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Elevate Your Food Safety Culture to Survive the COVID Crisis and Future Ones

Modern Restaurant Management

Per Statista , the year-over-year decline of seated diners in U.S. percent as of September 30, 2020. A good first step is to elevate your food safety culture. How Food Safety Culture Has Changed. Food safety used to mean “what you do when no one is watching.”

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How to Plan Your Restaurant's Grand Re-Opening Event

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Restaurants took a major hit from COVID-19 in 2020, with sales dropping by 79% in mid-March. Set a goal for your restaurant’s grand opening—whether it’s seating capacity, an order volume, or revenue for your first day back in business. Consider food costs, labor costs, and cost of marketing your reopening. Set a budget ??

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Restaurant Insiders on 2020 Lessons Learned, Part Two

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Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry insiders for their perspection on 2020: What lessons did you learn and what do you feel the restaurant industry learned this year? Lesson #1: Multiple factors are leading to businesses increasingly communicating via messaging – with both customers and employees.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-October 2020 Edition

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For the respondents who reported having outdoor seating (or planned to add outdoor seating soon) and whose climates allow them to seat people outdoors nine or fewer months of the year, the decision to “weatherize” the patio for the colder weather was split.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-August 2020 Edition

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However, among those interested in dining out, needs for health, safety and extraordinary personalized experiences vary greatly, which SevenRooms has categorized into four diner personas. The most important safety measures include: More than one-third of Americans (37 percent) want physical barriers between tables. Diner Dynamics.

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The State of New York Restaurants in 2020

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The restaurants who received the funding agreed to pay all employees non-tipped minimum wage, plus their tips as the restaurant returns to regular operations, and agreed to serve at least 500 free meals to New Yorkers affected by COVID-19. Even now, restaurants in New York remain at 25% seating 8 months after the crisis first began.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-August 2020 Edition

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Fatigued by cooking at home, consumers are anxious to dine at their favorite restaurants according to a new Oracle Food and Beverage study. "But while consumers are anxious to get back out there to eat, they come with new expectations on everything from menus to the technology used to increase safety.

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