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Catering and Event Planning Trends for 2020

Modern Restaurant Management

What will inspire event themes and design in 2020? What menu inspiration will chefs use as they create new and fine tune traditional favorites? Wellness. Wellness is a still a top trend in catered events for 2020. It is important to people to continue their commitment to the diet and lifestyle they follow. We are designing menus in the following ways with this trend in mind: Plant Based Foods : In 2020 we will be designing menus with more plant based foods than ever!

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How to Build a Successful Employee Engagement Program for Your Restaurant

7 Shifts

Did you know that there are more than one million restaurants in the United States alone? These restaurants rely on 15.3 million employees to give customers the meals and experiences they crave. The key to making customers happy is to make employees happy. When staff are engaged in their work, they perform better and generate more revenue for their employers.

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2020 Social Media Marketing Trends

Blue Magnet Interactive

In the ever-changing social media landscape, it is always important to stay on top of the latest trends. The second you look away from your feed, a new hashtag appears, a news story has splashed the pages, or a meme has become outdated. Being at the forefront of what is new enables you to keep your hotel’s content fresh, keep your followers entertained, and hopefully, encourage engagement.

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13 Event Design Ideas for a Roaring '20s Revival Theme

BizBash

As we enter a new decade, here’s how you can take inspiration from that other '20s era.

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

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, 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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Veganuary and Beyond: Capitalizing on Growing Plant-Based Trend

Modern Restaurant Management

The evidence is clear: more restaurant guests are interested in plant-based and vegan menu items. Veganuary—the practice of going vegan for the first month of the year—began in 2014 and its numbers have doubled each year. According to Tripleseat customers throughout the US, there was an increase in guests requesting a variety of plant-based or meatless fixings 2019, with many new plant-based options being offered.

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MRM Plant-Based: Cauliflower Tortillas, Teese and Pork from Plants

Modern Restaurant Management

Please send plant-based news to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. Plant-Based Tacos. On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina is offering, plant-based protein option. On The Border is the first brand in its category to offer Beyond Beef® in enchiladas, nachos and even unlimited Beyond Meat Tacos as part of its Endless Tacos offer.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Currying Up Favor and Committed Taco

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Send news to Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. Curry Up Now Secures Investment. Curry Up Now attracted a new investment from seed-stage venture capital firm Liquid 2 Ventures (L2V).

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Five Steps for Improving Restaurant Efficiency in 2020

Modern Restaurant Management

Now that the new year is here, it’s the perfect time for restaurant operators to review their 2019 performance and identify areas that can be improved in 2020. By performing an honest assessment and diving deep into point-of-sale (POS) reporting, payroll data, online customer reviews, and various other analytics, even the most successful restaurant operators can identify areas that can be streamlined to cut costs, save time, and boost revenue in the new year.

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Yikes, It’s Yelp! — Making User-Generated Review Sites Work for Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

Yelp and other user-generated review sites aren’t usually viewed favorably by restaurateurs and restaurant management. It’s understandable, given the penchant for customers with the strongest opinions to post their experiences all over the internet. However, that doesn’t mean that management can’t utilize these reviews to identify issues and better business for both employees and customers.

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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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From 2019 to 2020: Tech-xtualizing the Three Major Challenges Restaurants Face

Modern Restaurant Management

From infamous chicken sandwich wars to on-trend plant-based burgers and acai bowls, it’s safe to say that 2019 was a trademark year for restaurants. In fact, amidst all the hubbub, new projections are putting the industry at a whopping $1.2 trillion in sales by 2030. With all of 2019’s success, restaurant operators are also facing challenges that can be addressed with the help of technology in the New Year.

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Restaurant Wage and Hour Disputes Are on the Rise

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurants nationwide are facing costly wage and hour lawsuits for failure to comply with federal and state employment laws. In these types of cases, employers run the risk of serious financial penalties, whether their actions are due to ignorance or a willful disregard of the law. In fact, across the country, employers were hit with 8,261 FLSA lawsuits in 2017 – a sharp rise in the past 20 years, since only 1,597 FLSA lawsuits were filed in 1997.

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How to Maintain (and Grow) Customers Despite the January Blues

Modern Restaurant Management

When the last Christmas card has been taken down from the mantlepiece, and the final pieces of party popper residue have been swept away after New Year’s Eve, people often feel deflated. The January blues can be difficult to beat, and with Blue Monday (the third Monday of the year) being the indisputable ‘saddest day’, it is clear that everyone feels a little low after the festivities.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-January 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features a gloomy start to the new year, dining trends for 2020, the importance of discounts, holiday gift card sales results, delivery frustrations, soda curiosity and a consumer culture report. An Uncertain Start to 2020? Restaurant year-over-year sales growth was weak during December.

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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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Choosing the Right Payroll Software for Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurant owners have to juggle many different responsibilities at once. You have to take charge of running the business operations, ensure optimal hospitality for your guests, and manage employees. One of the biggest challenges, especially if you are not an accounting professional, is restaurant payroll. To give payroll the attention it requires, many restaurant owners are adopting payroll software for their business.

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Medical Marijuana in the Workplace: What’s Next?

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2016, Florida voters soundly passed Amendment 2, Florida’s medical marijuana law, with more than 71 percent of the vote. Since then, two bills have been passed implementing the law, there was one high-profile lawsuit targeting the legislature’s initial ban on smoking medical marijuana, and the Office of Medical Marijuana Use was created as part of Florida’s Department of Health.