Bar and Restaurant Coach

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

That’s why we begin every client relationship with liquor inventory audits audits over (usually) three consecutive weeks. Pro Tip: Don’t take your leadership cues from reality TV. Another myth around what bar consultants do is that we come blazing in on day one and start making changes.

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Restaurant365

JUNE 26, 2020

CLA exists to create opportunities for our clients, our people, and our communities through our industry-focused wealth advisory, outsourcing, audit, tax, and consulting services. She also had a stint in public accounting at PwC in both audit and international SEC practices. For more information, visit CLAconnect.com.

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Sling

MAY 9, 2023

Focus on working on your people skills, the way you communicate, and your leadership style. Then, instead of spending hours on manual entry, your bookkeeper can focus on the higher-level tasks of analyzing, reporting, planning, and auditing your restaurant’s finances.

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Restaurant365

AUGUST 12, 2021

How do you get your store-level managers and other leadership to use the convert data into actionable insights? Just like almost any new initiative, creating a data-driven culture depends on leadership making it a priority. To create and maintain a data-driven culture, your leadership team needs to be heavily involved.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

AUGUST 23, 2019

We’ve worked with executive leadership teams of some of the most successful established and emerging foodservice and hospitality companies around the world, supporting with strategic issues related to growth and expansion, performance optimization, brand strategy, marketing, due diligence, and how to enhance and maintain enterprise value.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Modern restaurants need strong leadership right now to guide them through these changes and challenges. As turnover continues to be high, you can demonstrate leadership and dedication to employees by ensuring they have the information and tools to make them successful. Here are four ways to lead your restaurant more effectively.

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Hot Schedules

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Inventory management software solutions with smart spot count capabilities allow above-store leaders to audit items that usually have a high variance or high cost to hone in on what drives most of the discrepancies or concerns. What if you could cut the time it takes to count inventory by more than half?

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Hot Schedules

MARCH 25, 2019

Inventory management software solutions with smart spot count capabilities allow above-store leaders to audit items that usually have a high variance or high cost to hone in on what drives most of the discrepancies or concerns. What if you could cut the time it takes to count inventory by more than half?

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EATER

MARCH 29, 2023

This is the second awards season to reflect changes made in the wake of an extensive 2021 audit to address the longstanding biases baked into the awards process. The stated goal in the 2021 audit was also to have at least 50 percent of committee members and judges be people of color for the 2023 awards.

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The Restaurant Times

MARCH 8, 2023

To achieve this, companies must actively incorporate equity and equality into their culture through internal audits, good hiring practices, and diversity impact analyses. By valuing every employee equally, companies can become more productive and stronger.

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MBB Hospitality

APRIL 25, 2018

Strong Leadership Skills. Even employees who are not direct supervisors need to have strong leadership skills. When you know all your employees have a strong leadership skills, you will be able to feel confident that your team can handle anything that is thrown at them. MBB Management has a well-established client list.

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EATER

JUNE 29, 2021

The James Beard Foundation is doing “an audit of policies and procedures in order to ensure a more transparent and equitable process for the future” After taking a two-year break from award-giving, the James Beard Foundation announced that “the next evolution” of the James Beard Awards will take place in 2022.

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EATER

JUNE 5, 2023

Last year’s awards were the first to take place after an internal audit and new policies were implemented, including a vetting process. Here now, the full list of winners. 2023 James Beard Award Chef and Restaurant Winners Outstanding Chef Rob Rubba, Oyster Oyster, Washington, D.C.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

There are some new categories this year , meant to address the findings of an extensive 2021 audit to address the longstanding biases baked into the awards process. Brandon Chrostowski, EDWINS Leadership and Restaurant Institute, Cleveland. Kim Bartmann, Bartmann Group, Minneapolis. Ravi DeRossi, Overthrow Hospitality, NYC.

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EATER

JANUARY 24, 2024

This is the third awards season to reflect changes made in the wake of an extensive 2021 audit to address the longstanding biases baked into the awards process. The stated goal in the 2021 audit was also to have at least 50 percent of committee members and judges be people of color by the 2023 awards.

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EATER

JUNE 13, 2022

Following the pandemic-induced hiatus and a 2020 controversy that raised questions about the integrity of the awards , the James Beard Foundation has made a number of changes, conducting an audit and subsequently diversifying the committees involved with the judging process. 2022 Leadership Awards. The Busy Bee Cafe, Atlanta.

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Marketman

JULY 7, 2019

They pride themselves on delivering meat that is farm-to-fork, pure and fresh seafood, score cards and third-party audits for field-to-your-cooler produce, and eggs and poultry products that meet stringent specifications. McLane Foodservice is all about innovation, integrity, and leadership. Integrity is key for Reinhart Foodservice.

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Marketman

JULY 7, 2019

They pride themselves on delivering meat that is farm-to-fork, pure and fresh seafood, score cards and third-party audits for field-to-your-cooler produce, and eggs and poultry products that meet stringent specifications. McLane Foodservice is all about innovation, integrity, and leadership. Integrity is key for Reinhart Foodservice.

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EATER

JUNE 2, 2023

The TL;DR is that there’s drama because the Foundation created a process to “vet” nominees accused of bad behavior, in place since 2022 following a massive audit, but the process is (unsurprisingly) flawed and plenty of people are pissed about it. The Foundation then proactively canceled the 2021 awards, instead dedicating itself to an audit.

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EATER

JANUARY 25, 2023

The categories reflect changes made in the wake of an extensive 2021 audit to address the longstanding biases baked into the awards process. The stated goal in the 2021 audit was also to have at least 50 percent of committee members and judges be people of color for the 2023 awards. Check out the full list of semifinalists below.

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EATER

MAY 25, 2023

Photo by David Cortes Stephanie Jack always knew she wanted to work in food, and her journey took her from Frito-Lay to the “smart produce” business Stephanie Jack’s parents met while working at Heinz — specifically, when her mother was auditing her father’s department. What was the turning point that led to where you are now?

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Under Barb’s leadership, TSFR’s Del Taco restaurants consistently broke system wide sales records and TSFR was named franchisee of the year two years in a row. Restaurant and Chef and Leadership award categories will continue to have no fees for entry. Barb also served on the Operations Advisory Committee for Del Taco.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

” He concludes: “The system of controls, inspections and audits that our food must go through before it reaches the consumer is such that this paranoia is misplaced – if a product says something, then in all likelihood, it probably is.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Third-party audit results can work in the same way. Are audit scores improving? For example, if there is an increase in the number of locations experiencing repeat fails on audits, a measurable KPI to establish may be to reduce the number of locations with repeat fails by 50 percent. Anwers can help to inform a set of KPIs.

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EATER

OCTOBER 13, 2020

A series of correspondences with members of foundation’s leadership, as well as conversations with others within the award process and restaurant industry, seem to confirm Wells’s reporting — namely, that the foundation tried to take a shortcut to virtue by manipulating the results of this year’s awards, and has been trying to cover it up.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 19, 2020

” Bloom’s most recent acquisition of SuperFi continues to fulfill its leadership strategy of conquering the WiFi marketing space by creating exceptional digital relationships between physical locations and their customers. Ensuring clean through rigorous, on-demand training, auditing and compliance verification. Ecolab Inc.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

Cornog and Flaherty share wagamama’s global brand vision and will provide the business with the local operational expertise and leadership needed to accelerate growth. GFCO is the only gluten-free certification that holds companies and products accountable through audits, random product testing and process surveillance.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

She has also held leadership roles at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, PepsiCo, and Frito-Lay. ” Mailender added, “On behalf of the entire Checkers & Rally’s family, I would like to thank Rick Silva for his partnership and many years of leadership. She first served as senior internal audit analyst at Yum!

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2021

“As a franchise veteran with 26 years of experience in the restaurant industry, I was ready to meet with the leadership team and am happy I was able to sign on. .” “I spoke with the Twin Peaks team in Dallas, and it was very exciting to see their plans to take the company to the next level,” Haidar said.

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