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Using Tech to Bring Customers Back

Restaurant Technology Guys

Restaurants and the food service industry as a whole were hit hard by the lockdowns. According to researchers from Penn State University, among the small and medium-sized businesses that were hit the hardest, restaurants were the first to close their doors. The post Using Tech to Bring Customers Back appeared first on Restaurant Technology Guys.

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DO IT RIGHT

Culinary Cues

Ironically, there is always room to be great and there is plenty of room to be mediocre. With more than one million restaurants in the US we can flip a coin and hope for the great, will likely step through the doors of good, and far too often settle into the mediocre. The choice to be great or not so great is in the hands of the restaurateur and the folks who make a living with food.

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The Top 5 Benefits Of A Bar Inventory System

Sculpture Hospitality

A bar inventory system helps your business gain visibility and control over its stock. From alcoholic beverages and mixes to garnishes, a bar inventory system will keep track of units on hand, and provide you better oversight over what you have, how products are moving and what needs to be restocked.

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Everything You Need To Know About the Increasing Role of AI in Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

You are sitting in your favorite restaurant and have placed an order on a tablet at your table. After a few seconds of placing the order, a notification appears on your messaging app. *Ding* ‘Your order is being prepared by Chef Bot 19 and will be delivered to your table in approximately 19 minutes. To get a receipt for your order, reply with Hi.

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New DOL Final Overtime Rules: Quickstart Guide for Employers

There’s a new overtime salary threshold that will impact employers across the country. If you have an employee making less than $43,888 on July 1 or less than $58,656 on January 1, you’re going to have to start paying overtime. Download Paycor’s guide to learn: Which groups of employees are affected? How should you classify employees? Best ways to mitigate risk.

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High Noon Sun Sips Peach Wins Silver

Sante

Congratulations! High Noon Sun Sips Peach won the silver award for the RTD category in the 2022 Santé Magazine Wine & Spirits competition. For information on High Continue Reading.

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Five Ways Restaurant Technology Makes or Breaks Business

Modern Restaurant Management

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, the voluntary quit rate is 25 percent higher than pre-pandemic levels. With today’s labor shortage and record-high resignations, restaurants cannot afford to lose workers, and technology should not be a bottleneck for workers to perform their job. To maintain a healthy business and working environment, restaurant technology must enable ease and efficiency among employees and service staff as much as guests.

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Social media, your wine list & hospitality: Part 2

Bermar America

Part 2 – Engage, engage, engage! Today’s consumer lives & thrives off the social element of eating and drinking; endless photos and videos are shared across multiple platforms to exemplify little (or big) moments in your venue. From documenting the iconic pop of Champagne to a simple post that shows a bottle of red being. The post Social media, your wine list & hospitality: Part 2 appeared first on Bermar America | Professional Wine & Champagne Preservation Systems.

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Retail Management 101: 20 Skills You Need To Have

Sling

Effective retail management requires a vast array of skills. In a broad sense, those skills boil down to managing your time, managing your staff, managing their training, and managing change. But those general categories do little to tell you how exactly to get those jobs done. That’s where we can help. We’ve created a guide to retail management including the specific skills you need to be successful as both a manager and a leader.

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Will coffee consumers’ focus on education continue beyond Covid-19?

Perfect Daily Grind

Covid-19 undoubtedly had a major impact on the global coffee industry. There’s no denying the vast majority of the ripple effects were detrimental to many coffee businesses; in early 2020, around 95% of those operating in the out-of-home sector had to close their doors. Some of these businesses then ended up closing permanently. Naturally, this led many consumers to start brewing more coffee at home.

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New DOL Final Overtime Rules: Quickstart Guide for Employers

There’s a new overtime salary threshold that will impact employers across the country. If you have an employee making less than $43,888 on July 1 or less than $58,656 on January 1, you’re going to have to start paying overtime. Download Paycor’s guide to learn: Which groups of employees are affected? How should you classify employees? Best ways to mitigate risk.

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Hiring Quickly (But Safely) as Dining Demand Picks Up

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurants are filling up again, but hiring and retaining employees in the midst of a national workforce shake-up remains an uphill battle. There are several talent acquisition strategies you can apply to make your hiring process quicker and more efficient without compromising your brand, workplace culture, or the safety of your employees and customer base.

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Can Maine Scallops Go Mainstream?

EATER

Nicole Wolf. Togue Brawn is obsessed with Maine scallops. She wants you to be, too. Togue Brawn sits on cobblestones between two piers, preparing a makeshift picnic on top of a block of granite as dozens of seagulls watch unblinkingly from surrounding rooftops. She unpacks jars of salt and achar and olive oil and, finally, the meal’s centerpiece: a plastic to-go container full of raw scallops, hauled out of the ocean only yesterday.

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Exploring the impact of long-term sustainable coffee sourcing

Perfect Daily Grind

Over the past several years, global coffee consumption has been increasing. In the International Coffee Organisation’s February 2022 report , the organisation estimated a global deficit of more than 3.1 million 60kg bags of coffee. Effectively, this means that the signs point to coffee consumption around the world outpacing global production. If the coffee industry is to tackle this problem, it needs to address the increasing need for long-term sustainable coffee sourcing.

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Join Full Course Navigator: Your Path to Professional Growth in Restaurant Leadership

Full Course Foundation is dedicated to nurturing excellence in restaurant leadership. Our Navigator program offers a wide range of resources tailored for professional growth. From high-quality training to personalized coaching, Navigator equips restaurant leaders with the tools they need to thrive in their careers. Unlock your potential with three months FREE access to Navigator by Full Course!

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‘We Have Met the Enemy … And He Is Us’

Modern Restaurant Management

“There’s no such thing as a bad boy.” If you love old movies, you’ll recognize that quote from Boy’s Town, the 1938 classic about Father Flanagan’s work with underprivileged boys. Well, if Father Flanagan worked in the hospitality industry today, he might be saying, “there’s no such thing as a bad server” (or bartender or busser, etc.).

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The Top 10 Shared Kitchens in New Jersey

The Food Corridor

Looking for your shared kitchen home in New Jersey? Here are our top 10 picks for Shared Kitchens in New Jersey. To see a full list of commercial and commissary kitchens near you, check out The Kitchen Door. Cherry Street Kitchen – 1040 Pennsylvania Ave, Ewing, NJ. Cherry Street Kitchen boasts a clean, large, modern rental kitchen on a single floor, with storage.

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How User Friendly Is Your Online Menu?

Restaurant Engine

You want a user friendly online menu so anyone can use it. Have you ever placed an order yourself on your restaurant’s website? Have you ever heard complaints about your online menu ? Most importantly, we pose the question, “How user friendly is your online menu?”. As more and more websites look toward website accessibility, one place that often gets overlooked is the online ordering system.

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Exploring the rise of Caribbean coffee roasters

Perfect Daily Grind

The Caribbean has a long history of coffee production , with some of the world’s first coffee farms established in Jamaica and Haiti in the early 18th century. In fact, it’s believed that the first Typica plant grown in Latin America was first planted on the Caribbean island of Martinique. Today, the region includes 13 sovereign states and another 18 “dependent nations” – several of which are coffee-growing countries.

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Planning Your Restaurant's Path to Profitability

Speaker: James Kahler, COO of Full Course

Ever wondered where to splurge and where to safely conserve when it comes to operating and growing your restaurant? 🤔 Join James Kahler, COO of Full Course and industry visionary, in this new webinar where he'll talk all about best practices to invest in your restaurant's success! Whether you're a new business or an established restaurant, a seasoned pro or a rookie, you'll learn the keys to sustainable success in this competitive industry.

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Behind the Scenes at Brunch

Modern Restaurant Management

The team at Bon Appétit placed 11 cameras inside NYC's Clinton Street Baking Company & Restaurant to highlight a typical morning rush at the popular eatery. Chef and Co-Owner Neil Kleinberg narrates the BOH action.

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Consumer Confidence Bolsters Restaurant Sales & Traffic Growth in August 

Black Box Intelligence

Restaurant Sales Growth Rebounds – Posting Best Month Since March 2022 . All growth numbers are year over year unless specified. Best and worst performing region, segment and cuisine is based on same-store sales growth. How did the restaurant industry perform in August 2022? Restaurant sales and traffic growth rebounded this month thanks in large part to an increase in consumer confidence.

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I’m Finally Getting Rid of my Instant Pot, and I’m Not the Only One

EATER

Is the Instant Pot’s star finally fading? In 2018, I bought an Instant Pot, as one does when pressured by social media hype. I dreamed of unsoaked beans going from dried to delicious in a flash and of rich stews, whose shockingly short cooking times would be my secret. Four years and maybe a dozen total uses later, I have — finally — decided to part with the thing.

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Coffee News Recap, 16 Sep: Brazilian coffee export revenue up by 61.4% in 2022, EU votes in favour of anti-deforestation law & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

Every Friday, Perfect Daily Grind rounds up the top coffee industry news from the previous week. Here are this week’s stories. Mon, 12 Sep. Agnieszka Rojewska wins 2022 Polish Brewers Cup. Rojewska, who is a former World Barista Champion and the 2022 World Coffee in Good Spirits Champion, will represent Poland at this year’s World Brewers Cup in Melbourne, Australia from 27 to 30 September 2022.

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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Is the Breakfast Forecast Partly Sunny or Partly Cloudy? 

Modern Restaurant Management

QSR breakfast shows signs of recovery after a pandemic-induced decline over the past 24 months. The author notes that breakfast traffic has returned to positive levels. She’s right, but it’s worth digging a little deeper. As a global data analytics partner to private and public restaurant brands, we gather insights from many sources, including monthly QSR sales, traffic, average check and basket size.

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Oktoberfest: History + Food + Beer

Bottleneck Management

History. Have you ever wondered why we celebrate Oktoberfest in September? While Oktoberfest has become a celebration of the last harvest before summer and the time to consume lots of beer, the original Oktoberfest took place in October of 1820 to celebrate the wedding of Crown Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese. The couple invited the whole city, provided three days of free food and beer and ended the festivities with a horse race.

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For Portugal’s True Must-Try Pastry, You Need to Head to the Beach

EATER

Claudinos at O Capote in Costa da Caparica. With the eggy cream filling of a pastel de nata and the puffy, ergonomic shape of an eclair, the claudino in Costa da Caparica is worth seeking out Many tourists visiting Lisbon never leave the city center, unable to tear themselves from the tile-lined buildings, charming cobblestone alleys, and — of course — the picture-perfect pastéis de nata served on every corner.

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What is Touba coffee & how do you prepare it?

Perfect Daily Grind

Across many countries in the Middle East and Africa, traditional brewing methods are still popular today – in both coffee houses and at home. One of these brewing methods is Touba coffee (also known as Sufi coffee): a popular traditional coffee beverage largely consumed in Senegal. The drink was first introduced to the country in 1902 by religious leader Sheikh Amadou Bamba Mbacké.

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Individual Development Plan Template

There’s no way around it: sometimes employees need your help. Use this free template to clarify expectations, share resources, and set a timeline. Best case scenario, this process helps them improve. Worst case, your great recordkeeping keeps you compliant even if they move on. Download the template today!

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Repurposing an Old Costume Shop into a Brewery

Modern Restaurant Management

Aline Architecture Concepts took on the challenge to transform an old yellow costume shop in Phoenix into a modern brewery without creating the waste that normally accompanies typical building demolition and rebuilds. The outcome is Roses By the Stairs, which specializes in “spontaneous and seasonal” farmhouse ales, according to owner Jordan Ham.

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How Amaury Guichon Became TikTok’s Favorite Pastry Chef

EATER

Amaury Guichon and a giraffe he sculpted from chocolate. | Courtesy Amaury Guichon. And what happens to his elaborate chocolate sculptures after they get millions of likes If, like the rest of us, you spend countless hours every week wasting time on TikTok, you’ve likely seen the intricate chocolate creations of pastry chef Amaury Guichon. The French-born, Las Vegas-based chef has amassed more than 250 million likes and 14 million followers on TikTok, plus another 9 million on Instagram.

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