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A Guide to the Role of a Restaurant Manager: Duties, Daily Routine, and Essential Skills

7 Shifts

Inventory management Managers need to ensure the kitchen is stocked with the right amount of food so that nothing is wasted and as few items need to be 86'ed as possible. On the flip side, meticulousness in areas like food quality, service standards, and cleanliness can set a restaurant apart in a competitive market.

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A Guide to the Role of a Restaurant Manager: Duties, Daily Routine, and Essential Skills

7 Shifts

Inventory management Managers need to ensure the kitchen is stocked with the right amount of food so that nothing is wasted and as few items need to be 86'ed as possible. On the flip side, meticulousness in areas like food quality, service standards, and cleanliness can set a restaurant apart in a competitive market.

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How to Plan Your Restaurant's Grand Re-Opening Event

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Consider food costs, labor costs, and cost of marketing your reopening. Frequency and repetition will help your advertisements get noticed. Plan your budget to include food costs, labor costs, operating costs, marketing costs, and any extra costs such as for party favors and special decor. Plan your staffing ?????

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May/June 2021 Legal Update

Modern Restaurant Management

Nair, a partner at Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP compiles recent legal news affecting the restaurant, food and beverage and hospitality industries for Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. The act replaces previous regulations on the cottage food industry. The bill would have had a dramatic impact on fast food franchises.

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Restaurant Experts’ 2021 Outlook, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

The younger generations don’t just want great food, they expect memorable experiences. A lot of retailers rushed to market in response to COVID-19 to provide mobile experiences that prioritized safety and contactless interactions. Chipotle recently announced its first digital-only restaurant called the Chipotle Digital Kitchen.

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OUR DAILY BREATH: CHANGE FOR THE RIGHT REASONS

Culinary Cues

Profits are slim, employees may be reluctant to return, the fear of the virus is looming, the food distribution system is heavily bruised, and customers are cautious. How can we make the feeling of trust in customer safety BETTER than it was before? We don’t have a choice – right? We need to change.

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OUR DAILY BREATH: IDEATION AND SCENARIO PLANNING

Culinary Cues

[] CUSTOMERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE FOOD THEY ORDER. Possible strategy: Be proactive with a well defined, enhanced sanitation and food handling protocol for your restaurant and relay this information to your guests. Let your customers know that safety and sanitation is your most important job.