The Eat Restaurant

AUGUST 5, 2021

The restaurant industry is one of the most competitive businesses out there. According to the National Restaurant Association , the US alone has over 1 million restaurants. To succeed in an industry where competition is high, the margin is tight, and 60% of businesses don’t make it past the one-year mark, regular performance tracking is essential. The continuous assessment of a restaurant’s Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) allows owners to have a comprehensive understanding of current operation

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Wasserstrom

AUGUST 5, 2021

Consumers and businesses waste food to the detriment of themselves and the planet. In this article, we will first discuss why food waste is a problem. Next, we will provide tips, techniques, and resources to help restaurants and other commercial foodservice operations take steps towards preventing waste altogether while boosting public relations and saving money. […].

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Indoor Media

AUGUST 5, 2021

We’ve previously discussed B2C marketing on this blog — but what of B2B marketing? These two business marketing terms provide an important lens for studying other businesses’ marketing strategies and defining a plan for your own business. A recap of what these terms mean: B2C means “business to consumer,” while B2B means “business to business.” These acronyms define two distinct styles of marketing, one for targeting everyday consumers and one for targeting bu

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 6, 2021

Staff scheduling, inventory management, menu analysis , guest satisfaction, profitability, and so much more rest on the shoulders of accurate restaurant forecasting. Faultless restaurant forecasts, however, are dependent on navigating predictable trends like holidays and seasonality alongside unpredictable ones such as weather and major world events.

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Advertiser: Paycor

There’s a new overtime salary threshold that will impact employers across the country. If you have an employee making less than $43,888 on July 1 or less than $58,656 on January 1, you’re going to have to start paying overtime. Download Paycor’s guide to learn: Which groups of employees are affected? How should you classify employees? Best ways to mitigate risk.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2021

The restaurant industry took the brunt of the pandemic’s economic and societal impact and is now being asked to respond to the permanently changed consumer landscape. As the world grapples with the next wave of COVID-19, businesses are confronted with product and labor shortages, a sudden increase in ecommerce and a variety of shifting consumption patterns.

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Next Restaurants

AUGUST 5, 2021

By Andre Oentoro, Contributor. If you’re a restaurant owner, then your YouTube channel may be one of the most important assets for your business. A lot of people are searching for videos about restaurants on YouTube and will find yours if it’s optimized correctly. . Since people nowadays take YouTube as one of the major information sources online, having a channel about your restaurant will help you reach out to a broader audience.

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Cheetah

AUGUST 5, 2021

Reading Time: 3 minutes. The San Francisco Bar Owner Alliance is now recommending that bars require guests to show proof of COVID vaccination. Although this is not a government mandate, it is expected that at least half of the nearly 500 bars registered in the alliance, and many other non-members, will put this practice into play. The subject has ignited another hot topic in the Covid-19 vaccine debate – when it comes to restaurants, who is responsible for Covid safety?

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 3, 2021

As we return to in-person dining across the country, restaurants are facing yet another challenge: delivering an exceptional customer experience (CX) for guests who come with high expectations after more than a year stuck at home. Not only is there a ripe opportunity to attract formerly takeout-only customers for in-person dining, but an opportunity to enhance customer experience for all customers and differentiate from the competition.

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Sculpture Hospitality

AUGUST 6, 2021

The food and beverage inventory in your restaurant or bar is your biggest asset. Yet so many kitchens and bars are loaded with products that are never used in recipes or never sold - that’s liquid cash that’s eating into your profitability.

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Advertiser: Paycor

There’s a new overtime salary threshold that will impact employers across the country. If you have an employee making less than $43,888 on July 1 or less than $58,656 on January 1, you’re going to have to start paying overtime. Download Paycor’s guide to learn: Which groups of employees are affected? How should you classify employees? Best ways to mitigate risk.

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Black Box Intelligence

AUGUST 5, 2021

The industry has been volatile the past year and a half — to say the least. And while things seem to be on the upswing, the industry is now facing another big hurdle: labor challenges and shortages. BLS reported that job openings reached a record high of 9.3 million in April, and the accommodations and food services sector accounted for the largest increases.

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Ken Burgin

AUGUST 3, 2021

You’re probably heard of NPS or Net Promoter Score, a simple measurement of how likely people are to do business with you again. Another way to measure your business is with the Net Easy Score or NES. Based on work by Sue Barrett , it looks at all the ways your business is easy , or difficult , to deal with. Here’s a version for restaurants, cafes and foodservice.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 4, 2021

If you’re operating a thriving restaurant business on the other side of the pandemic, that might mean you have a concept with legs to expand beyond your current location(s). Consider that around 60 percent of new restaurants fail within the first year. And nearly 80 percent shutter before their fifth anniversary. There is good reason to be optimistic about restarting restaurant expansion: restaurant sales continue to set records, the federal stimulus has added billions of dollars to compan

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Sculpture Hospitality

AUGUST 4, 2021

As we slowly move into what is hopefully the “post-pandemic world”, restaurants and bars around the globe are beginning to reopen their doors to guests and look at ways they can optimize their profitability.

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EATER

AUGUST 4, 2021

Chefs and bakers are struggling to figure out how to make pandemic-born mutual aid pop-ups sustainable going forward Aliza Sokolow is grateful to be working again. As a food stylist and photographer living in LA, things have been picking up, and she’s getting ready for her kids’ book, This Is What I Eat , to come out next year. It’s exciting, to be sure, but it leaves Sokolow wondering what to do with her mutual aid pop-up project, This Is What I Baked.

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Ken Burgin

AUGUST 3, 2021

You’re probably heard of NPS or Net Promoter Score, a simple measurement of how likely people are to do business with you again. Another way to measure your business is with the Net Easy Score or NES. Based on work by Sue Barrett , it looks at all the ways your business is easy , or difficult , to deal with. Here’s a version for restaurants, cafes and foodservice.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 3, 2021

The employee shortage might be temporary, but there are ways that your business can attract talent now and retain a competitive advantage in the future. There are more jobs than ever before, yet restaurants are struggling to attract employees. The number of workers quitting their jobs in April reached new highs of four million, with 5.6% of restaurant workers quitting their jobs.

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Lady Boss Blogger

AUGUST 2, 2021

Large social media platforms can be extremely useful for marketing your business. One platform you might be overlooking is Twitch. With 15 million daily users, it’s the largest online video game streaming platform. Marketing your business on Twitch before it becomes saturated with other advertisements can be great for your brand so start now. Here […].

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Ever wondered where to splurge and where to safely conserve when it comes to operating and growing your restaurant? 🤔 Join James Kahler, COO of Full Course and industry visionary, in this new webinar where he'll talk all about best practices to invest in your restaurant's success! Whether you're a new business or an established restaurant, a seasoned pro or a rookie, you'll learn the keys to sustainable success in this competitive industry.

Food

A Wine Story

AUGUST 1, 2021

Columbia Gorge. About the Columbia Gorge AVA The Columbia Gorge AVA, established in 2004, comprises vineyard lands on both sides of the Columbia River, in both Oregon and Washington. The Columbia River, the largest river in the Pacific Northwest, is famous as the transportation mode for the Lewis & Clark expedition as it finished its final leg of travel to the Pacific Ocean.

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Foodable

AUGUST 4, 2021

Listen to "Solving Problems for Chefs | Season 4, Vol. 6: meez" on Spreaker. In the latest episode of the Hospitality Hangout podcast, Michael Schatzberg “The Restaurant Guy” and Jimmy Frischling “The Finance Guy” chat with Joshua Sharkey , the founder and chief executive officer of meez , to explore an exciting new tech solution for chefs. “The genesis of meez was the result of something terrible… I lost my [cooking] notebook,” says Sharkey.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2021

This adapted from " Manage to Engage. How Great Managers Achieve Remarkable Results. " We all know we feel valued when others make us feel valued. And in the restaurant business, particularly coming out of a pandemic, it can be tough from both sides – enabling the boss to help people feel valued and engaging teams to feel valuable. We also know there are a lot of people working who just don’t enjoy it – they are far from feeling valued at work, or in corporate speak, th

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Black Box Intelligence

AUGUST 5, 2021

The industry has been volatile the past year and a half — to say the least. And while things seem to be on the upswing, the industry is now facing another big hurdle: labor challenges and shortages. BLS reported that job openings reached a record high of 9.3 million in April, and the accommodations and food services sector accounted for the largest increases.

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EATER

AUGUST 5, 2021

From a peachy piquette to spritz-style rosé, these are the cans you should reach for It’s summer in North America — the temperatures are high, and with them, the need for refreshment (with alcohol). Alongside the hazy ales and myriad hard seltzers, you may have noticed an influx of refreshing wine cans in your local grocer’s refrigeration station, candy-colored Easter eggs of vinous refreshment just waiting for you to pop the tab.

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The Restaurant Times

JULY 31, 2021

As a master franchise investor and operator, Food Quest has made a name for itself among the leading international F&B brands across MENA. The brands currently under its management include Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) and its homegrown brand EETEN. Food Quest also provides management support to Advance Investment LLC for the Denny’s Middle East Master Franchise.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 4, 2021

Starting in August , more than 9,000 wildfires burn in the U.S., on average, causing nearly two million acres of damage, which includes residential and business structures. Across the country, the most damaging wildfire seasons have been in recent years, including 2017, 2018, and 2020, accounting for 62% of the structures lost over the last 15 years.

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Lady Boss Blogger

AUGUST 6, 2021

The internet allows the world to connect in ways we never could have imagined. As social media apps are created and expand, we are shown new interests we never knew we had! Sometimes, however, the field feels limited. I enjoy beauty influencers immensely and find tech influencers very helpful. But what about some of my […]. The post 5 Influencers Outside of Tech and Beauty appeared first on LadyBossBlogger.

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Indoor Media

AUGUST 2, 2021

Do you know the difference between B2C and B2B? No, these aren’t text message abbreviations like LOL (laugh out loud) and BRB (be right back). Instead, they’re business terms that are of particular importance for marketers. B2C stands for “business to consumer,” and B2B stands for “business to business.” These abbreviations are most commonly used in reference to marketing strategies.

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Touch Bistro

AUGUST 4, 2021

Whether you’re a chef, restaurateur, or server, you need to be familiar with a vast vocabulary of culinary terms to communicate with teammates and customers. If, for example, you ask a colleague to broil something, when you actually want it braised, you could end up with costly food waste and unhappy customers. We’re here to help you avoid kitchen crises by: Explaining why it’s important to know culinary terms, and Defining 104 popular cooking terms.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 3, 2021

The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) program provided the relief many companies needed to stabilize their financial position and see them through the pandemic-created economic crisis. The capital was intended to help business owners pay employees, pay outstanding rent and other bills, and invest in reopening and getting back to business. The PPP program offered 5-year loans carrying a 1% interest rate making it some of the lowest cost financing small businesses were able to find.

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