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Experience Is the Best Teacher: Five Things My Father — and Hard Times — Have Taught Me About Leadership in the Restaurant Industry

Modern Restaurant Management

Through financial recessions, terrorist attacks, global pandemics, and just the typical challenges we face in the course of daily business, there are many leadership lessons to be learned. Here are five I’ve come back to again and again. Never Take Advantage of the Guest. There are many moving parts in a crisis.

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Why Restaurants Need to Invest in Employee Mental Health

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Table of Contents Acknowledge the challenges Education about psychological safety Open communication Prioritize workplace mental health Create a healthy workplace for everyone It starts with acknowledging the challenges. Not 9 to 5 conducted a survey in 2021 throughout North America involving over 630 hospitality and culinary professionals.

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Restaurant Recruiting, Staffing, & Turnover Trends: What You Need to Know About Managing Restaurant Staff in 2021

Black Box Intelligence

million in April, and the accommodations and food services sector accounted for the largest increases. Safety concerns. Restaurant labor costs are on the rise, adding additional stress to the bottom line, on top of supply chain issues and rising food costs. As of May 2021, limited-service crew wages increased 7.5%

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Restaurant Recruiting, Staffing, & Turnover Trends: What You Need to Know About Managing Restaurant Staff in 2021

Black Box Intelligence

million in April, and the accommodations and food services sector accounted for the largest increases. Safety concerns. Restaurant labor costs are on the rise, adding additional stress to the bottom line, on top of supply chain issues and rising food costs. As of May 2021, limited-service crew wages increased 7.5%

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Prepared to Win the War on Talent? Four Trends for Restaurant Operators to Consider in 2022

Modern Restaurant Management

With 2021 nearly wrapped up, restaurant operators across the country are looking to the New Year with cautious optimism. The third is changes to physical space, in which restaurant operators will need to quickly adapt to new health and safety needs.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Modular Chicken and 2020 Year-End Results

Modern Restaurant Management

Dave’s Hot Chicken is spicing up its 2021 franchise development strategy. The brand is set to open at least 30 locations in 2021, and plans to have an additional 300 units in development. 2021 will be big for us as we branch out of California and make our entrance into the Midwest and East Coast.” Hot on Hot Chicken.

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MRM Franchise Feed: flip’d and the Juicey Awards

Modern Restaurant Management

The brand’s commitment to each guest service experience is the focal point of upcoming menu innovation, value-based choices, and a portfolio of new organic food and beverage educational content. And because our food travels so well, guests never have to choose between quality and convenience."

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