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Avoiding the Four Biggest Traps of Restaurant Payroll

Modern Restaurant Management

As an example, a restaurant owner doing payroll by hand may incorrectly record overtime pay and tip records, which subsequently leads to tax errors. percent, about 87,000 positions, above their February 2020 employment peak, according to the National Restaurant Association. Quit rates have also fallen since then.

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Revolutionizing Restaurants: Embracing Tech Solutions in a Challenging Labor Market

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According to the National Restaurant Association (NRA), as of October 2023 eating and drinking places were 14,000 jobs below their February 2020 level. With the right platform, restaurants can reduce the time managers spend scheduling and performing other labor-management duties, including payroll and tip distribution.

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Back of House, Yet Front-Facing Priority – Restaurant BOH Trends to Monitor in 2023

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An interesting tidbit about those dark days of 2020-21: restaurants, bars, food trucks and other establishments that were able to remain efficient with their back of house (BOH) services were most likely to survive and even thrive. They include restaurant management tips for cutting costs, decreasing food waste, and much more.

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

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When you dine out at a restaurant, you tip your server. A guest's tip subsidizes wages for most of America's restaurant workers. In most other parts of the world, tips are not expected—and in some cases, it's considered rude to tip. History of Tipping: How did gratuity become integral to our restaurant culture?

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The Cost of B-ing Good

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At Sleepy Bee, our work towards B Corp certification began in the summer of 2020, a time when many of us in the industry were wondering, “What are we doing here?” During the pandemic, we implemented a whole-house tip pool and instituted an internal $15 minimum wage.

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The Best Restaurant Technology Of 2025

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Most of the restaurant technology tools operators use every day were first introduced years ago, but it wasnt until the 2020 Tech Boom, brought on by COVID-19, that widespread adoption became essential. Accurate payroll processing : Automated calculations prevent errors and ensure fair tip distribution.

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MRM Research Roundup: Destination Dining, Voice Commerce, and the Force of Fast Food

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Additionally, consumers continue to favor delivery transactions, which are up by 383 percent since 2020. Tech’s impact on tipping: 56 percent of all respondents would reportedly not tip an AI system, while 22 percent would either tip or at least consider tipping, depending on the service.