Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

It is the team behind the chef that makes a successful restaurant; it is the team that executes the chef’s vision; and it is the team’s focus that allows the chef’s cost consciousness to result in a financially successful operation. Every restaurant, of every level is finding it increasingly difficult to build a team with lasting power.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 18, 2020

The restaurant industry is being hit extraordinarily hard, unlike any other time in recent history. As we continue to fight this pandemic that we still know so little about, and try to gradually open up the economy with a keen eye on public safety – it will be restaurants and other hospitality businesses that suffer the longest.

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White Paper Certification Food Safety Food Supply 519

Culinary Cues

MAY 9, 2021

I hear this statement every day and receive countless calls from restaurant operators pleading for help finding employees to fill their vacant roles. You bet and it is crushing the restaurant industry just as much as the pandemic has. Is over-compensating restaurant employees just to get them to show up the right answer?

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 1, 2020

Desperation has sunk in for those of us in the restaurant business. The only adjustment that can be made is the heartbreaking decision to furlough employees or consider permanent closure of operations. THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR ECONOMY. THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS IS HISTORICALLY ONE OF THE FIRST TO RECOVER.

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Culinary Cues

JUNE 14, 2022

There are many questions that people ask with regard to the restaurant industry, but two seem to really stand out in the post pandemic world: Why should I spend money in a restaurant? Why would I choose to support a locally owned restaurant? 64% of those independent restaurants were “full-service”.

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Fine Dining Food Supply Customer Service Presentation 468

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

We started the Restaurant Growth Podcast in 2021 to provide a platform for the best and brightest minds in the restaurant and hospitality industry. From big, important ideas to use-today tactics, here are the best takeaways we heard on Season One of the Restaurant Growth Podcast. Restaurant owners do so much.

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Social Media Hiring Website Management Hospitality 448

Culinary Cues

JULY 23, 2022

I had a call out of the blue from a former culinary student and co-worker at a four-diamond restaurant. I have known him as student, employee, and friend for many years, I even attended his wedding. There is respect, camaraderie, appreciation, and sympathy that would be hard to find otherwise. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG.

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Employee Relations Workshop Events Social Media 373

7 Shifts

AUGUST 15, 2022

Are you a restaurant owner looking for question to ask potential candidates? Check out this blog and video on the top 9 interview questions to ask as an owner. There are a lot of jobs available in the restaurant industry. Restaurant Interview Questions and Answers [PDF]. Table of Contents. Common Interview Questions.

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Customer Experience Website Management Hiring Back of House 397

Culinary Cues

MAY 13, 2023

Is it culinary school, working in well-known restaurants, finding an established chef to mentor them, or is it something else entirely? Oftentimes these properties boast a few a ’la carte restaurants, room service, special property events, banquets, weddings, buffets, and three meals a day in at least one of their outlets.

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Hotels Point of Sale Cash Management Training 426

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 31, 2020

Rest assured, at some point restaurants will rise up again, clubs and hotels will measure success based on occupancy and food service activity, and the position of “chef” will be center stage in driving sales and measuring profitability. This is the most effective way of losing the respect of your employees.

Leadership 398

Leadership Point of Sale Training Coaching 398

Clover - Restaurants

APRIL 16, 2024

However, before you fully embrace an automatic gratuity model at your restaurant, it’s important that you understand applicable federal and state laws. Whereas employees usually collect tips on a daily basis, fees collected as automatic gratuities are distributed to employees as part of their paycheck.

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Restaurant Law Tip Distribution Front of House Customer Service 52

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The trials and tribulations associated with the restaurant business are many – it is not an endeavor for the faint of heart. Every chef, and for that matter every professional cook hoping to one day become a chef, MUST understand the business component of operating a restaurant. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG.

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Restaurant Law Education Definition Social Media 391

Social Hospitality

MAY 6, 2020

” MGM Resorts also pledged $1 million to an employee emergency grant fund and donated the equivalent of 400,000 meals across the United States. Yum Brands: Supporting Employees. Yum Brands, parent to KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and The Habit Burger Grill, will give a bonus to all company-owned restaurant general managers.

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Hospitality Airlines Healthcare Hotels 388

Culinary Cues

MAY 28, 2022

Restaurants are very much like families, sometimes dysfunctional, but still family. In both cases, there is a high level of stress in restaurant work. How important is the staff meal to the success of a restaurant? A small step, but a giant leap for any restaurant. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. Bob Ehrlich.

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Front of House Back of House Employee Relations Small Business 319

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

A healthy employee is an energized employee, an employee who feels good about themselves, and this will, without a doubt, impact their work and their engagement with the rest of the team. Be an advocate within your restaurant for a benefit package that includes exercise.

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Education Consumer Goods Training Back of House 309

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 1, 2019

After paying that small bit of tribute it is back to business as usual – spending money with the familiarity of chains, well known and heavily advertised brands, and buy on-line (yes even on-line business with restaurants through apps like GrubHub). Small restaurants are the real incubators for ownership. This was someone’s dream.

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Small Business Customer Experience Customer Service Seasonal Menu 410

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As the chef you are charged with helping your employees give a good days work for a good days pay, but to do that effectively you must understand the environmental factors that impact this work. If you expect your employees and co-workers to trust you and the decisions that you make then it is imperative that you trust them first.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 15, 2020

So – here are some of my perspectives when it comes to the restaurant business. Not everyone is cut out to work in the restaurant business. Let everyone know how much you appreciate his or her talents and work ethic. Don’t let others sway you away from the kind of cook, chef, employee that you set out to be.

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Sling

MARCH 26, 2022

Employee retention should be high on every manager’s priority list. If it’s not, you run the risk of your best employees leaving for greener pastures. But an employee leaving doesn’t just impact you, the manager. And then there’s the inevitable effect all that stress has on employee productivity and engagement.

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Small Business Employee Relations Leadership Tip Distribution 148

7 Shifts

AUGUST 20, 2020

The restaurant is located in a 200-year-old building–the first building in town, which in its past has been a Masonic lodge, a school, and a movie theater. Now, the building is the home of The 1894 Lodge, a bar and restaurant with a unique, chef-driven menu loaded with comfort food. My staff was great,” he said. They stayed together.”

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Employee Relations Guest Recovery Communication POS 195

Hot Schedules

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Employee Turnover is at an All-Time High: 5 Emerging Benefits Trends You Need to Know. The past year has seen employee turnover reach an all-time high , and you’ve likely experienced it at your own business. Employee turnover greatly hampers throughput and cuts into available revenues. b3lineicon|b3icon-24hours|? Bulk Benefits.

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Social Hospitality

MAY 6, 2020

” MGM Resorts also pledged $1 million to an employee emergency grant fund and donated the equivalent of 400,000 meals across the United States. Yum Brands: Supporting Employees Yum Brands, parent to KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and The Habit Burger Grill, will give a bonus to all company-owned restaurant general managers.

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Hospitality Airlines Healthcare Hotels 195

Culinary Cues

JUNE 11, 2020

OK, so here we are: restaurants are beginning to re-open (maybe prematurely, maybe not) and we are all scared to death. We are fearful that 25% or 50% capacity in our restaurants will not allow us to survive – so, what’s the point? Well, for one thing – normal really wasn’t that great for restaurants – was it?

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Restaurant Law Customer Service Customer Experience Food Supply 322

Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

This takes more time than any of us have. [] APPRECIATION OF DIFFERENT CULTURES – A GATEWAY TO GREAT COOKING. Career chefs are seasoned psychologists who access their appreciation of various cultures, their empathy with firmness, and their ability to listen and process what others have to offer, as part of their being.

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Point of Sale Reference Communication Definition 224

Culinary Cues

JULY 23, 2020

The solutions rest on the shoulders of training, setting examples, equitable enforcement of operational standards, provision of the tools for employees to be successful, support of their efforts, honest critique, and all done under the umbrella of strength – a 100 percent commitment to excellence without exception. Grace in Business.

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Leadership Definition Employee Relations Training 410

Culinary Cues

JANUARY 11, 2024

I would dare say that most cooks working in restaurants today have never spent a day on a farm, a commercial fishing boat, or tried their hand at corralling stubborn cattle back into their pen. I’m talking about a serious commitment on your part and that of the restaurant where you work to transformational training.

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Food Truck Training Presentation Café 356

7 Shifts

AUGUST 18, 2021

You may serve the best food on the block, but if your restaurant doesn't match its dishes with plausible customer service, your customers may never come back. That's why it's important to provide an outstanding dining experience from the second your customer's enter your restaurant, till the moment they leave. So, how can you do this?

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Customer Service Customer Experience Online Ordering Loyalty Program 369

7 Shifts

MARCH 27, 2020

We’ve created this COVID-19 restaurant closure guide to help restaurateurs like you navigate these difficult times. If local laws mandate that you have to shut your restaurant down, then you must comply. If your state considers restaurants non-essential, then you must shut down for the time being.

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Social Media Restaurant Law Employee Relations Communication 312

Sling

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Are you searching for a way to recognize your employees for their years of service, reward them for a job well done, and retain them longer? You can achieve all three of those goals — recognizing, rewarding, and retaining — by instituting employee incentive programs. What are employee incentive programs? Table of contents.

Back of House 148

Back of House Healthcare Customer Service Transportation 148

Restaurant365

JANUARY 11, 2022

Restaurant manager logs are an invaluable tool for both in-store managers and above store operators. Keep a daily sales log in your restaurant manager log. The daily sales log is one key report to set up in a restaurant manager log. Track restaurant performance in the manager log.

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Management Management Employee Relations Communication 158

Bingage

JULY 21, 2022

You need to make sure your restaurant is as festive as possible this time of year—and that means catering to the needs of your customers. The most important thing you can do for a restaurant during Rakshabandhan is to make sure your staff knows what’s going on. Offer Loyalty Rewards to your Customers – Here’s how.

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Marketing Loyalty Program Social Media Seasonal Menu 98

Restaurant365

JANUARY 7, 2020

Restaurant staff labor retention is one of the primary areas of focus for today’s restaurant manager. The restaurant industry knows that high turnover and unengaged employees can be costly. A restaurant employee app , designed to streamline staff schedules and keep employees motivated and engaged.

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Mobile Ordering Employee Relations Hiring Point of Sale 120

Restaurant365

JANUARY 11, 2022

Restaurant manager logs are an invaluable tool for both in-store managers and above store operators. Keep a daily sales log in your restaurant manager log. The daily sales log is one key report to set up in a restaurant manager log. Track restaurant performance in the manager log.

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Management Management Employee Relations Communication 142

Restaurant365

MAY 13, 2020

The restaurant industry is known for an exceptionally high turnover rate. While your restaurant may never be able to prevent turnover entirely, your company can retain more employees than ever with strategic technology tools. What is restaurant employee turnover? Average restaurant employee turnover.

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Technology Hiring Communication Tip Distribution 88

Restaurant365

JANUARY 18, 2022

While true zero-restaurant food waste is extremely rare, it can be a meaningful goal. Additionally, limiting your food waste can improve your restaurant’s bottom line. Is your restaurant group trying to achieve zero food waste or are your food waste reduction efforts less ambitious? Track your restaurant food waste manually.

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Waste Compost Food Consumer Goods 147

Goliath Consulting

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Although it is a national holiday, there are people who may have to work on Thanksgiving, such as retail workers, food, bar employees, and first responders. Restaurants, use this to your advantage. Restaurants can earn extra money by operating on Thanksgiving. Flour has increased to 24% and butter is up to 32%. Let’s Talk.

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2011 Fast Casual Fine Dining Dine-in 78

Sling

JULY 4, 2021

Restaurant marketing has changed dramatically over the past 20 years. We’ve compiled some of the most effective restaurant marketing tips to help you win your market. Then, like the video you shot, display them on all your social media channels, on your website, and in your blog posts. 11) Start A Blog.

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