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THE GREATEST THREAT TO AMERICAN RESTAURANTS

Culinary Cues

Thinking that the way to recover from the financial pains of a once in a century pandemic is to cut back on quality product and service and push the ceiling on pricing is short-sighted and ill-conceived as a strategy. Well then – what will? Try apathy on for size. It infects others who are easily convinced that it is the way it needs to be.

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TWENTY COMMON MISTAKES INDEPENDENT RESTAURATEURS MAKE

Culinary Cues

Training ALWAYS pays back in dividends. You are not alone if the thought of putting your name on a restaurant awning has crossed your mind. One of the most tempting forays into entrepreneurship is the restaurant business. How hard can it be – right? Spoiler alert – nothing could be further from the truth.

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DO IT RIGHT

Culinary Cues

When a destination welcomes more people than there are restaurant seats then even the mediocre seem to thrive but check back in a year or two and you will probably find a new owner, a new concept, and a different shot at success. Ironically, there is always room to be great and there is plenty of room to be mediocre. Plain and simple.

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How to Create an Effective Restaurant Onboarding Process

7 Shifts

Here’s an example of an onboarding overview: Day One Orientation: Learning about the restaurant’s culture and history, meeting coworkers, and receiving a uniform. What to include in your restaurant onboarding process. What documentation to give out and collect during onboarding. What is employee onboarding?

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Automation in the Food Industry (Infographic)

Modern Restaurant Management

Automation can aid in many areas of the industry, from enhanced, more uniform nut processing by machines to fast food meals prepared by robots. People can place orders instead of getting in line for a cashier in fast food venues, or at their seats instead of waiting for a server to ask what they want. billion by 2027.

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How to Show the Sparkling Cleanliness of Your Business to Reassure Anxious Customers

Ken Burgin

Front of House: Have hand sanitiser available for customers at the entrance. Spotlessly clean uniforms – how are those aprons and chef jackets looking? Review cleaning practices: do staff wipe down a seat then use the same cloth to wipe the the table? You can stand out from the crowd by being spotlessly CLEAN and HYGIENIC.

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Dinner Theater and Loathing in Baptist Vegas

EATER

I’m walking along a lengthy pathway, toward a building that looks much like the big white plantation houses that litter the American South, when I notice that it is lined with hydrangeas that are, for early April, uncharacteristically bright. Depending on who you ask, Branson is either the Live Music Capital of the World or Baptist Vegas.