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2025 Restaurant Outlook: A Recipe for Success with Risk Management

Modern Restaurant Management

By mid-2024, 82 percent of food and beverage operators were still actively recruiting, with chefs and cooks comprising 30 percent of open roles. Considering the inflationary and labor strains, proactive risk management and operational adjustments will be crucial to sustaining profitability in the year ahead.

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2022: A Year of Transition for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

Key figures on the restaurant workforce include: Roughly 50 percent of restaurant operators in the fullservice, quickservice, and fast-casual segments expect recruiting and retaining employees to be their top challenge in 2022. Seventy-five percent of operators said they plan to devote more resources to recruiting and retaining employees.

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Five Common Seasonal Hiring Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Modern Restaurant Management

Managers and owners must develop strategic hiring plans through the end of 2022 and into 2023 to protect staff from long hours and burnout. Below, we review five common mistakes recruiters make when hiring seasonal workers and how to prevent them in order to reach your yearly goals. How to avoid. Mistake #5: Not investing in longevity.

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

Providing benefits like career development and on-the-job training is critical, especially as we continue our mission of serving thoughtful food that supports healthier, more sustainable living. By automating the front end of the process, recruiters can focus instead on building meaningful connections with candidates.

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State of the Industry and More Restaurant Research

Modern Restaurant Management

In a State of the Restaurant industry report, the Natiional Restaurant Association sees a return to normal with predicted sales growth in 2023. million by the end of 2023. Competition is heating up : In 2023, 47 percent of operators expect competition to be more intense than last year. "The

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MRM Research Roundup: Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day 2024 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Highlights from this year’s study, which surveyed more than 1,100 consumers in November of 2023, included: Gift Card Spend Returning to Normal – Consumers said that gift card spending is bouncing back, with 69 percent of consumers purchasing the same amount of gift cards or more in 2023 compared to 2022. percent in 2023.

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Our Wage Models are Broken

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They push the envelope on what an equitable and sustainable future can and should look like, for all of us. This reduces turnover, lowers recruitment and training costs, and substantially improves the quality of the workforce and guest experience. That’s where RAISE comes in.