April, 2020

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Restaurant Reopening Resources

Modern Restaurant Management

As the focus is now pivoting to reopen the economy, a number of resources are being provided to help restaurants learn about best practices. The National Restaurant Association released new guidance for operation reopening which provides a basic summary of recommended practices that can be used to help mitigate exposure to the COVID-19 virus. The document is meant to be used in conjunction with instruction operators receive from authorities during their reopening phase-in.

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Food That Travels Well for Delivery: Tips for COVID-19

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Whether you have been offering delivery and takeout for years, or have had to make a recent pivot during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to know which food travels best for delivery—and how to change up your menu to stay profitable while dine-in isn't an option. Food delivery offers accessible food to people who are unable to leave their home and offices, while increasing your restaurant's profits by reaching a potentially new or wider audience.

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To help restaurants reopen, OpenTable offers new features and price cuts for 2020

OpenTable

The restaurant industry is being hit hard by COVID-19 with millions of hospitality workers out of work. OpenTable is committed to supporting the restaurant community and we recognize the road to recovery will be long and difficult. That’s why we’re excited to announce two new initiatives to help restaurants successfully reopen their businesses. First, an enhanced restaurant management platform.

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Why I Might Have To Retire From Restaurants

The Restaurant Manifesto

Even the greatest athletes inevitably face their own mortality, their impermanence in the history of sport. Some players make the difficult decision to retire at the peak of their game, like Michael Jordan did after his last championship in 1998. (As a native Chicagoan, I refuse to acknowledge his brief, unsuccessful cameo years later with … Continue reading "Why I Might Have To Retire From Restaurants".

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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How Restaurateurs Deal With Inventory Shortage During Nationwide Lockdown 

The Restaurant Times

The COVID-19 pandemic related increase in demand for food delivery has given food brands, cloud kitchens and delivery only kitchens an opportunity to test and demonstrate their new order-to-go technologies. There has been no evidence to suggest that the disease spreads through food, any raw material or food packaging. That’s the silver lining. However, restaurateurs need to be extra careful while delivering food to their customers.

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Seven Ways HR Leadership Can Reduce Risk for Restaurants During Turbulent Times

Modern Restaurant Management

The restaurant sector has been especially hard hit by fallout from the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic. This is an unprecedented time for an industry that employs some 15.6 million Americans according to the National Restaurant Association. It’s likely no restaurant owner or manager has experienced a situation of this magnitude in their lifetime.

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How to Drastically Cut Expenses in Your Restaurant (and Stay Profitable During COVID-19)

7 Shifts

COVID-19’s impact on restaurants around the world has been ramping up thanks to necessary social distancing measures—particularly in North America, where 4-5 meals are eaten away from home every week —and restaurateurs are feeling the squeeze on their bottom line. By now, many states and provinces have either mandated reductions in seating or the closure of dining areas, with most restaurants turning to takeout and delivery.

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Lorena Garcia: don’t rush it

OpenTable

The coronavirus pandemic has shown that for restaurants, community comes first – including staff, guests, and professional peers. Operators are quick to stand in solidarity and share struggles and successes. As part of OpenTable’s partnership with Top Chef’s Restaurant Wars , we tapped into that spirit of generosity, asking chefs to tell us about the ups and downs of their careers: lessons learned, mistakes made, and their personal evolution along the way.

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How To Make Your Quarantine Meals at Home Feel More Like a Restaurant

The Restaurant Manifesto

Recreating the structure of a restaurant meal at home isn’t easy, but there are some strategies that may help you emulate the energy of sitting in your favorite restaurant. The post How To Make Your Quarantine Meals at Home Feel More Like a Restaurant appeared first on THE RESTAURANT MANIFESTO.

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Food & Beverage Industry Report 2024

Driven by a diverse and exciting ecosystem of passionate, ambitious, and often young entrepreneurs, the Food & Beverage (F&B) sector is a highly competitive environment full of immense challenges and exciting opportunities. Expert Market’s 2024 industry report, sponsored by Toast, is informed by a survey of 522 U.S. food and beverage professionals, from restaurant owners to food service managers, providing insights into the real-time challenges and opportunities within the industry.

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Want To Invest In A Restaurant? Place Your Bets On Cloud Kitchens.

The Restaurant Times

Cloud kitchens, famously known as dark kitchens or ghost kitchens, are expanding like wildfire, attracting huge investments and revolutionizing the restaurant industry like never before. With a paradigm shift towards online delivery services, the virtual restaurant model is upping its operational efficiency to fulfill the increased demand for food delivery.

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Stay Inspired with Event Design Ideas From This 'Mulan'-Theme Dinner

BizBash

Houston-based Event Sociétal designed a dark and moody event setting for a recent photo shoot.

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Five Ways Technology is Transforming the Restaurant Industry

Modern Restaurant Management

As a restaurant owner or manager, do you find yourself getting caught up in the intricacies and not being able to focus on aspects that matter? The key lies in achieving operational efficiency. Whether it’s inter-team communication, improving table turnover, or reducing waste – an efficiently run restaurant results in an increase in sales and revenue.

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No Drive-Thru? Here’s How to Offer Contactless Curbside Pickup

7 Shifts

With the heavy impact of COVID-19 on restaurants, the industry is racing to find new ways to keep their locations open and keep revenue as high as possible for survival. Foot traffic has dropped for the majority of restaurants in North America, with revenue switching to online ordering and pickups instead. Restaurants with drive thrus have had a smaller decline in revenue compared to the ones that don’t have drive thrus.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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Tiffani Faison: don’t buy your own hype

OpenTable

The coronavirus pandemic has shown that for restaurants, community comes first – including staff, guests, and professional peers. Operators are quick to stand in solidarity and share struggles and successes. As part of OpenTable’s partnership with Top Chef’s Restaurant Wars , we tapped into that spirit of generosity, asking chefs to tell us about the ups and downs of their careers: lessons learned, mistakes made, and their personal evolution along the way.

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Top 11 Features to Look for in a Hotel Booking Engine

Software Suggest

Hotel booking engines are an inevitable tool for every hotel that wants to increase the percentage of its direct reservations. We all know how these websites work. Looking for Hotel Management Software? Check out SoftwareSuggest’s list of the best Hotel Management Software solutions. Any user can just browse through the hotel booking engine page and […].

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5 Trends Food Delivery Startups Cannot Afford To Ignore In 2020

The Restaurant Times

The sudden increase in demand for restaurant home delivery services has created a massive opportunity for food delivery startups to increase market share. With food aggregators coming into the picture, more restaurants have entered the food delivery segment. According to Statista, the revenue potential for the Online Food Delivery segment amounts to approx US$1.2M for the year 2020.

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How This Annual Gala Used Eclectic Decor to Keep Things Fresh

BizBash

Held before the museum's temporary closure due to COVID-19, the California Science's Center's annual Discovery Ball shook things up with two out-of-the-box themes and a new after-party layout.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Trash or Treasure? Used Cooking Oil’s Golden Allure Isn’t Just About its Color

Modern Restaurant Management

A garage sale’s success depends on the saying, “one person’s trash is another’s treasure.” Who could imagine the same could be said of smelly, dirty, used-up restaurant grease? Used cooking oil, sometimes referred to as “liquid gold”, turns out to be an extremely valuable resource for both restaurateurs and refineries — and thieves.

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How Restaurateurs Benefit From the U.S CARES Act

7 Shifts

The US Congress has recently passed the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) which is designed to alleviate some of the economic and medical impact put on American people and businesses during the COVID-19 health crisis. The main benefit of the CARES act is to provide: Financial relief for small businesses Corporate tax provisions, and Expanded unemployment and benefits coverage to employees In this article, we’ll dive into the specifics of the CARES Act and how it impacts

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How restaurants can make Mother’s Day special, no matter where people are

OpenTable

Mother’s Day will be different this year for lots of us, but all the things that make it celebratory—family time, good food, and thoughtful gifts—remain the same. While filling every seat in the house and prepping for all the ways to surprise and delight moms in your dining room might not be possible, you can still do what you do best: create a memorable dining experience.

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5 Best Applications of Big Data in Hospitality

Software Suggest

Hotelogix : No. 1 In Hotel Managment Software Visit Website Free Demo The term ‘big data’ was first coined in the 1990s. Big data is used to describe the huge volume of structured and unstructured data that a business collects every day. Looking for Best Hotel Management Software? Check out SoftwareSuggest’s list of the Best […].

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Business Automation in Hospitality: A New World

Dive into the transformative potential of business automation within the hospitality sector. This comprehensive overview showcases how innovative technologies can streamline operations, reduce costs, and elevate guest satisfaction. Discover the advantages of integrating systems like automated check-ins, CRM, and energy management to not only save on expenses but also to provide a seamless and personalized guest experience.

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Cloud Kitchens Rise To Prominence Amid A Global Crisis

The Restaurant Times

The global crisis caused by coronavirus has led to revolutionary changes in the way the restaurant industry operates. With restaurants and hotels being shut, delivery kitchens, ghost restaurants or cloud kitchens are increasingly becoming more relevant. Even five star chains across the country are counting on delivery operations to survive the crisis.

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Innisfree - Untitled Article

Innisfree

Innisfree Hotels Donates 6,300 Room Nights to Healthcare Workers and Medical Professionals Impacted by Coronavirus. GULF BREEZE, Fla., April 13, 2020 – Innisfree Hotels , Northwest Florida’s largest owner of beachfront hotels, announced today that the company will donate up to 6,300 room nights to frontline medical professionals leading the fight against COVID-19.

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How Business Insurance Could Save Your Restaurant from COVID-19

Modern Restaurant Management

As of the end of March, almost a third of Americans were under some type of “stay-at-home” order due to COVID-19, either mandated locally or statewide, with no immediate end in sight. This world-altering development—part of a rational and effective public health strategy to slow the spread of disease and help our health care system cope with the devastating illness—has also been a widespread and immediate economic disaster for the nation’s restaurant and food servic

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Interior and Exterior Consultant for Hotels, Restaurants, Resorts

Winter Truffle Hospitality

In this world, everyone wants an exotic interior and exterior of the hotel, restaurants, restaurants, and all other places so that they look cherish. Thus, if you want your interior and exterior design to look awesome and wonderful, then it is very important for you to take some advice from a company that provides you this service. Finding a company providing the consultancy of interior and exterior design is very difficult.

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Planning Your Restaurant's Path to Profitability

Speaker: James Kahler, COO of Full Course

Ever wondered where to splurge and where to safely conserve when it comes to operating and growing your restaurant? 🤔 Join James Kahler, COO of Full Course and industry visionary, in this new webinar where he'll talk all about best practices to invest in your restaurant's success! Whether you're a new business or an established restaurant, a seasoned pro or a rookie, you'll learn the keys to sustainable success in this competitive industry.