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AI in the Restaurant Industry: Unlocking Opportunities to Reduce Costs and Increase Efficiency

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurants are integrating AI in many facets of their operations to gain a competitive advantage. While there are a host of compelling use cases for AI in the restaurant industry, many restaurant operators today are leveraging AI to transform back-of-house operations. billion of those losses occurring in the United States.

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JUST DON’T KNOW OR JUST DON’T CARE

Culinary Cues

This disease is highly contagious without concern for age, gender, socio-economic status, education level, or factors related to a person’s focus on a healthy lifestyle. YOUR EMPLOYEES ARE YOUR GREATEST ASSET OR YOUR MOST SIGNIFICANT LIABILITY. So, here we are, fighting the effects of the disease of caring and knowing.

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What’s Next?: MRM Restaurant Survival Guide Updates

Modern Restaurant Management

The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation has launched the Restaurant Employee Relief Fund to support U.S. restaurant employees financially impacted by the coronavirus crisis. Clic here to d onate to the Foundation’s Restaurant Employee Relief Fund. This fund is designed to help those struggling employees.”

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CHEFS – WHAT DOES YOUR MENU REPRESENT?

Culinary Cues

The menu comes first and should reflect the philosophy of the owners and chef and how the operators expect to be perceived by the public. Building a neighborhood restaurant where support for the operation is considered a responsibility of residents becomes a reality when that operation truly connects.

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A NEED FOR SOLUTIONS

Culinary Cues

*Others may point to overly demanding owners and operators who expect that a salary paid infers that managers and chefs must be present whenever the restaurant or hotel is open for business. The buck stops here” is, in some people’s minds – carte blanche to use and abuse employees in certain positions. Is this true?

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DON’T PAINT THE BUSINESS WITH THE SAME BRUSH

Culinary Cues

To those operators who do things right, who care for their employees, who seek their input and value it, and who work hard to pay a fair wage, show empathy, and understand that the happy employee is the key to success – these perceptions and beliefs are a real dis-service.

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What Customers Don’t Know About Restaurant Work

Culinary Cues

In the kitchen – work responsibilities are divided into oversight and action positions – the number depending on the scope of the restaurant menu and the size of the operation, but basically there are chefs, cooks, and support staff. Restaurant employees are part of a culture that doesn’t fit anywhere else. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER.