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HotSchedules Spark 2018: Reigniting your Restaurant Brand through Innovation

Hot Schedules

That’s why more than 230 industry leaders and innovators gathered in Austin, TX, for the 2018 edition of Spark, a conference by HotSchedules. We could go on all day about all of the things we learned at Spark 2018, but let’s try to boil it down to our three big takeaways: The Power in Partnerships.

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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. Meet with leadership or management to get their take. When shopping for new or upgraded tech partners, keep your team informed.

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Exploring Food Culture

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2018, he launched the podcast, Flavors Unknown, featuring a series of conversations with acclaimed and award-winning chefs, pastry chefs, and mixologists from around the United States. From all the other conversations, I highlight, in the same chapter, many advice about leadership.

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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. Meet with leadership or management to get their take. When shopping for new or upgraded tech partners, keep your team informed.

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7 Women F&B Leaders That are Driving Positive Change Across The World

The Restaurant Times

In 2018, Garima Arora became the first Indian woman to receive a Michelin star for her Bangkok restaurant. Julie holds extensive restaurant and food industry experience, including 13 years in senior leadership roles at Starbucks, and has deep brand marketing experience in the retail sector as well. . Happy Women’s Day!

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Restaurant365’s CEO Tony Smith Receives 2021 OCBJ Innovator of the Year Award

Restaurant365

This award honors, recognizes and celebrates individuals and their organizations who are creating game-changing products and services, and demonstrate brilliance and leadership in innovation. . “I Smith was also a finalist in Ernst & Young’s 2018 “Entrepreneur of the Year awards.”

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MRM EXCLUSIVE: Creating a Culture of Cleanliness 

Modern Restaurant Management

Methods for keeping employees on track include: create a cleaning schedule for staff members to complete throughout the day that mangers review; have leadership conduct random FOH and BOH cleanliness checks; and set a reminder every 30 minutes to remind everyone to perform hand hygiene. in 2018, the highest level since the Great Recession.

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