Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

I wonder why this is the case. I can’t get my arms around why people go into business without the drive to be great. So, just in case the information is not well known to some – here is the BEST OF Restaurant 101, a good start. [] START WITH KNOWING THE MARKET. Plain and simple.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 6, 2020

Although our current crisis has brought the restaurant industry to a halt, it is important to remember just how integrated the business of selling and serving food is to society as a whole. Here are a few examples of why this is true: [] CONVENIENCE. This is a very important part of the restaurant business – hospitality.

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7 Shifts

JULY 24, 2020

While you must follow the strict guidelines to ensure the safety of your staff and customers, that’s not to say you can’t take advantage of an empty restaurant to improve your knowledge of restaurant management, running a business, and creating a recipe for success when you eventually get back to business as usual.

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Culinary Cues

JULY 4, 2021

So, here we are facing overnight demand (it’s like everyone turned on the open switch at the same time) that exceeds supply and our ability to deliver. There is obviously a need for some type of systemic change, but no one seems to know exactly what that might be at this time. The important reality is that we MUST MAKE CHANGES NOW!

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 18, 2021

You may serve the best food on the block, but if your restaurant doesn't match its dishes with plausible customer service, your customers may never come back. That's why it's important to provide an outstanding dining experience from the second your customer's enter your restaurant, till the moment they leave.

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Culinary Cues

JUNE 26, 2021

Owners and operators will typically shake their heads at initial designs holding their ground that “chefs” like to create elaborate kitchen palaces that they really don’t need and that they (the owners) can’t afford to build. Are hospital administrators fine with operating rooms that are not quite right?

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 9, 2020

How to build your restaurant’s website. How to optimize your website with feedback. How to promote your restaurant’s website. Here are six steps to take before opening any restaurant website builders. When you understand what makes a restaurant's website successful, you can emulate those features on your website.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

It may seem small to go for a few dollar increases on a check, but as your check average grows, as do your profits. There is a way, to both grow profits and upgrade your customer experience at the same time: suggestive selling. Your guests have a personalized and better experience. What is suggestive selling?

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7 Shifts

APRIL 24, 2020

This blog is dedicated to the hundreds of thousands of restaurant workers struggling in the “new normal” with COVID-19—a collection of strategies, resources, and tips to help you survive and thrive. However, that doesn’t mean tuning into any news station or opening up your #COVID19-ridden Twitter feed everyday.

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Future Food

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The prolonged closures on food and beverage venues have ranged from hard to devastating, not just from a sales perspective, but on the lives of hospitality workers and their families. Secondly, we have cashed-up customers who are hungry for hospitality, let’s call this demand.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 5, 2020

What is very clear, as restaurants in certain states sense a desire to lift stay at home restrictions and return to business is that guests will remain leery of any interaction with others in public places. Re-opening businesses when the virus is still clawing towards its peak is very risky, of that we are sure. unknown author.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 24, 2020

She is wrestling with the big questions: Why am I doing this and is there room for this and other small restaurants after the threat from Covid-19 is behind us? Here are my unsubstantiated beliefs: [] THE ART OF EXPRESSION. I felt as if I were sitting at a table in Prune with Gabrielle while she told her story.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 11, 2020

Two of the most significant issues facing businesses today are RETAINING good employees who are so difficult to find and MAXIMIZING the productivity and efficiency of those same employees. His accomplishments in the culinary arts are far too broad to review here, but this new project takes his many talents far beyond the kitchen.

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Hot Schedules

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Learn how payroll processing mistakes can hurt your business. H andling payroll in a hospitality or retail business is a complicated and often thankless task. But it’s incredibly important to get it right, because payroll processing mistakes can hurt your business in more ways than one. User Question.

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Culinary Cues

JUNE 11, 2020

OK, so here we are: restaurants are beginning to re-open (maybe prematurely, maybe not) and we are all scared to death. Where are the exciting future thinkers in the restaurant business – you know, the disruptors, the ones that force us to scratch our heads, the ones who p**s us off, and make us wag our fingers saying: “You can’t do that.”.

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Future Food

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

In the last six months priorities and spending habits have shifted for consumers, while some customer segments have continued to purchase, in one form or another, there will also be a need to re-establish or reconnect with others in order to begin the journey back to previous levels of revenue and eventual profitability.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

It may seem small to go for a few dollar increases on a check, but as your check average grows, as do your profits. There is a way, to both grow profits and upgrade your customer experience at the same time: suggestive selling. Your guests have a personalized and better experience. What is suggestive selling?

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Get Beyond

JANUARY 4, 2024

For others, especially small business owners, the new year can be exhausting. Emerging from a busy shopping season, many of us are just finally coming up for air after the end of a busy year. But that doesn’t mean you can’t start implementing strategies for small business success in 2024 and beyond.

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Hot Schedules

MARCH 29, 2021

Where Business Meets Technology. T here are many interpretations and different materials about the responsibilities of Product Owners in software companies. Most importantly, as a product owner I am involved in various decision making and it’s great to be able to make a difference and have a direct impact on the business growth.”.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 20, 2020

In the wake of the COVID-19 epidemic, The 1894 Lodge once again embraced its history of change, adaptability, and evolution to thrive under the circumstances, and relied on its partnership with 7shifts to help keep its team aligned and business afloat. Our sandwiches turned into some pretty badass sandwiches.” My staff was great,” he said.

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Hot Schedules

JANUARY 25, 2021

What Is the SUTA Tax & Why Is It Going Up in 2021? I t’s probably fair to say that most entrepreneurs didn’t give much thought to the complexities around payroll management and taxes before starting a business and hiring employees. SUTA taxes vary by state and even vary to some degree by business within each state.

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Izettle

OCTOBER 7, 2020

If there’s one thing that can set your company apart, it’s good customer service – especially for an independent business. I always look at hospitality from the customer’s perspective.”. “I I always look at hospitality from the customer’s perspective.”. They still have that feel of one-off service. Think like a customer.

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Sling

APRIL 19, 2021

As a small business owner or manager, you need to speak the language of your industry. That includes general business terms , such as capital, gross, net, and — perhaps most important — profit margin. Why is it important? In business , margins are usually expressed as a percentage. What Is Profit Margin?

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Future Food

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The Overlooked Market - Why we should capitalise on business spending. Many successful restaurants have built their businesses around catering to their corporate clients. However, when developers and landlords are looking to gauge the size of the F&B market, business spending is often an overlooked component.

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Restaurant365

APRIL 16, 2021

Today, consumers want convenient and easy ways to order food from your restaurant. But, these can cost your restaurant quite a bit. But, these can cost your restaurant quite a bit. These ordering platforms charge multiple fees to your customers and also have high commission rates (typically 10-15% of the order total).

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Aaron Allen & Associates

AUGUST 22, 2022

Why does it matter? When you think about it that way, you can see why we realized long ago that there are actually more “consultants” than there are restaurants (little wonder why our “competitors” have come and gone so fast in our space). But what is it? How should I be thinking about it, you may wonder. Who has this problem?

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Hot Schedules

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Learn how outsourcing your HR can increase employee engagement while decreasing liabilities and fees. T here’s one thing we know for sure: across the board, labor is one of the biggest expenses for restaurants and hospitality businesses. Outsourcing is a great way to take payroll logistics off your teams’ plate.

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Bingage

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Restaurants across the country facing a severe loss of business due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Since the foodservice industry works on a fairly high proportion of fixed operating costs, a sharp drop in revenues is going to cause severe losses for the businesses. Now how do you manage your staff during this difficult time?

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Here are their insights. Promoting the air in your restaurant is as a force to clean and disinfect, instead of something to be feared, is a strategy that all restaurant operators should aggressively approach and promote to their patrons. Tony Abate, Vice President and Chief Technical Officer at AtmosAir Solutions.

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EATER

AUGUST 24, 2023

Here, Green reflects on her journey to food journalism, how starting a career in food writing just as the pandemic broke was in some ways an advantage, and life advice that has helped her push the boundaries of restaurant criticism. Eater: What does your job involve? What’s your favorite part about it? In Lyndsay C.

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Hot Schedules

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

But before we take off for the holidays and get ready to put it all behind us, there are some end-of-year tasks that Payroll and HR teams need to take care of to get ready for the new year. Our Payroll experts here at Fourth have put together a convenient checklist so you can knock it out in record time. Let’s take a look. Calculator.

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360Training

APRIL 16, 2020

While most stay-at-home orders are currently set to expire in April, all signs point to business operations remaining in crisis for quite a while. Restaurants are in a unique position among small businesses: closed, but still essential. And most importantly, how do I keep my business afloat until things go back to normal?

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Izettle

OCTOBER 7, 2020

If there’s one thing that can set your company apart, it’s good customer service – especially for an independent business. I always look at hospitality from the customer’s perspective.”. “I I always look at hospitality from the customer’s perspective.”. They still have that feel of one-off service. Think like a customer.

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The Restaurant Times

JUNE 25, 2022

Chef Lata Tondon is one of the exemplary women in the food and hospitality industry, holding seven world records for her work as a chef and holds multiple certifications in international cuisine. We need to prove ourselves for anything we want. As a 37-year-old woman, following your passion is tough. I stayed there for 2 years.

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The Restaurant Times

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

During the pandemic, many restaurants wholeheartedly embraced online ordering, and they recognize that it’s here to stay, even as on-premise consumption returns to normal levels. As a restaurant owner, you probably are already convinced of the need of offering your customer the convenience of online ordering.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Like any job, a restaurant job teaches skills and processes you can put on your resume in addition to soft skills that make you both a better worker and a more well-rounded person. Skills for Your Resume. Food Service Skills For Your Resume. Making Your Resume Stand Out. Food Service, Kitchen, & Hospitality Tech.

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Restaurant Clicks

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Southern comfort food and barbecue are popular here, but there are other choices as well. The best Tuscaloosa restaurants not only have good food but that southern hospitality staple as well. The staff is both professional and friendly, so you are assured a good time here. Dreamland BBQ. Dillard’s Chophouse.

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