Embrace the Suck

JANUARY 20, 2021

If you’re like the majority of restaurants and bars in your market, you’ve been struggling to find staff. Many operators are struggling to find any staff! Are they breathing? Can they form a coherent sentence? Yes? Hired! The new hires stay for a few weeks but end up leaving, and the cycle of anxiety begins again. If you feel like you’re desperate to find people, if you feel like staff treats your business like a revolving door, you need a new plan to put an end to your state o

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Sculpture Hospitality

JANUARY 18, 2021

Successful beverage inventory management results in a huge number of benefits for your bar. It helps your business to reduce drink shortages, limit waste, optimize reordering, avoid order mistakes, increase profits and much more.

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BNG Point of Sale

JANUARY 19, 2021

Running a POS system for your business is a key way to speed up orders and improve customer service; this is a universal truth for both restaurants and bars alike. Businesses like restaurants and bars use today’s advanced POS systems to their advantage, and you can benefit from them, too. There are countless benefits, from keeping your costs down, boosting your profits, to reducing theft; we’ll discuss the top reasons you should invest in a restaurant POS system.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 18, 2021

There are a handful of very significant decisions that we make in life – decisions that involve tremendous commitments of time, effort, focus, and yes – money. Starting a relationship, a decision to marry, buying a house or an expensive car, opening a business, and enrolling in college are all decisions that would be considered “monumental”. The right decision can lead you to self-awareness, long-term gratification, rewarding careers, and the foundations of family.

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Advertiser: Paycor

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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Embrace the Suck

JANUARY 20, 2021

The bad news : Here we are, waiting for the world to end. I know I wrote a post a little while back saying that there would be a restaurant apocalypse in 2020. I did not see this curveball coming. The good news : The world is not going to end! However, it is going to change, and to deal with that you need to get ready now. In fact, this market adjustment is needed.

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ChowNow

JANUARY 22, 2021

Now that you’ve invested in your own restaurant app for online ordering , your next question is likely, “How do I encourage my customers to use it?”. Incentivizing app downloads is important because it gives you a boost in visibility and customer loyalty. In fact, diners who download restaurant apps order twice as often as diners who don’t, according to ChowNow internal data.

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Deliverect

JANUARY 18, 2021

2020 was a huge year for off-premise dining. Restaurants had to do whatever they could to survive. For some that meant stepping up their already hot delivery game using the latest tech. But for many full-service restaurants, bars, and other venues that are all about the in-house experience, that meant getting more creative. We saw restaurants delivering groceries, meal kits, and multi-course dinners to assemble at home, and bars offering takeout drinks packages and cocktail kits, among other new

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Embrace the Suck

JANUARY 19, 2021

What’s going on with you? Seriously—why haven’t you started taking action on your big goals for this year yet? Still, waiting for a couple of key elements to fall into place? The position of the moon not favorable for this grand venture? Do you need to hire that one person who will allow you the time? Here are three words to write down: b t, b t, and b t.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 19, 2021

Temporary pop-ups have long been a way to test a new concept without building out a full location. Creating an entire restaurant, after all, is a massive undertaking, even when not in the middle of an industry-wrecking pandemic. But, along the boulevard of online ordering, new locations are built with a handful of pixels, not a truckload of bricks. Welcome to the age of virtual restaurants.

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Advertiser: Paycor

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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Future Food

JANUARY 19, 2021

Harbord Diggers Image Via Covered Hub. Melbourne vs Sydney What makes a ‘Sydney’ restaurant? In the course of our work, we have noticed that there are some venues that just say ‘Sydney’. We also know that over the years, Sydney restaurateurs haven’t lit up the world in Melbourne (and vice versa, we might add). All of which got us thinking about why this is so: What is it about the market that creates a ‘Sydney’ venue?

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Indoor Media

JANUARY 22, 2021

If you want to get ahead in this world, you’ll need to get busy. If you’re a small business, you need to be advertising locally, effectively, and immediately. Depending on your business, it may feel difficult to design a new campaign from scratch. If you have a previous idea to build off of or a template you’re dying to repurpose, the path will be even easier.

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Embrace the Suck

JANUARY 19, 2021

Gather ‘round and allow me to tell you a tale. The names have been changed to protect those not so innocent. Let this tale be a precautionary lesson for you to not go down the same path lest you suffer the same fate as this restaurant did. You’ve been warned—stop reading now if you’re happy with the status quo. In an average town, there was an average restaurant.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

Marketing a restaurant looks completely different today than it did heading into 2020. The pandemic forced restaurants to completely transform how they operate, which naturally impacts how they interact with consumers. Not only are marketers in the restaurant space facing the fallout of the pandemic, they are dealing with the implications of ever-increasing privacy concerns.

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Typsy

JANUARY 19, 2021

Before opening your doors to the public, there is an enormous and often overwhelming list of tasks to complete. This list traditionally starts 3-6 months (sometimes even more) prior to opening day. In this industry, there is never a ‘one-size fits all’ approach, but if you are thinking about opening your venue, here are some general guidelines to follow, that any seasoned restaurateur will likely agree with, no matter if it’s a 3 month or 6 month project.

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EATER

JANUARY 22, 2021

Anucha Naisuntorn /Shutterstock. Third-party delivery apps with billions of dollars have perpetuated a distorted business model rooted in consumer convenience — and it’s restaurants and workers paying the price This is Eater Voices , where chefs, restaurateurs, writers, and industry insiders share their perspectives about the food world, tackling a range of topics through the lens of personal experience.

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Xtra Chef

JANUARY 21, 2021

We all know that tracking food costs is a must, allowing you to quickly identify supplier price changes, maintain accurate prime costs, and identify cost trends to make better business decisions. But for some operators, it’s important to go beyond simple food cost calculations and start tracking actual vs. theoretical food cost. An understanding of actual vs. theoretical costs can drive down costs and boost profits, while providing a picture of your restaurant’s financial health and

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Modular Chicken. Golden Chick is introducing its first modular constructed building. The first restaurant is scheduled to be installed in Saginaw, Texas this month with an expected opening in March, with two more installations in the pipeline for the first half of the year in Snyder and Refugio, Texas. “This new model will allow our franchis

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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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Sculpture Hospitality

JANUARY 21, 2021

Did you know that one of the most common hidden expenses for restaurateurs is down to poor food and beverage inventory management processes? Yet, despite this, many restaurants are still struggling to implement successful inventory management processes.

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EATER

JANUARY 21, 2021

Shutterstock. It’s probably not Uber Eats, Postmates, or Grubhub 2020 was an undeniably big year for food delivery. As the pandemic limited access to restaurants and the government dragged — and continues to drag — on providing financial support for small businesses, consumers were given few options outside of takeout and delivery to eat a meal that they didn’t cook themselves.

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Deliverect

JANUARY 19, 2021

Just as everyone was making their predictions for last year’s food and restaurant trends, a certain pandemic appeared and shook things up. As people around the world stayed home more often and ordered more delivery and takeout than ever before, new trends emerged. Whereas vegan food, local ingredients, build-your-own dishes, and snack-sized bites were still very much a thing, lockdown cravings also included a lot of comfort food, like mac and cheese, burgers, and noodles, and desserts.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 18, 2021

Undoubtedly, one of the most affected industries as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic was the restaurant industry. As the world quickly came to a screeching halt in the early months of 2020, restaurants quickly accelerated an already existing shift towards digitalization to adapt to customers' new safety and priorities. Over the past year, many restaurants have reduced the stress of the system by having consumers order online, by phone or mobile app, while additionally offering curbside deli

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Indoor Media

JANUARY 18, 2021

If you’re wary of coupon advertising — don’t be. Coupon advertising is one of the easiest ways to get new customers in the door and promote brand familiarity. Whether you’re a new business in your area or just trying to excite your regulars all over again, coupons can be a great way to reach out. They’re also a careful balance of targeting, so you’ll need to hone in on exactly who you’re trying to advertise to.

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EATER

JANUARY 21, 2021

Photo by Gado Gado. For restaurants, takeout meal subscriptions offer mercifully predictable income. For diners, they create a much-needed disruption in a monotonous cooking-takeout cycle. Mariah Pisha-Duffly was exhausted with the state of the restaurant industry. It was November in Portland, Oregon, and she was dreading another two-week-long closure of her Southeast Asian restaurant Gado Gado.

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Sante

JANUARY 21, 2021

In our move to give Santé writers the broadest possible audience, we partnered with Aggregage last year to establish Restaurateur Continue Reading.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 21, 2021

In this episode of The Main Course host Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia speaks with Buck Jordan, CEO of Miso Robotics, the team behind Flippy the Robot. In developing robotics to work in a quick-serve restaurant environment, they first worked with CaliBurgers, getting advice from actual users. They started with the grill, introducing Flippy.

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Advertiser: Paycor

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Restaurant Technology Guys

JANUARY 20, 2021

Even before the advent of COVID-19, contactless restaurant technology was rapidly disrupting the traditional operating methods of the industry. The post QR, AI, Bots – How Contactless Restaurant Technology is Rapidly Transforming the Industry appeared first on Restaurant Technology Guys.

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EATER

JANUARY 22, 2021

Food in Nigeria has long been weaponized, withheld, and used as a means of corruption and coercion by those in power. The #EndSARS movement was, in part, about reclaiming that power for the people At the height of the #EndSARS protests in Lagos, Jahmal Usen would start his work day as early as 6 a.m. With his online food store closed temporarily due to the turbulence, Usen’s time was now fully dedicated to preparing food for the thousands of young protestors taking to the streets to fight for a

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Next Restaurants

JANUARY 19, 2021

The following isn’t legal advice but general thoughts and guidelines to consider. Always consult with a professional attorney for any legal actions and law interpretations. COVID-19 has turned the world upside down, and that’s particularly true with the restaurant industry. According to a survey by the National Restaurant Association , 100,000 restaurants either closed permanently or long-term within six months of the pandemic reaching the United States.

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