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7 Restaurant Management Book Recommendations

7 Shifts

While you must follow the strict guidelines to ensure the safety of your staff and customers, that’s not to say you can’t take advantage of an empty restaurant to improve your knowledge of restaurant management, running a business, and creating a recipe for success when you eventually get back to business as usual. Published: 2009 ??

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Working IN Your Restaurant Doesn’t Work

Embrace the Suck

When I dug down into what created this toxic behavior it was easy to see now (not so much back then). Back then my number one solution to fix a problem was to just work through it. Honestly, I did take it a little personally, however, I sat back into my chair and let out a deep sigh. ” Hold that thought for a second.

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Three Things Your POS Can’t Do if You Lose Internet

Modern Restaurant Management

Nearly every restaurant in the United States relies on a Point of Sale (POS) system for the majority of its front-of-house operations. Not only can that become frustrating for your guests, but it can also make in-house operations much more difficult. That system needs access to the internet in order to keep functioning.

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Five Things Every Restaurant Can Do to Boost Profits While Reopening

Modern Restaurant Management

CoGS for the period is $2000. If running a restaurant wasn’t already expensive, running one under new distancing regulations means less capacity and investment in safety infrastructure that will take a toll on costs. Lastly, food cost should always be a consideration when making menu changes. Optimize Inventory.

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Restaurant365 and Compeat Prepare to Transform How Restaurants Operate

Restaurant365

Today, Restaurant365 announced the acquisition of Compeat , a well-known provider of restaurant back office, workforce, and business intelligence software. A decade earlier, in 2000, Compeat and Ctuit both launched products with similar goals, and later combined into one company. Two leaders uniting. Now is a critical time.

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Cleanliness in the Restaurant: Reality and Perception

Modern Restaurant Management

As restaurants adjust back to a new normal, we expect operators to incrementally add tables and seats back to their longtime standard. We agree that “people aren’t going to want to sit shoulder to shoulder" at first, and that “they are still going to be cautious and want some spacing.” from the surface.

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Chefs Dish on ‘The Bear’

Modern Restaurant Management

Back in the early 2000’s I worked at a restaurant where the head chef smoked through service. This perfectly demonstrates how the industry operated back then. Chef Niven Patel – Three-Time James Beard Nominee, Alpareno Group (Ghee, Orno, Mamey). The inspector had become a regular so a lot of rules got bent.