7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

There's a lot of confusion surrounding the process, structure, and laws regarding restaurant tip outs. At the end of the day, the goal is to make sure their employees are happy, paid fairly, and following the laws when it comes to tips. What is a Tip Out? Tip Out Methods. Choosing the Right Tip Payout Method.

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Touch Bistro

JULY 18, 2021

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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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 20, 2022

But one can't deny that tips make up a majority of restaurant workers' take-home pay. One of those ways is tip pooling, where all tips are collected into one “pool” and re-distributed back to employees. But when you get it right, tip pooling ensures fair compensation for everyone involved. Tip Pooling Laws.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

We also wanted to see if the inflation concerns many are expressing are showing in restaurants as large flows of government stimulus are distributed. Are restaurant patrons adjusting their tips to help offset these higher prices? For this question, we also used 2019 vs 2021 tip data. per receipt. in 2019 and $99.50

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 23, 2024

A patchwork of federal, state, and local laws regarding labor, overtime, payment of tipped workers, and more are what govern restaurants. It’s the key to creating a consistent experience every day, week, and month of the year — the essential structure for the restaurant’s operations. But it isn’t simple.

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Clover - Restaurants

APRIL 16, 2024

In this post, we’ll delve into the nuances of automated gratuities and tips, so you can navigate this terrain while staying compliant with legal regulations. Automating gratuities basically means adding a predetermined tip percentage to a customer’s pre-tax bill, automatically. What is automatic gratuity?

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7 Shifts

JUNE 20, 2022

We chatted with some of those most experienced in the ghost kitchen game to find out some myths, best practices, and tips for success in this food service style. Ghost kitchens emerged in the back half of the 2010s as delivery apps began to take hold of the dining market. Table of Contents. What is a ghost kitchen? Kitchen Pods.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Particularly impacted by the staffing shortage, restaurants are struggling to beat the labor crisis, with staffing shortages felt in both back-of-house and front-of-house staff. Although employment numbers are on the upswing, employment at eating and drinking establishments was still 1.5 Bureau of Labor statistics.

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7 Shifts

MAY 10, 2021

Whether you're hiring, or you're a worker ready to go back to work, here are the six red flags that Cummings outlined in the episode. So instead of falling back on the same old empty words, Cummings suggests starting with the things meaningful to you. “If Uninspired Job Posting. It's not enough to just go "Hey, hiring line cooks.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 23, 2024

A patchwork of federal, state, and local laws regarding labor, overtime, payment of tipped workers, and more are what govern restaurants. It’s the key to creating a consistent experience every day, week, and month of the year — the essential structure for the restaurant’s operations. But it isn’t simple.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

But you didn't sign up for all the time-consuming back-office work. Behind the scenes, managers spend countless hours dealing with tip distributions, creating weekly schedules in spreadsheets, and doing the dreaded payroll twice a month. But the back-office duties don't stop there.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Essentially, the eight hours from the additional day off are distributed among eight of the nine remaining workdays in a two-week working period. This approach is similar to the 4/10 work schedule, where employees work ten-hour shifts over four days, thereby evenly distributing the extra eight hours a week into the remaining four days.

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Sling

JANUARY 22, 2021

If you’re wondering whether tip pooling can benefit your team and your restaurant, you’ve come to the right place. In this article, the restaurant-management experts at Sling give you the pros and cons of tip pooling so you can decide if it’s good for your business. What Is Tip Pooling? front of house versus back of house).

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 8, 2022

Distributing as much of that ice as possible to other storage bins enables the ice maker to continue running. Another pro tip is to keep shoveling the ice forward in the bin. Another pro tip is to keep shoveling the ice forward in the bin. Train employees to scoop from the back of the ice bin. Step 1: Ice Management.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

QSRs Shift Focus from Slow-Paced Dining to Swift, Transactional Experiences Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) are reimagining their dining spaces to prioritize speed, convenience, and personalization over traditional, slow-paced dining experiences. An issue that may arise from this in 2024 is data privacy.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 30, 2021

The bill will likely be back before the California legislature in January 2022. Restaurant Revitalization Fund Replenishment Act Introduced : On June 8, 2021, a bipartisan group of Senators and U.S. Representatives introduced legislation to replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund with a $60 billion second round of restaurant relief.

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Embrace the Suck

DECEMBER 25, 2019

They also learned how to make money by filling up empty trucks going back to their market with what is known as the backhaul. Having worked as a consultant for a large foodservice distributor for 4 years, I learned a lot about their business. A lot of stuff they don’t want you to know! In foodservice, it’s their operations team.

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Sling

MARCH 2, 2022

Whether you calculate paychecks in-house or send your information to a professional, it’s still essential that you know how payroll processing works. To really understand payroll processing, it’s important to back up a step and examine the definition of payroll itself. If you say, “I’ll start running payroll tomorrow at 9:00 a.m.,”

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The Restaurant Times

MARCH 10, 2023

Front-of-house (FOH) refers to all activities and settings a patron will experience while dining at a restaurant, including the lobby and dining area. Hence, your restaurant’s front-of-the-house staff members should always maintain a high standard of personal hygiene and present a polished, welcoming image.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Rotations might result from employee availability, evenly distributing less- or more-desirable shifts among the team, or opportunities to cross-train staff. It's a hard balance to strike, so to help you set it up right, we've outlined everything you need to know about on-call scheduling in your restaurant. Table of Contents. Best Practices.

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7 Shifts

MAY 11, 2022

Best Practices + Tips. If your restaurant is open 24/7 or needs workers outside its normal hours of service, your business might benefit from a swing shift schedule , which ensures you have the right amount of coverage at the right times. Table of Contents. What is a Swing Shift? How Swing Shifts Are Used in Restaurants. Examples by Role.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

You need to put yourself in front of diners, get them in your door, and turn them into ambassadors of your restaurant that come back and tell their friends about you. Before you get any ideas for a cheesy radio spot, take a step back and look at the bigger picture. Restaurant owners and operators wear a lot of hats. Table of Contents.

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Clover - Restaurants

MAY 3, 2024

In this guide, learn about properly cleaning the restaurant and items such as silverware, as well as how to help prevent cross contamination and other risks in the back of house. An estimated 3,000 people in the U.S. die each year due to foodborne illness. Cleaning and sanitizing in restaurants is an essential part of food safety.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

If there hadn’t been a financial incentive to go back to work, I would have waited longer,” he says. While COVID-19 is a new disease, and it is impossible to predict which cases will require hospitalization, certain conditions may put individuals at a particularly high risk for developing a severe, life-threatening case.

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Cheetah

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

After a year of relatively low demand, consumers can’t wait to get out of the house and into restaurants. Reading Time: 5 minutes. 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. Labor Crisis Continues.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 26, 2022

When you dine out at a restaurant, you tip your server. A guest's tip subsidizes wages for most of America's restaurant workers. In most other parts of the world, tips are not expected—and in some cases, it's considered rude to tip. History of Tipping: How did gratuity become integral to our restaurant culture?

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EATER

JANUARY 19, 2022

million Americans quit their jobs , six representatives from a broad cross-section of the country’s food system told the House Agriculture Committee that the labor shortage is the number one “immediate” issue facing national supply chains. began paying attention to food supply chains in a new way. . In November, a month when 4.5

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

For more information, visit: sba.gov/paycheckprotection. According to Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Jovita Carranza and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin SBA resumed accepting PPP loan applications on Monday, April 27 at 10:30AM EDT from approved lenders on behalf of any eligible borrower.

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Cheetah

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

So while getting new people in is important, you should also focus on making them want to come back. Here are four effective ways to building long-term relationships with your regulars. Provide Incentives Perks are a fun and low-cost way to encourage guests to come back. “On

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Cheetah

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

So while getting new people in is important, you should also focus on making them want to come back. Here are four effective ways to building long-term relationships with your regulars. Provide Incentives Perks are a fun and low-cost way to encourage guests to come back. “On

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

For more information, visit: sba.gov/paycheckprotection. According to Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Jovita Carranza and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin SBA resumed accepting PPP loan applications on Monday, April 27 at 10:30AM EDT from approved lenders on behalf of any eligible borrower.

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Apicbase

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

And that will help you add sales on the front end… and cut costs in the back-of-house. Multi-outlet restaurant operations generate a ton of data every day. As an owner or an operations manager, it’s your job to use that data to grow the bottom line. Easier said than done, right? That’s where restaurant analytics come in.

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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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EATER

MARCH 7, 2023

To the north, you have the Kelly Miller housing projects, where about 94 percent of residents are below the federal poverty limit and most are unemployed,” says James, who worked as the farm programs manager at Common Good City Farm until early January. “To It hasn’t been an easy few years for farms using the pay-what-you-can model.

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Notch

MARCH 30, 2022

The foodservice and hospitality industry is fast paced - whether you’re on the restaurant or distribution side of things. These are full of relatable stories and entertaining interviews - perfect for a laugh during prep, an inspiring back office listen, or a chance to unwind after a long shift. It’s always a good time!

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Cheetah

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

After a year of relatively low demand, consumers can’t wait to get out of the house and into restaurants. 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. Labor Issues Exacerbate Food Chain Crisis.

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EATER

OCTOBER 21, 2022

I had already gone there with my friend Dom on a Monday, but had neglected to order one of their massive sticky buns and regretted it until I made it back on a Wednesday. That day, I corrected my mistake and brought the sticky bun back to my friend Ray’s house and devoured it. Within days of landing back in the U.S.,

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