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How Restaurants Can Attract and Retain Workers Tempted by Retail Holiday Job Offers

Modern Restaurant Management

They are struggling with false waits (customers waiting to be seated even when there are plenty of empty tables). And they are hiring staff they should not, assuming any warm body is better than no bodies. Amazon, for instance, is advertising sign-on bonuses of up to $3000 for seasonal help. Using technology to automate hiring.

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How Restaurant Owners Can Prepare for the COVID-19 Cold Weather Lull

Modern Restaurant Management

With some outdoor dining pilot programs coming to an end as we head into the winter months, tens of thousands of restaurants across the country will be forced to operate at a fraction of typical capacity without added outdoor seating to supplement the loss. Hire the Right People.

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Five Benefits of Outsourcing Your Restaurant’s Digital Marketing Efforts

Modern Restaurant Management

Creating and deliver engaging content, maintaining customer communications, establishing an online presence, reviewing data-driven analytics, setting up paid advertising initiatives…all of these important steps take time. This often means marketing and advertising efforts are done on-the-fly or simply 86’d.

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CHEFS – WHAT DOES YOUR MENU REPRESENT?

Culinary Cues

These aspects include: décor, skill level of staff, style of service, pricing, profit, type of vendors selected, kitchen layout, equipment selection, marketing and advertising, pay scales, dining room seating, type of china, glassware and flatware, even the location and color scheme for the exterior of the restaurant.

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A Guide to Effective Instagram Marketing For Restaurants

Social Hospitality: Restaurants

Restaurants across the globe now use Instagram to advertise their wares and, many even create bespoke dishes which are designed specifically to be shown off on the platform. If you run a special offer for a major event or national holiday, advertise it on Instagram well in advance. . Instagram Advertising.

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Perkins and Huddle House aim for revivals with boba, smash burgers and drive-thrus

Restaurant Business

The spinoff is just 1,500 square feet and will focus on takeout, though it also seats 65. The company recently hired Brian Wallunas, former CTO at Smokey Bones, as its first chief technology officer. “I O’Reilly added that he wants Ascent to become the technology leader in family dining.

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The 10 Best Bits of Advice We Heard on Season 1 of the Restaurant Growth Podcast

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About a year and more than a dozen episodes later, we had the privilege to interview a wide range of folks with advice on everything from hiring staff , to creating content, to providing benefits, and increasing profits. Storytelling is an essential part of the hiring process. Hire for fit rather than skill.