Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 17, 2023

The hiring shortage and the fallout from "The Great Resignation" that saw 47 million U.S. workers quit their jobs in 2021 is still in full swing, particularly in restaurants. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics finds that restaurants have seen the largest number of resignations of any employment sector, with the year-over-year quit rate rising from 4.8 to 6.9 percent, with many workers citing take-home pay as a big factor for quitting.

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Open for Business

JANUARY 17, 2023

The restaurant industry is constantly changing. And the innovations have come at a breakneck pace the past few years. Restaurant owners are experimenting with new business models, new technologies, and new ways to create a company culture built to last. OpenTable highlighted the most cutting-edge restaurants in 17 US cities to help local diners discover great new places to dine where they live.

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Restaurant Business

JANUARY 17, 2023

Technomic's Take: Younger consumers are not cutting back because of higher prices. But they are looking for the right deal. Here's how operators should respond.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 18, 2023

Whenever we (chefs) look back on our time in the kitchen, we’re able to categorize experiences in one of three silos: a learning experience, mission accomplished, or inspiration. Each experience is a moment in time, something that we might want to replicate or forget, but something that will never appear in the exact same manner again. It is just one of those flashes of inspiration or disappointment occurring for a reason, a reason that changed your approach even just a little bit, something add

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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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Sculpture Hospitality

JANUARY 17, 2023

Bar inventory control is essential to successful bar management. Without. proper inventory management , bars and restaurants can end up with too much inventory, which increases tied-up capital and the risk of waste, or too little inventory, which can result in lost profits.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 16, 2023

Confusion Around Wage and Hour Law Can Be Costly for The Restaurant Owner. Most restaurant owners know that federal wage law (“FLSA”) permits employers to take a “tip credit” and pay employees who traditionally receive tips—such as servers and bartenders— wages that are less than the federal minimum wage as long as the tips make up the difference.

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The Restaurant Times

JANUARY 18, 2023

Technology is crucial to the success of modern restaurants. Many software companies are now focusing on the restaurant business that offers solutions to enhance operations — from the customer experience to how the business runs. Yet, we found out that about 45% of restaurant owners have trouble with their legacy technology because it is not flexible.

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Crunchtime

JANUARY 17, 2023

What does a 1970s sitcom have to do with restaurant tech in 2023?

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Restaurant Business

JANUARY 17, 2023

Sales are ahead of 2019, according to ezCater, and a greater number of restaurants have joined its ordering platform.

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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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7 Shifts

JANUARY 20, 2023

Super Bowl Sunday is one of the most important days for restaurants across the United States. On this day, millions of people gather to watch the biggest game of the year, and many of them do so at restaurants and bars. This means big business for restaurants, and a surge in customers and sales. In 2019, diners spent $81.30 on average during Sunday's game.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 18, 2023

If 2020 and 2021 were all about helping operators find new revenue streams to reach guests when they couldn’t come into restaurants, then 2022 was all about getting customers back in. Yet, just as virus restrictions lifted and customer demand shot back up, rampant inflation caused consumers to pull back on their spending, slowing restaurant recovery.

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Perfect Daily Grind

JANUARY 15, 2023

Over the past few years, it’s been impossible to ignore the meteoric rise of oat milk in specialty coffee. In fact, oat milk is so popular that it’s now uncommon for a coffee shop not to stock it. According to research from World Coffee Portal in 2021, 16% of UK consumers have tried oat milk in a coffee shop in the past 12 months – making it the most popular plant milk in the country.

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Sculpture Hospitality

JANUARY 18, 2023

TORONTO , Jan. 12, 2023 /CNW/ - For the 7th time since 2013, Sculpture Hospitality, the leading pioneer in the food and beverage inventory management industry, has once again been named one of the top 500 franchises in North America , ranking #384 in Entrepreneur Magazine's Franchise 500®, increasing its overall ranking by 40 spots since 2022.

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Lady Boss Blogger

JANUARY 18, 2023

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 19, 2023

If you want to have a successful restaurant, great food is not an option — it is a necessity. After all, people go to restaurants to eat. If they are not satisfied with the quality of their meal, they will stay away and likely tell their friends and families to do the same. Still, great food is not enough. Any restaurant can have great food. Unless your kitchen is managed by an award-winning, cookbook writing, celebrity chef, you will need to move beyond great food to elevate your restaura

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Perfect Daily Grind

JANUARY 18, 2023

For decades, espresso machine design and technology have been evolving to meet the ever-changing needs of coffee shop owners and baristas. From multi-boiler systems and automation to custom branding , there are now more factors to consider than ever before when it comes to the design of an espresso machine. Many businesses choose to position their espresso machines as the centrepiece of their coffee shops – and for good reason.

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Open for Business

JANUARY 17, 2023

The restaurant industry is constantly changing. And the innovations have come at a breakneck pace the past few years. Restaurant owners are experimenting with new business models, new technologies, and new ways to create a company culture built to last. OpenTable highlighted the most cutting-edge restaurants in 17 US cities to help local diners discover great new places to dine where they live.

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EATER

JANUARY 17, 2023

How drinking chocolate made its way from Mesoamerica to the sweet shelf-stable powder that fueled my childhood Here’s something that happens every time I go to Singapore. The first morning I wake up in my grandmother’s flat, I take a short and sweaty walk to my neighborhood kopitiam and buy myself the same breakfast: two orders of roti pratha with goat curry and an iced Milo.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 20, 2023

Learn how the foodservice industry can stay competitive and fresh amid widespread food and labor shortages. As consumers watch food prices continue to rise, the demand for cost-effective meal solutions are prompting c-stores, full-service, and quick-service restaurants to increase their offerings. The sudden demand surge is often more than suppliers can handle, leaving many restaurant and c-store operators without staple ingredients.

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Perfect Daily Grind

JANUARY 20, 2023

Every Friday, Perfect Daily Grind rounds up the top coffee industry news from the previous week. Here are this week’s stories. Mon, 16 Jan World of Coffee Dubai 2023 attracts more than 12,000 visitors from 48 countries. The event, which was held at the Dubai World Trade Centre, also included over 180 exhibitors and 36 volunteers. WoC Dubai also hosted the 2023 UAE Barista Championship, with Mariam Erin Pinza of Cosmic Garden Coffee Roastery announced as the winner.

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Goliath Consulting

JANUARY 20, 2023

Restaurants have been a staple for many couples celebrating Valentine’s Day together. According to researchers, Valentine’s Day is the second busiest holiday for restaurants, with about 25% of Americans dining out. 1 Valentine’s Day is the best time to create promotions to help increase your restaurant’s profit. However, many couples have been reported to want to stay in for Valentine’s Day, knowing that restaurants will most likely be crowded.

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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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Sling

JANUARY 18, 2023

Whether your business has a dedicated Human Resources department or not, you and your team may benefit from HR analytics. The data provided by this process can often inform your hiring and promotion decisions, improve workforce processes, build company culture, and promote a positive employee experience. In this article, we discuss some of the key aspects of HR analytics so you can fully understand what it is, why it’s important, how it works, and how it can affect your business for the better.

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Society Insurance

JANUARY 18, 2023

Originally published January 29, 2019, updated January 18, 2023. Many parts of the country are no stranger to arctic air masses this time of year. This type of weather system brings both bitter cold and wind chills that create dangerous conditions for those in its path, affecting not only people, roads, and vehicles, but building infrastructure, too.

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Wasserstrom

JANUARY 20, 2023

According to recent data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), sick foodservice employees are the source of hundreds of foodborne illness outbreaks each year. This article offers recommendations on the best way to manage sick employees in the foodservice industry. Not only do these guidelines benefit your customers and staff, but […] The post How to Manage Sick Foodservice Employees appeared first on The Official Wasserstrom Blog.

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EATER

JANUARY 20, 2023

A pair of boletus edulis mushrooms, known to the author by their Polish name borowiki. | Getty Images In an excerpt from “Fieldwork,” Iliana Regan’s second memoir, the chef traces her family’s czarnina-making tradition back to the woods of Poland Pre-order now at Bookshop. Iliana Regan rose to national acclaim as a chef first. But when her 2019 memoir Burn the Place appeared on the National Book Award long list, she cemented her ambitions beyond the restaurant kitchen.

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Restaurant Business

JANUARY 19, 2023

Reality Check: A union-affiliated group is blasting ServSafe as an underhanded way of defeating pro-employee legislation. What exactly is the deception? And what about the program's benefits?

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Black Box Intelligence

JANUARY 19, 2023

326 companies nominated to join the elite list of top performing restaurant brands at Black Box Intelligence’s Annual Conference. January 19, 2023 – Black Box Intelligence, the leading provider of restaurant intelligence and insights powering GuestXM, a customer experience management platform, today announced the list of finalists for its annual Best Practices Awards.

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The Rail

JANUARY 19, 2023

By Indiana Lee, Contributor Technology seems to have its hand in every industry, elevating and modernizing businesses left and right. But let’s talk specifically about the food industry. Tech optimization in the food industry is ever-evolving, mainly because of the constant changes in the hospitality and restaurant sector. For example, there’s a spotlight on automation integration.

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