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Amid Influx of New Employees, Restaurants Must Build and Reinforce Brand Excellence

Modern Restaurant Management

Unfortunately, many restaurants are using archaic training programs, so update your training to be current, relevant, and tech driven. When you invest in modern training programs, your employees better understand (and comply with) safety and QA protocols and deliver safer experiences for guests. Boost safety and quality protocols.

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Beyond the Plate: Evolution and Exploration in the 2024 Restaurant Scene

Modern Restaurant Management

The year 2024 promises a journey of adaptation and fierce competition for the restaurant industry as it manages stronger-than-expected economic data and slowing inflation while dealing with the headwinds of short labor supply, more demanding customers and an uncertain political environment.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

Other advancements include: integrating data from various sources, including social media, reviews, and loyalty programs, to gain a holistic view of customer behaviour as well as as well as the implementation of real-time analytics for immediate insights into customer behaviour and preferences. Nothing is fraud proof.

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Restaurant Cyber Security: How To Prevent Data Breaches

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Most restaurants will file this information away in the back office or in a cloud-based HR platform, but it's critical you audit who has access to this information and for what purposes. Some programs are designed to intercept the data flowing to and from a POS system, as was that case with a breach at Wendy's locations. Guest Data.

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Are EV Charging Stations Worth the Investment?

Modern Restaurant Management

Elevate inspections and audits. Instead, rely on integrated tech tools for easier, faster, and more accurate inspections and audits. Ensure safety throughout your supply chain. It’s not enough to implement strict QA programs in your restaurant. Consumers want a clean, safe place to eat (and charge their cars).

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What Trends Are You Seeing and What Can We Expect to See More of in 2022?

Modern Restaurant Management

We expect restaurants to place more emphasis on these things given increased competition in the space as operators aim to increase brand loyalty both internally and externally. Eataly style food halls – taking advantage of a weak commercial real estate market with a large supply of available large spaces. Anything plant based!

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9 Tips for Improving Restaurant Operations

Sling

For more suggestions on how to build strong relationships at work, check out these articles from the Sling blog: How to Have a Strong Employee/Employer Relationship 12 Leadership Theories And Styles For Managers 2) Improve restaurant security A strong RO program will also include some form of security. Here’s how to achieve that.