Culinary Cues

JANUARY 26, 2025

A dollar for a great source of protein on a plate is still a pretty good deal. It is ILLEGAL for undocumented persons without permission to work in the US and it is illegal for employers to knowingly hire them. What will farms, food processing plants, hotels, and restaurants do if they are unable to hire an immigrant workforce.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 17, 2025

The reality is unless a operation has reached a critical mass to hire specific category buyers, there isn’t bandwidth for buyers purchasing from multiple categories to dedicate to every specific market. Size The first thought may be to hire the biggest, most known buying group. So let’s take this a step further.

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Food Supply Customer Service Back of House Small Business 221

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 2, 2025

Menu Innovation: Balancing Variety, Quality and Simplicity While many restaurants are chasing trends like locally sourced ingredients and exotic toppings, pizza remains a stronghold of tradition. This operational simplicity makes training new hires faster and allows teams to deliver a consistent product every time.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 11, 2022

In today’s market, it seems that just about every restaurant is hiring. In fact, three out of five restaurant hiring managers say their biggest challenge is no-shows at interviews. While screening candidates takes time, hiring software makes it easier. Interview (and Hire) Fast. Make the next step quickly.

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Hiring Email Marketing Communication Customer Service 515

EATER

MAY 19, 2021

On the Eater’s Digest podcast, Jayaraman noted that she’s already seen some restaurants raise wages both in response to either the murder of George Floyd (“they didn’t want to perpetuate the sub-minimum wage as a legacy of slavery and a source of racial inequity”) or the increased harassment many servers have experienced during the pandemic.

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Hiring Healthcare Advertising Kitchen Safety 284

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In a job seekers market, if we don’t alter our approach to sourcing, recruiting, and hiring, we'll be left with open jobs and few applicants to fill them. You never know, they may be interested and were just unaware that you were hiring. Streamline Your Hiring Process. Prepare to Pay Higher Wages. Hang in there!

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Hiring Recruiting Restaurant Law Customer Experience 472

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2021

Two-thirds of new hires signing up for DailyPay. Now more people are back to work and everyone is hiring. That’s why being creative and flexible has been a key mindset for hiring.” ” Being creative and flexible has been a key mindset for hiring. He got creative on how to source employees.

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Culinary Cues

JULY 15, 2024

Virologists are constantly looking to find the source of a virus while they try to identify a combatant to the effects. Until the source (cause) is identified and dealt with, they know that the fight will be ongoing and countless mutations will keep them on their toes trying to curb the spread. Hire people who “fit”.

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Leadership Food Truck Employee Relations Training 472

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Staff productivity plays the largest role in restaurant revenue, which is why it’s so important to invest in your recruiting and hiring strategies, finding like-minded individuals to move your restaurant forward while minimizing time waste.

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Mobile Ordering Back of House Customer Service Online Ordering 221

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

With slow seasons also comes the need to navigate seasonal layoffs and the task of hiring all the best people back the next season. Use this time to invest in training, develop relationships with potential clients and referral sources, explore possible acquisitions or new markets, and upgrade outdated technology. Hire the Right People.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

There are several reasons why new employees may be incurring more injuries: Poor hiring choices. The hiring process may be rushed, and the wrong person could be chosen for the job. Hasty hiring choices can lead to faster turnover, operational problems, and potentially more on-the-job injuries. Inadequate training.

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Management Management Food Safety Hiring 504

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

From onboarding new hires to upskilling existing staff, a comprehensive training program can improve customer service, boost efficiency, and foster a positive work culture. 7shifts has developed its own hiring and training course for restaurants to help you with the entire recruitment and onboarding process.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

However, the typical increase in consumers wanting to dine out during the holiday season – not to mention the continued demand for take-away and delivery services – could disrupt this balance, even as businesses attempt to bolster their staff with seasonal hires. 2: Employee Satisfaction Is Paramount Hiring employees is one thing.

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Management Management Hiring Customer Experience 504

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

According to Mastercard Contactless Consumer Polling, more than half of Americans are now using some form of contactless payment, and several sources state that adoption rate is accelerating amongst younger consumers. One of the easiest ways to reduce hiring friction is by streamlining the application and interview process.

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ChowNow

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Hiring the right team is one of the most critical decisions you’ll make as a restaurant owner. In this post, we’ll explore why being thoughtful about your team structure matters and how you can set up your restaurant for success with the right hiring and staffing strategies.

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Hiring FOH Recruiting Fine Dining 195

7 Shifts

JULY 16, 2021

In this guide, we'll go through everything you need to open a new coffee shop, from market research to buying coffee to hiring the best team. Sourcing Equipment. Staffing: Find, Hire, and Schedule. YOu can do this yourself with software like SmartDraw , or hire a restaurant architect to help you devise it. Obtain Funding.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Rising labor costs, the inability to find staff to hire, and rising non-food costs (utilities, containers, furniture, etc.) The central role that restaurants play within their communities buoys most chef-owners and provides a huge source of optimism for 2023. Chefs have faith that their customers will continue to support them.

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Food Supply 2023 Fine Dining Fast Casual 473

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2021

By improving customer loyalty and increasing revenue through the smart use of technology from the public-facing part of the business all the way to the back-of-house prep, sourcing, and staffing. Source More Smartly by Linking FOH to the BOH. Improve Order Size and Revenue with Predictive Technology.

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Technology Loyalty Program Front of House Online Ordering 508

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 20, 2023

Additionally, there is a persistent gap reported between job openings in the foodservice industry and number of hires. According to the National Restaurant Association , between October 2021 and March 2022 unfilled jobs exceeded total hires by an average of 500,000 a month in the hospitality industry alone.

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Food Food Supply Customer Service Food Safety 419

7 Shifts

JANUARY 26, 2022

How do I hire for multiple locations? The most efficient way to hire employees for multi-location restaurants is to set up a hiring tool that's capable of sourcing and tracking candidates for the entire restaurant group.

Management 459

Management Management Restaurant Law Hiring 459

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Monitor Order Sources. A quick analysis of the costs associated with hiring new drivers to handle the surge of third-party orders will allow you to know whether this is a good idea or not. But the only thing harder than managing one delivery system is simultaneously managing two.

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Delivery Insurance Online Ordering Customer Service 537

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

If you're managing multiple locations of the same concept, you'll benefit from having a universal approach to hiring, training, suppliers, technology, and the overall guest experience. Making the right restaurant hire is more important than ever. Supplier Sourcing. This requires shared hiring, training, and supplier management.

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Management Management Document Hiring 370

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 12, 2020

Buying the lowest priced materials or hiring the lowest-bidding contractors can lead to shoddy workmanship, cheap and flimsy furniture, furnishings, and equipment that will inevitably break down sooner than higher quality goods and materials. Pitfall #3: Not Hiring local construction professionals. What are the inspection wait times?

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Restaurant Law Equipment Hiring Design 433

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Source Separation. Management commitment to “source separation”—i.e. At one major fast food chain, locations that used a bin system for source separation reported a major reduction in overall trash compared to equivalent locations that did not implement such a system. Staff Training. Do It the Right Way.

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Recycling Waste Workshop Training 383

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Even at the end of 2021, owners are still struggling to find willing employee candidates, and when they do hire new staff, some of them don’t even show up for their first day of work. Another area where the labor shortage is impacting foodservice operators is in the area of truck drivers for the transport of goods.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 21, 2021

There is a hefty bit of admin involved when hiring more staff, but with mobile order and pay, you can make the most of supporting the staff you have and remove excessive time spent sourcing and training new team members. Invest in Staff Satisfaction to Retain Valued Team Members.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 27, 2022

All workers must be trained in food safety, not just upon hiring, but throughout their tenure. Make sure food comes from safe source s. Make it obvious that you follow safe food practices to encourage additional trust from your guests during these exceptional times. Commit to ongoing training.

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Kitchen Safety Food Safety Audits Food 530

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 12, 2022

However, right now many companies that need to hire seasonal employees are struggling with the clash of a tight jobs market and the rising costs of doing business. Oftentimes, that means overtime comes into play and can be a significant source of costs.

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Restaurant Law Small Business Hiring Communication 493

Hot Schedules

MAY 10, 2021

Seasonal Staff Playbook: Hiring, Training & Retaining Great Teams. PLAY #1: Hire Quality Seasonal Staff. Hiring quality seasonal staff should be at the top of the list because we all know your starting line-up can make or break the season. We’ve got a few tips from the workforce management front office here at Fourth.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 6, 2021

With dining restrictions lifting and restaurants’ busy season upon us, employers are ramping up hiring in order to meet the demand of the summer. An unpredictable schedule can be an incredible source of stress for hourly employees and can contribute to poor employee health, burnout and more. According to the U.S.

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Restaurant Law Small Business Mobile Ordering Recruiting 450

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

THE LAW: It is not enough to hire competent people. It’s that simple. [] The Source of Creative Energy. THE LAW: Look to the chef to see how the kitchen will act. It is the chef’s responsibility to set the standard for others to follow. [] A Team Builder. The chef must have the answer or know where to go to find the answer.

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Restaurant Law Coaching Café Sourcing 450

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 18, 2022

The workflow of those short order cooks was not an accident, it was not instinctive, and it was not solely the work of the manager or chef who hired them. The hustle is the source of positive adrenaline, that juice that so many cooks and chefs from my generation and before, sought.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Guests will expect to know every aspect of sourcing and meal preparation, which will disrupt traditional back-of-house systems with technology that connects the farm to the food. For this reason, a lot of restaurants are going to start hiring delivery staff, even if they never did before.

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Mobile Ordering Front of House Customer Service Customer Experience 539

7 Shifts

AUGUST 27, 2020

The words ‘employee handbook’ are enough to make any new hire quiver. McDonald’s’ core values are as simple as they come, but a powerful tool when it comes to hiring, building a team, and managing performance. Watch: 7shifts CEO Jordan Boesch at Toast Food for Thought as he discusses hiring and employee engagement.

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Employee Relations Hiring Document Food Safety 370

7 Shifts

JANUARY 23, 2020

Educate yourself on costs, hiring, and the market you are in before taking the leap. Educate yourself on the staffing/employment trends and always be prepared to continually hire. Hiring/staffing ?? Stay true to your concept and hire people who share the same level of passion as yourself. Dawn Tyndall, Clean Juice.

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2020 Hiring Cash Management Education 335

7 Shifts

AUGUST 18, 2024

Sourcing the Right Equipment Your budget, target market, and concept will dictate your equipment needs. Hiring a Strong Team You'll need a manager, bartenders, waiters, and security. Hiring tips When hiring for a bar, there are certain qualities that you should look for in an employee. The results?

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Bar License Email Marketing Customer Service 370

7 Shifts

MAY 31, 2021

Recruiting, hiring, onboarding, scheduling, engaging, paying, and losing employees all surface up into restaurant HR management. Restaurants need an operating model in place to ensure the right employees are hired, well-trained, actively engaged, feeling productive, and ultimately retained for as long as possible. Scheduling.

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