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How Restaurants Can Manage Food Costs During Disruptions

Modern Restaurant Management

Meanwhile, extreme weather events are likely to disrupt transportation routes, damage crops, and lead to shortages of key ingredients, resulting in price spikes that impact menus. Form Open Lines of Communication : Share your needs and challenges and be receptive to their feedback. percent annually.

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Serve and Sip Responsibly: Tackling Restaurant Liquor Liability Concerns

Modern Restaurant Management

Staff should be trained to keep track of guest consumption, ensure food and water are served alongside alcohol and communicate effectively with fellow team members to ensure responsible service. Monitor Guest Alcohol Consumption : Restaurants should actively monitor guest drinking patterns to prevent over serving.

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In 2025, Small Changes Will Have a Big Impact on Pizza Restaurants

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AI is being used to identify potential investors, streamline communication and determine which candidates are most aligned with the brand’s goals. While pizza remains a category leader in delivery, due to its durability and ease of transport, 2025 will see a greater emphasis on making other menu items travel better, too.

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18 Restaurant Manager Interview Questions to Assess Leadership and Operational Skills

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How do you communicate restaurant policies and changes to your employees effectively? How do you maintain smooth communication between FOH and BOH staff? Becoming a restaurant manager entails leadership and communication skills. This question also gauges a potential manager’s leadership and communication skills.

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Tech Innovations that Simplify Restaurant Relocation

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By Lindsay Lawrence, Contributor Relocating a restaurant is no small feat, as it involves managing the transportation of kitchen equipment, reestablishing the space’s atmosphere, and ensuring minimal disruption to your business. Social media platforms and digital marketing tools can help you manage this communication more effectively.

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Turning Restaurant Staffing Challenges Into Opportunities

Modern Restaurant Management

Communicate Better. Facing multiple headwinds, restaurant owners and management must employ the most effective tool available: effective communication. In chaotic times, clear and consistent communication can make all the difference. In chaotic times, clear and consistent communication can make all the difference.

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Revolutionizing Restaurant Supply Chains: The Impact of AI on Transparency, Validation, Verification, and Sustainability

Modern Restaurant Management

It can help improve restaurants’ transparency, validation, verification, and communication, driving key performance indicators (KPIs) like increased customer satisfaction, trust, and loyalty. Additionally, AI helps ensure smooth, efficient, accurate communication between suppliers and restaurant operators for better quality control.

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