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Top Drive-Thru Tech for Keeping Guests – and Employees – Happy

Modern Restaurant Management

In the beginning of 2020, no one could have predicted where the restaurant and quick service restaurant (QSR) industry would be today. Four Tech Solutions to Improve Guest and Employee Experiences. Here are four top technologies that can reshape the drive-thru, enhancing the employee and guest experience while boosting the bottom line.

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7 Ways to Deal With the Labor Shortage in 2021

Touch Bistro

Remember the expression, too many cooks in the kitchen ? are trying everything and the kitchen sink to recruit and retain employees in the face of a labor shortage the likes of which this industry hasn’t seen in decades. million food service employees lost their jobs in 2020. Well, go ahead and unlearn it.

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How to Handle Temporary Restaurant Closure during COVID-19

7 Shifts

Do you have delivery drivers who you could hire, or would your FOH staff take on this role for extra pay? Safety If you can run your business as a takeout and delivery spot, consider whether or not you can carry out operations safely to avoid spreading COVID-19. Do you have takeout packaging in stock? Here’s how to do that thoroughly.to

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-September 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Hiring Crisis Facts. Alignable’s September Hiring Poll shows that the labor shortage many industries have experienced this summer is only getting worse, due to Delta variant surges and inflation. Among beauty shop owners, 59 percent struggled to hire help in July. In July, 47 percent couldn't hire enough employees.

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Essential Food Workers Are at Unique Risk for COVID-19. Some Are Fighting Back.

EATER

That’s how a decade-long employee for Tyson Foods, Inc. The machine operator didn’t want to be publicly identified for fear of reprisal, but he told Civil Eats that he’s worried about his safety since the coronavirus began to spread at meatpacking plants in March. A nightmare.”. According to the complaint, white workers make up 34.5

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MRM Franchise Feed: Virtual BBQ and Pieology in China

Modern Restaurant Management

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is expanding its franchise opportunities to feature another nontraditional franchise model – virtual kitchens and has executed area development agreements to bring more of Dickey’s slow-smoked, Texas-style barbecue to Chicago, Houston and Orlando, as well as make its debut in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Tips for Retaining Workers During Staff Shortages

The Rail

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, this industry has been hard hit with a lack of potential employees and several other major changes. There are several reasons behind this, and most are related to how the industry essentially got shut down for large portions of 2020 and 2021. Build Incentives and Benefits into Employee Pay.