7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A full 55% of consumers consider takeout and delivery essential to their restaurant experience. 7shifts provides a cloud-based team management and scheduling solution, allowing owners and managers to schedule restaurant employees , approve shift trades, and communicate with staff from one easy-to-use mobile app. Try 7shifts for free.

Management 367

Management Management Operations Mobile Ordering 367

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A full 55% of consumers consider takeout and delivery essential to their restaurant experience. 7shifts provides a cloud-based team management and scheduling solution, allowing owners and managers to schedule restaurant employees , approve shift trades, and communicate with staff from one easy-to-use mobile app. Try 7shifts for free.

Management 352

Management Management Operations Mobile Ordering 352

Social Hospitality

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

How can you convince a customer to come to your business and spend money on your food? In addition to bringing customers to your restaurant, your 2021 marketing should focus on bringing your restaurant to them. In addition to bringing customers to your restaurant, your 2021 marketing should focus on bringing your restaurant to them.

2021 434

2021 Social Media Mobile Ordering Online Ordering 434

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

If you're new to the industry and are wondering what experience you'll acquire in a restaurant job, or if you're an industry vet looking to clearly communicate your abilities and skills on a restaurant resume, read on for 20 distinct skills learned while working in a restaurant. Making Your Resume Stand Out. Taste Profiling.

Front of House 370

Front of House Back of House Kitchen Safety Food Safety 370

7 Shifts

AUGUST 19, 2020

This takes your attention away from your core management responsibilities—plus a continuous stream of new, untrained staff can lead to mistakes and poor guest service. Providing a restaurant staff training manual to new staff also suggests you take their role—and career development—seriously.

Training 370

Training Kitchen Safety Customer Service Food Safety 370

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Take a look for yourself: View this post on Instagram Did y’all ever get a chance to watch our house rules that @heymisszarah, @kaileemykels and @jessicalwhor helped out together for us? If you haven’t been out to see us yet, what are you waiting on, Mary?? Hand washing - Staff members are required to wash their hands often.

Airlines 370

Airlines Food Safety Mobile Ordering Website Management 370

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Beechwood Doughnuts is a popular doughnut bakery in St Catharines, Ontario, which has been serving delectable doughnuts—from nanaimo to pumpkin cheesecake —to thousands of customers for six years. I was fresh out of university. People treat it as an experience.” Communicating the new schedules was another logistical nightmare.

Operations 370

Operations Book Small Business Communication 370

7 Shifts

DECEMBER 11, 2019

A lack of trust and communication between both parties worsens this cycle, with franchisees of worldwide restaurants like McDonald’s, Dominos, and Subway having very public disputes with their franchisors. A lack of communication can take a serious toll on franchise owners, particularly in the realm of finances.

Franchise 435

Franchise Franchising Email Marketing Communication 435

7 Shifts

JUNE 3, 2022

For the average restaurant, that means serving four more customers a day. Here are a few ways to ensure you're scheduling with empathy: Get the schedule out in advance. Get the schedule done ahead of time and send it to employees with enough lead time that they can plan out their lives. Communication is lacking.

Tip Distribution 397

Tip Distribution Email Marketing Communication Coaching 397

7 Shifts

MAY 31, 2021

With this efficiency, staff knows exactly what to do and when to do it, and guests enjoy a delightful experience with your brand. Adhering to restaurant operations is paramount when handling time-sensitive tasks – which often means the physical work it takes to keep the restaurant efficient. Operations Management. Try 7shifts for Free.

Operations 363

Operations Inventory Hiring Customer Service 363

7 Shifts

JANUARY 14, 2020

million employees to give customers the meals and experiences they crave. The key to making customers happy is to make employees happy. They have a poor attitude, which affects how customers feel about their dining experience and how colleagues feel about their employers. These restaurants rely on 15.3

Loyalty Program 367

Loyalty Program Front of House Back of House Customer Experience 367

7 Shifts

JUNE 8, 2020

As we serve the restaurant industry, it's important to us that we prioritize candidates with previous industry experience. It's only fitting that some of our employees have hands-on experience in the industry. From staff to customers to suppliers, I was able to foster so many relationships on a daily basis.”

Customer Experience 326

Customer Experience Front of House Communication Back of House 326

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The most common reason for an item to be 86'd is simply when the ingredients for a menu item run out. Whatever the reason for an item needing to be 86'ed, this restaurant term works really well as a quick way to communicate the need to take an item off the menu. More often than not though, 86'd items cause customer frustration.

Definition 360

Definition BOH FOH Front of House 360

Embrace the Suck

MAY 24, 2023

It's time to dust off your note-taking skills because we're diving into a four-step game plan to draw the crème de la crème to your restaurant, starting immediately. Now, let's discuss our current predicament and find a way out. We're curators of memorable experiences for others.

Recruiting 335

Recruiting Hiring Coaching Customer Experience 335

Culinary Cues

APRIL 26, 2020

Building a well thought out strategy for starting up the restaurant engine after we move forward is paramount and will, in the process of thinking it through, give every chef and restaurateur a spark of excitement to lean on. There is so much to think about, so many decisions to make, and so much angst about what the future holds.

Guest Recovery 312

Guest Recovery Kitchen Safety Customer Service Customer Experience 312

7 Shifts

JANUARY 23, 2024

It’s the key to creating a consistent experience every day, week, and month of the year — the essential structure for the restaurant’s operations. It takes effort, planning, and following scheduling best practices. Reflective of team availability Don’t just schedule people blindly — take availability into account.

Restaurant Law 418

Restaurant Law Employee Relations Tip Distribution Communication 418

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

How to communicate with staff after performance reviews. For example, if an employee isn't aware that they need to improve their customer service skills, then an evaluation form can be used to open a discussion about sharpening them. Ask them to fill out these sections, and then give you, their manager, the form.

Point of Sale 370

Point of Sale Download Communication Reference 370

7 Shifts

AUGUST 18, 2021

You may serve the best food on the block, but if your restaurant doesn't match its dishes with plausible customer service, your customers may never come back. That's why it's important to provide an outstanding dining experience from the second your customer's enter your restaurant, till the moment they leave.

Customer Service 369

Customer Service Customer Experience Online Ordering Loyalty Program 369

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

What documentation to give out and collect during onboarding. Give them an overview of what they will learn and do during onboarding, and how long the process will take. Admin: Filling out employment paperwork and receiving access to tools like the employee timekeeping portal, employee email, POS, and security system.

FOH 307

FOH BOH Food Safety Customer Service 307

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

It means guests love the food you serve so much that one location simply won’t cut it — and you get to serve more customers, generate more revenue , and expand your business. It requires a manager to differentiate concepts, ensure a consistent guest experience, and manage employees and technology across multiple storefronts.

Management 370

Management Management Document Hiring 370

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

So you call up your downtown manager—and they have staff sitting around with no customers to serve them. But without the right tools, it'll take long nights and countless cups of coffee to organize the moving pieces of multi-location employee scheduling for your restaurant. Inconsistent Communication Channels. Lack of Reporting.

Restaurant Law 370

Restaurant Law Point of Sale Communication Hiring 370

7 Shifts

MARCH 27, 2020

Do you have delivery drivers who you could hire, or would your FOH staff take on this role for extra pay? Safety If you can run your business as a takeout and delivery spot, consider whether or not you can carry out operations safely to avoid spreading COVID-19. How to communicate your COVID-19 restaurant closure.

Social Media 312

Social Media Restaurant Law Employee Relations Communication 312

7 Shifts

JULY 30, 2021

With plenty of restaurants to choose from, you want to make sure yours stands out from the rest. From stand-out social media accounts, to good old-fashioned mail marketing, we'll walk you through 12 unique customer-driving ideas! Did you know that over 35% of restaurant customers in the U.S. Write a Marketing Plan.

Email Marketing 370

Email Marketing Social Media Loyalty Program Website Management 370

7 Shifts

MAY 28, 2021

To make the schedule there, she would “make it up on my iPad with my Apple pencil and kind of fill it out that way every day,” says Megges. The team also takes advantage of the shift swaps feature in 7shifts, swapping about a shift every day. Turns out, you can teach an old dog some new tricks. Communication for growth ??.

Communication 370

Communication 2010 Management Management 370

7 Shifts

MAY 3, 2021

The warm weather is upon us, and with longer days, successful vaccinations, and customers spending more time outdoors, restaurant sales across the country rose 20% in April. The addition of patio seating—be it in a garden behind the restaurant or in the street out in front—means more tables to touch.

Outdoor 370

Outdoor Point of Sale Seating Dine-in 370

7 Shifts

MARCH 10, 2021

The fact that 60% of restaurants fail in their first year and 80% close within five years of their grand opening is an indication that few have what it takes for long-term success. If you want to open a restaurant , or if you're going to take a fresh look at where you are in your journey as a restaurateur, you must develop a business plan.

Management 370

Management Management Small Business Email Marketing 370

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Increased employee engagement and productivity: Less time spent haggling, arguing, and pleading about shifts that they can’t cover is more time spent focused on productive and customer-facing work. Digital systems also give employees more autonomy and better tools for communicating their availability, which tends to increase engagement.

Technology 312

Technology Mobile Ordering Social Media Online Ordering 312

Culinary Cues

JANUARY 11, 2022

Before you turn and run away or write me off as unaware of how you have the perfect formula for success, just hear me out. People who enter the restaurant business are typically individuals with a number of experiences working in other restaurants in positions from entry level to management.

Customer Experience 371

Customer Experience Café Hospitality Customer Service 371

7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

This includes greeting guests and thanking them for their patronage, conducting tableside checks, and resolving any customer complaints quickly, effectively, and empathetically. The best restaurant managers take customer service a step further, recognizing regulars and personalizing service for a more memorable guest experience.

Management 397

Management Management Kitchen Safety Front of House 397

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 9, 2020

After all, intuitive design and up-to-date information can turn a website visitor into a paying customer. Here are six steps to take before opening any restaurant website builders. Add photos and videos to show customers what they can expect. Share press and customer reviews for external validation.

Design 397

Design Online Ordering Social Media Mobile Ordering 397

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

There is a way, to both grow profits and upgrade your customer experience at the same time: suggestive selling. Suggestive selling is a sales tactic that encourages guests to order something that is different from what they had planned to order or usually order in an effort to increase the check size and make their experience better.

Loyalty Program 369

Loyalty Program Customer Experience Customer Service Point of Sale 369

7 Shifts

MAY 17, 2022

Even before the pandemic hit, there's been a growing feeling that the restaurant industry has to do better when it comes to employee experience. It's your core values, systems, behaviors, and everything that goes into the employee experience. And by extension, the guest experience. The employees aren't helping each other out.

Insurance 370

Insurance Leadership Customer Experience Sports 370

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Find the full guide to restaurant tip outs here. Tip Out Methods and Systems. Possibility of an uneven tip out and wage gaps. Takes away a considerable portion of server's share requiring higher hourly wages. Percentage-based tips outs. Does not take into account slower shifts or individual performances.

Tip Distribution 365

Tip Distribution FOH Fast Casual BOH 365

Culinary Cues

APRIL 30, 2020

As some states begin to entertain loosening restrictions and easing out of “stay at home” directives – restaurants will consider their options. This is not a time to experiment with changing food perceptions and pushing the envelope with cuisine. This is absolutely essential if you want your customers to return.

Point of Sale 308

Point of Sale Customer Experience Customer Service Cash Management 308

7 Shifts

APRIL 7, 2021

New CDC restrictions not only hindered capacity percentages but changed the way employees interacted with customers daily. This process also includes exploring the historical and philosophical practices of customer service. Tell them to communicate with the newer staff members while answering any questions that they may have.

Training 370

Training Food Safety Customer Experience Insurance 370

7 Shifts

JANUARY 26, 2021

million out of work, it was nothing short of devastating. Ordering online, paying with mobile phones, scanning QR codes for a menu, and a ton of takeout, are just a part of dining out now. With mobile ordering, there are no menus to pass out and back around, no germed-up credit cards to swipe, and no cash to handle.

2021 370

2021 Front of House Social Media Back of House 370

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

So I spent over a decade figuring out how to build something different–a company based on collaboration and group success– which felt authentic to who I am. I believe there are a lot of people out there for whom the traditional model isn’t working, and if so, my book gives them a guide to do it differently.

Communication 175

Communication Point of Sale Book Customer Experience 175