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From acqui-hire to vaporware: The new restaurant tech ABCs

Restaurant Business

Acqui-hire “To acquire a company in order to use its employees skills or knowledge, rather than for its products or services.” Starbucks’ deal with Empower Delivery fits the acqui-hire framework. Previously, Starbucks hired Empower CEO Meredith Sandland as its new chief store development officer under CEO Brian Niccol.

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How Restaurants Can Hire and Rehire Quickly During COVID-19

Modern Restaurant Management

I know how hard it is to stay in business, how slim the margins are, and especially how difficult it is to hire and take care of the employees that keeps the business alive. Each of these factors mean restaurant owners may have to hire — and hire fast. Many restaurants are experiencing a truly strange predicament.

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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. However, limited budgets and resources necessitate thoughtful hiring decisions in order to reduce wasted time and costs on advertising positions or training new hires. How to avoid.

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Hire and Retain Better Restaurant Workers in 2023

Modern Restaurant Management

But in a difficult hiring environment, how do you build a great reputation without jeopardizing your bottom line? And in 2023, that’s the problem most hiring managers in the restaurant industry are facing. The key here is in understanding the two types of advertising – traditional v. It all comes down to your staff.

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Five Key Metrics Every Hiring Manager Should Track

Modern Restaurant Management

In businesses with high turnover – think, food or retail – managers spend a good portion of their time on hiring. The more efficiently and effectively they can hire, the less money and time they’ll spend, and the lower their turnover will be. Hires happen in days, not weeks. Time-to-hire.

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Eight Ways to Fill Seasonal Positions Amid Record-Low Unemployment

Modern Restaurant Management

In a job seekers market, if we don’t alter our approach to sourcing, recruiting, and hiring, we'll be left with open jobs and few applicants to fill them. Training new employees is expensive and takes a considerable amount of time. You never know, they may be interested and were just unaware that you were hiring.

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‘Coming to Your Restaurant Should be in Everyone’s Feed.’

Modern Restaurant Management

The third location started out as an upscale burger bar, but it just wasn’t connecting with the neighborhood so Murray recalibrated. I’ve changed my restaurant concept by just taking an assessment of everything that I’m currently doing. This can be done through advertising and public relations portals.