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Despite Improved 2024 Outlook, Labor, and Other Risks May Drag Restaurants Down

Modern Restaurant Management

Another growing risk: nuclear verdicts over dram shop law violations, driving up the costs of liquor liability insurance. Another growing risk: nuclear verdicts over dram shop law violations, driving up the costs of liquor liability insurance. But the leading drag on the industry are its labor woes. Here’s an overview.

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NCR Reveals 2022 Hospitality Trends and Predictions

Modern Restaurant Management

While sales are trending higher, the National Restaurant Association reports three in four operators say recruitment and retention is their toughest challenge. In August, the restaurant industry lost more than 40,000 jobs. Chick-fil-A even reported disabling curbside ordering in some locations to reduce strain on their workers.

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How to hire the best staff for your restaurant

Open for Business

Finding staff for a restaurant can be a big challenge in the hospitality industry. Here’s how to hire great employees, with tips for recruiting and retaining staff for a restaurant. Consider the different restaurant roles needed to cover the different aspects of hospitality work at your restaurant.

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Questions in the Minds of Restaurant Job Applicants

Ken Burgin

By proactively addressing these questions during the interview process or in job postings, you can create a more effective recruitment experience. If the managers or owners doing an interview raise and answer these job applicant questions, they will have a better rapport with applicants. What is the kitchen’s work culture like?

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Are Your Restaurant Job Descriptions Promoting Your Culture?

Restaurant365

Recruitment (and retention) have long been challenges in the restaurant industry, but operators are currently having difficulty filling unprecedented numbers of open positions. Promoting your restaurant culture is an effective way to recruit the best restaurant employees. Most restaurants are trying to hire right now.

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Restaurant Staffing Crisis Solutions: Experts Weigh In

Modern Restaurant Management

Fast casual will continue to push out full-service brands because they can assemble food in front of you and get food to the customer more quickly. While staffing has always topped the list of restaurant owner/manager pain points, it now seems to be at crisis proportions. Two-thirds of new hires signing up for DailyPay.

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The restaurant industry needs to step up for women. We asked four leaders how to do it.

7 Shifts

Look for groups like The Multicultural Food & Hospitality Alliance that run webinars and seminars. When my friend was 22, she served at a steakhouse that mandated short dresses and heels. When she was 23, the manager asked her to put on makeup in one of her first shifts at a breakfast grill. She promptly quit. Remember me?I