12 Restaurant Inventory Statistics That Highlight Why Inventory Control = Business Success
Inventory losses are still an everyday occurrence for a lot of restaurant owners and operators. A bottle of wine here, a steak there, a couple of onions everywhere… The industry as a whole is making some progress here as more savvy F&B operators realize that by controlling inventory, they’re reining in their biggest cost center […]
5 Restaurant Inventory Challenges That Are Costing You Money (Keep an Eye On #4)
Restaurant inventory challenges are the Gordian knot that almost all restaurant operators struggle with — they’re what keeps even the most experienced owners, F&B managers and chefs up at night, often more so than staff training, admin, or menu engineering. You hack away at them but, try as you might, you just can’t get your […]
5 Essential Restaurant Technologies to Future-Proof Your Business
Never before has technology played such an important role in the running of a restaurant business. Whether you operate a single site or several locations, from EPoS to kitchen management platforms, there is restaurant tech out there to enhance every aspect of your hospitality business. In this article, we zero in on five essential restaurant […]
5 Restaurant Inventory Best Practices That Will Help You Run A Successful Operation
Start running a successful and profitable operation by adopting some well-known (and some top-secret) restaurant inventory best practices. They might take some getting used to but work at them until they start to feel like a second skin to you and your staff. And then watch in amazement as something complex, daunting, and time-consuming turns […]
Cocktail shaking robots in a bionic street food bar
ICE+FRIES, a new fast-casual concept bar in the heart of Reykjavik, the capital city of Iceland, opened this March and has been blowing minds ever since. This bionic bar is a place like no other, with cocktail shaking robots, a charming AI dog, top of the range Icelandic-fusion street food and a back-of-house that runs […]
10 Eye-Opening Statistics on Restaurant Food Allergen Attitudes & Practices
A survey conducted by the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network found that 34 percent of food allergy sufferers experienced an allergic reaction while eating at a restaurant. A third of those had a repeat of the experience on at least two separate occasions. Sometimes, the fault lies with the customers, who do not communicate their […]
Food Allergen Management – Full Breakdown for Restaurant Managers, Menu Developers & Executive Chefs
For some, a fun dinner can quickly turn into a trip to the emergency room—or worse—if they consume an allergen that triggers a severe reaction. Approximately 10% of adults and 8.3% of children suffer from food allergies, so it is not a minor issue. This figure rises to about 20% of the population when considering […]
Allergen Training: 5 Things Restaurants Need to Cover (+ Allergen Quiz)
Every restaurant operation should periodically take stock of its food allergen training methods. In today’s post, we’ll talk about things to focus on in food allergy training, how to design that training, and why being an allergy-friendly foodservice business pays off. Let’s dig in! These are the topics we will be looking at: We’ve also […]
How to turn your dine-in restaurant into a takeout and delivery business?
Governments all over the world are taking bold but necessary measures to slow down the spreading of the coronavirus. One of those actions is to close down the dine-in service of restaurants (or to discourage people from visiting food businesses). Restaurant owners are making the best out of the situation by turning their businesses into […]
