Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The 2020 holiday season may not offer the same gatherings, parties and hoopla of years’ past, but diners are making sure it is still filled with amazing food. When it came to ordering take-out, Gen Z led with 28 percent. Service-related mentions became more positive by 6.0 Diners Show Holiday Spirit.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 17, 2020

This article addresses some of the most common concerns arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic, from the perspective of an employment lawyer and a restaurateur. Let your patrons feel that they are a part of the future of their favorite hangout, and they will take an interest in the restaurant's success now and for years to come.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

” Using modular construction for restaurant development saves 10-15 percent overall, and allows for consistency and efficiency with the building process taking approximately five weeks to complete. 2021 will be big for us as we branch out of California and make our entrance into the Midwest and East Coast.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Customers and employees are demanding more transparency, expecting to see ongoing, proactive efforts to keep everyone safe. Four significant benefits to using digital tools include their ability to: increase safety, quality, accuracy, productivity, and efficiency, minimize risks, train and empower your employees, and manage COVID protocols.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 20, 2020

Once his restaurant was allowed to reopen for dine-in service, Logan took necessary precautions to ensure his staff’s, customers’, and community’s health and safety. Once we started to open up a little bit, we really emphasized how we take care of our employees and how we take care of our building as far as a cleaning aspect.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The easiest way to get your food out there is by partnering with a third-party delivery app. But when it’s so dead simple to get listed on third-party delivery marketplaces and take orders, why do all the other work to create your own system when you are a time-strapped restaurateur? So—you’re ready to take orders.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 20, 2020

How to cut labor costs in a restaurant 101: Use a labor management tool Did you know that restaurants spend about 30% of their revenue on wages, overtime, payroll taxes, and employee health care? Benefits: Restaurant labor management tools take the guesswork out of scheduling.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2020

2020 has been a year like no other for restaurants and the companies who support and supply them. But if your restaurant or industry related business has been able to stay open or expects to resume operations once we are on the other side of the pandemic, now may be the time to apply for a grant. Do Your Homework.

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Sling

AUGUST 9, 2023

March 2023 13 Expert Tips for Effective Employee Communication March 2023 11 Types of Job Shifts Managers Should Know March 2023 What Is Incentive Pay and How Does it Work?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 1, 2023

Everything from decreasing food waste to exploring how automation can increase revenue for small business restaurants is related to BOH procedures. For any service charge to be a net-benefit for your restaurant and employees, always focus on the customer. Does the equipment layout make sense for all staff?

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Open for Business

MARCH 23, 2023

Hiring the right people for restaurant marketing jobs can mean you’re getting more out of your marketing efforts. In 2020, the pandemic reduced demand in the food service sector by more than 30%. Bringing on a staffer or contractor to take charge of marketing can help you take advantage of that surge.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Delivery and take-out will continue to be the most popular way consumers will get their restaurant meals in a COVID and post-COVID world. I think that guests will be choosy with where they go out in the future, and concepts that provide an authentic and safe experience will definitely have the edge. Here are their responses.

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Next Restaurants

JANUARY 27, 2021

At the beginning of 2020, none of us could have imagined how the year would unfold and how COVID-19 would affect our lives. Communicating online and making sure your patrons know your hours, offers, policies, procedures and more can keep things going strong even if you’re only offering takeout orders. Have Rotating Specials.

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Hot Schedules

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

W ho is ready to say goodbye to 2020? But before we take off for the holidays and get ready to put it all behind us, there are some end-of-year tasks that Payroll and HR teams need to take care of to get ready for the new year. Let’s take a look. Fewer than 50 employees and no insurance – no reporting needed.

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Hot Schedules

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

A successful return to business will require the implementation of intensive new cleaning and safety programs for the protection of guests and employees while balancing the cost to your business. To find out how we can help you managed increased materials cost, check out our Inventory Management solution for Hotels. User Switch.

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Cheetah

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Heinz nearly ran out of ketchup packets this year, practically triggering a nationwide ketchup shortage. A surge in demand caused by the delivery and take-out boom is partly the reason. After a year of relatively low demand, consumers can’t wait to get out of the house and into restaurants. Reading Time: 5 minutes.

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EATER

MAY 22, 2020

Breaking down hazard pay, sick leave, and general safety at Costco, Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, and more As the global pandemic drags on, grocery store employees have become frontline workers, and two months into the crisis, they’re still putting their own health at risk to keep America fed — and keep food on their own tables.

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Restaurant365

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The year 2020 prompted enormous changes in the restaurant industry. Your cash flow may have been tight in 2020, so 2021 is the time to focus on your cash flow recovery and next steps. This way, you can take immediate action on issues like incorrect portions or food waste (explored below). Cost out your menu items and recipes.

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Restaurant365

JULY 24, 2020

Shelter-in-place orders, dine-in restrictions and diners’ hesitation to eat out have combined to prompt restaurants to shift their focus to takeout and delivery. Statista’s latest data indicates that: Revenue in the online food delivery segment is projected to reach $26,527m in 2020. Another con is the cost of delivery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features evolving guest relationships, views on restauarant tech, employee desires and wedding trends. But despite these concerns, 46 percent of people noted they will eat out daily to several times a week in coming months and showed a growing loyalty to their favorite brands.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2021

Namely, products that the restaurant can reasonably afford to take a 20 or 30% hit on. Look for available solutions, that optimize sales and allow operators and employees to focus their effort and energy where it’s needed most. In doing so, it was able to cut Uber and Lyft totally out of the local economy.

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Touch Bistro

JULY 4, 2021

are trying everything and the kitchen sink to recruit and retain employees in the face of a labor shortage the likes of which this industry hasn’t seen in decades. Now that we’ve gotten all the kitchen idioms out of our systems, let’s focus on breaking the 2021 labor shortage down into digestible bites. Restaurateurs across the U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

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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Cheetah

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Heinz nearly ran out of ketchup packets this year, practically triggering a nationwide ketchup shortage. A surge in demand caused by the delivery and take-out boom is partly the reason. After a year of relatively low demand, consumers can’t wait to get out of the house and into restaurants. Reading Time: 5 minutes.

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Restaurant365

MAY 7, 2021

Employee retention and recruitment have long been a challenge in the restaurant industry. million—more than at any time during the pandemic, but still “about a million fewer employees, year-over-year, and 1.8 million down from February 2020.” Staffing challenges existed pre-pandemic. Hiring challenges.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 21, 2020

In March 2020, restaurateurs across the country have had to shutter their businesses in some cases literally overnight. All of them have asked us for help in saving their businesses and helping their employees. ” Restaurants and food service companies play a vital role in our communities. And there are many of them.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Intriguingly, it appears fast casual restaurants have started taking back the customers they lost to quick serve restaurants since the pandemic, with consumers visiting fast casual restaurants more often, up to 24 percent from 21 percent in May. Fast casuals are beginning to take back their customers. Drive-thru visits remain high.

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Sling

DECEMBER 18, 2019

And for smaller businesses with fewer employees, that might make good business sense. To help you decide if the DIY-route is right for you, the management experts at Sling have created this complete guide on how to calculate overtime related to payroll. Calculating employee and employer taxes. You certainly can. holidays (e.g.,

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Sling

DECEMBER 18, 2019

And for smaller businesses with fewer employees, that might make good business sense. To help you decide if the DIY-route is right for you, the management experts at Sling have created this complete guide on how to calculate overtime related to payroll. Calculating employee and employer taxes. You certainly can. holidays (e.g.,

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 4, 2022

For example, these common restaurant ingredients rose significantly in mid-December 2021 over the same period in 2020: Refined sugar – 31%. If you’re still using Excel spreadsheets for inventory management, you are taking unnecessary manual steps and adding opportunity for error to the process, which can contribute to your rising food prices.

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EATER

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Vianne had dual citizenship and went to Mexico to study communications and marketing at the Universidad Regiomontana in Monterrey. They kicked me out of the house,” she said. They left me out on the streets. My dad was a field worker, and my mom worked for the DMV. Her parents weren’t in a position to help her financially.

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Hot Schedules

AUGUST 12, 2019

Predictive Scheduling laws are designed to help your employees, but the burden falls on managers. Arranging childcare, scheduling transportation, attending school or second jobs, or caring for family members…there are many things hourly restaurant employees juggle outside of work. Technology to rescue! Improve Scheduling Accuracy.

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Buzztime Business

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

NYSE American: NTN), today announced that its registration statement on Form S-4 relating to the proposed merger involving NTN and Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics LLC (“Brooklyn”) and the proposed sale of NTN’s assets to eGames.com Holdings LLC (“eGames.com”) has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. CARLSBAD, Calif.,

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2020

Q1 Yelp Economic Average (YEA) , which takes a holistic look at the local economic changes since the start of 2020, focused on the economic impact of COVID-19. Key restaurant findings from the Q1 2020 YEA include: More than 30,000 restaurants have shut down – temporarily or permanently – as of Sunday, April 19.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

But for other segments, namely fine dining and family dining, this holiday actually means an increase in sales as many families travel, get together and celebrate by dining out. Unfortunately, with consumers making more purchases from home, a trend that shows no signs of lessening, eating out is likely to be limited.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The survey results reveal that 35 percent of respondents feel the same level of comfort dining out now as they did at the beginning of the pandemic. Some highlights inlcude: Consumers' projected dining out frequency. Some highlights inlcude: Consumers' projected dining out frequency. Primary reasons for dining out less.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Restaurant Reckoning: Dynamic Diner' SevenRooms released its “Restaurant Reckoning: Dynamic Diner” report, which uncovered new diner personas to help operators understand what motivates guests to dine out in this new era of hospitality. join a waitlist before they arrive so they can be seated immediately).

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