumpkin," Kevin Bryla, SpotOn's Chief Marketing Officer, told Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine, when asked if we should flip from calling it PSL season to PS or just pumpkin as the uses on menus expand. "For

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