7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

What those technologies are completely depends on the role, but here are a few of the more popular examples: Servers and front-of-house roles tend to familiarize themselves with point-of-sale (POS) technology, scheduling software , online ordering integrations, and perhaps even reservation software. Table of Contents. Undercooking.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

There was always at least one kid in elementary school who was weirdly obsessed with horses — who wore t-shirts with horses on them, read horse books, pretended they were a horse. She lives on a plot of land big enough to house a stable with horses, ponies, and donkeys. I know this intimately because I was (and still am?)

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Culinary Cues

MAY 16, 2022

The reservation book was full for tonight – more than 200 recorded and no room for walk-ins. As a cook or chef there are many days that go well and a few that challenge the best. Your dictionary. But when this occurrence takes place with a team, the results can be magical. It is beautiful to watch and energizing to experience.

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The Rail

MARCH 21, 2023

By Andrea Abbondanza, Contributor In our previous QR blog post , we looked at seven reasons why your restaurant should start using QR codes and the immense benefits they provide both your guests and your staff. The Front Door QR codes on the front door of a restaurant can be an effective way to attract potential dining guests.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The blogger behind the Instagram account Deep Fried Honey and the recipe site of the same name had produced five e-books since 2018, which her readers could purchase online, paying through Paypal or Venmo, and receive their book via PDF download. I’m a communist. I was never in this for money,” Hammonds says.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 20, 2024

It’s been 89 years since Escoffier stood in front of a range for the last time, yet his presence is still felt by professional cooks and chefs. In every office where I sat over the past 30 some odd years, has hung this picture of the master craftsman, leader, and ambassador of proper cooking and kitchen organization.

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Social Hospitality: Restaurants

MAY 6, 2020

Four Seasons New York: Housing Healthcare Pros. The luxury hotel, where rooms typically top $1,000 a night, closed at the end of March and is not taking new bookings. Amidst the current COVID-19 pandemic, there is a lot of negativity online and in the news. Hotel Trundle Shares Stories of Happiness. Thank you @FourSeasons.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Accordingly, “I bought this house because the kitchen was so normal,” Doiron tells me as she films herself preparing the crust for a zucchini tart. This is how Justine Doiron — 2.3 million followers on TikTok , a million on Instagram — gets her shots of sugar and salt sparkling in the sunlight. Doiron explains. “It It felt like fake cooking.”

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Between now and December, cookbook publishers will churn out some 100 new titles in service of promoting better living through eating. Turn on your stoves!” they seem to shout. Haul out those baking pans! Prepare to spend many hours contemplating the abyss of your Dutch oven!”

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 12, 2020

Their business is built on the power of word of mouth—one of, if not the most useful marketing tools in the book. So far, 2020 has thrown marketing plans, advertising budgets, and restaurant growth out of the window. Whatever plans and forecasts you had for your restaurant are yesterday’s bread now. So, where do you start?

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

For the past six months I have been committed to an exercise regimen thanks to my Apple Watch. Closing the rings of movement, exercise, and standing has been a goal since I first strapped on the watch, a goal that consumes my attention and cannot be broken for fear that I will simply fall off the pattern if the rings fail to close for one day.

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Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 24, 2022

It is the season of butternut, acorn, delicata, and spaghetti squash roasting with plenty of butter and brown sugar, of roasted walnuts, pecans, and marcona almonds added to your salads, and in-house pickling finding its way onto your appetizer boards. Are you up to it? Winter is, by far my favorite season to plan menus.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 15, 2022

Check out this blog and video on the top 9 interview questions to ask as an owner. For instance, were you responsible for restaurant employee scheduling or managing a log book ? Are you a restaurant owner looking for question to ask potential candidates? There are a lot of jobs available in the restaurant industry. Table of Contents.

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Social Hospitality: Restaurants

MAY 6, 2020

Four Seasons New York: Housing Healthcare Pros The Four Seasons Hotel in Manhattan is providing free rooms to doctors, nurses and other medical personnel. The luxury hotel, where rooms typically top $1,000 a night, closed at the end of March and is not taking new bookings. Thank you @FourSeasons.

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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. Their business grows by word of mouth—one of the best marketing tools in the book. Restaurant owners and operators wear a lot of hats. Table of Contents.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 12, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, read about efforts to help the restaurant industry and heroes as well as "new normal" restaurant technology and products. Dining Bond Goes Global. The Dining Bond Initiative, a campaign that helps get funds to restaurants impacted by the coronavirus COVID-19, has gone global.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 7, 2021

Their business is built on the power of word of mouth—one of, if not the most useful marketing tools in the book. To help, we’ve created the ultimate restaurant marketing guide, covering strategy, creative, branding, marketing channels, paid and unpaid advertising, and so much more. Which is where your restaurant marketing plan comes in.

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Restaurant365

MAY 15, 2020

Some of your inventory ordering questions are answered in a recent blog post. As your restaurant reopens with social distancing requirements and capacity restrictions, it’s wise to consider handling delivery in-house to avoid third-party delivery fees and create work for existing employees. How much dine-in sales should I expect?

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Future Food

JANUARY 30, 2020

Customer Service at Mcdonalds (Image via Bustle). Great Service in an Era of Labour Costs & Technology. Will Guidara, one of the owners of Eleven Madison Avenue in New York, has been quoted as saying that it’s “compassion and passion [that] gives a fantastic dining experience.” That’s just something which, happily, comes with the territory.

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Restaurant Clicks

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Sushi Bar FortyFive Degrees Blue Sushi Sake Grill Sushi Club Watami Sushi All-You-Can-Eat Sakura Mikado Asaka Japanese Restaurant Mori Sushi Sushi Boss Ichiban Sushi Bar & Sammy’s Asian Cuisine Kasai Sushi Bar & Kitchen Wasabi on 82nd Sushi House Tegry Bistro Ocean World Sushi Watami. They serve up the freshest ingredients.

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Planet Grape

JANUARY 9, 2020

blog | January 9, 2020 – 2:08pm | By Catherine Fallis. If this is your house style, or you are looking for some nice, smaller production selections, here are the top ten picks from Planet Grape Wine Review. Chefs look to the season for inspiration as do sommeliers. All prices are standard retail. Lux Wines, Hayward, CA.

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Restaurant365

JUNE 9, 2021

You can use data to improve restaurant operations, both in your front of house (FOH) and back of house (BOH). In this blog post, Part 1 of 2, we will dive into the metrics you should be examining with your FOH’s profitability. Restaurant KPIs impacting a profitable front of house.

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Restaurant365

MARCH 3, 2020

Grouping positions that vary between hourly and salary pay, like front-of-house staff (servers, hosts, and bartenders), back of house kitchen staff (cooks, dishwashers), and management staff, can help you track labor cost on a more granular level. Labor is one of the biggest expenses for a restaurant.

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Restaurant365

JUNE 2, 2020

However, manual in-house payroll is extremely time consuming, and you may make costly errors when navigating the complex world of payroll. In the restaurant industry, most positions are paid on an hourly basis, except for front of house and kitchen management. Who qualifies as a tipped employee?

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Restaurant365

DECEMBER 12, 2019

From the front counter to the kitchen, technology is everywhere in restaurants. Restaurants have a number of different moving parts, from back of house to front of house, and marketing to accounting. Technology impacts nearly every aspect of our lives. All these areas can be streamlined with technology solutions.

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The Restaurant Coach University

JANUARY 30, 2017

Originally on Toast Restaurant Management Blog by Donald Burns on 11/4/15. The restaurant industry is notorious for the divide between the Front of the House (FOH) and the Back of the House (BOH). The average American reads around 17 books per year. The average corporate executive (CEO) reads 4-5 books per month!

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Sling

JULY 4, 2021

Then, like the video you shot, display them on all your social media channels, on your website, and in your blog posts. Restaurant marketing has changed dramatically over the past 20 years. With the rise of the internet and the ubiquity of smartphones and tablets, the vast majority of marketing efforts are concentrated online.

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Notch

MARCH 12, 2019

Say you look at your books over the last 30 days and you see that you spent a total of $5,000 on wages and other salary costs. With margins so thin, it’s important to control every cost as carefully as possible. That includes the labor cost percentage for your restaurant. For the sake of clarity, let’s try this out with an example.

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KaTom

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Fred Sauceman – whose work and recipes we profiled in previous blog posts – has dedicated decades of his career to sharing unique stories about Appalachian food and culture. Fred Sauceman’s Advice for Food Writers. “That’s not what I do at all. . “That’s not what I do at all. I don’t critique food.

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Hot Schedules

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Are the books 100% compliant? If they’re stuck in the back of house they can’t be out front, improving the guest experience. Improving HR Functionality. Learn how outsourcing your HR can increase employee engagement while decreasing liabilities and fees. Any mistake is costly. Things slip through the cracks.

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Restaurant365

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Restaurant management software should enable your front of house staff to efficiently split up table management, process payment, and adjust gratuity or taxes, and allow your management to quickly control refunds, voids, comps, and order status at any point. Cloud-based management. Automated tracking of sales and taxes.

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Touch Bistro

JULY 15, 2021

The challenge is, restaurant marketing and promotions can take many forms, and not every strategy will resonate with every diner. As a result, it’s important to test out different types of restaurant marketing ideas and trends to see what resonates most with your target audience. Your marketing plan doesn’t have to be complicated.

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Notch

MARCH 12, 2019

Say you look at your books over the last 30 days and you see that you spent a total of $5,000 on wages and other salary costs. With margins so thin, it’s important to control every cost as carefully as possible. That includes the labor cost percentage for your restaurant. For the sake of clarity, let’s try this out with an example.

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Lavu

MARCH 11, 2020

The restaurant industry has been evolving consistently over the years. From the introduction of point of sale (POS) systems to accounting systems, technology is changing the ways restaurants operate today. Some of the practices that used to be acceptable a few years ago are no longer the norm. . You may also be unsure where to start.

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The Food Corridor

MARCH 27, 2023

The Food Corridor powers cloud kitchens with booking and management tools How does a cloud kitchen work? The model allows one or more virtual restaurants to operate from a delivery-optimized kitchen without the overheads of a dining room or front-of-house staff. Food delivery is nothing new, of course. billion by 2027.

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Notch

JANUARY 23, 2019

As an owner-operator, your restaurant likely sits at the center of your life. It's not only your business and your livelihood— it's also your dream. Unfortunately, if your restaurant is typical, your profit margins are exceedingly narrow. According to a recent Forbes article , sit-down restaurants make a profit of about 6%. So, why do it?

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Notch

JANUARY 23, 2019

As an owner-operator, your restaurant likely sits at the center of your life. It's not only your business and your livelihood— it's also your dream. Unfortunately, if your restaurant is typical, your profit margins are exceedingly narrow. According to a recent Forbes article , sit-down restaurants make a profit of about 6%. So, why do it?

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