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11 Must-Read Restaurant Management Books

The Eat Restaurant

There is always room to learn, and reading restaurant management books can be the finest method to achieve so, whether this past year was your restaurant's first or its thirty-first. Restaurant books can assist you in setting goals, such as choosing what initiatives you want to start, continue, or stop working on. They are packed with insightful information and insights.

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What Does It Take To Run A Michelin-Star Restaurant?

The Restaurant Times

Restaurants with a Michelin rating are known for providing an unmatched fine dining experience. However, many people are confused about whether a Michelin Star is for chefs or restaurants. Chefs do not receive Michelin stars. Each star indicates how well-regarded the restaurant’s cuisine is, and they visit the establishment in person. Restaurant chefs aspire to receive a Michelin Star or a James Beard Foundation honor.

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Restaurant training in 2023: An comprehensive overview for owners

Open for Business

Restaurant training is one of the most important things an owner can put into place. Well-trained teams mean shifts run smoothly and guests are happy with service. When all team members fully understand how to execute their roles and responsibilities at the restaurant , they are more confident and engaged on the job. And they stay in the job longer.

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13 Ways to Promote Your Restaurant on Social Media

The Rail

By Sarah Jarosz, Contributor Social media has revolutionized how businesses market their products and services, and restaurants are no exception. Whether you're a small, local restaurant or a large, chain restaurant, social media can be a powerful tool to help you attract new customers and build brand awareness. In this article, we'll discuss ten ways you can promote your restaurant on social media.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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Outdated Health and Safety Checks Are Holding QSRs Back

Modern Restaurant Management

As customers continue to feel more comfortable dining out, restaurants should have health and safety measures down pat. More than 90 percent of Americans say that it’s vital for a restaurant to be visibly clean while dining indoors, outdoors or when ordering takeout. Exceeding health and safety standards not only ensures the well-being of customers, but it also cultivates a positive experience that fosters loyalty.

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Everything You Need to Batch and Freeze Cocktails

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The Ultimate Guide To Restaurant Profit Margin

The Restaurant Times

Making enough money to keep your restaurant running is one of the major challenges a restaurant faces. For this reason, the profit margin of your restaurant is one of the defining factors of its success. It is well known that the hospitality sector has lower profit margins than other market segments. In fact, according to reports , the net profit margins across the restaurant industry decreased from 16% in Q2 2021 to 9.59% in Q2 2022.

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This tech company is using ChatGPT to respond to restaurant reviews

Restaurant Business

It's the first of SOCi's AI-powered "Genius" tools. The marketing provider just raised $120 million to help develop more.

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Inside a Chef-Designer Collab

Modern Restaurant Management

A restaurant’s design is a guest’s first impression, setting the stage for the experience to come. When creating an elevated dining space, it’s critical for there to be a meeting of the minds between the chef and designer that culminates in a setting that is reflective of the chef’s vision and taste. Hospitality designer Beatrice Girelli, co-founder and design director of Indidesign, recently conceptualized The Desmond, headed by Executive Chef Jason Neroni, at the all-ne

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What is a flat red coffee & where did it come from?

Perfect Daily Grind

In many coffee shops around the world, more and more baristas are developing new and innovative drinks. These beverages can help a coffee business to stand out, as well as creating new sensory experiences for consumers. One example is the flat red, an espresso-based drink which includes steamed pomegranate and orange juice. The beverage originated in Ukraine, where it continues to remain popular.

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Reduce Bias in Hiring: Structured Interview Questions for Employers

Structured interview questions are a valuable tool for reducing bias in hiring. They help: Ensure all candidates are asked the same questions in the same way Level the playing field so all candidates have a fair chance of being successful Improve credibility, reliability, and validity Download the guide to get the most out of your interview questions!

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97: Fourth Pillar - Product = Quality

Food Business

We dig into the fourth pillar of a successful business: product & quality. Going deep with the Six Pillars of Success as a method for business owners to roadmap change and stability into their business. The Six Pillars are Brand Strategy, Financial Stability, Operations, Product Quality, Avenues & Distribution, and Hospitality. Quality is where product, service and time blend togther.

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2023 Beer Trends

Bottleneck Management

2023 Beer Trends Bottleneck’s Purchasing Manager is giving us all the insight into the beer trends still to come in 2023. Brand Extension Over the past few years, we have seen guests returning over and over to their favorite beers. There is comfort in a sure thing! Keeping that idea in mind, there is a trend towards breweries taking their most popular brands and turning those brands into a series of seasonal brews.

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We Can’t All Be #SaltBae, But We Can Deliver Memorable Dining Experiences

Modern Restaurant Management

It seems like no one goes out to eat anymore, but maybe today’s consumers are just looking for something new. From the rise of Instagram food bloggers and selfie walls to paying outrageous prices for the #SaltBae experience , consumers are now expecting restaurants to deliver an experience beyond flavor. In a world still recovering from a pandemic and economic crisis, consumers long to escape into experiences of delight and togetherness.

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A guide to roasting specialty coffee blends

Perfect Daily Grind

In recent years, blends have become more and more prevalent in specialty coffee. Whether it’s the growing number of roasters selling them or more World Coffee Championship competitors using them as part of their routines , it’s clear that blends have made something of a comeback. However, while it certainly takes skill to roast single origin coffees, roasting specialty coffee blends also requires a high level of expertise.

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Food & Beverage Industry Report 2024

Driven by a diverse and exciting ecosystem of passionate, ambitious, and often young entrepreneurs, the Food & Beverage (F&B) sector is a highly competitive environment full of immense challenges and exciting opportunities. Expert Market’s 2024 industry report, sponsored by Toast, is informed by a survey of 522 U.S. food and beverage professionals, from restaurant owners to food service managers, providing insights into the real-time challenges and opportunities within the industry.

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How to Increase Restaurant Sales: 20 Effective Tips & Strategies

The Eat Restaurant

Sales in the restaurant industry can be extremely volatile. With seasonality, external competition, and a number of other factors at play, it's often difficult for restaurant operators to not only get a grip on their restaurant sales but also increase them. What many restaurateurs fail to see though, is that even the most popular restaurants around town have the potential to easily improve their sales.

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Pay-What-You-Can Markets Provide Produce for the Common Good

EATER

Shutterstock Across the country, farm stands using a sliding scale payment model are feeding communities against tough odds This story was originally published on Civil Eats. Every day, Marc James sees blatant income inequality in the LeDroit Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C. “To the north, you have the Kelly Miller housing projects, where about 94 percent of residents are below the federal poverty limit and most are unemployed,” says James, who worked as the farm programs manager at Common

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SEO for Bars and Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

If you run a bar or restaurant, you already know how important it is to have an online presence. But having a website or social media page isn't enough anymore. In today's competitive market, you must ensure your business can be easily found online. That's where SEO (Search Engine Optimization) comes in. Here are ten reasons why your bar and restaurant needs SEO: Boost Your Online Visibility Put your business on the map with SEO!

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Coffee News Recap, 10 March: PRF El Salvador announces final speaker lineup, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz agrees to testify at US Senate hearing & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

Every Friday, Perfect Daily Grind rounds up the top coffee industry news from the previous week. Here are this week’s stories. Mon, 6 Mar PRF El Salvador announces final speaker and panel lineup. The two-day forum will take place at the Salamanca Exhibition Centre in San Salvador on 16 and 17 March 2023. Newly confirmed speakers include Gabriel Flores of Belco El Salvador, Sarra Corrales of Finca Los Pinos in Nicaragua, and Victor Flores of Biscuit Factory in Honduras.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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Another big Burger King franchisee declares bankruptcy

Restaurant Business

Meridian Restaurants Unlimited, which operates 118 Burger King restaurants in nine states out west, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, blaming a combination of low sales and soaring inflation.

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Pizza Ranch: Achieving Ops Excellence through Employee Engagement

Crunchtime

Not many multi-unit businesses in the restaurant industry can sustain 40+ years of sales growth while remaining family-owned and operated.

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Keeping a Safe Bar Environment on Busy Holidays

Modern Restaurant Management

The St. Patrick’s Day drinking statistics are sobering. Over the St. Patrick’s Day weekend in 2019, 63 percent of car-related fatalities involved drunk drivers, and in 2018, 33 percent of pedestrians killed in car crashes over the holiday were intoxicated with a BAC over 0.08. Spirit sales are 153 percent higher than usual over the holiday weekend, and it’s the number one beer drinking holiday.

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Why It’s So Hard to Find Girl Scout Cookies This Year

EATER

The newest Girl Scout Cookie flavor is also the toughest to buy. | Willie J. Allen Jr./Getty Images Supply chain issues and unexpected demand have led to shortages, making it a weird year for the beloved fundraiser For many folks, February is the start of the most wonderful time of the year: Girl Scout cookie season. Pretty much anyone can appreciate the combination of adorable children enthusiastically exploring the wide world of entrepreneurship with delicious cookies that only cost $5 per box

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Maximize Restaurant Profitability: 5 Key Strategies to Control Costs Effectively

Running a profitable restaurant requires more than great food and service. Our guide breaks down five actionable strategies to help you control costs and maximize profitability. Learn how to track and reduce food waste, optimize labor costs with smart scheduling, make data-driven decisions with regular P&L reviews, and manage fixed and variable costs efficiently.

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St. Patrick’s Day, the Virginia Way!

The Wine Knitter

With St. Patrick’s Day almost upon us, Irish Whiskey articles, ads, and IG posts are abundant. However, I am choosing another whiskey path that leads to the birth of whiskey, bourbon, and moonshine in America. George Washington Distillery's Barrel Room. Photo credit: Penny Weiss Here are a few interesting facts from an article I published a few years ago. “It was 1620 at the Berkeley Plantation in Charles City, Virginia, where colonist George Thorpe is credited with distilling Americ

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Creating Great Leaders: What does the Hospitality Industry Require Today?

Gecko Hospitality

It may have been a long-standing debate, but recent studies now declare that leaders can indeed be made! While some advantages in leadership ability may come naturally to certain individuals, many of the most crucial skills and talents are developed through education and experience. And while having an innate “leader spark” is certainly helpful – it’s those honed abilities ultimately determining success or failure at leading others.

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8 Best Practices for Implementing an Operations Management Platform

Crunchtime

A software tool on its own will not transform your business. It must be combined with a company-wide commitment to organizational and cultural change. An effective, well-designed implementation strategy is just as important as the technology itself.

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Behind the Scenes with a Sous Chef

Modern Restaurant Management

The team at Bon Appétit just released this insightful video depicting a day in the life of Ann Cromley, sous chef at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California. Get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into all the prep work at this landmark restaurant.

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The HR Leader’s Survival Guide

HR leaders drowning in paperwork struggle to meet C-suite's strategic expectations. Burnout and high turnover plague the field, with 95% feeling overwhelmed. This guide explores how the right tools can free HR from admin tasks and empower them to become the strategic leaders they’re meant to be.

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Versatile ingredients help operators combat inflation without skimping on menu variety

Restaurant Business

Creating more menu items with versatile ingredients can help with inflation costs, reduce labor and make back-of-house prep faster.

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Top Advice For Graduates Trying to Start a Career

Society Insurance

As of 2020, there is an average of over 4 million students who have graduated from colleges in the US. Congratulations to any readers who have recently graduated! Graduating from college can be the most exciting and terrifying part of your life. It is a period of immense change and uncertainty. While every industry is different, and has different reactions to the market, we can provide some advice for graduates trying to start a career.

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With 800 Recipes, ‘The Book of Jewish Food’ Defined the Cuisine of a Diaspora

EATER

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group/Eater Claudia Roden’s monumental cookbook is a vivid, encyclopedic account of both Jewish food and Jewish life In 1981, at the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery, an annual gathering of some of the finest minds in the food world, the cookbook writer Claudia Roden, already famous for her authoritative first book, A Book of Middle Eastern Food , declared, “There is really no such thing as Jewish food.

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Restaurant Branding:

The Restaurant Group

5 Things to Consider When Opening a Restaurant When you see golden arches from a mile away, you immediately know that a McDonald’s lies ahead. That’s what successful restaurant branding looks like. It’s instant brand recognition even from a simple glimpse of the logo. But McDonald’s success didn’t come in an instant. It was borne out of consistency, innovation, and great branding.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

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.