Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Every restaurant owner, operator, and manager are currently asking themselves: how do I hire restaurant employees in today’s labor market? It is increasingly difficult to recruit, attract, hire, and retain employees, but there are some insights that can help you navigate a tough labor landscape. The Restaurant Labor Shortage. The restaurant industry is back to busy, with full indoor capacity and a dining public eager to eat out.

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Cheetah

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Reading Time: 4 minutes. The relationship between SMB restaurants and major food distributors has always been shaky. Now it seems that big distributors are squeezing their smaller clients at the worst possible time. This recent example really brings the point home. Some restaurants working with Sysco are reporting outright cancellations via cold text messages, leaving them scrambling for produce and supplies.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

7shifts' collects and analyzes large volumes of restaurant data to help inform our machine learning systems that power our Optimal Labor Tool and other efficiency and time-saving features, like the Automatic Scheduler and Labor Cost Savings Calculator. We also can use the same data to track economic trends in the restaurant industry at large. Recently our Data Team analyzed the changing economics of restaurants as the Covid-19 pandemic's impact on the restaurant industry wanes in the United Stat

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Restaurant Clicks

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Pizza is no longer just the staple meal for college kids during finals week. It’s a delicious meal for families, business dinners, and vacationers alike. Everyone loves a classic slice of New York pizza piled high with pepperoni and other tasty toppings. Not just any pizza will rise to the occasion, however. Large chain restaurants can be found all over the country, but finding the local pizzerias makes for a better dining experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

This edition of MRM's "Ask the Expert” features advice from Buyers Edge Platform. Please send questions to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. Q: How Can I Prevent Contract Overlaps and Overpricing? A : Contract overlaps and pricing have a lot of impact on restaurant operators and their business, especially for those without supply chain personnel or who are simply too busy to check or double c

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Hot Schedules

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Blog. Mobility Equals Flexible Ops: Hotel Purchasing & Inventory from Anywhere. Hotel operators are struggling with three major pain points: the labor shortage, competitive expansion, and lingering lockdown restrictions. Mobile tech solution can fill the gaps left behind by skeleton teams and keep operations competitive. A mid the tumult of a chaotic global hotel market, brands of all sizes are reckoning with myriad unexpected factors — worldwide supply chain disruptions resulting in tempor

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Restaurant Clicks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

Pittsburgh is the perfect mix of college town, historical and cultural hot spot, and beautiful natural scenery in the form of parks, river walks, and hundreds of iconic bridges. Whether you’re a local or a visitor, this picturesque city is bound to enchant you. Pittsburgh’s cultural scene isn’t just about museums and theatres, but also includes a variety of excellent dining options.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Below is an excerpt from The Business Side of Restaurants: How Intelligent Restaurant Business Entrepreneurs & Investors Can Lead, Win and Make More Money in Life by Clifford K. Bramble. Every item sold within a business contributes to the product mix of item sales. The goal is to make sure they are all working in unison to make the business profitable.

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Restaurant365

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

As a store-level manager, you always have a lot on your plate. You’re tracking deliveries, making the most of your food budget, and ensuring your staff is prepared to serve customers. However, in between all these tasks, it is critical to devote time and energy into accurate and consistent inventory management. Inventory management tracks what’s going in and out of your restaurant for a specific period, and what product is in your restaurant at any given time.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Tipping practices are in constant conversation in the restaurant industry. There have been a number of ways in which restaurant owners have tried to create a more equitable system for employees to earn consistent, fair wages to improve retention. Attempts have been made to eliminate tipping altogether, but many restaurants ended up reverting back to a traditional tipping system.

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Restaurant Clicks

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

When you think of Albuquerque restaurants, one thing probably comes to mind: Hatch chilies. It’s true, the semi-spicy, often roasted, and utterly delicious green chilies are nearly synonymous with the city’s top food joints. Still, they’re not the only delicacy Albuquerque has to offer. Restaurants in Albuquerque are as diverse as the city’s population, featuring everything from blue corn enchiladas to bone-in ribeye steaks.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Hygiene and cleanliness often go hand in hand, but adoption and follow-through with measures like disinfection , handwashing , and hand sanitizer use within commercial facilities were not as consistent prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Without the widespread threat of infection, cleaning was previously more focused on appearance than protecting public health and was not as strategic as it needs to be today.

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Future Food

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

West Melbourne Waterfront Precinct by Perri Projects. Independent Property Developments, Big or Small, are Creative, Best In Class Food Precincts. Future Food gets to work on large projects, and we love the city shaping scope of a big development. Yet some of the more interesting projects that we've been working on over the last 24-36 months have been those from private independent developers.

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The Eat Restaurant

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

With over a billion active users on Facebook as of 2017, the social media giant is making itself one of the most attractive outlets for restaurant marketers. This is in part due to the fact that everyone needs to eat, and with the right Facebook marketing strategy your restaurant could be their destination of choice. But with so many of your competitors on the platform, how do you make sure yours gets a slice of the pie?

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Restaurant Clicks

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

Being one of the nation’s most affordable and industrialized cities to live in, you can count on finding some fantastic restaurants in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh has several international dining options. You can find places specializing in Italian dishes, Spanish dishes, and East Asian dishes, among others. No matter what you’re looking for, you’re bound to find something on every block, and each one has its own unique atmosphere.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

There’s rarely been a more difficult time for restaurants than the past year. Combining a shortage of customers and employees as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic with the ongoing flux of health code restrictions, restaurants are struggling to drive traffic and relevance within respective customer bases. Put simply, now that America is finally able to dine-in, there’s a frenzy on the business end to net as many customers as possible — but it’s easier said than done.

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Focus POS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

3 Tips to Solve Staffing Issues in Restaurants. Currently, restaurants are trying to juggle several different issues at once. On one end, they struggle to keep customers amid safety concerns, and on the other end, they face difficulties trying to attract enough workers to meet customer demands. As a result, between appeasing customers and staff, restaurants are beginning to feel desperate and overwhelmed.

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The Eat Restaurant

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

For many restaurants, Instagram has essentially become their main presence on social media. This is because, despite the sheer number of other social media sites geared towards acquiring a following online, Instagram does the best job of generating interest for restaurants.

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Restaurant Clicks

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Knoxville, Tennessee is a college town with a surprisingly rich community dedicated to music, outdoor recreation, art, and cuisine. Located only 3 and a half hours north of Nashville, Knoxville is a lush and up-and-coming city whose population is on the rise. Over the last decade, Knoxville has come to life with culture, culinary diversity, and unique dining options.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Hurricane Ida is just the most recent major storm to make landfall in the United States this hurricane season. Thousands of businesses and more than one million people were left without power and forced to deal with the lingering effects of standing flood waters. Restaurant owners can use these tips as they prepare for severe storm weather and deal with power outages, floods, pest problems and many other severe storm impacts.

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Margin Edge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

There are a lot of articles out there talking about what to look for in a restaurant management system (RMS), but nearly every article focuses on different software tools that fix individual restaurant problems instead of a comprehensive, all-in-one solution for holistic management. Specialization is a good thing, don’t get us wrong. But restaurants already have so many things on their plate, managing multiple systems that may or may not talk to each other seems like kind of a shitty solution.

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The Eat Restaurant

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Social media has always been a great way to reach potential diners at your restaurant and Facebook's latest feature takes that process one step further. Facebook now allows restaurant owners to directly take bookings from their page with a 'Book Now' call to action. The restaurants partnered with a reservation provider can now embed their online booking widget into the new call to action (CTA), allowing customers to book a table within a few clicks.

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Restaurant Clicks

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Welcome to Lake Havasu, an oasis of a city in a primarily otherwise desert blanketed state. While the main attraction in the area is the waterfront, you don’t want to miss the city’s hotspot restaurants. Luckily, you won’t have to search very hard to find them. Below, we’ve compiled a list of the best Lake Havasu restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The White House and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) today announced an overhaul to the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, increasing the loan cap and expanding the ways small business restaurants can use the funds. The announced changes include: An increase in the loan cap amount to $2 million, from a current cap of $500,000.

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Goliath Consulting

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

It’s now the standard that business owners use social media to promote their businesses. Restaurant owners, especially, must be focused on marketing their products on social media. Social media is an important influence on a consumer’s buying decisions. In the U.S., it was reported that 45% of diners tried a restaurant for the first time because of a post they saw on social media. 1 On Instagram, there are over 400 million posts with the hashtags: #food and #drinks. 2.

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Touch Bistro

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Great service is essential to running a successful restaurant, which is why you need to become a pro at restaurant staffing and learn how to craft a solid server job description. In this guide to writing a restaurant server job description, we’ll cover: A basic overview of the server role A restaurant server job description sample A few key tips for hiring a star lineup of servers.

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Restaurant Clicks

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

People flock from all over the globe to visit Fort Myers or even move here. There are countless outdoor activities and fun destinations for the whole family. One of the best things to do while you’re down here, though, is go out to eat. That’s right, not only will you find pristine beaches and gorgeous parks, but also plenty of tantalizing places to eat.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The UK is seeing a significant increase in the number of food vans – many of which came into their own during the COVID-19 pandemic with indoor food venues having shut their doors. The question is, how do you get involved in such a market, find your niche, and make a success of things? Well, you'll be glad to know van leasing company, Van Ninja, have put together a handy guide detailing everything you need to know.

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The Restaurant Times

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

COVID-19 has been a shot in the arm for online deliveries. The apprehensiveness of customers to dine out worked positively for the restaurants as they diversified online ordering channels. As online ordering increased, cloud kitchens also made their space into the market, further propelling the trend. A recent report by POSist , in collaboration with the Dubai Restaurant Group , highlights that almost 70% of the UAE restaurateurs are open to investing in cloud kitchens in 2021.

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Hot Schedules

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In This Post. Labor Shortage: Are you Working with Fewer Hands? Fierce Competition: Major Brands Consolidating and Expanding. Limited Budgets: Slower-Than-Expected Recovery. Share. Hotel operators are struggling with three major pain points: the labor shortage, competitive expansion, and lingering lockdown restrictions. Mobile tech solution can fill the gaps left behind by skeleton teams and keep operations competitive.

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Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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