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Six Important Steps Restaurants Should Take to Build a Strong Food Safety Culture

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A weak food safety culture can have severe consequences, including product recalls, foodborne illnesses, reputational damage, diminished customer loyalty, and financial losses. For external audiences, spotlighting your commitment to food safety will also help increase consumer trust and loyalty, as well as positive reviews and referrals.

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

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To accomplish this: Improve training efforts. Unfortunately, many restaurants are using archaic training programs, so update your training to be current, relevant, and tech driven. Additionally, audits and confirmation of safety certifications should be standard operating procedure before working with new vendors.

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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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Four Ways to Build More Effective Restaurant Leadership

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2 – Give Employees Training and Education Opportunities. During the Great Resignation, many restaurant workers cited lack of career growth or training as one of the top reasons for leaving the industry. 3 – Foster Better Communication. Open and transparent communication is a hallmark of great leadership.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

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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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Improve Your CX and Reduce Operating Costs with a Simplified Payments Strategy

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Are your staff sufficiently trained in how to handle your customers? They expect payment-related rewards and loyalty programs every time they transact. It’s an approach that leans into mobility services, contactless payments, and rewards and loyalty programs tied to every customer transaction.

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The Complete Guide to Increase Your Restaurant Profit Margins

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Aggressive marketing with loyalty programs and limited-time offers drives customer traffic and increases sales. Efficient scheduling, staff training, and maximizing table turnover also have a significant impact. To boost profitability, they streamline menus, use cost-effective ingredients, and implement digital technologies.