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From 2019 to 2020: Tech-xtualizing the Three Major Challenges Restaurants Face

Modern Restaurant Management

From infamous chicken sandwich wars to on-trend plant-based burgers and acai bowls, it’s safe to say that 2019 was a trademark year for restaurants. With all of 2019’s success, restaurant operators are also facing challenges that can be addressed with the help of technology in the New Year. trillion in sales by 2030.

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Safety Training and a Strong Safety Culture: The Recipe for Mitigating Restaurant Risk

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As the focus for restaurants continues to center on growing and staffing up, safety training can sometimes get lost in the mix or ratcheted down to cover only topics related to compliance with regulations. That won’t cut it in an industry that faces major risks associated with employee injuries and food safety.

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Four Things Bar and Restaurant Owners Should Consider in their Coverage 

Modern Restaurant Management

That includes anything from closely monitoring how much is served to any single guest, doing thorough background checks on security guards and other staff, keeping all liquor-associated certifications current, and providing written protocols to employees to ensure policies are understood and carried out in accordance with the rules.

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For Restaurants in 2025, Change Is the Only Constant

EATER

But normalcy is increasingly a fragile concept, and in recent years, the cascade of disasters related to climate and environmental change has become its own ongoing crisis. Against all odds, many are still thriving, having pivoted and reshaped themselves to keep going until something resembling normalcy appeared again.

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Murky Forecast for Restaurants?

Modern Restaurant Management

“The restaurant industry is ending the year in an environment that’s the most typical since 2019,” said Hudson Riehle, senior vice president of Research for the National Restaurant Association. 19 percent postponed plans for new hiring. 92 percent of operators say food costs are a significant challenge.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-September 2021 Edition

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Hiring Crisis Facts. Alignable’s September Hiring Poll shows that the labor shortage many industries have experienced this summer is only getting worse, due to Delta variant surges and inflation. Among beauty shop owners, 59 percent struggled to hire help in July. In July, 47 percent couldn't hire enough employees.

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What to Include in Your Restaurant Employee Handbook

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The words ‘employee handbook’ are enough to make any new hire quiver. Having to spend a shift—or even worse, your after-hours—reading through an employee handbook will sap the fun out of any new restaurant job. The introduction to your restaurant employee handbook Think of your employee handbook as a welcome to your restaurant.