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9 Top Restaurant Technologies To Evolve Your Business

7 Shifts

It reduces ordering errors, increases front-of-house and back-of-house efficiency, and helps you control inventory. Restaurant technology is no longer a nice-to-have: it’s an absolute necessity for building a modern, resilient restaurant that can become and stay competitive.

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From Cashier to VP: How 4 Restaurant Execs Climbed the Ladder

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In that leadership position, he created classes for managers on skills like leadership and cost control. With experience in the front and back of the house, Kam Talebi has walked a mile in both shoes. What comes to mind when you think of success in the restaurant industry? Maybe you realized hospitality is your passion.

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Questions in the Minds of Restaurant Job Applicants

Ken Burgin

They will be interested in get a sense of the team’s spirit, leadership style, and the overall atmosphere of the kitchen. If the managers or owners doing an interview raise and answer these job applicant questions, they will have a better rapport with applicants. What is the kitchen’s work culture like?

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Hope for the Future: Restaurant Industry Responds to Rescue Plan

Modern Restaurant Management

This package will be the vehicle for so many small businesses, bars, and restaurants to survive. billion grant program signed by President Biden today is a gamechanger for people who depend on neighborhood restaurants and bars for their livelihood. signed the American Rescue Plan Act into law creating the $28.6 “The $28.6

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How a Restaurant Closing Checklist Benefits Your Business

Society Insurance

As a bar or restaurant owner, you know that your night isn’t over when the last customer leaves. When the door closes and the lights come back up in the dining area and bar, there are still tasks to complete before the night is truly done. Tasks for Back-of-House Staff: Cleaning and sanitizing food prep areas and work surfaces.

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CHEFS- ELEVEN STEPS TO GREATNESS

Culinary Cues

There is so much to learn about food, service, operating a business, people and traditions, and leadership. It might be an in-service training session, a one-on-one demonstration to a young cook, a pre-meal session with front-of-the-house, or even a simple “words of wisdom” post on the employee bulletin board. HAVE A PLAN.

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The restaurant industry needs to step up for women. We asked four leaders how to do it.

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Kelly McCutcheon, VP of People at Hopdoddy Burger Bar , knows what it's like to be underestimated. When my friend was 22, she served at a steakhouse that mandated short dresses and heels. When she was 23, the manager asked her to put on makeup in one of her first shifts at a breakfast grill. She promptly quit. Remember me?I Broccoli Hot Dogs!Beet