Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 10, 2020

As restaurants work to navigate through the seismic economic impact of the coronavirus, connecting with and engaging customers is more important than ever for driving revenue and weathering the crisis. Digital marketing is a key ingredient that can help restauranteurs connect with customers to achieve both. Digital marketing strategies can be a force multiplier for bringing back loyal restaurant customers, attracting new customers and increasing brand awareness.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 8, 2020

What if we told you that there was a great strategy to increase your restaurant’s sales while engaging your staff and reducing turnover? There is a way—and it’s through creating employee contests. According to a study by Quantum Workplace , highly engaged 20 percent higher sales and are 21 percent more profitable. Engaged employees are also less likely to turnover. 47% of restaurants were negatively affected by employee turnover in 2019, with less than a third of restaurateurs reporting that tur

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EATER

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Photo: Niloo /Shutterstock. Plus, Colin Kaepernick gets his own Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor, and more news to start your day More people admit to shoplifting what they need to survive. Since the pandemic began, Americans have called for relief for individuals and small businesses. Stimulus checks, rent and mortgage cancelation, and universal health care have all been on the table.

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Restaurant Engine

DECEMBER 9, 2020

People love your food, and they want it outside your restaurant, too. You have a restaurant, and people already love your food. Some of your customers have even asked about catering options. As a restaurateur, you have a built-in clientele at the ready. But is a client base enough to start your catering business? Opening a catering business tied to your restaurant can add extra profits to your business.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The holidays are here and if we could pick any year to relax and let go a little more, it’s this year, right? Not so fast. Before putting your feet up and roasting chestnuts on an open flame, remember this: November to January are the busiest and most profitable months in the year. According to Deloitte , holiday retail sales this year should rise between one and 1.5 percent, amounting to between $1.147 trillion and $1.152 trillion during the November to January time frame.

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EATER

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Gumbo Yaya in Paris’s 10th Arrondissement. Black chefs are exploring “Afropean” identity and building on American soul food’s long history in the European dining capital “In the years in Paris, I had never been homesick for anything American,” James Baldwin wrote in his 1972 book of essays, No Name in the Street. “But,” he added just a page or two later, “I had missed my brothers and my sisters … I missed Harlem Sunday mornings and fried chicken and biscuits.”.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 9, 2020

In a webinar as part of Toast’s Restaurant Recovery Series , co-sponsored by 7shifts and our trusted partners at XtraChef , we gathered restaurateurs from around the country to discuss new ways of managing staff, new service and compensation models, and how COVID-19 has impacted their business. Hosted by Henry Patterson of Rethink Restaurants , the panel featured restaurateurs: Andrea Borgen from Barcito & Bodega in LA Kevin Healy from HOUSEpitality in Virginia Tanya Li from Flour Bakery + C

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The New York Times has a theory on the popularity of curbside pickup : people miss going to restaurants and stores. Picking up curbside gives them a reason to get out, even if they never leave their cars. Beyond an excuse to leave the house, it’s also convenient, no-touch, and safe. Restaurants across the country are adding and expanding their curbside services out of necessity, and consumers have started using them more, also out of necessity.

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The Restaurant Times

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Food trucks are gaining popularity in the evolving restaurant space. The advantage of mobility in the food truck format has given operators access to multiple locations at an initial capital lower than a restaurant of any other format. According to statistics, in 2019, the overall revenue stream from food trucks grew by $985M. It is no surprise that foodpreneurs are looking for ways to invest in a food truck instead of going for a traditional restaurant.

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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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EATER

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Incarcerated people, abolitionists, lawyers, and lawmakers paint a grim picture of the state of food inside the Commonwealth’s prison system, especially during the pandemic [link].

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 11, 2020

As restaurants and bars struggle through the pandemic, the alcohol industry is suffering along with them. Despite a jump in store sales as consumers began drinking more at home, global alcohol sales are expected to fall about 12 percent in 2020, according to IWSR Drinks Analysis. In this challenging year, one bright spot for the industry has been the booming popularity of ready-to-drink (RTD) alcoholic beverages.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Social media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest, make it easy to connect with potential customers. And, there are many different channels through which you can communicate with your audience. If you have limited time and money, how do you know which platforms you should be using to promote your restaurant? You won’t know which platforms work for you until you’ve tested them all to see which deliver the best results.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 10, 2020

I love NYC. I found my success in this city which is struggling amidst the Pandemic. This year, I have watched the news and social media, alongside the restaurant-owned communication channels, share their plight. As such, I made it a point to choose staycations and delivery and braved visits to restaurants when many of my friends would wait to see how I fared and reported back to them.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The advent of on-demand food delivery can be traced back to the early 2000s when the use of GrubHub, Seamless and numerous other online and mobile food-ordering systems became commonplace among college students and young professionals throughout the United States. Gone were the days of leafing through a pile of crumpled menus to order takeout. Now, one could quickly search for local restaurants, view their menus, and order and pay online.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 9, 2020

It's no secret that the restaurant industry has been severely impacted by COVID, perhaps more than any other industry. There have been bright spots – the QSR sector, notably – and recent signs that a turnaround is underway, including Moody's upgrading its industry outlook to stable last month. But in general, restaurants have had to chart their own path to recovery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In this week's episode of The Main Course host Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia speaks with Angela Fernandez , the Vice President of Community Engagement at? GS1 US , the information standards organization?, about food safety and traceability. To listen, click here. A new episode of The Main Course , our podcast series with MarketScale, is served up every Tuesday.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 7, 2020

At a time when stress is running high for folks cooped up at home, comfort food from their favorite restaurant is a respite in a crazy world. Fortunately, loosened restrictions have allowed most restaurants to welcome dinner back, although in many cases they are still operating at reduced capacity and with such caveats as shortened menus, face coverings when not seated, and social distancing.

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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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EATER

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Shutterstock. Our favorite recipes for chewy, chocolatey brownies — and one blondie, too. Holiday baking season is in full swing, but brownies have been on our minds for a while now. Maybe that’s because of the inexplicable inability of the most recent crop of Great British Baking Show contestants to make one correctly. (Seriously, Britain, what’s going on?

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EATER

DECEMBER 8, 2020

A dish from Sazenka, the first Chinese restaurant in Tokyo to get three Michelin stars | Sazenka. There are two new three-star restaurants in the most Michelin-starred city Tokyo is the latest stop on Michelin’s international dining guide tour, and the French tire company continues to be particularly generous with its starred designations in the Japanese city, which has more Michelin-star restaurants than any other.

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EATER

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Chef Jack Tsoi has been developing his technique three decades at East Court and Mike’s BBQ in Toronto “It’s actually a lot of steps to make Chinese-style roast pig,” says East Court and Mike’s BBQ chef and owner Jack Tsoi. “It’s not an easy task, this line of work.” Tsoi has been perfecting the art of roasting up to 10 whole pigs a day for the last 20 to 30 years at his popular Toronto shop, ensuring that each pig leaves the oven with even, crispy skin, juicy meat, to be served in a variety of

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EATER

DECEMBER 10, 2020

But until I can afford a $650 toaster, I’ll just keep on clicking through the Sicily-inspired collection My fantasy kitchen is filled with Smeg appliances: a mint-green refrigerator , an accompanying mint-green dishwasher, even a mint-green espresso machine , and I don’t drink coffee. In my head, I offset the toothpaste palette with pastel accents: a cream-colored stand mixer and a pale pink blender, like the one in Brendan Fraser’s family kitchen in Blast from the Past.

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Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader

In today’s competitive market, pricing is more than just a number — it’s the cornerstone of profitability. The right pricing strategy ensures that you capture the true value of your offering, paving the way for sustainable growth and long-term success. Join Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader, in this exclusive session where he will explore how a well-crafted pricing approach balances customer perception with business objectives, creating a powerful tool for securing both competitive advantage a

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

Brandon Scott tightens restrictions on the city’s businesses as its hospitalization numbers reach a record high [link].

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

“I do say it like that, but not because I think that’s how it’s actually pronounced,” the TV chef and writer said after breaking the internet on Monday [link].

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

The best gadgets to use so those Champagnes, pét-nats, and other bubbles stay fresh for days after opening Around this time of year, people like to default to wine with bubbles, both as an easy gift and as a personal beverage of choice for the celebrations the month brings. But most of us are paring down our gathering sizes these days, so you may want the bottle of cava, crémant, or pét-nat you pop open to be enjoyable for another day. or two or three.

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EATER

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Courtesy Kat Lieu/Subtle Asian Baking. Subtle Asian Baking, an offshoot of the popular Facebook group Subtle Asian Traits, now has more than 67,000 bakers trading recipes, tips, and a sense of community It’s hard to remember now, but in the early days of COVID-19, people were baking. In kitchens across the world, sourdough sat on counters, fudgy brownies were pulled out of ovens, and home cooks either discovered and then claimed as their own the perfect brown butter chocolate chip cookies, or at

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