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Evolving Technology for Restaurant Operations

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2018, as the company pursued expansion, restaurants were finding wait times were exceeding the desired level. Orders from online channels and delivery partners had to be manually entered into its previous Point-of-Sale (POS) system, and manually delivered to the kitchen.

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KLC Virtual Restaurants: The Game Changer in the Middle East Cloud Kitchen Business

The Restaurant Times

From 2016 to 2018, they began experimenting with virtual brands within their current infrastructure. The company already has 15 cloud kitchens in Kuwait and is in the finalization stage of setting up two to three more kitchens within the next two or three months. That really was the key.

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Winter 2019 F&B Legal Update

Modern Restaurant Management

The bill generally prohibits a third-party delivery service from delivering food produced by a microenterprise home kitchen operation, with a limited exception for customers with disabilities. Additionally, the bill prohibits microenterprise home kitchens from producing milk or milk products, including cheese and ice cream.

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The Ultimate Guide To The Cloud Kitchen Business

The Restaurant Times

As the demand for food delivery continues to soar, cloud kitchens are becoming a popular option when it comes to opening a new restaurant business. Read more about why cloud kitchens are the hottest investment options here. . A multi-brand cloud kitchen is a large kitchen space accommodating the operations of multiple brands.

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6 Innovative Restaurant Marketing Strategies To Win Customer Trust In Omicron Times

The Restaurant Times

In 2018, Domino’s New Pizza Chef, for example, employed augmented reality to provide customers with a real-time experience of creating a pizza combination via a mobile app. . Live Streaming The Kitchen. Live streaming kitchen operations is one way that many restaurants have adopted to generate confidence among their customers.

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The 20/20 on 2020: Restaurant Experts Weigh In

Modern Restaurant Management

The shift has helped birth kitchen-only models known as “ghost kitchens” or “virtual kitchens,” which were created solely for the purpose of fulfilling multiple online orders quickly and easily – usually through aggregators such as Uber Eats and Door Dash, or through in-house delivery drivers.

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#LifeOrDeathRecipe Challenge and ‘A Woman’s Place’

Modern Restaurant Management

None of it discouraged her from pursuing her dream of becoming a head chef, and eventually she found herself at the helm of a kitchen. In 2018 she became the first solo woman to win Grand Cochon, a national whole hog cook-off. It's what the industry needs now." " Absolutdata Joins Nielsen Network.