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Four Focus Areas for QSRs to Mitigate Wage and Commodity Inflation

Modern Restaurant Management

While the restaurant industry has experienced major supply chain and labor issues throughout the pandemic, it is now reaching a tipping point. While supply chain issues will likely decrease over the course of 2022, wage inflation represents a new status quo on the bottom line. Optimize the Supply Chain.

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What Trends Are You Seeing and What Can We Expect to See More of in 2022?

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This includes raising wages, boosting benefits such as offering early wage access, and leveraging technology to improve scheduling, automate processes and streamline operations, ensuring a seamless shift every time. Brooklyn Dumpling House just opened and they're already franchising the idea. Smaller menus in general.

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How to Strategically Plan Your Restaurant Renovation

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As such, your first consideration should be getting your scheduling right. They’ll have insights on how best to divide and schedule the components of the full renovation to suit your timing needs. In between major changes it may help to implement some front-of-house upgrades using minimal capital and labor.

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The New Normal for Franchises & Large Brands

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Flexible schedules. Changes continued to shake the industry with supply chain issues, soaring prices, and global staffing issues. Restaurant brands began to cut their menus , switch out recipe ingredients, or changed portion sizes (shrinkflation), as well as other creative solutions to combat rising prices.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

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This capability can prove invaluable for refining pricing strategies, optimising ingredient and waste management, and planning forthcoming shifts, among other benefits. We’re seeing strong and growing interest in IoT connectivity and automation in the back-of-house – especially for multi-site operators.

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Prime Costs: Understanding and Application for Restaurants

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They serve as a compass, guiding decisions on pricing strategies, menu development, and staffing levels, ultimately influencing the delicate balance between offering high-quality cuisine and ensuring the establishment’s profitability. Kitchen Supplies: Utensils, cookware, and small appliances used in food preparation.

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2023 Outlook: Trends and Challenges Restaurants Will See, Part Two

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Reduce portion sizes slightly to maintain menu prices but account for increased costs. Don’t be afraid to increase price. Don’t be afraid to increase price. We’ll see more restaurants offering their employees gig-like schedule flexibility and instant access to earned wages.