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Using Technology to Combat the Labor Shortage

Modern Restaurant Management

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. But not all hope is lost.

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Top Restaurant Hiring Tips

Modern Restaurant Management

For many, recruiting is a skill they’re not trained on and just one of a hundred tasks occupying their work day. Recruiting and hiring decisions are often made by managers at the store or restaurant level instead of by corporate recruiters. The key to hiring the right people every time at every location is consistency.

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Our Wage Models are Broken

7 Shifts

The institution of tipping and the existence of the sub-minimum wage is heavily rooted in slavery , and has led to decades of underpaying a workforce that is majority black, brown, and female. In other words, tips can legally be split between kitchen and waitstaff. This isn’t an easy conversation to have.

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New & Notable: TEAM Schostak Celebrates 40, AI in Food Service and Beachy Tech

Modern Restaurant Management

.” 7shifts Launches Tip Pooling. 7shifts launched a new solution designed to help operators and managers streamline the complicated and time-consuming tip tracking and distribution process. " Tip Pooling has been designed to offer three benefits to operators and managers: Create and customize tip pools with ease.

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MRM Research Roundup: Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day 2024 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Other highlights include: Check Size Up, Tips Down: Guests are willing to treat themselves to menu items like steaks, caviar, truffles and tasting menus, resulting in an average 14 percent increase in their bill. However, when it comes to tipping, it seems Cupid missed the memo, and there's a 1.5

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State of the Industry and More Restaurant Research

Modern Restaurant Management

Only one in ten operators think recruiting and retaining employees will be easier in 2023 than it was in 2022. Among the results: Tipping culture is here to stay, in fact 48 percent of card or digital payment transactions at QSR restaurants included a tip – up 11 percent since 2020. million by 2030.

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Fast-Casual Academia, Climatarian Menu and Ice Auction

Modern Restaurant Management

The Hospitality Recovery Coalition includes DISCUS, the American Distilled Spirits Alliance (ADSA), the Council of State Restaurant Associations (CSRA), the National Restaurant Association and TIPs. TIPs offers training for individuals on the responsible sale, service and consumption of alcohol. NAB Acquires SALIDO.