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

Modern Restaurant Management

A new year is creeping up on us again, bringing fresh opportunities—and challenges—for restaurant operators. From updating policies to gearing up for tax season, these steps will enhance your compliance and position your restaurant for sustained growth.

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THE END OF BEING CIVIL, KIND, LAW ABIDING AND PROFESSIONAL

Culinary Cues

In restaurants, the chef who was quite recently held up with admiration and respect is now often dismissed and criticized for his or her passion and work ethic. There are plenty of restaurants looking for talented cooks – maybe your ideal job is somewhere else. I remember how important it was to my family to be law abiding.

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MRM Research Roundup: Year-End 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Top Restaurant Trends. BentoBox released its comprehensive 2020 Restaurant Trend Report. Key findings from the report include: Direct online ordering booms as restaurants recognize the need to bypass third-party marketplaces : Average monthly online order volume grew 250x since the COVID-19 pandemic began, with $59.18

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Reopening Your Restaurant? Here’s Your Digital To-Do List

ChowNow

It’s clear that the COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating for restaurants. While we’re in stabler territory for the time being, things are still grim for the restaurant industry. Now, as a patchwork of laws and guidelines has allowed more and more restaurants to reopen their dining rooms, many questions remain.

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What Restaurateurs Need to Know Right Now About the COVID-19 Pandemic

ChowNow

The past few weeks have been disastrous for the restaurant industry. With COVID-19 prompting a mass shutdown of public life, independent restaurants across the US have seen a rapid decrease in sales. Some restaurants are even offering discounts on their gift cards to further stimulate cash flow. . Add gift cards to your menu.

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What’s in a Name? Protecting a Brand Trademark

Modern Restaurant Management

To learn more about how this case might mean for other chains navigating intellectual property concerns as they plan to expand, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine received insights from Nate Quirk , a North Carolina-based intellectual property partner at Burr & Forman, who works closely with food and beverage brands.

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Vaccine Flair Could Be the ‘It’ Accessory in Restaurants This Summer

EATER

Restaurants, which were among the first targets of local shutdowns and where countless workers have lost livelihoods and lives in this pandemic, have been the locus of our anxieties from the beginning. Some restaurant operators , workers, and diners are opting into the latter category by relying on a small vaccine pin.