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Engineered for Success: Boosting Profits through Intelligent Menu Planning

Modern Restaurant Management

Understanding Customer Preferences and Behavior The heart of menu engineering lies in understanding customer behavior. This information helps to strategize the placement of high-profit items on the menu, influencing sales and promoting popular dishes.

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Dinner, With a Side of Climate Preaching

EATER

However, if you were to walk into one of PLNT Burger’s at least 12 locations, you won’t find a deluge of information about the environmental impact of eating meat. We get specific,” he says of the need to keep the diner informed of intentional menu substitutions and choices. “We We call it out. You know where it’s from.

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The Food Service Industry’s Digital Transformation Journey Heading into 2025

Modern Restaurant Management

On one hand, it increases the speed with which restaurants can act on data and turn information into intelligence. According to the National Restaurant Association, predictive analytics is a fit for forecasting customer demand, optimizing inventory, and improving menu planning.

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FoodByUs unveils game-changing ‘Price Tracking’ feature

Hospitality Magazine

Key features of Price Tracking include: Live prices, anywhere, anytime: Access accurate, up-to-date pricing from any supplier, ensuring chefs have the latest information to make cost-effective purchasing decisions.

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How to Feed the Olympics

EATER

It’s really important to realize that every four years there is something new or completely different that the country that is hosting has to adapt to when it comes to curating a menu. So we had to take all of this information, and start making priorities, and balance it out with the number of athletes that eat certain types of food.

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How to reduce food waste in hotel operations

Hotel Owner

By gathering data on food waste, hotel management can identify patterns—such as consistently over-preparing certain dishes or throwing away specific ingredients—and make informed decisions to change purchasing habits, adjust portion sizes, or refine menu offerings.

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Your 7-Step Guide to Reopening Your Restaurant

7 Shifts

.” — Erica Gillespie, Ani Ramen Spend some time figuring out how long you’ll need to properly (and successfully) reopen—with considerations for new employee health & safety training, inventory delivery, PPE equipment orders, menu planning, etc. Market your grand reopening!