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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

This capability can prove invaluable for refining pricing strategies, optimising ingredient and waste management, and planning forthcoming shifts, among other benefits. Prioritising employee well-being, mental health, and job satisfaction is also essential in curbing turnover and cultivating a content and dedicated workforce.

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Feast on Sushi, Steak, and Globalization at Iraq’s American-Themed Buffet

EATER

After inking the franchise agreement, Meurs flew to Erbil in 2014 to collaborate with Martani on constructing the restaurant — only to hurriedly evacuate when ISIS’s lightning takeover of northern Iraq advanced within 25 miles of Erbil. And the upfront pricing still appeals to people trying to uphold traditional dynamics around hospitality.

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5 Best Restaurant Tip Pooling Solutions Compared

Cheetah

Checks your payroll against local wage and hour laws and taxes to make operators’ life easier Strong company with ample customer support Cons: Only available as an add-on to Essentials Toast package ($165/mo) or higher Price: Starts at $165/mo Other POS systems offer tip management apps and add-ons through their marketplaces.

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5 Best Digital Tip Pooling Solutions Compared

Cheetah

Checks your payroll against local wage and hour laws and taxes to make operators’ life easier Strong company with ample customer support Cons: Only available as an add-on to Essentials Toast package ($165/mo) or higher Price: Starts at $165/mo Other POS systems offer tip management apps and add-ons through their marketplaces.

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Tough Topic: Making Restaurants Safer

Modern Restaurant Management

” Combined with well-rehearsed plans and specific emergency duties for individual employees, this relatively simple safety advice can save both employee and customer lives through preparation. A number of companies currently market gunfire detection systems, with varying prices and capabilities.

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QUESO: Non-Cheesy Values at Condado Tacos

7 Shifts

Joe Kahn opened the first Condado Tacos in 2014, a stone's throw from the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Kahn: "We should have been charging $12 for a chicken taco because chicken prices were a thousand times more than we've ever seen. Kahn: "It was kind of a no-brainer. And those decisions aren't always easy ones to make.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-September 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

In a survey of 4,079 small business owners conducted from 8/15 to 9/13/21, 66 percent reported having a "very difficult" time finding the right employees to fill open roles, many of which are necessary to help them drive revenue and rebound. In July, 47 percent couldn't hire enough employees. Dining Trends in Canada.

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