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How the Pandemic Has Forever Changed the Way We Eat

Modern Restaurant Management

With many restaurants closed for in-person dining on and off throughout the pandemic, the food service industry shifted to delivery and takeout as a business imperative. As the pandemic spread, one of the biggest deterrents from people frequenting their favorite restaurants was concern of exposure to the COVID-19 virus.

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What Does Social Distancing Mean for Social Businesses Like Restaurants?

Modern Restaurant Management

What are some ways restaurant owners and operators can be safe and welcome guests while maintaining social distance? As the Coronavirus crisis continues, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked industry insiders what best practices restaurants should have in place for social distancing, as per CDC guidelines.

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Lessening Employee Anxiety as Restaurant Doors Open

Modern Restaurant Management

As more restaurants in the United States receive the go-ahead to open their doors for indoor dining, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine reached out to industry experts on ways to calm employee anxiety. Rick Camac, Dean of Restaurant & Hospitality Management at the Institute of Culinary Education.

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How Small Restaurant Owners Are Navigating the Labor Shortage

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From forgoing their own salary to giving raises, small business owners are finding ways to hire and retain their staff Every few weeks, it seems, a new photo goes viral on social media showing a sign in a restaurant window declaring: “This restaurant is closed because no one wants to work.” That money has to come from somewhere.

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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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The internet holds countless stories of inappropriate behavior that female restaurant workers have endured. Women-owned restaurants often have their accomplishments overlooked. Women fill more than half of restaurant positions in the U.S. Make the Restaurant Workplace Better For Women. She promptly quit. Remember me?I

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How Much This Detroit Food Hall Spent Pivoting During the COVID-19 Crisis

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Detroit Shipping Company opens its books to show the highs and lows of operating during the pandemic Annoyingly techie but excruciatingly precise, “pivoting” is now a loaded term in the restaurant world. These pivots require time, resources, creativity, innovation, and, of course, money — and their success can mean a restaurant’s survival.

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The Great Shortage

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Pandemic-related materials, food, and labor shortages make running an independent restaurant near-impossible. At its start, the pandemic brought us images of vast trenches of rotting onions, piles of abandoned produce, and lakes of wasted milk, dumped by farmers who no longer had restaurants to buy their products.