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Table Turnover Rate in Your Restaurant: How to Improve & Seat Incomplete Parties

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This should include all tables available for seating customers. Efficiently manage reservations: Ensure that the booking system is organized and avoids overbooking to prevent delays in table turnover. Use technology, such as a restaurant management software, to track who chose to reserve a table, and manage waitlists effectively.

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TWENTY COMMON MISTAKES INDEPENDENT RESTAURATEURS MAKE

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Well, you have all heard the statistics about success and failure when food and beverage are involved, so I won’t repeat them. Every business requires controls in pricing, consistency, quality, and cash handling. Social media is very inexpensive, but someone needs to effectively manage it every day and every way. Service is off.”

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What the Heck is a KPI and Why You Should Give a Sh*t

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To get you started down the KPI Mastery path, let’s start with the basic metrics: Cash Flow. Cash flow is simply the amount of money going in and out of the restaurant. It’s essentially how much cash you have on hand. Cash flow = Cash input - cash output. Allow me to help you manage your KPIs.

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THE BEST PATH TO CHEFDOM

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Each of those “departments” will require some level of unique kitchen management (sous chef) and specialists to support the uniqueness of function. As long as the checkbook has a credit balance they are in good shape (until predictable sales slump and cash flow turns the corner). This is very apparent in clubs, resorts, and hotels.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their views on what trends and challenges owners and operators can expect to see in 2024. This capability can prove invaluable for refining pricing strategies, optimising ingredient and waste management, and planning forthcoming shifts, among other benefits.

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What Does Social Distancing Mean for Social Businesses Like Restaurants?

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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. Make it clear to the servers to limit the number of times they are touching cash and credit cards. "Social

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2023 Outlook: Trends and Challenges Restaurants Will See, Part Two

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Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked experts for their thoughts on trends and challenges that will affect the restaurant industry in 2023. " – John Oakes, Revenue Management Solutions CEO. Spirit-based, ready-to-drink beverages will continue show vast white space, and bourbon should continue to thrive.

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