Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

This surge in off-premise orders forced restaurants to optimize their operational workflows, from kitchen management and packaging to delivery logistics. Furthermore, digital tools for inventory and labor management became crucial for navigating supply chain disruptions and staffing challenges.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

In this article, youll discover how training your restaurant staff on new systems doesnt have to be a big ordeal, slowing down service for guests and costing you money. Training your team quickly and effectively without slowing down operations. Training your team quickly and effectively without slowing down operations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

Escoffier is aiding restaurant owners and managers by preparing qualified candidates ready for engaged employment. Whether it’s speeding up order times, improving inventory management, or boosting loyalty programs, every tool should serve a purpose. Aligning tech with business goals is a must.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Finding a well-rounded bar manager can be the determining factor in the success of your business. They play a big role in overseeing your inventory and attending to customer complaints. Through the right interview questions, you can find a manager who doesn’t just fit the job but can boost your bar’s reputation.

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The Rail

MARCH 31, 2025

By Jose Chavez, Contributor Managing multiple locations is tough in the restaurant business. Restaurant businesses need to adopt technology that enables collaboration among remote teams and simplifies management if they want to succeed. Successful management and onboarding of new staff with the company vision depends on this.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 26, 2024

For example, with highly personalized audio or video recordings, bad actors can impersonate restaurant managers, HR persons, or IT support, tricking staff into clicking on malicious links, downloading malware, or handing over financial information, login credentials, or other sensitive data.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Your staff, especially your restaurant manager, plays a crucial role in the overall dining experience. We’ve prepared a list of restaurant manager interview questions that can help you find the right person to lead your team and help grow your business. How do you manage the restaurant’s budget and control costs?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 18, 2024

Managers play a pivotal role in either fostering a positive service industry culture or contributing to burnout. It's imperative that managers adopt strategies that motivate employees through self-pride, a sense of accomplishment, and a supportive environment grounded in communication, honesty, integrity, and hard work.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 14, 2022

It’s only when you’re able to spot those types of variances in inventory, voids, or other areas that you can begin to address and manage the problem. You’re still losing money on inventory. They went to investigate, assuming it was theft, only to find out it was a training issue in that store.

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Goliath Consulting

JULY 8, 2020

Every bar manager experiences recurring nightmares of that one delivery day. The cases of product continue piling up and floor management responsibilities are preventing the bar manager from vigilantly checking in each order. How often are you counting a detailed inventory? We all know the one.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

As a restaurant manager or operator, you are the driving force in productivity – leading your staff and keeping customers happy. However, productivity is more easily trained than managed. Many restaurant operators juggle multiple locations, and adding managers adds another link in the chain of command to manage.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

You can use modern restaurant technology to make the process of menu engineering easier, get better visibility into your profits and waste, improve employee training, and track your efforts. Reinforce Employee Training. Having strong management of your menu enables improvement across all areas of your inventory and food management.

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Harbor Touch

MARCH 18, 2025

The next youre racing to keep inventory stocked while customers wait for tables. Their stories inspire these 10 proven restaurant management tips and tricks for success. Its practical wisdom drawn from years of supporting restaurant managers, crafted to stand the test of time. Staff Management 1. Operational Efficiency 3.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

What can restaurant owners and managers do to better engage workers and increase retention in the long run? Often, this leads to rushed, poor communication between managers and employees, which in turn creates frustration among staff and even disgruntlement.

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Goliath Consulting

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Train employees to identify phishing attempts and maintain PCI compliance to safeguard customer data and ensure secure payment processing. Schedule additional staff to manage the flow of patrons and address issues promptly. Manage Crowds and Capacity Crowded spaces can pose safety risks if not managed properly.

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The Restaurant Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Introduction In the fast-paced world of restaurants, keeping a close eye on your inventory is as vital as the secret sauce in your signature dish. Proper inventory tracking helps reduce waste, control costs, and boost profits. What Is Restaurant Inventory Management? Key Components of Restaurant Inventory Management 1.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The role of a restaurant manager is always in motion. But there are several different tools to help you manage your restaurant—from single shifts and tasks to top-level overviews showing your business's health. That’s where task management software comes in. Task management software maintains historical data of tasks completed.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Restaurants turned to restaurant management apps to navigate this change, and it appears there’s no going back. 7shifts Most managers are familiar (and frustrated) with traditional paper scheduling techniques. 7shifts Most managers are familiar (and frustrated) with traditional paper scheduling techniques.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Managing multiple restaurant locations is a good challenge to have. But to be clear, multi-location restaurant management is challenging. It requires a manager to differentiate concepts, ensure a consistent guest experience, and manage employees and technology across multiple storefronts. Table of Contents.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Restaurants turned to restaurant management apps to navigate this change, and it appears there’s no going back. 7shifts Most managers are familiar (and frustrated) with traditional paper scheduling techniques. 7shifts Most managers are familiar (and frustrated) with traditional paper scheduling techniques.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 28, 2024

It just goes to show how important drink pricing and cost management are to maximizing profits. Once you have that total, subtract all of your costs, such as labor, inventory, rent, utilities, and other operating expenses. Bars that effectively manage their inventory and reduce waste tend to maintain higher margins.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

Managing a restaurant is a delicate routine—if we can even call it a routine. Managers are responsible for nearly every aspect of the restaurant and have to cover a variety of duties. In addition to their main duties, restaurant managers also have to contend with all the unwritten or hidden responsibilities that fall on them.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

What is the ongoing goal for all restaurant owners and managers? Establish Training Programs in Detail. Your employee’s training directly impacts the quality of their services, as well as your customer’s experience. To always, continuously search for ways to improve the guest experience. Use Other Outside Resources.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

For restaurant owners, there are a number of issues in their workplace keeping them up at night and hindering them from successfully managing and operating their restaurant efficiently. Money and Inventory Management The profitability of a restaurant depends on the careful management of cash flow.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 2, 2022

These tech systems let operators view sales patterns, track inventory, and determine areas of wastage to make smarter, more profitable and sustainable choices. No one on your team enjoys doing tedious administrative tasks, like line checks or inventory, but they’re a necessary part of the job, even when you’re short-staffed.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 13, 2022

Inefficient restaurants are usually the result of a combination of, if not, all of the following factors: Bad stock management and rotation. Inefficient management of staff. No realistic table management. Provide Customer Service Training. There is a direct correlation between customer service level and staff training.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 11, 2024

Management takes on multiple jobs throughout the restaurant including hiring, marketing, maintaining the budget, operations and keeping customers and staff happy. When working in a restaurant, management must utilize a variety of skills to run a successful business. As a manager it is your job to set the tone.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

"These tariffs could deeply affect the food service and hospitality industries on both sides of the border," Alex Thalassinos, President of Silverware POS, one of the first tech providers dedicated to Canada’s hospitality industry, told Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. by about one percent.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 1, 2022

In a recent poll of restaurant managers and owners, LANDED found that two out of three are spending three or more hours a week on recruiting, and one in six are spending six-plus hours a week. GMs have a lot of different responsibilities, including managing store operations, inventory, handling guest experience and managing budget.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Innovation is needed in several areas, including: Staff management. Staff Management. Technology also helps bridge communication between restaurant management and staff. Having a retail management tool with a mobile application, for instance, reduces the need for wait staff to move around when communicating with each other.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Not much can be done about errors caused by customers, and training servers to listen attentively and cooks to set timers and stay focused can address internal errors. Keeping a better eye on the inventory and using the most ripe perishables first is the first step in minimizing food waste. Make dulce de leche as a dessert special.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2022

Upgrade inventory and ordering systems with the latest technology. Proper inventory management is essential to decreasing food waste and saving related expenses. Train your staff. Educate your employees why it’s essential to reduce food waste and train them on how to accomplish this. Stop overprepping.

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Lavu

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Real-time inventory systems help restaurants cut food waste , save money, and improve operations. Here’s how: Track Stock in Real-Time : Monitor inventory levels instantly to avoid overstocking or understocking. Reduce Spoilage : Get alerts for expiring items and use the FIFO method to manage perishable goods.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Meanwhile, restaurants must effectively manage inventory, staff, and customer data. As a result, many establishments struggle with slow service times, inefficient inventory management, and inadequate customer engagement — all of which can lead to decreased satisfaction and lost business.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 12, 2023

First, how might owners and those in management find the data they need? Merchants use the collected data to manage sales, generate labor reports, track inventory and even keep an eye on customer reviews. By evaluating recipes, portion sizes and inventory levels, for instance, opportunities to cut back expenses are illuminated.

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Open for Business

OCTOBER 15, 2024

That’s why having a solid restaurant management training program is so important for owners and operators looking to build a successful team. A well-structured management training program equips new leaders with essential skills while promoting ongoing development.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The people who had stayed in foodservice were faced with understaffed shifts, training new employees, impatient customers, new safety protocols and supply chain problems, and the new employees are overwhelmed and confused. They can manage PTO and drop or swap shifts on their phones. Make Training Accessible and Encouraged.

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