Restaurant Operations

10 Tips for Restaurant Success in 2021

6 Tips for Restaurant Success in 2021

This has been an incredibly hard year on the nation’s restaurants. Surely things will start to look up. Here are 10 tips for restaurant success in 2021.

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Exclusive Comments from Today’s Restaurant Owners

“We’re doing a lot more sanitation. Everybody’s wearing masks. We closed our dining room.” So began our phone conversation last week with Ohio chef Jordan Hamons, enumerating practices that nearly…

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Listed Restaurants Continue to Outperform Owner-Operated Establishments

One in four restaurants will permanently close by the end of the year, costing the country millions of jobs and at least one full percentage point of GDP. Yet for…

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Insights from an Alabama Restaurant Operator

Although national statistics and insights from restaurant lobbyists on Capitol Hill can be helpful, sometimes the best place to go for real advice is a local owner-operator. So we called…

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Cloud Kitchens Become Green Shoots Within Restaurants

Cloud kitchens, also known as ghost kitchens, are virtual restaurant brands that have distinct listings on food delivery apps, yet share a physical kitchen with other “restaurants.” For example, the…

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Restaurant Owners Describe Their New Reality

“I was literally about to start the process of trying to set up my restaurant this year, and this all happened,” says Sarah Moody. In Ohio, the most recent poll…

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New Restaurant Survey Results

  Restaurant owners are taking every opportunity to voice their concerns. The trade association New York City Hospitality Alliance surveyed 500 restaurants, finding 83% cannot pay their regular July rent,…

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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems for Restaurant Inventory Management

Restaurant owners implement Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions for inventory management and real-time low stock notifications. For example, when chefs order an ingredient, the stock counts in their ERP systems…

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More Pizza Hut Closures Ahead of July 30 Earnings Announcement

In a banner year for the pizza delivery industry, Pizza Hut has struggled. Its competitors are at all-time highs. Just this year, Papa John’s (NASDAQ:PZZA) has rallied 44% to date….

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Restaurants Raise Prices on Delivery Apps

Fees passed on to restaurants from third party delivery companies have become too expensive, and restaurants are responding. No one can blame them. With Yelp-listed restaurants reporting that 60% of…

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