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A 2021 Guide to Kitchen Staffing During the Back of House Labor Shortage

Touch Bistro

The challenge is, the restaurant industry has been struggling with a shortage of chefs and other back of house staff for several years now. Back in 2019, TouchBistro’s Annual Industry Report found that seven in 10 restaurants in the U.S. were experiencing a labor shortage. million jobs – or 12% – short of pre-pandemic levels.

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THE VALUE OF THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS

Culinary Cues

Some from each group have been (are) quite successful while others stumble along not quite sure what steps to take next. I was thinking the other day how we may be taking away from the opportunities that the school of hard knocks provides. Make sure the mop head is clean and changed frequently. Clean floors are happy floors.

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How to Set Up Online Ordering for Restaurants

7 Shifts

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.

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The 5 Things Food Vendors Don't Want You to Know

Embrace the Suck

Then throw on top of that the drivers who have to follow strict rules and regulations for transporting food over interstates and you might now see your labor issues as not so bad. You see foodservice distributors are more in the transportation business than the food business. A lot of stuff they don’t want you to know!

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STOP THE 100% TARIFF ON EUROPEAN GOODS

Culinary Cues

White tower decisions without a grasp on the systemic impact of those decisions is a common flaw of leaders who are out of touch with reality. A short while back the U.S. A short while back the U.S. It happens in business, it happens in education, and it happens most often in government.

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How Cloud Kitchen Restaurant Trend Impacts $200B Online Food Delivery Space

Modern Restaurant Management

Every restaurant has a back of house and a front of house. Cloud Kitchens are restaurants with no front of house. This indicated a clear trend that a “restaurant” does not need to necessarily comprise of both front of house and back of house components.

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Food Chain Crisis Explained: Supply Disruptions & Rising Prices

Cheetah

Heinz nearly ran out of ketchup packets this year, practically triggering a nationwide ketchup shortage. A surge in demand caused by the delivery and take-out boom is partly the reason. Ports, railroads, transporters, and distributors like Cheetah are the links that hold the food supply chain together, from picking to plate.