7 Shifts

MARCH 23, 2022

When it came to employee scheduling, National Coney Island had about as many methods as it did locations. But after an expensive and drawn-out onboarding process—they found themselves facing the same issues with another bill to pay. And the team was able to roll out 7shifts quickly. Executive Summary. Region: Great Lakes.

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Front of House Back of House Communication Employee Relations 369

7 Shifts

MAY 27, 2021

This practice of planned changes to employee schedules is known as rotating scheduling – and about 5% of hospitality employees work this way. Restaurants that engage in rotating scheduling will regularly schedule employees in different shifts depending on the week, month, or season. Table of Contents. What is a Rotating Shift?

Front of House 370

Front of House Employee Relations Back of House Take-out 370

Culinary Cues

MAY 28, 2022

Those who spend their days in the kitchen, or the dining room do so sometimes out of necessity, but oftentimes because it is what they love to do – to create and bring a little joy to other’s lives. Some may be just starting out while others are seasoned veterans. The most important room in a home is the kitchen.

Front of House 322

Front of House Back of House Employee Relations Small Business 322

Culinary Cues

JULY 31, 2023

A few years back, I posted an article about the UNWRITTEN RULES of the kitchen. I felt it was time to refresh, modify, and re-emphasize the rules and make them relatable to the current climate we all work in. Maybe, they are even worthy of a place in your employee manual or at least as a talking point during new employee orientation.

Kitchen Safety 327

Kitchen Safety Back of House Front of House Food Safety 327

7 Shifts

DECEMBER 8, 2020

There is a way—and it’s through creating employee contests. Engaged employees are also less likely to turnover. 47% of restaurants were negatively affected by employee turnover in 2019, with less than a third of restaurateurs reporting that turnover had no impact on their business. for some of their favorites.

Front of House 370

Front of House Social Media Employee Relations Back of House 370

7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

The best restaurant managers take customer service a step further, recognizing regulars and personalizing service for a more memorable guest experience. Accounting & finances Many owners—who take the initiative to fund and start the restaurant —expect you to keep the business open and profitable.

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Management Management Kitchen Safety Front of House 195

Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Far too many times the menu takes a back seat to all other planning that will lead to serious miscalculations along the way. Consider this – the menu is the most important component of a successful restaurant and once designed it can, and should, impact every other aspect of the business. YES – the menu is that important!

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Menu Seasonal Menu Front of House Café 391

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Guests are dining out more often than last year and and rewarding great service, with the highest tips at bars and fine dining restaurants, according to hospitality industry data from Lightspeed Commerce Inc. Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine reached out to the team at Lightspeed to learn more. percent, from 16.93

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Fast Casual Fine Dining Employee Relations Customer Service 191

Culinary Cues

JULY 12, 2020

They say we’re back. The kitchen lights are back on, deliveries arrive, the battery of ranges is fired up, and cooks (some of us) are welcomed back. Sure, there are temperature checks at the back door, masks donned upon arrival, and deep hand cleaning constantly throughout the day, but in reality no one knows if this is enough.

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Front of House Back of House Dine-in Food Truck 407

Culinary Cues

MAY 23, 2021

They are, at least in part – etched into our brains from those early days in English Composition class – lines that stand out as an umbrella statement that encompasses a point in time from yesterday or today. We can easily apply Dickens profound human summary to the state of the restaurant industry today.

Guest Recovery 445

Guest Recovery Front of House Employee Relations Food Truck 445

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Or employees haven’t been properly (and regularly) trained. It might be a simple miscommunication, where the person taking the order misheard the customer’s special request. Customers expect to get what they ordered when they visit (or get take-out from) restaurants. Increased waste (and related costs ).

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Ordering Employee Relations Online Ordering Customer Service 219

Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The front of the house is typically separated into those who interface with guests directly and walk them through the ordering process to those who set the stage and support the work of the primary server. This includes back waiters, bus personnel, and bartenders. TEN THINGS YOU DIDN”T KNOW ABOUT A RESTAURANT.

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Seasonal Menu Back of House Customer Service Front of House 520

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

It's called the 9/80 work schedule , and it rewards employees with an additional, full day off from work in exchange for working slightly longer shifts without affecting full-time status. In a two-week period, employees will instead work one eight-hour day, eight nine-hour days, and receive one extra day off. Table of Contents.

Employee Relations 397

Employee Relations Tip Distribution Front of House Mobile Ordering 397

7 Shifts

JANUARY 7, 2020

Much like profit and loss, employee engagement is a metric that every restaurateur should be tracking regularly. We’re giving you the scoop on why you should care about employee engagement and how you can track it, and sharing tips for how to use this data to gamify staff performance and boost engagement.

Employee Relations 349

Employee Relations FOH BOH Certification 349

Lavu

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Related: Customization is King: Using POS Systems with Open APIs 2. In addition, it helps bartenders speed up their services and have customers spend less time while checking out. At the forefront of this achievement is the POS software, a pivotal technology that has transformed how bars operate. What are your profit margins?

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POS Bar Point of Sale Front of House 164

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2022

To get a pulse on QSR trends in 2022, Modern Restaurant Management magazine reached out to David Vance, Vice President of QSR at Mood Media, an on-premise media solutions company dedicated to elevating the customer experience. Should the customer and employee experience not be altered to fit that lifestyle? Every minute! David Vance.

Employee Relations 186

Employee Relations Back of House Front of House Customer Experience 186

7 Shifts

MAY 27, 2021

This practice of planned changes to employee schedules is known as rotating scheduling – and about 5% of hospitality employees work this way. Restaurants that engage in rotating scheduling will regularly schedule employees in different shifts depending on the week, month, or season. Table of Contents. What is a Rotating Shift?

Front of House 195

Front of House Employee Relations Back of House Take-out 195

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

Prioritising employee well-being, mental health, and job satisfaction is also essential in curbing turnover and cultivating a content and dedicated workforce. This trend reflects the growing popularity of drive-thru and fast-casual dining, coupled with the demand for digital technologies such as QSR digital signage and QR codes.

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2024 Loyalty Program Cash Management Customer Experience 212

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The holiday rush is here, and as the world goes from pandemic to endemic, customers are dining out more. A recent survey by the National Restaurant Association found that 65 percent of operators do not have enough employees to support customer demand. To master the process, consider these tips to recruit and retain long-term employees.

Hiring 136

Hiring Front of House Back of House Employee Relations 136

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The easiest way to get your food out there is by partnering with a third-party delivery app. But when it’s so dead simple to get listed on third-party delivery marketplaces and take orders, why do all the other work to create your own system when you are a time-strapped restaurateur? It will still cost you to run your own delivery.

Online Ordering 341

Online Ordering Ordering Customer Service Food Order 341

7 Shifts

JULY 24, 2020

While you must follow the strict guidelines to ensure the safety of your staff and customers, that’s not to say you can’t take advantage of an empty restaurant to improve your knowledge of restaurant management, running a business, and creating a recipe for success when you eventually get back to business as usual. Published: 2009 ??

Book 370

Book Management Management Restaurant Law 370

Social Hospitality

MAY 6, 2020

Four Seasons New York: Housing Healthcare Pros. The luxury hotel, where rooms typically top $1,000 a night, closed at the end of March and is not taking new bookings. ” MGM Resorts also pledged $1 million to an employee emergency grant fund and donated the equivalent of 400,000 meals across the United States.

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Hospitality Airlines Healthcare Hotels 388

Restaurant365

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

From hiring and onboarding to running employee payments and paying taxes, payroll touches on many different parts of a restaurant business. Thus, your labor costs are spread out between your scheduling, POS, and payroll software. Tracking labor and payroll data for restaurant employees. You order time in your scheduling system.

Employee Relations 148

Employee Relations Cash Management Point of Sale Front of House 148

Cheetah

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Customers who have been cooped up at home for the past two years are anxious to get back to dining out. Unfortunately, there are those who are taking the situation to the extreme and even those who are simply being outright rude or inappropriate. As we get back to eating together, this is one gap that needs to be bridged.

Employee Relations 146

Employee Relations Back of House Food Supply Customer Service 146

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Check out the list of laws you’ll need to follow and which fees you could face for violating them in our ebook, Restaurant Fair Workweek Law: An Overview. per hour for employers with more than 500 employees worldwide. For businesses with 500 or fewer employees worldwide, minimum wage is $15.75.

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Restaurant Law Employee Relations Download Article 312

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

We will continue to evaluate tech solutions and find what best enhances the Fogo experience for both our guests and employees. In 2023, we can anticipate businesses really focusing in on value and doing what they can to attract and retain both employees and guests. For part one, click here.

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2023 Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Customer Experience 193

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Our restaurant of the future is designed to benefit guests, employees and franchisees, with a new external design and a reimagined kitchen that will make it easier for us to serve hot, delicious food quickly for frictionless guest experiences, and we expect to see a lot more of that next year. Clinton Anderson, CEO, Fourth Enterprises.

2022 177

2022 Food Supply Back of House Kitchen Safety 177

Hot Schedules

JANUARY 12, 2022

Back (Office) to the Future: The 4 Trends IT Leaders Need to Know. I f reinvention is defined as the process through which something is changed to the point it becomes entirely new, then the restaurant back office is getting reinvented big time. That’s simply not the case anymore – take workforce management for example.

Back of House 147

Back of House Employee Relations POS Government 147

Sling

JULY 31, 2023

It takes more than just nice vibes to make a bar successful. With so many new software tools proliferating, trying to figure out which ones are right for your business can be overwhelming, and you can’t afford to take chances. Will it save me and my employees time? Will it make customers more likely to come back?

2023 78

2023 Bar Management Management 78

7 Shifts

JULY 8, 2023

Take Johnny Zela, who tended the bar with Joe at the very beginning of Condado. And the driving principle behind it was to be the type of place he would work at forever given the opportunity. He joined us on The Pre-Shift Podcast, along with Chris Artinian, President and CEO of Condado Tacos. Kahn: "It was kind of a no-brainer.

Hiring 273

Hiring Back of House Take-out Training 273

Cheetah

JUNE 14, 2021

Profit margins would almost certainly shrink as businesses would be forced to reduce opening hours, eliminate tables, make guests wait or even push back reopening altogether. Few establishments are now considering raising wages, offering employee benefits or improving the working conditions. But it’s going to take more than a few.

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BOH Back of House Front of House Restaurant Law 148

EATER

AUGUST 10, 2021

The best way to attract long-term workers (back to) the restaurant industry, according to many who advocate for low-wage workers, is to pay people more. Through supply and demand, the thinking goes, higher wages will increase demand, and the restaurant industry can get back up and running again. That money has to come from somewhere.

Front of House 100

Front of House Back of House Employee Relations Small Business 100

Hot Schedules

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Is Your Back Office Sinking Productivity? B etween payroll, inventory, reporting, and more, it’s easy for a manager to get trapped in the back office, sinking under paperwork. Between payroll, ordering, reporting, and a mess of other paperwork, it’s easy for back-office operations to bog down crucial front-office efficiency.

Food Safety 147

Food Safety Back of House Front of House Inventory 147

Restaurant365

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Between self-service, order management, home delivery options, and futuristic robotic servers, there’s no shortage of great ideas for boosting front-of-house productivity. Here are a few examples of how expanding back of the house technology can help deliver on patrons’ increasing expectations: Delivering dining insights.

Technology 78

Technology Dietary Restrictions Back of House Front of House 78

Hot Schedules

MAY 21, 2020

Dan stated, “We have been in constant contact with all of our employees, checking in on them multiple times a week to see how their unemployment benefits are working out, if they have another job, and if they have the desire to come back. The TX Gov came out with rules of engagement guidelines and I immediately printed it out.

Back of House 148

Back of House Employee Relations FOH BOH 148

Sling

MAY 24, 2023

Every restaurant should have an employee handbook. It’s a way to define the working relationship between employer and employee. Should some problem arise, the employee can’t use, “They never told me that,” as a defense because it’s written down in the employee handbook.

Employee Relations 88

Employee Relations Restaurant Law Information Back of House 88

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 14, 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. This new site is a one-stop hub of critical information for restaurants, employees, customers and industry partners.

Online Ordering 207

Online Ordering Back of House Customer Service Small Business 207