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Five Common Seasonal Hiring Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Modern Restaurant Management

Despite a slowed holiday hiring season, there is still a demand to hire restaurant employees to keep up with the inevitable influx of folks who eat out more frequently around the holidays—in fact, 17 percent of restaurant leaders are still looking to hire workers. Mistake #1: Neglecting a season-specific hiring strategy. How to avoid.

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Hungry for Growth: The Restaurant Industry in 2022

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Several other pandemic-related trends will continue into 2022 and beyond, and new trends will also emerge. While this has created many new jobs, restaurants and bars are struggling to find the talent to fill these positions. Here's a summary of what to expect and what restaurants can do to stay ahead. Staffing Shortages Continue.

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Building a Safety-First Culture in Your Restaurant Kitchen

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Like others, bars and restaurants have to take care of their employees. You can promote better protection for employees and patrons by focusing on your restaurants culture. Over 35% of restaurant owners say training food handler recruits is a major challenge, and its easy to see why.

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National Restaurant Association: We Need Help!

Modern Restaurant Management

” The Association proposed three separate categories of protection for industry restaurants and employees: directed/targeted financial relief; loans/insurance options for impacted small businesses; and tax measures. As of March 17, 28 States or territories have ordered closures for their restaurants and bars.

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Experts Weigh In: What Are Key Challenges Restaurants Will Face in 2022?

Modern Restaurant Management

The challenges our teams have faced over the last two years specifically has made us value our employees now more than ever. As it relates to the labor crunch, we’re seeing in restaurant brands across the board: An impact in top-line revenue because customers aren't being served. Smart Bar USA Founder Barry Fieldman.

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MRM Research Roundup: Destination Dining, Voice Commerce, and the Force of Fast Food

Modern Restaurant Management

Even with these enhancements in service quality, consumers still value having a real employee on the other end providing services. Also, keeping employees in a high-turnover business continues to be difficult, with QSRs requiring competitive wages and benefits to secure employees.

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Decade of Disruption: Restaurant Insiders Dish What’s on the Plate

Modern Restaurant Management

Third, the onslaught of opioid, vaping, and alcohol combinations have forced the restaurant industry to begin hiring completely different generations of rock star employees, in both the front and back of the house. Restaurants will always be popular for date nights, and restaurants with bars will always attract the thirsty.