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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-Year 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

See clean in action through front-of-house products, procedures and signage. This report’s results are based on surveys conducted over a 12-month period from April 2019 to March 2020—the month when the first U.S. They found: 2020 started off positive for the chains, with Olive Garden topping the group at a 13.3

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Virtually Delicious: Setting the Table for Digital-First Dining

Modern Restaurant Management

Finally, find a place to cook and start filling orders, often alongside tickets from a traditional front-of-house. For Top Round Roast Beef in San Francisco, that meant running a fried-chicken joint, burger house, and ice-cream parlor all from within their existing sandwich shop. The model is not without its perils.

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2025 Outlook: Experts Weigh In on Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

– Frenchie Audette, VP of Food Service at Divert In 2024, the restaurant industry continued to adjust to changes sparked by 2020. We've already seen how technology has transformed front-of-house operations with the rise of apps like UberEats and DoorDash, as well as advanced point-of-sale systems.

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Dave Stewart turned Ascot Food + Wine from a cafe into a bistro

Hospitality Magazine

Hotels are good because you have the restaurant, the catering and functions, so it opened my eyes to learn [about cooking] mass volumes,” he says. We started to put all the bits and pieces together to be able to operate until the end of the year with the prediction of opening in 2020, but then obviously Covid happened.”.

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How I Got My Job: Creating a New Vision for Vegan Cooking at a Top NYC Restaurant

EATER

In her early 20s, Freeman worked as a front-of-house manager at a popular bar and restaurant in Washington D.C. I cater events and private dinner parties, too. During the open house, they mentioned they were launching this health-supportive culinary arts program. It was half back-of-house, half front-of-house.

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Decade of Disruption: Restaurant Insiders Dish What’s on the Plate

Modern Restaurant Management

We’re seeing massive disruption to front-of-house systems, too, delivering personalized guest experiences from order to payment to final delivery. In the front of house, we are seeing more kiosk adoption. Virtual restaurants can cater to different consumers, expanding clientele.

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AI Food Intelligence and Now Serving Democracy

Modern Restaurant Management

“Our customers have been through a lot in 2020, and we want to be sure that they are able to successfully reach their patrons and embrace this new way of dining,” says Ed Wayda, senior brand manager for Smithfield Culinary. The contest ends on December 31, 2020. New Features from OpenTable.

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