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The 20/20 on 2020: Restaurant Experts Weigh In

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry insiders and experts for their insights on what will impact restaurants in 2020 and the response was overwhelming. The biggest trend by far, for now, and going into 2020 is ghost kitchens (AKA delivery only, virtual kitchens, cloud kitchens, pick-up only, etc.).

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Future Tech in 2023

Modern Restaurant Management

Miso Robotics provides intelligent automation solutions for foodservice that solve some critical back-of-house kitchen operations. Prior to the pandemic, restaurant jobs – especially those back-of house – have seen high turnover rates. restaurants are operating with 2.8 Across the U.S.,

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Five Keys to Success for QSRs Post-COVID

Modern Restaurant Management

There is no doubt that 2020 was a transformative year for the restaurant industry. The evolution of back of house technology will continue to optimize kitchen operations as QSRs adjust to a much higher proportion of orders being consumed off-premise.

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The Toxicity of Restaurant Kitchens Is Exactly Why I Never Reported Abuses

EATER

And so when I hear the general public — and food media — calling for reforming kitchen culture, I want to also urge anyone asking why employees didn’t come forward to simply stop. To transform toxic kitchens, operators, customers, and employees together must change these systemic mechanisms that keep workers silent in the first place.

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Cloud Kitchens – The Future Of The Restaurant Industry Beyond COVID

The Restaurant Times

Nobody could have predicted that the pandemic, which culminated in total lockdown in March 2020, would have such severe financial consequences. Thus, COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of cloud kitchens in the food and beverage (F&B) industry. . Because time is of the essence in cloud kitchen operations, POS is a lifesaver.

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How Both Alinea and Tock Are Thriving Through the Pandemic

EATER

That’s because I was basically convinced that we weren’t going to avoid all of this and that there was no way to operate a restaurant amidst it. I brought in, we have about 22 front of house and back of house managers across the group in Chicago. I had a very serious talk, and I said it was not normal business operations.

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Blue Hill at Stone Barns Tells a Beautiful Story. Former Employees Say It’s Too Good to Be True.

EATER

A former front-of-house employee who left in 2020 says, “The goal is for us all to go out and take what we’ve learned and do great things, but what are we learning? Are we learning to underpay people and make people work insane, rigorous hours, and work in a French hierarchy kitchen and yell at people when we’re angry?