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Nine Critical HR and Payroll Steps to Prepare Your Restaurant for 2025

Modern Restaurant Management

Update Your Employee Handbook Your employee handbook sets the tone for your culture by establishing expectations and aligning your team toward a common goal and vision. Bonus Tip : Create a simple FAQ document to address common employee questions about coverage options.

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THE IMPORTANT THINGS I LEARNED IN THE KITCHEN

Culinary Cues

Fifteen minutes early is not just being present its being ready to make a difference. [] IF YOU CAN LEAN YOU CAN CLEAN Yes, time is money, and the original intent of this often-used statement may relate to the cost of labor, but most importantly it relates to how you approach life.

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Navigating Employee Handbook Changes in a COVID-19 World

Modern Restaurant Management

Every restaurant business needs some form of an employee handbook. It should serve as a guide for your employees to reference on an ongoing basis. Sick leave policies and PTO are among the employee handbook items that may need to be changed this year. You can codify what works into a policy moving forward.

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Keeping Up with the Holiday Hiring Rush

Modern Restaurant Management

A recent survey by the National Restaurant Association found that 65 percent of operators do not have enough employees to support customer demand. To master the process, consider these tips to recruit and retain long-term employees. Too often, interviewers make snap judgments about candidates early on.

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Unique Challenges and Considerations for Restaurants As They Reopen Their Doors

Modern Restaurant Management

If you are one of the businesses that has been lucky enough to receive a small business loan through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (or otherwise have been able to secure alternate financial backing), you may have been able to retain many of your employees and maintain business continuity in the interim. [1].

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CHEFS – WHAT DOES YOUR MENU REPRESENT?

Culinary Cues

This menu is developed using analytical data that is drawn from surveys and historical reference to other restaurants within a community or region. Destiny and tradition create expectations that are hard to argue with. We have seen some examples of uniquely talented and daring chefs who want to shock as much as inspire.

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Boost Your Restaurant Business with Five Local Marketing Tips

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurants were harder hit than most because many food related businesses weren’t ready to transition to digital services. Refer to your local health experts and guidelines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control as to determine these steps. Enforce face-mask wearing for both employees and customers.

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