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Ready To Sell? Maybe You Should Be

Modern Restaurant Management

Document Systems, Processes, and Checklists : I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned systems, processes, and checklists in every chapter of this book. Everything needs to be documented and turned into a system, process, and checklist. Focus on areas like uniforms, necessary repairs, and maintaining cleanliness.

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Protecting Your Restaurant During the Pandemic When Employees Return from Vacation

Modern Restaurant Management

If you amend your employee handbook or policies, be sure to inform employees, distribute the revised document(s), and have employees acknowledge the changes by requesting a signature receipt. Above All, Be Consistent, Neutral and Uniform When Applying Policies. Pre-Travel Inquiries May Be Allowed.

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OUR DAILY BREATH: POST COVID KITCHENS – GET READY

Culinary Cues

Hand washing will become an even more critical standard in restaurants. [] REQUIRED OUTSIDE LAUNDERING OF UNIFORMS. Gone will be that favorite T-shirt as a uniform of choice, unwashed shoes, baseball caps, or cargo pants and shorts. [] WORK SURFACE SANITATION PROTOCOL AND TESTING. Is this a stretch?

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Five Branding Secrets to Bring Your Restaurant to Life

Modern Restaurant Management

A brand book is a handy document that provides guidelines for using your brand identity across various platforms. That means considering factors like uniforms, the style of tables and chairs, music, and the overall decor. Review the brand guidelines anytime you have a branding opportunity.

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How to Create an Effective Restaurant Onboarding Process

7 Shifts

What documentation to give out and collect during onboarding. Here’s an example of an onboarding overview: Day One Orientation: Learning about the restaurant’s culture and history, meeting coworkers, and receiving a uniform. In this comprehensive guide to the restaurant onboarding process, you’ll learn: What employee onboarding is.

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The Inherent Queerness of Cheese

EATER

Before I made the leap, I watched with veneration as multiple colleagues and industry friends began hormone replacement therapy, changed their email signatures, and pinned pronoun buttons to their customer-facing uniforms. By the time my second year at Murray’s rolled around, it was my turn. I knew that terroir was incredibly important.

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Damage Control: How Recent Changes to the FLSA and NLRA May Affect Your Status as a Joint Employer

Modern Restaurant Management

A franchisor merely providing samples/form documents to franchisees to use (operational plans, business plans, marketing materials) does not suggest control – it’s merely a guidance or recommendation that the franchisee may or may not choose to use.