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Nine Critical HR and Payroll Steps to Prepare Your Restaurant for 2025

Modern Restaurant Management

With so much already on your year-end plates, how can you find the time to lay the groundwork for team and business success in 2025? Update Your Employee Handbook Your employee handbook sets the tone for your culture by establishing expectations and aligning your team toward a common goal and vision.

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2025 Restaurant Outlook: A Recipe for Success with Risk Management

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2025, the restaurant and broader hospitality industry finds itself at a critical juncture. After weathering years of pandemic-related challenges, the sector continues to rebound with optimism. Consumer spending in 2025 is expected to tighten as households grapple with rising credit card debt, which hit a staggering $1.14

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2025 Outlook: Experts Weigh In on Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their views on what trends and challenges owners and operators can expect to see in 2025. In 2025, restaurants need to have a plan in place that ensures they are effectively managing inventory and redirecting unused, still edible food to donations.

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Restaurant Workforce Research: Reflecting on 2024 and Optimizing for 2025

Modern Restaurant Management

After millions left the industry in 2020, restaurants responded by increasing wages and leaning into incentives to attract employees back. To help restaurant operators better understand what employees want and need, close to 1,000 restaurant managers were surveyed regarding compensation, technology use, retention tactics, and more.

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How Our Pop-Up Expanded to Serve a 10,000-Person Waitlist

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Adam Friedlander/Eater NY Eric Huang of NYCs Pecking House talks grassroots growth A version of this post originally appeared on April 30, 2025, in Eater and Punchs newsletter Pre Shift , a biweekly newsletter for the industry pro that sources first-person accounts from the bar and restaurant world. The fried chicken at Pecking House.

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Exempt Status in the Restaurant Industry: Reassessing Your Workforce in Light of the DOL’s New Rule

Modern Restaurant Management

In April 2024, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) published a new rule that significantly increases the salary threshold for exempt employees: how do these changes impact the restaurant industry? However, employees can be exempt from these requirements if certain tests are satisfied.

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Hiring? Ask These Interview Questions to Spot Versatile Restaurant Talent

Modern Restaurant Management

” Evaluating Empathy Memorable customer service hinges on empathy, which requires relating to a customer’s needs and feelings, even when emotions run high. These self-aware employees tend to have more robust soft skills and will hit the ground running in a dynamic restaurant environment.

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