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The Perfect Recruiting Plan

Embrace the Suck

If you’re like the majority of restaurants and bars in your market, you’ve been struggling to find staff. With that mission in mind, below you’ll find the four-step recruiting plan you need to build a high-performance team and succeed in 2020. Psychologists call this the Law of Familiarity.

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Despite Improved 2024 Outlook, Labor, and Other Risks May Drag Restaurants Down

Modern Restaurant Management

restaurant industry will continue to shake off the aftereffects of the pandemic in 2024, but that doesn’t mean the challenges that remain are easily dispelled. Another growing risk: nuclear verdicts over dram shop law violations, driving up the costs of liquor liability insurance. Here’s an overview.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-February 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the National Restaurant Association's State of the Indusrty Report, food industry pressures, foodservice opportunities, influencer marketing, foot traffic analysis and the dining-out dollar. 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry.

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How Injecting Empathy Into Your Shift Scheduling Can Help Attract and Retain Employees Through Worker Shortages

Modern Restaurant Management

With dining restrictions lifting and restaurants’ busy season upon us, employers are ramping up hiring in order to meet the demand of the summer. Even with the recent uptick in employment, restaurants are facing a major worker shortage, and many are struggling to keep their doors fully open with limited staffing.

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Absence and Wellbeing: Challenges and Opportunities for the Restaurant Sector

Modern Restaurant Management

Our previous articles in MRM have centered on medical plan strategies for restaurants, how to build plans that are attractive to the workforce and manage those inherent costs. As a result, many restaurants have not seen the value of adding such programs. A 2020 study in the Harvard Business Review estimated that depression costs U.S.

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How to Have More Success Promoting Chef Jobs in Rural Areas

Ken Burgin

Your country cafe or restaurant offers good conditions: proper pay, decent hours, a friendly boss and a modern kitchen. It’s time for a shift in how you promote the opportunities – the talent is out there, so let’s update the recruitment methods. Consider using a professional recruiter. Update the menu.