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

Modern Restaurant Management

Focus on: Hiring for Culture Fit : Seek candidates who align with your restaurant’s values by emphasizing character and attitude over experience when interviewing. Scheduling Training : Plan mandatory training for harassment prevention, safety, or customer service if required by law or beneficial for your operations.

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Restaurant Hiring: Navigating the Labor Shortage

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Early on in 2020, we were scrambling to figure out ways to get food to customers and how to give staff enough hours and keep them on the payroll. Many workers are not returning due to personal safety concerns, and many have left the industry altogether. That all begins at the hiring level. Writing a good job description.

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Boost Your Restaurant Business with Five Local Marketing Tips

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Thousands upon thousands of restaurants were forced to close for safety reasons, some permanently. Today, examine the effects the pandemic has had on the restaurant and food service industry as well as five simple but effective marketing techniques to boost your local business. Highlight Your Safety and Hygiene Protocols.

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Restaurant Staff Training 101

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From onboarding new hires to upskilling existing staff, a comprehensive training program can improve customer service, boost efficiency, and foster a positive work culture. Back-of-house (BOH) staff, including chefs and kitchen assistants, will focus more on food safety, food handling, and kitchen equipment use.

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IoT Can Help Bridge the Staffing Shortage Gap

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As if hiring struggles weren’t enough of a problem, retaining employees remains a challenge, with the quit rate in food service at approximately 5.4 – 6.2 A Starbucks employee, referred to as store partners, spends 25 minutes of manual time each day checking and logging temperatures. percent in late 2022.

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‘Restaurants Are Hard and Beautiful and Important and They Can Break You Down and Boost You Up.’

Modern Restaurant Management

I'm referring here to my chaotic and, at times, abusive childhood, where I often felt overlooked and unloved. Obviously I write a great deal about food, so there is a lot of spillover between what I used to do, as an entrenched member of the restaurant community, and what I currently do, as someone writing about food and restaurants.

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Best Practices for Finding the Right Plumber

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Day-to-day restaurant operations are stressful enough, and the last thing you want to do is worry about the plumber you hired. You don’t have to be in the dark when hiring a plumber for your restaurant. Ask for References An honest plumbing company wants to connect you with people who are going to vouch for our work.