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MRM EXCLUSIVE: Can Technology Help Solve the Restaurant Labor Shortage?

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurants that once employed full front of house operations, quickly turned into crews of kitchen and expeditor staff only, employing sometimes 25-50 percent of their original staff. "It's a feeding frenzy on hiring right now. Roles shifted too. "Where are all the people? But this is slowly starting to change.

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MRM EXCLUSIVE: Creating a Culture of Cleanliness 

Modern Restaurant Management

There are several considerations that owners and managers must take when establishing new cleaning procedures, including: Frequency – Enhanced cleaning and disinfection, in both front-of-house (FOH) and back-of-house (BOH) areas, will reduce the spread of potentially harmful germs throughout the restaurant.

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The History of Tipping in Restaurants: The Complicated Past, Present, and Future

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Its founder, George Pullman, hired newly liberated Southern black men as porters and servers. When you dine out at a restaurant, you tip your server. It's the expectation and an essential part of how restaurant workers earn a living. A guest's tip subsidizes wages for most of America's restaurant workers.

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How I Got My Job: Creating a New Vision for Vegan Cooking at a Top NYC Restaurant

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In her early 20s, Freeman worked as a front-of-house manager at a popular bar and restaurant in Washington D.C. But I don’t think I realized I was fully interested in food until 2017 or 2018, when I became a bit more serious about being a chef. And it all started with too much partying. Eater: What does your job involve?

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A Fool’s Choice

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In an excerpt from her memoir “Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger,” pastry chef Lisa Dononvan attempts to find some work-life balance at her first intense restaurant job feIn 2018 Nashville pastry chef Lisa Donovan won the James Beard Award in the personal essay category for her Food & Wine essay titled “ Dear Women: Own Your Stories.”

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MRM Franchise Feed: Kitchen of the Future, Restaurant Sherpas and Dunkin’ Hirin’

Modern Restaurant Management

Dunkin' Hirin' As more of America opens up, Dunkin’ franchisees are seeking to hire up to 25,000 new restaurant employees at Dunkin’ locations, from front-counter to restaurant management, creating immediate jobs that offer long-term education benefits and key career skills for people all across the U.S.

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State of the Industry and More Restaurant Research

Modern Restaurant Management

Our hiring rate and wage increases are outpacing the overall private sector, and this year our industry will contribute nearly $1 trillion to the economy," said Michelle Korsmo, president & CEO of the National Restaurant Association. "The million by the end of 2023.

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