equipment

The 30-minute food cost audit

If you know what to look for, a quick tour through your restaurant can show you how to save a few more bucks on food costs.

Middleby to Acquire Jade Products

The acquisition is expected to close on April 2. Jade manufactures cooking equipment, including ranges, cooktops, and ovens for both commercial and...

Looking at the most recent crop of new products, one thing seems clear: Equipment companies are listening more closely to the needs of operators. It’s no longer just about adding bells and whistles. Today, if a new piece of equipment isn’t greener, cleaner or smaller, it’s not going to make the cut.

5 places to look for timesaving operational solutions.

The practices have been tested by two Restaurant Associates’ B&I clients - Random House and Hearst Corporation – and early results show expected savings...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 2, 2009)—The National Restaurant Association’s annual survey of more than 1,800 professional chefs – members of the American...

PETALUMA, CA (July 8, 2010 - Marketwire)—MarketLive, Inc., the leading eCommerce software and service provider for midsized specialty retailers, today...

You can’t learn everything in culinary school. Or business school. Some lessons you’ve just got to learn on the job. With that in mind we set out to gather a little collected wisdom from the industry on how to do some of the more obscure tasks an operator might face. Challenges abound out there. Hopefully this will help get you through a few of them.

One of the bright spots in the restaurant industry is the morning daypart. Breakfast generates $42 billion in annual sales or 12 percent of the industry total, estimates Chicago market consultancy, Technomic.

This week we have thieves caught on camera; a restaurant making money off some unfortunate publicity; a new term is coined for late-night diners; and, as always, mountain lion urine.

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