7 Shifts

MARCH 31, 2023

“Take better care of your staff.” Some of us know that we should - but in between dealing with maintenance issues and hiring new employees, it can be hard enough to take care of yourself, let alone your staff. We’ve all heard it. How can you encourage them to care about the business and invest time and energy into their role?

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Aaron Allen & Associates

JUNE 25, 2024

At Aaron Allen & Associates, we specialize in strategic kitchen reconfigurations that not only streamline your back-of-house processes but also significantly boost your bottom line. Take Action Today Ready to transform your kitchen and take your restaurant to the next level? Ready to Optimize the Back-of-House?

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SpotOn

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Clearing downed Bud Light bottles and empty glasses of the house red, Don came away with a positive impression of the hospitality industry that he carried with him through college. Don’s challenge was to cater to all tastes—and coach his staff on how to do the same. SpotOn is a better solution.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 29, 2020

As more restaurants in the United States receive the go-ahead to open their doors for indoor dining, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine reached out to industry experts on ways to calm employee anxiety. You will take guest temperatures, if, and when, allowed. Here's some of their advice. Even though they have ?less

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Brooklyn Dumpling House just opened and they're already franchising the idea. We also foresee a lot of companies will redesign locations even further to maximize efficiency. Fortunately, we have exceeded in our efforts to reduce our footprint and maximize profitability to effectively operate our drive-thrus and maintain team productivity.

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7 Shifts

APRIL 24, 2020

With most restaurants operating on dine-out only, and many having closed their doors, restaurant staff are left with hours reduced—or out of a job entirely. The outbreak of COVID-19 in early 2020, and subsequent social distancing and self-isolation protocols have wreaked havoc on restaurant workers everywhere.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 26, 2020

Let’s put on our restaurant hat and take responsibility for doing what is right for both the health and wellbeing of our families, staff, and customers, and help in bring our communities out of the deepest economic hole since the Great Depression. When that occurs we will be able to go back to business as usual – right?

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Even apart from the grief and mourning that still hangs in the air, on a very practical and tangible level, the Environmental Protection Agency estimates it will take months just to clear away the literal toxic debris. Over the years it housed a saloon, stage, and movie theater. For some, it was simply home.

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Embrace the Suck

DECEMBER 25, 2019

If you can reduce ticket times in your kitchen, reduce the time it takes to turn a table, and increase delivery without adding more staff. They also learned how to make money by filling up empty trucks going back to their market with what is known as the backhaul. A lot of stuff they don’t want you to know!

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

To add resources to these guides, reach out to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com with news. Additional funding has been allocated for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP ). For more information, visit: sba.gov/paycheckprotection.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

To add resources to these guides, reach out to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com with news. Additional funding has been allocated for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP ). For more information, visit: sba.gov/paycheckprotection.

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Rocket Fuel

JANUARY 26, 2024

We’ll just come out and say it: Restaurant operators are losing money to third-party delivery service providers. This poses an opportunity for operators to grow their overall sales and profits—If they can recover inevitable delivery losses and keep their staff from spending hundreds of hours monthly on said in-house recovery efforts.

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The Food Corridor

APRIL 21, 2021

That is why the more community kitchens we can support through our resources and technology, the more we are living out our mission to support local producers. . These forward-thinking programs offer training, guidance, support, and funding, as well as access to the kitchen space and equipment needed to take a food business to the next level.

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Restaurant Clicks

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

So check out my list of the best restaurants in Niagara Falls below. If you’re looking for something lighter, check out their Caesar salad or one of their many soups. The best places to eat in Niagara Falls have a few things in common; specifically location, quality of food, and local charm. Best Restaurants in Niagara Falls.

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Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

San Jose is also home to the Winchester Mystery House, a mansion the widow of gunmaker William Winchester constructed over many years. La Foret is a French restaurant housed in a storied building, once a boarding house during the California Gold Rush. Indeed, more than one million people live in the city. Make a Reservation.

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EATER

JUNE 9, 2023

Take, for example, a description penned by Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés in 1535. Getty Images Long before they were the stars of tropical drinks or controversial pizzas, pineapples were the obsessively hoarded, perpetually pursued symbols of the elite Pray join us, gentle reader, for a quick spot of time travel.

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Restaurant365

APRIL 26, 2022

The hiring crunch is especially tough for back-of-house employees, such as line cooks and dishwashers, who historically have made lower wages than many front-of-house employees like servers. Check out Restaurant365’s free employee turnover calculator to determine how much turnover is costing your restaurant group.).

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Restaurant Clicks

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Others prefer to build their concoctions in the privacy of a back kitchen. Hopefully the descriptions will provide you with enough information to tempt you to try one or more out. When I got back from a guided kayak tour recently, I was hungry. Others stick to individual bites of sushi and specially-prepared sushi rolls.

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EATER

MAY 26, 2021

Cars of the era average about 14 mpg, but 20 miles out, you notice you’re running low on gas, around Ashland, a 19th-century resort town that’s home to Randolph-Macon College. The Handy Landing Tea Room and Store in Weirs Beach, New Hampshire | weirsbeach.com. If you happened to be traveling from Washington, D.C.

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7 Shifts

JULY 12, 2023

She joined us on The Pre-Shift Podcast to discuss her philosophy on managing a team, including how she coaches managers. I kind of did it out of a self-serving type of thing where I was like, I never see him. "I I kind of did it out of a self-serving type of thing where I was like, I never see him. It served a purpose.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

She begrudgingly put the books back up, at least until all the recipes were duplicated on the site. Digital cookbooks have been a hard sell for big publishing houses, despite the promise of Amazon’s Kindle and other e-readers. And structured data like a list of ingredients can take up an entire screen while offering little context.

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Apicbase

MAY 30, 2024

Let’s find out. The hardware includes user-friendly terminals or tablets with high-resolution touchscreens for easy order-taking. Order Accuracy: One of the most lucrative advantages of using a POS system is the ability to nullify errors in order-taking. It is your secret weapon for excellence. How exactly does it do that?

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Consumers are looking towards pre-made/catered meals (15 percent), take-out (18 percent), and meal kits (15 percent) in place of meal prep for one of their holiday or New Year’s meals. When it came to ordering take-out, Gen Z led with 28 percent. Diners Show Holiday Spirit. Hassle-free holiday meals.

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Embrace the Suck

JUNE 13, 2022

I want to share with you some of the challenges that I faced back in the 90s when I opened my first restaurant… Up to that point I had been in the industry for 15 years. Back then I thought that knowing how to run a restaurant was all I needed. And my restaurant didn’t “take off” as I expected.

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Apicbase

MARCH 17, 2023

People are dining out again in ever-increasing numbers. Because technology integration allows your business systems to talk, it improves communication between the kitchen and front-of-house staff. In addition, it automates back-of-house operations so your teams can focus on creating epic food and customer experiences.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

When life presents unexpected expenses, such as urgent car or home repairs, an emergency fund can help keep families afloat, and prevent them from taking on debt or missing payments. This program, piloted last year, is designed to help KFC team members build short-term savings and create lasting savings behaviors.

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Margin Edge

JULY 10, 2019

Yet that is how much of a chef or restaurateur’s time is spent: manually entering invoices, taking inventory counts with paper and a clipboard or reviewing sales results from a point-of-sale system and trying to reconcile them with the purchasing and food cost data kept separately on spreadsheets.

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Embrace the Suck

JANUARY 13, 2021

Coming out in late February 2021. You’ve heard it said to you by every consultant out there.You need to work ON your restaurant and not IN your restaurant. Yet, here you are still slugging it out every single day doing battle on the front line. Back then my number one solution to fix a problem was to just work through it.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2019

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature Ono Food Co, DoorDash, Parts Town and Heritage Foodservice, Rouxbe, Presto, Burger King and Uber Eats, Pared, Tork, Restaurant Technologies, Willie Degel, Bolay, Ritual, Preoday and TISSL, AdTheorent and Voodoo Doughnut. World’s First Mobile Restaurant Powered by Advanced Robotics. Ono Food Co.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 5, 2022

However, some restaurant technology is actually true to its potential - and the numbers back it up. Trusted by restaurants internationally, 7shifts is backed by industry giants like Danny Meyer and his investment firm Enlightened Hospitality Investments. Helping Restaurants Save Time on Scheduling. What can 7shifts do for you?

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7 Shifts

MARCH 29, 2023

He started out at Darden Restaurants and has worked in executive leadership roles at Del Frisco's, Michael Mina and Birdcall before joining bartaco in 2021. What is your brand doing to give back? Anthony Valletta has had an extensive career in the hospitality business. Whereas before it was 'who's going to pay me the most money?'

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Embrace the Suck

APRIL 18, 2022

There are also some that thrive (15%) and the elite few that drive their market (5%)… these top two categories came out of the pandemic stronger because they focused on the right things. Many of my clients when they first start my coaching program do a big sales number. Here’s where restaurant owners get off track.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature restaurant community support endeavors, new tech and a little holiday fun. Supporting Independents. Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. launched the Ocean Spray Farmers for Chefs Alliance with the goal of helping as many qualifying independent restaurants as possible cover rent, utilities, and payroll costs.

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Hot Schedules

MAY 10, 2021

So how do you stack your bench and coach your own team to maximum efficiency? The first challenge for seasonal venues is stacking the bench when there just doesn’t seem to be enough people out there to hire. When the clock is running out and you’re low on options, there are a few resources that can help you achieve just that.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Send news to Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. More Tropical in Colorado. Tropical Smoothie Cafe signed two multi-unit franchise agreements to develop 38 new cafes across the state of Colorado, including a 27-unit deal and an 11-unit deal.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

With so many amazing new dining and entertainment experiences emerging around the world, it feels good to be a part of that revolution and to bring something unique back to San Diego.” ” At 3,900-square-feet, the build out of AQUAlounge is projected at $5 million, and construction is scheduled to begin in February of 2020.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 6, 2020

Are drive-ins back? Now more than ever, restaurant employees are taking their jobs seriously—and restaurants who don't offer employees the benefits of full-time corporate jobs are already seeing higher turnover. In-N-Out Burger extends benefits to its part-time employees. So what new trends will 2020 bring?

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