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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurants had difficulty hiring and retaining staff, which led to more interest in automating processes. Delivery/Takeout : COVID created a shift from in-person dining to takeout and delivery options, increasing reliance on third party delivery services, and on attractive takeout options.

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It’s Time to Focus on the Good

Modern Restaurant Management

Looking back on my last few articles, I have focused on facts, on technology and on the hard time that we are all having hiring staff. The common thread is that each story is about incredible staff and great managers and that, together, they support each other inside and outside of the restaurant. Caring Managers.

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Checklist For Reopening Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

If your customers expect you to offer a fine dining experience, they won’t be pleased to know that you’ve upturned your entire restaurant. For their safety and convenience, enable delivery and payment services that allow customers to pay without cash, as well as choose when and how their order should be delivered.

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BRING BACK THE 20 SEAT BISTRO

Culinary Cues

There were no sophisticated profit and loss statements or cash flow charts, no point-of-sale systems or computer analytics to pour over and make decisions by; these were not the type of operations that required that level of analysis. This was a lean, fine-tuned machine that worked from the premise of being manageable and comfortable.

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By restaurateurs for restaurateurs: Advice for opening in 2020

7 Shifts

This advice were submitted by owners and managers of restaurants of all sizes, concepts, and locations in the forthcoming 7shifts Restaurant Labor Management Study in 2020 ( subscribe to get your copy when it’s published!). Educate yourself on costs, hiring, and the market you are in before taking the leap. Hiring/staffing ??

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Decade of Disruption: Restaurant Insiders Dish What’s on the Plate

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry movers and shakers: "What do you feel is going to cause disruption in the restaurant industry over the next decade?” First and foremost, most restaurants are going to see a huge drop-off in the number of customers who dine in.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-May 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Neighborhood bars and Fine Dining channels are attracting higher spend post-COVID-19, however CGA On Premise visitors are likely to stay local and seek experiences in the next 12 months. Local Restaurants Leading the Return Over Casual Dining Chains. Casual Dining Chains come in #2 with 52 percent likely to visit.

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