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

Modern Restaurant Management

” A few 2024 economic facts substantiate the cost-and-effort effectiveness of brand loyalty strategies: It costs 16 times more to recruit a new customer than keep an existing one. Billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 11.54 percent between 2024 and 2030. Billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 11.54

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How to Train Your Restaurant Staff When It Comes to Food Safety

The Rail

million by the year 2030. Over 35% of restaurant owners and operators state that training new food handler recruits is a major operational challenge. By Violetta Njunina, Contributor In 2018, restaurants served over 200 million guests , and employed over 9.9 million food workers. Operational challenges.

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HORECA Middle East: 5 Opportunities in the Hotels, Restaurants, and Catering Industries

Aaron Allen & Associates

In Abu Dhabi, for instance, a $100 million investment fund was launched (the Abu Dhabi Culinary Investment Fund) to finance a culinary school that would facilitate recruitment and training as well as incentivize top chefs and other institutions to set foot in the Emirate.

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The Restaurant of the Future

Modern Restaurant Management

The National Restaurant Association , in partnership with American Express and Nestlé Professional, released its 10-year outlook report on the projected state of the restaurant industry in 2030. trillion by 2030. The industry workforce will likely exceed 17 million by 2030. between 2018 and 2030. "The

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The restaurant industry needs to step up for women. We asked four leaders how to do it.

7 Shifts

Is there something in the hiring or recruiting process that leaves women out? Every recruit gets a copy of the Hopdoddy “Journey”. Brands has committed to achieving gender parity in their executive teams by 2030. How much of your workforce is female? And how many of those women work in the FOH rather than the BOH?

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MRM Plant-Based: Good Food Scorecard and Healthier Hospital Food

Modern Restaurant Management

The pledge aims to reduce signatories’ greenhouse gas emissions from food purchasing by 25 percent by 2030. Among his many responsibilities, Miller will oversee recruiting, development and retention as the food tech startup embarks on one of the most audacious ramp-ups in the food sector. Brian Miller.