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How Restaurants Can Remain Competitive in 2021

7 Shifts

We’re not talking about just surviving the pandemic—but thriving through 2021 and beyond, and setting new standards. We’re not talking about just surviving the pandemic—but thriving through 2021 and beyond, and setting new standards. million out of work, it was nothing short of devastating. Embrace Digital Hospitality ??

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How Restaurants are Evolving Labor with Third-Party Delivery in 2021

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The restaurant industry will look back on 2020 as the spark that changed how it does business. The share of front of house shifts have dropped 7.6% Before March of 2020, front of house shifts made up 34% of all shifts. We asked hundreds of restaurant professionals to find out. of revenue. since March 2020.

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A 2021 Guide to Kitchen Staffing During the Back of House Labor Shortage

Touch Bistro

The challenge is, the restaurant industry has been struggling with a shortage of chefs and other back of house staff for several years now. Back in 2019, TouchBistro’s Annual Industry Report found that seven in 10 restaurants in the U.S. were experiencing a labor shortage. million jobs – or 12% – short of pre-pandemic levels.

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Restaurant Experts’ 2021 Outlook, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their opinions on what we can expect in 2021. And three, above all, we see the need for digital marketing automation continuing and growing into 2021 and beyond. Here are their responses. To read part one, click here. Lavu CEO Saleem S.

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May/June 2021 Legal Update

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurant Revitalization Fund Replenishment Act Introduced : On June 8, 2021, a bipartisan group of Senators and U.S. Utah Microenterprise Home Kitchen Law Goes into Effect : On May 5, 2021, Utah’s microenterprise home kitchen law went into effect. The bill will likely be back before the California legislature in January 2022.

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How Restaurants Are Evolving in 2021: New Business Models

7 Shifts

When we look back at the impact that 2020 had on the restaurant industry, we’ll see it as an accelerator of change. However, the pandemic has seen an influx of available kitchen space and a reliance on delivery services, pulling back the cloak on ghost kitchens and making virtual restaurants mainstream.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-July 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

restaurant industry has shown remarkable resiliency, having lost as much as 35 percent of visits at the beginning of the pandemic, but still has a ways to go to get back to pre-pandemic levels, reports The NPD Group. Visits at the dinner daypart were down -5 percent in May 2021 from a year ago and -12 percent from two years ago.

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