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Our Wage Models are Broken

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Source: @1fairwage_official on Instagram Everything about how restaurants are structured has been built around this model, and the historically razor-thin margins don’t provide a lot of wiggle room for those looking to initiate change. This isn’t an easy conversation to have. Rethinking Wages: Where to Start? Rethinking Wages: Where to Start?

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Surprising Ways that Tech Can Help Evolve Your Restaurant

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After that, the most popular back-office technologies were accounting software (52%, up from 31% in 2018) and payroll software (50%, up from 28% in 2018), according to a study from Toast. Audience management software can also aggregate data from all sources like Yelp!, It involved hand-written ledgers and note cards.

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10 Top Restaurant Technologies To Evolve Your Business

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After that, the most popular back-office technologies were accounting software (52%, up from 31% in 2018) and payroll software (50%, up from 28% in 2018), according to a study from Toast. Your POS system reduces ordering errors, increases front-of-house and back-of-house efficiency, and helps you control inventory.

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A New Season

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Soon, the trees and flowers will be blooming, birds will be building nests, hummingbirds will return to the north and we will all eventually get back to “normal” We will once again enjoy picnics, outdoor concerts, dining in restaurants and travel! La Fiera Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo Rosé DOC 2018. Alcohol: 12%.

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Long Live ShopRite’s Can Can Sale

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It turns out my wife and coworker thought the same thing, likely because the memories bring you back, not just to your town, but to your kitchen surrounded by family. I said, “We’re in the Can Can sale! Maybe you don’t know about that.” Did you get the Tuttarossas?”

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MRM at Five: What Issues Have Impacted Restaurants?

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We’re also seeing many of our clients find new ways to be more sustainable in sourcing their food products. For example, we have one client who has moved away from traditional meat options, and their focus is on sustainably sourced oysters and oyster mushrooms, which are grown on-site. “Will this look good on Instagram?

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Reducing Restaurant Food Waste

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The EPA estimated that in 2018, the United States wasted 35.3 According to the food waste hierarchy pyramid, source reduction is the ‘best case scenario’ when it comes to food waste. Most of the time, back-of-the-house food that is being tossed, isn’t because its spoiled, and often times, still perfectly edible.

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