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DECEMBER 6, 2023

For 2023, the state minimum wage is $13.65 per hour—as long as the employee’s base wage and tips combine to equal at least the full minimum wage. per hour—as long as the employee’s base wage and tips combine to equal at least the full minimum wage. Tips belong to the employees they’re left for.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 6, 2023

For 2023, the state minimum wage is $13.65 per hour—as long as the employee’s base wage and tips combine to equal at least the full minimum wage. per hour—as long as the employee’s base wage and tips combine to equal at least the full minimum wage. Tips belong to the employees they’re left for.

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Sling

JULY 31, 2023

Will it save me and my employees time? 1) Sling Sling is an all-in-one platform for staying on top of everything related to employee scheduling, time tracking, and communication. Sling also has a time clock function to accurately track employee hours. Will it make customers more likely to come back?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 26, 2023

Other supply chain related events, which spanned from restaurant equipment (creating issues for restaurant development and timing) to the Avian flu/eggflation issues, also negatively impacted the industry. What issues/challenges do you see ahead for restaurants as we head in 2023 and what advice can you offer to help?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 9, 2023

expect to be less profitable in 2023. Rising food, labor and energy/utility costs pose significant challenges heading into 2023. business leaders anticipate a recession in 2023, according to JPMorgan Chase’s 2023 annual Business Leaders Outlook survey. 50 percent of operators expect to make less profit in 2023.

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The Rail

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The end (of 2023) is nigh! And thus, it’s time for us to do another round of recapping the year that was with our top restaurant stories of 2023. Let’s run down our top restaurant stories of 2023. Let’s run down our top restaurant stories of 2023. Employee wages grew 4.9% Inflation also hit restaurant workers hard.

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Open for Business

MARCH 23, 2023

Demand in 2023 is still below 2019 levels, according to a report from Fortune Business Insights, so you’ll want to do everything you can to grow your restaurant’s fan base. They can be done by full-time employees, part-time staff, or freelancers. In 2020, the pandemic reduced demand in the food service sector by more than 30%.

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Sling

AUGUST 22, 2023

An employee time tracking app can be a valuable tool regardless of the type or size of business you operate. Incorporating such an app into your workflow can help you maintain employee productivity, streamline the payroll process, bill clients more accurately, and stay within the bounds of labor compliance.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 23, 2024

According to Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees , effective July 1, 2024, the salary threshold will increase to the equivalent of an annual salary of $43,888 and increase to $58,656 on January 1, 2025. million employees, and create an additional $1.2

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

In today's workplace, the significance of addressing employee mental health has become increasingly crucial. The well-being of employees directly impacts their productivity, engagement, and overall satisfaction. Offering Mental Health Benefits To support employee mental health, employers can offer a range of mental health benefits.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2024

Labor : From a labor standpoint, 2023 was a relatively good year for operators. While profit margins were down in 2023, there were lots of signs that the industry is heading in the right direction. I think our report reveals that 2023 was a year characterized by a lot of regrouping and reorienting of business priorities.

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Qu

MARCH 31, 2023

That’s why we’re dubbing 2023 The Year of Efficiency. But between third-party delivery integration headaches, order fulfillment complications, and inconsistent customer experiences across channels, fast casual and quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are now faced with many technology-related inefficiencies.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Managers and owners must develop strategic hiring plans through the end of 2022 and into 2023 to protect staff from long hours and burnout. We often tend to think too big-picture about what a seasonal worker can accomplish in their short time as an employee. How to avoid. For instance, hiring support for current staff (i.e.,

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

A Decade of DoorDash DoorDash celebrated its 10th anniversary by unveiling Dash From the Past 2023 and Dash From the Past: A Decade Delivered, which checks in on popular trends as we celebrate the best of what users have dashed over the past year, and over the past decade. Like the most ordered food on DoorDash of all time: French fries.

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SpotOn

MARCH 19, 2024

Our new products and features released in 2023 were a cut above the rest, and we have already seen great success among those using them,”  Seat & Send, launched in June of 2023, is a new feature available through SpotOn Restaurant, a fully integrated restaurant management platform. The three new devices, a 15.6”

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7 Shifts

MAY 1, 2024

Manage payroll on time Simplifying your restaurant’s bookkeeping process means efficiently managing the daunting task of settling salary payments, especially if you’re running huge operations and managing many employees. In fact, in 2023, the average restaurant profit margin fell between 3 to 5%.

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Sling

AUGUST 9, 2023

March 2023 13 Expert Tips for Effective Employee Communication March 2023 11 Types of Job Shifts Managers Should Know March 2023 What Is Incentive Pay and How Does it Work? March 2023 What Is a Human Resource Management System (HRMS)? March 2023 What Is a Human Resource Management System (HRMS)?

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Get Beyond

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This year, Small Business Saturday falls on November 25, 2023. If photography isn’t your thing, try appointing another employee to be in charge of this task or hiring a local photographer for a few hours to get picture-perfect images of your Small Business Saturday event. Are you ready to make the best of this one-day event?

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Perfect Daily Grind

MARCH 24, 2023

Mon, 20 Mar PRF El Salvador announces winners of 2023 Salvadoran Barista Championship, Salvadoran Brewers Cup, Toddy Cold Brew Coffee Championship, and Global Roasting Contest. The winners of the 2023 Toddy Cold Brew Coffee Championship were Juan Aristizabal from Colombia and Julia Dziadevych from Hungary. Registration is open now.

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Society Insurance

APRIL 17, 2024

On average, 85% of employees will experience conflict in the workplace ( Essential Workplace Conflict Statistics in 2023 • ZipDo ). Some consequences of unresolved conflict are increased stress and tension, reduced productivity, low morale, and employee disengagement which can lead to turnover.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MARCH 15, 2023

On 7 March 2023, the US Senate announced that Starbucks’ interim CEO Howard Schultz has agreed to testify at a hearing which will address over 80 complaints about the company’s anti-union behaviour. Why are Starbucks employees unionising in the US? Read on to learn more. Pro-union workers have not been shy about these efforts.

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Open for Business

MAY 9, 2023

Staffing And obviously, you don’t need to find employees to serve as your delivery drivers. Here’s what restaurants should know in 2023. You know the ones–Uber Eats and Grubhub are the biggest players, but there are many others. But this solution is far from perfect. The post Third-party delivery isn’t going away.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Recent findings reveal that researching a new POS for implementation after 2023 is a priority for 43 percent of restaurants , with 29 percent hoping to upgrade their POS for better omnichannel integrations. This shift underscores the evolution of POS systems from mere transactional tools to comprehensive data hubs.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

Prioritising employee well-being, mental health, and job satisfaction is also essential in curbing turnover and cultivating a content and dedicated workforce. Vanilla isn’t for everyone In 2023, marketing took a cue from the ice cream parlor, embracing segmentation with the same precision as a sundae artisan.

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Perfect Daily Grind

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Costa Coffee to open first Austrian store at Vienna Airport in early 2023. The La Colombe Workers Union says the majority of employees at the Gold Coast and West Loop locations have agreed to hold a union election through the National Labor Relations Board. Dublin roaster 3fe launches reusable whole bean and ground coffee bag.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 19, 2021

As restaurants hire new employees, they are finding it more difficult to come across experienced workers who can also train other team members. Here I will walk through actionable tips to help you train employees and understand the basics of liquor licensing as your restaurant bounces back: Renewing Your Liquor License.

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EATER

JANUARY 22, 2024

The flash tattoo designs at a 2023 Omsom event included a disco ball and a head of garlic. The designs available at these more recent events, however, are not so schticky; many of them are food-related, but not all. The event featured a “build your own cheese board” spread, and a flash tattoo station guided by the same concept.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2021

It drops to 22 percent in 2023 and after that, it drops to 10 percent. Community Relations. Solar power is a win all around for restaurants because it creates opportunities to potentially save in a few different ways on the bottom line while reinforcing your leadership role with your employees and in the cities where you work.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 14, 2022

The Employee Retention Credit is a refundable tax credit that was created during the pandemic for employers who experienced difficulties in 2020 and 2021 as a result of COVID shutdown orders and related economic disruptions. Even if businesses applied for and received PPP loans, they can still qualify for the ERC.

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Touch Bistro

AUGUST 11, 2021

hour for businesses with 4 or more employees. hour for businesses with 25 or fewer employees and $14.00 for businesses with 26 or more employees (several cities also have their own minimum wage laws). hour for businesses with 25 or fewer employees and $15.00/hour hour for businesses with 25 or fewer employees and $15.00/hour

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QSR Automations

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Of course, it’s still advisable to provide good support over the phone if your customers need help from one of your employees, as well as monitor those calls for future improvements. Software for managing customer relations already exists and is used by many companies in various branches of the industry.

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EATER

DECEMBER 8, 2023

At Kikkoman’s biggest production facility, in the quaint village of Walworth, Wisconsin, production lines were in overdrive in 2023, making and filling limited-edition bottles celebrating the 50th anniversary of the company’s first U.S. production plant. “If Collectors also seek out beauty,” Ketcham continues.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 19, 2023

– Frances Allen, President and CEO, Checkers Brand loyalty took priority in 2023. – Matt Eisenacher, Chief Brand Officer at First Watch Digital transformation continued to dominate 2023. In 2023, we experienced unprecedented shifts in consumer behavior amidst broader macroeconomic conditions like inflation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 15, 2023

Dynamic pricing would add friction to the guest experience, according to Capterra’s 2023 Dynamic Pricing in Restaurants. Customers will accept price increases on the grounds of improving the quality of your food, paying employees more, or covering increased operational costs.

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Perfect Daily Grind

AUGUST 19, 2022

Around 34 employees out of a total 50 signed the co-operative member agreement in July 2022. The company submitted a claim to the National Labour Relations Board which accuses government employees of interfering with recent union elections at certain stores. Coffee welcomes first worker-owned branch in New York City.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The number of employees in the restaurant industry year over year We’re seeing the most significant month-to-month surge since January of this year and the 33rd consecutive month of growth, stretching back to January 2021. And according to National Restaurant Association chief economist Bruce Grindy, there’s “room to run".

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Sling

JANUARY 10, 2023

Does your onboarding checklist consist of introducing yourself to the new employee, showing them their desk, and then telling them someone will be around shortly to get them started? In this article, the experts at Sling will show you how to onboard your employees the right way so they feel comfortable and confident.

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