Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

With the lowest unemployment rate we've seen in two decades, employers are definitely feeling the fact that we are experiencing a job seekers market. The problem is, as the holiday season approaches, we find ourselves in desperate need of seasonal workers. In a job seekers market, if we don’t alter our approach to sourcing, recruiting, and hiring, we'll be left with open jobs and few applicants to fill them.

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Lavu

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The newest tech trend in restaurants? Going cashless. You read that right. If you think a business going cashless is crazy, you’re not alone. After all, how could the oldest form of currency not be accepted as payment? While phasing out paper money entirely would be a huge undertaking, some restaurants have stopped accepting bills or coins. Some restaurant chain owners see the transition as a step toward the future, largely because restaurant point-of-sale systems make it so easy.

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Restaurant365

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Becoming successful in the restaurant industry is difficult but staying ahead of operational challenges is even harder. To prepare for the new year, restaurant owners, operators, and managers need to start planning now. Here are the top 10 operational challenges restauranteurs should expect in 2020: 1. Finding and training staff. Employees determine the customer service experience in a restaurant.

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LevelUp

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

It goes without saying that when you own or run a restaurant business, you will encounter negative feedback at some point. Even if your sales are high, your employees are happy, and business is running smoothly, you unfortunately will not be able to please everyone. Sites such as Yelp, TripAdvisor, and Facebook provide patrons of your business with a platform to share their feedback with the public, whether it’s bad or good.

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Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Before restaurants can record a profit, they need to take several expenses into account—inventory, kitchen equipment, building utilities, and of course, labor. As the demand for a higher minimum wage continues to grow on a state and a federal level, restaurant owners and managers are understandably paying more attention to their restaurant’s labor cost percentage.

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RGU

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

By: Adam Guild Editor's note: While this article focuses on email marketing for restaurants, the information, links to resources, and tips and advice are easily applied to other industries. In today's hyper-visual world of social media, it may seem like email marketing is a little old-fashioned. Isn't it all about the Instachats and Snapgrams these days?

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FreshCheq

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The success of your restaurant really starts with your leadership team, so hiring and retaining good restaurant managers is critical to that success. The best way to keep your restaurant managers engaged is to align your goals and motives with theirs.

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Xtra Chef

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

I finally hit my breaking point. For months I’d been berated by senior chefs, screamed at over small details, and torn to shreds for every mistake. Then I made the cardinal sin of forgetting to remove an oxidized piece of foie gras from a dish — and the chef let me have it. This time, I snapped. I was crying, yelling, and cursing. I even broke a few plates.

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Focus POS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

You pour countless hours into crafting the perfect menu, creating the perfect ambiance, and training your staff for the perfect guest experience at your restaurant. But if you haven’t developed a strong restaurant marketing strategy to build your customer base, all that work could be for nothing. Your strengths lie in restaurant management, not necessarily restaurant marketing, so we’ve pulled together four tips to up your marketing skills for 2020. 1.

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Buzztime Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Culture is a huge part of any business, especially in the restaurants. We sit down with Nick Ugo to discuss building the right culture for your restaurant. The post Ask the Experts: How to Create the Right Culture at Your Restaurant appeared first on Buzztime.

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Future Food

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Tea Tree Plaza, Adelaide. Growth strategies for F&B clusters, independent of the architectural envelopes they inhabit. When Future Food partners with our Clients on redevelopment projects, one of the first stages that we frequently perform is the evaluation of a proposed scheme and how F&B should be incorporated into it. Most frequently this is driven by the architectural scheme and the locating of F&B into the scheme, frequently with non-food priorities and considerations as the bac

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Typically, it starts off that way – old enough to work, they’re hiring, no experience required – it’s a job. Maybe it’s a local diner as a dishwasher or assistant to a short order cook; maybe it’s a fast food operation as a “sandwich artist” or grill person for that hamburger chain; or maybe it’s a summer snack bar where you learn to walk through all of the steps.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Nearly 200,000 quick-serve restaurant establishments in the United States are not owned by the company whose name is on the building. Instead, these locations are franchised, meaning a company (the franchisor) allows an individual or group of partners (the franchisee or franchisees) to run a location of that restaurant under a certain operating agreement.

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Social Hospitality

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The Acai berry market expands across the globe. According to Kenneth Research (September 2019), the Acai berry market was valued at $712 million in 2017, and it is expected to grow at a steady rate of 12.71% between 2018-2025. The Acai berry market ‘s fast growth has a lot to do with social media. Have you seen the rate at which people post photos of their vibrant purple smoothie bowls?

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Restaurants manage and deal with change daily – from menu changes to bringing on new employees. There’s also the constant struggle to ensure your labor meets the demands of your guests. And now, it turns out, restaurants – along with businesses across industries – must confront changes in the workplace itself. “While the world’s workplace has been going through extraordinary historical change, the practice of management has fallen behind how people work, live,

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Sante

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

20191130_132802.jpg. Author(s): Penny Weiss. Teaser: Bertani Winery produces an array of wine to please all palates. It’s that time of year again for putting up seasonal decorations, attending holiday parties, buying an appropriate gift for the host/hostess and shopping for presents which seems to get more challenging as the years go by. Needless to say, it can be quite stressful.

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Perfect Daily Grind

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

People visit cafés for their coffee, but whether they’ll stay comes down to the service they’ll receive. . Having the right staff in your café is critical for making sure customers return. So, it can be a major problem if a team member is underperforming, not meeting standards of conduct, or continually absent. In most cases, you’ll be able to resolve issues and maintain discipline through effective management and training. .

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

The more I travel, experience communities, and try their restaurants – the more I scratch my head and ask the question: “What are they thinking?” The restaurant business is one that is relatively simple in concept, yet enormously complicated to execute. Develop a product that people are willing to buy, prepare it consistently well, make sure hot food is hot and cold food is cold, serve it quickly and with a smile, and provide value for the money spent.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

At 7shifts, it's a goal of ours to improve employee retention for restaurants, and for me, it’s more than just something we evangelize to restaurant clients—it’s something I embody in my work as a leader, and something our whole team strives toward every day. By providing tools to restaurants like our Engage dashboard , which quantifies team engagement with statistics about lates, picked up shifts, no shows, and more, managers can be proactive in employee retention and engagement.

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Social Hospitality

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

It can be tricky to find new ways to improve your restaurant sales. Ambitious brick-and-mortar business must adapt to digital advances in order to profit. Running a restaurant business means keeping up with challenges as well as emerging tech. Instead of thinking about technology as a necessary evil, embrace it and utilize it to facilitate certain processes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The restaurant and hospitality sector is one of the largest industries in the world. As a restaurant owner, it’s important to know how to market your restaurant the right way if you’re going to survive in such a crowded and competitive marketplace. In this article we’re going to look at five marketing mistakes that many restaurant owners make and show you how to avoid falling into the same traps yourself. 1.

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Sante

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

www.prosecco.it_.jpg. Author(s): Catherine Fallis. Teaser: A hilly corner of the Veneto in northern Italy was awarded Unesco World Heritage designation this past July, and odds are you are already familiar with it. It is the area known as Conegliano Valdobbiadene in the heart of Prosecco country. A hilly corner of the Veneto in northern Italy was awarded Unesco World Heritage designation this past July, and odds are you are already familiar with it.

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Restaurant365

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Restaurant management software can streamline restaurant operations, helping you become more efficient and profitable. However, not all restaurant management systems are created equal — and the tools you have access to can play a large role in your success. Restaurant management software features are constantly evolving, and that growth will continue to speed up in the future.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

It’s 5:15, 120 degrees in front of the battery of ranges, and sweat is pouring down every cook’s back, dripping off their foreheads. This is moment in time, like the starting line for an important race, when adrenaline is pulsing through a cook’s veins, fingers are tingling in anticipation, knees are a little weak, and that 5-minute cold sandwich that was inhaled while standing over a garbage can isn’t sitting too well.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Google Maps is an essential part of our day-to-day navigation. Considering that it’s one of the seven apps that has over a billion users, it’s a must-have tool to use for your business. To add your restaurant to Google Maps, you’ll need to create a Google My Business (GMB) account. This post will walk you through creating, optimizing, and managing your restaurant business profile not only for single-site restaurants, but also multi-location restaurants and franchises.

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Hot Schedules

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Blog. Recipe for the Perfect Schedule. Want to make a crowd-pleasing schedule? The right ingredients make all the difference. T here are many ingredients that go into the perfect schedule, and every manager relies on a slightly different recipe. For many, it’s not an easy thing to whip up, but because they make schedules all the time, they’ve found a method that works well enough.

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Smart restaurant owners understand sustainability benefits their bottom line and customer base. if you’ve decided to get started, how do you get employees excited about sustainability too? Your employees will complete the majority of your sustainability actions. “But turnover!” I can hear you say. Restaurant turnover is legendary. In 2018, the National Restaurant Association listed it at almost 75 percent.

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Deliverect

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

According to a recently published report by the NRA , restaurant sales will grow to $1.2 trillion by 2030 - a growth that's very much driven by off-premise orders. Restaurants - and businesses like groceries, supermarkets and FMC companies - that want a piece of the action have to think about their takeaway, drive-through and/or delivery strategy. Setting up a delivery service, though definitely worth the while, does come with a few pain points, all of which can be easily solved by automating th

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Typsy

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Whether you want to work in a restaurant, a hotel, or a tour company, your cover letter is one of the first things any hiring manager in the hospitality industry will look at. That’s why you must make a great first impression and show employers what you can bring to the table. In this blog post, we look at three writing tips that will help you perfect your cover letter.

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Sante

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

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Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader

In today’s competitive market, pricing is more than just a number — it’s the cornerstone of profitability. The right pricing strategy ensures that you capture the true value of your offering, paving the way for sustainable growth and long-term success. Join Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader, in this exclusive session where he will explore how a well-crafted pricing approach balances customer perception with business objectives, creating a powerful tool for securing both competitive advantage a

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