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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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The Sneaky Costs in Guacamole

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Certainly one thing on everyone’s mind today is price. Inflation, scarcity in the supply chain, and labor constraints have tacked on dollars. Avocados have a long supply chain with many links because the fruit comes in from Mexico, Chile, and Peru. It is when these costs sneak in that margins go down.

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Franchise Portfolio Diversification: Trends Taking Shape in 2022

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Labor shortages and other factors are affecting the global supply chain in never-before-seen ways, and certain commodities are intermittently not available, or if they are, they’re expensive. More recent price increases have nearly doubled this number. According to a report from S&P Global Market Intelligence, U.S.

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

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With current supply chain issues and these brands already operating under thin margins, we expect operators to be strategic when it comes to menu sizes, limited offerings and daypart offerings to limit waste, cut costs, and maximize profitability. Brooklyn Dumpling House just opened and they're already franchising the idea.

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How AI Alleviates Restaurant Pain Points

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Since the pandemic, restaurants have endured a plethora of issues ranging from fluctuating dining restrictions to supply chain issues to rising food prices. But arguably no issue has proven to be as constant and bedeviling as the labor shortage.

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Stop Prepping Veggies – Strategy in Post-Pandemic Recovery

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Fresh prepared produce delivers many benefits to foodservice operations from cost and labor savings along with increasing back of house efficiency, food safety, and freshness. Supply Chain Shortages. One of the biggest pain points during and after the pandemic was supply chain.

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How Technology Tools Help Restaurateurs Do More With Less

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When properly deployed, they can transform the employee experience by improving daily operations, syncing front-of-house and back-of-house communication and execution, and delivering a memorable dining experience that won’t send staff to the walk-in cooler for a good cry.