ideas

Operations

Steal these operational hacks from college dining, health care and more

From AI as a menu-planning tool to pickling vegetable scraps, these ideas are ready to put into action, courtesy of the Menu Directions conference.

Food

These 8 trends are moving menus forward around the world

Future Menus 2024 identifies the top forces shaping today’s global food scene to push chefs ahead of the culinary curve.

David Burke has successfully operated restaurants for several decades and has a stockpile of smart ideas to share.

Chefs and cooks share practical and quirky tips for keeping cool during a summer heat wave.

The Main Event food-and-games concept is holding an open house for Toys R Us staffers who have or are about to lose their jobs.

Flipping tables and seating guests is a dance, requiring a mix of attention and tech to keep the pace.

When it comes to buzz specifically, it’s about innovation and differentiation, says Chris Tomasso, chief marketing officer of First Watch Restaurants and a board member of the National Restaurant Association’s Marketing Executives Group (MEG).

K10 was honored for its high-tech, high-volume operations, as well as the spinoff of a secondary concept featuring beer, buns and wings.

Operators are winning over millennials, among others, with trend-forward dishes and menu presentations.

We found so many great ideas on a recent restaurant tour in Los Angeles that we had to split them into two installments. While the first batch covered menu innovations, this batch takes a look at stealable operations ideas.

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