ChowNow

MARCH 14, 2025

In this guide, youre going to learn: The key components of effective restaurant operations management Common challenges restaurant owners face (and how to solve them) Best practices to run a more efficient and profitable restaurant Lets explore what it takes to manage restaurant operations like a pro.

Operations 195

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Embrace the Suck

JANUARY 20, 2021

We’re the result of years of poor management, treating staff as a line item and not as an asset. With that mission in mind, below you’ll find the four-step recruiting plan you need to build a high-performance team and succeed in 2020. Step 2: Be Actively Recruiting. How do you recruit actively?

Recruiting 384

Recruiting Coaching Hiring Take-out 384

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

While new workers are brought on to help shoulder the swell in demand, training more people can leave restaurant managers overwhelmed. Restaurant managers and corporate leaders know that demand is driven by far more than just consumer spending power. 2: Employee Satisfaction Is Paramount Hiring employees is one thing.

Management 504

Management Management Hiring Customer Experience 504

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.

Management 493

Management Management Food Safety Communication 493

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked hiring expert Sid Upadhyay, co-founder and CEO of Wizehire for his advice on best practices for hiring and retention. Hires are often not made by corporate staff but by front line managers at individual restaurants. What do you see as key challenges of restaurant hiring right now?

Hiring 520

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 19, 2020

As you ramp up hiring again, there’ll be a huge influx of applications, so it’s essential you get your post-COVID recruitment right. Pandemic or otherwise, staff turnover eats into your profitability and wastes a considerable amount of managers’ time. Even your most seasoned staff can forget things.

Training 370

Training Kitchen Safety Customer Service Food Safety 370

7 Shifts

JULY 29, 2020

Restaurant recruiting during the COVID-19 pandemic can be advantageous for restaurants because so much restaurant talent is looking for work. It’s important for restaurant hiring and training processes to reflect new COVID-19 safety measures. Will any of the hiring or training be conducted remotely? What PPE will you provide?

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Recruiting Kitchen Safety Employee Relations Food Safety 293

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 19, 2021

From kitchen staff to waitstaff and janitors to managers, the industry is faced with one of the tightest labor markets in years amid an economic recovery from one of the worst crises in living memory. First, the amount of time managers spend recruiting can have a distracting domino effect on food service operations.

Guest Recovery 508

Guest Recovery Recruiting Front of House Customer Service 508

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.

Mobile Ordering 221

Mobile Ordering Back of House Customer Service Online Ordering 221

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

That led to an employee shortage, especially for high-quality and experienced management positions. Investing in teamwork, internal training, and career development—such as structured in-house wine education—creates a sense of belonging and shared growth.

Front of House 221

Front of House Loyalty Program Recruiting Customer Experience 221

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 1, 2022

From recruiting to retention, if the employee experience is positive and fulfilling, loyalty is fostered, and staff is more likely to stay put. Empowering Employees with the Right Tools and Training. Restaurant people are “people-people.”

Front of House 576

Front of House Loyalty Program Back of House Training 576

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

To recruit new talent and alleviate strains on current staff, restaurant managers are looking for new ways to streamline their operations and enhance the employee experience. A mobile employee experience has now become table stakes in seamlessly recruiting, onboarding, training and managing staff.

Cash Management 531

Cash Management Employee Relations Recruiting Healthcare 531

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Here is one excerpt from his journal of observations: Service industry work develops the soft skills recruiters talk about on LinkedIn discipline, promptness, the ability to absorb criticism, and most important, how to read people like a book. Every time I look back on a long career, these words seem to resonate.

Employee Relations 349

Employee Relations Presentation Small Business Recruiting 349

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 4, 2023

However, for restaurants dealing with high-volume recruitment needs, the challenge is even greater. Tight timelines : First, hiring teams often encounter tight timelines when managing high-volume recruitment. Maintaining company reputation : Maintaining a strong employer brand becomes crucial in high-volume recruiting.

Recruiting 221

Recruiting Hiring Employee Relations Technology 221

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Every restaurant owner, operator, and manager are currently asking themselves: how do I hire restaurant employees in today’s labor market? It is increasingly difficult to recruit, attract, hire, and retain employees, but there are some insights that can help you navigate a tough labor landscape. The Restaurant Labor Shortage.

Hiring 520

Hiring Front of House Recruiting Back of House 520

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 7, 2021

This is the frothy backdrop against which restaurant HR professionals are working to recruit, cultivate and retain the right talent. With upskilling comes the added benefit of bolstered confidence, a greater sense of belonging, and deeper interpersonal trust in managers.

2022 492

2022 Operations Recruiting Hiring 492

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 15, 2024

One smart idea is investing in software that can schedule employees’ working hours, manage HR processes, prepare payroll, analyze labor data, and monitor employee attendance. These expenses include money spent on recruiting, hiring, and training new staff, and lost productivity.

Loyalty Program 448

Loyalty Program Hiring Point of Sale Recruiting 448

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Finding the right general manager (GM) can be a challenging task, yet businesses that view investing in employees as an unnecessary expense often pay for it down the road. Ben Brock, restaurant operator and partner with 4Top Hospitality states, “It all starts with general managers. That’s why training matters so much.

Management 333

Management Management Training Hiring 333

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Managers and owners must develop strategic hiring plans through the end of 2022 and into 2023 to protect staff from long hours and burnout. However, limited budgets and resources necessitate thoughtful hiring decisions in order to reduce wasted time and costs on advertising positions or training new hires. How to avoid. How to avoid.

Hiring 514

Hiring Recruiting Employee Relations Mobile Ordering 514

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2021

While staffing has always topped the list of restaurant owner/manager pain points, it now seems to be at crisis proportions. Instead of belaboring the issue, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine went to the experts for some solutions. Nguyen identified roles and cross-trained staff where possible to wear multiple hats.

Fast Casual 553

Fast Casual Hiring Online Ordering Front of House 553

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Restaurant owners are being forced to find a way to make it through winter with vastly reduced revenue, and many operators are scrambling to reallocate budgets and manage staffing to survive COVID-19. Managing cash flow can be difficult for seasonal businesses. Does your dining room layout need a social distance inspired layout?

Cash Management 576

Cash Management Social Media Seasonal Menu Food Truck 576

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Chefs and restaurateurs invested in recruiting students at regional culinary colleges for internship and permanent positions after graduation, but those schools are struggling to find students to enroll whats going on? Is the experience in jeopardy? Where theres a will there is a way.

Fine Dining 228

Fine Dining Food Supply Customer Service Recruiting 228

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In the National Restaurant Association’s report, 75 percent of restaurant operators identified recruiting employees as their top challenge this summer, above all other difficulties experienced in the industry’s recovery. Industry-leading labor management technology can address this by placing consideration on employee preferences.

Technology 558

Technology Tip Distribution Front of House Back of House 558

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 28, 2022

Managing your various technologies should not feel like an unmanageable juggling act, but it can when you’re not sure where to look or what system to trust. At the same time, competition for labor has risen, making it more difficult than ever to recruit, train and retain employees.

2022 530

2022 FOH BOH Recruiting 530

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The seemingly never-ending battle to attract workers to open jobs is being driven by an overall smaller industry labor pool stemming from limitations in how companies are competing for and ultimately recruiting workers.

2021 600

2021 Hiring Technology Social Media 600

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 18, 2019

To thrive in this labor climate, it is essential that food service employers explore innovative ways to stand out among competitors to recruit and retain sharp, dedicated talent. While perpetual job openings may be encouraging for restaurant industry jobseekers, it can be a point of concerning instability for restaurant owners.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2021

Don’t Be Choosy … Train! We are putting additional training and time into these three, and I have to say they are doing well. The moral of this particular story is that we filled three positions by taking the time to train, and these new employees are really enjoying working for us. Start Thinking Local.

Social Media 531

Social Media Training Recruiting 2019 531

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

To learn what operators can do to recruit and retain, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine reached out to Opal Wagnac, SVP of Market & Product Strategy at isolved, who works with QSR HR practitioners. On the other hand, maintaining robust recruitment and training are also key challenges as HR tries to combat employee churn.

Recruiting 354

Recruiting Hiring Customer Experience Consumer Goods 354

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2024

Employers are now expected to offer more than just a salary increase: Redefining the nature of work through flexible schedules, job sharing and in-house management pools has become essential. Implement management training programs for young talent to help fill future skill gaps and ensure the continuity of leadership.

Marketing 418

Marketing 2050 Recruiting 2024 418

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 10, 2022

Back-of-house technology, for those who had it in place, has been helping restaurants manage disruptions in their supply chain, implementing new sanitation protocols, training and onboarding new employees, and making better use of their labor. This includes things like clocking enforcement, which is managed by the back-of-house.

Back of House 520

Back of House 2022 BOH Front of House 520

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Innovation is needed in several areas, including: Staff management. Staff Management. According to the 2021 State of the Restaurant Industry Mid-Year Update , more than 3 in 4 restaurant operators struggle with recruitment and retention, despite an increase in employment. Kitchen operations. Dining room procedures.

Technology 492

Technology Operations Food Safety Kitchen Safety 492

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 31, 2022

Restaurant owners or managers would rather spend time on other meaningful tasks, such as recruiting and hiring, training chefs, or updating daily specials on the menu. For example, basic point of sale (POS) systems or integrated restaurant management systems are useful digital tools that enable data reporting.

Point of Sale 491

Point of Sale Download POS Customer Experience 491

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.

Management 397

Management Management Kitchen Safety Front of House 397

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

And in 2023, that’s the problem most hiring managers in the restaurant industry are facing. ” In a 2022 Toxic Work Environment Report , “CareerPlug found that 52 percent of employees in the restaurant and food services industry do not feel like their manager genuinely cares about them/their performance at work.

Hiring 474

Hiring 2023 Advertising Recruiting 474

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. Training new employees is expensive and takes a considerable amount of time. Tap into Former Employees. Plus, they will be ready to hit the ground running! Hang in there!

Hiring 472

Hiring Recruiting Restaurant Law Customer Experience 472

Goliath Consulting

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

This signifies a drop in younger recruits that compose a larger part of the restaurant workforce, not to mention how workers may be leaving the restaurant industry for good in search of more stable, reliable jobs (5). Speed is one of the most critical factors in recruiting, particularly in the restaurant industry. Easy Scheduling.

Recruiting 195

Recruiting Hiring Communication Mobile Ordering 195

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Reducing the transactional parts of a server's job allows them to focus on building relationships with their guests, providing superior customer service and managing the more complex requests and interactions. However, once team members are hired and restaurants have invested time and money in their training, retaining new staff is key.

Technology 563

Technology Loyalty Program Fast Casual Email Marketing 563