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Daily, Weekly, Biweekly? What’s the Best Pay Schedule for My Restaurant?

Modern Restaurant Management

After a rough few years due to the pandemic, restaurant workers now have a reason to celebrate: Their average hourly earnings have grown 66% from 2017 to April of 2024, according to data from the Square Payroll Index , compared to 40% growth for retail workers. Weekly : With this schedule, paychecks are cut every week.

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Learning to Pivot S’More

Modern Restaurant Management

When Lindzi Shanks and Kat Connor opened the world’s first marshmallow cafe in 2017, they anticipated the summer season would be a business bonanza thanks to the public fascination with s’mores, but they came to learn that XO Marshmallow truly thrived in the fall and winter weather seasons when guests craved hot chocolate.

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Virtual Acceleration, Raising the Bar and Insult Monitor

Modern Restaurant Management

US Foods Holding Corp.entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Smart Foodservice Warehouse Stores from funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. NYSE: APO) (the “Apollo Funds”) for $970 million in cash.

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Time Theft Guide: How to Spot it and How to Stop It

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Food, alcohol, and cash are common victims of theft—but business owners have to look beyond physical goods. By understanding the ways it can occur, business owners or managers have a much higher chance of identifying it before it racks up a hefty bill. It's all too common, and a 2017 study showed that buddy punching alone costs U.S.

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The Ultimate Guide to Restaurant Costs

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But the challenges don’t stop there—once open you have to focus on improving processes, managing labor schedules, and controlling restaurant costs. Not only do you have to manage many costs including, labor, equipment, and food—but you have to do it while dealing with inevitable price increases. This is only a guideline.

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Brittney Valles Is Stepping Up

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She never missed an opportunity to ask him questions about restaurant operations, and when Chait opened Petty Cash Taqueria in 2013, Valles joined the team as a host and later a floor manager. Valles accepted and worked there full-time raising funds, managing construction, and selecting vendors for the restaurant.

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Famous Dave’s: A Quarter Century of BBQ Evolution

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine quizzed Anderson and Sr. Just a few years ago when you talked about technology, you were talking about your POS system— basically just your cash register. In 2017, I was inducted into the BBQ Hall of Fame by my peers; that was one of the proudest days of being a BBQ cook.