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How to Create a Successful Visual Brand for Your Restaurant in 2020

Modern Restaurant Management

Your Staff Uniforms. Staff uniforms don’t need to be complicated. But, it is important to think about your brand and make uniform choices that support your brand personality. Provide a uniform apron to be worn over neutral clothing of the server’s choosing. Your staff is the living embodiment of your brand.

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A Carefully Tested, Extremely Practical Guide to the Best Instant Coffees Out There

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They grabbed headlines, formed high-profile partnerships, and folded in 2020. The form is designed for grading fresh-ground coffee, not instant, so categories like aroma (the powder doesn’t smell like much of anything) and uniformity (all instants from a batch are the same) don’t apply.

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To Protest and (Refuse to) Serve

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After entering a local Starbucks in uniform and hanging around with their drinks, a barista came over and asked them to move or leave, saying their uniformed presence was making another customer uncomfortable. pic.twitter.com/8f5OwiuPax — sammie (@someaireeuh) June 2, 2020. So my entire staff got together and we sent them this.

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Absence and Wellbeing: Challenges and Opportunities for the Restaurant Sector

Modern Restaurant Management

A 2020 study in the Harvard Business Review estimated that depression costs U.S. For example, employers may choose to offer EAP programs plans to only those in the medical plan, only full time employees, or all full time and part-timers who have been with the company for 90 days.

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Damage Control: How Recent Changes to the FLSA and NLRA May Affect Your Status as a Joint Employer

Modern Restaurant Management

In January 2020, the United States Department of Labor (USDL) announced a final ruling which updates the interpretation of “joint employer” status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) effective March 16, 2020. How does 'joint employer' status come into play? a franchisor, affiliate, parent company, etc.).

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These Pantry Labels Made by a Blogger in Minnesota Are Taking Over TikTok

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Negaard says she and her husband are now operating at ten times the amount of sales compared to the end of 2019; from January to March 2020, sales were 3.5 If you’re going to switch to uniform bottles, consider adding a small sticker to the bottom of the bottle with the expiration date,” she says. Another tip? “If

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How gusto! Simplified Payroll and Stays Engaged With Their Team

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They have been featured in QSR magazine's “ 40/40 List of America's Hottest Startup Fast Casuals" for 2020 and made Atlanta Business Chronicle's “Fastest Growing Companies” in 2022 list. With that team, they've built a brand of 11 locations serving fresh, fast, and healthy food to the Atlanta metro area. A small change with a big upside.