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2022 Trends: Meeting Challenges and Industry Evolution

Modern Restaurant Management

The Challenge: Changing guest preferences for off premise dining. Covid certainly provided a temporary boost, but even though many guests are dining in again, the trendline for off prem is still going up. At the same time, competition for labor has risen, making it more difficult than ever to recruit, train and retain employees.

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Restaurant Staff Training 101

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Back-of-house (BOH) staff, including chefs and kitchen assistants, will focus more on food safety, food handling, and kitchen equipment use. A well-informed team improves service, enhances the dining experience, and reduces errors in the kitchen. Each restaurant has unique staff roles that require different types of training.

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Technology Can Help Restaurants During ‘The Great Resignation’

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Not only do they need to be aware of challenges that kitchen staff are facing and adapt accordingly, they are also the main point of guest interaction for on-premise dining. Across the United States, businesses are suffering from unprecedented staffing shortages in the aftermath of COVID. Loyalty Technology to Drive Daypart Engagement.

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Restaurant Operations Overview: What You Need to Know

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All tasks in a restaurant are interconnected. For example, kitchen managers rely on software to let them know how much expected inventory they have in stock. Inventory was ordered based on par levels, which are set based on sales forecasts, which are in turn determined by how many guests you'll serve and what they'll order. Operations Management.

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Decade of Disruption: Restaurant Insiders Dish What’s on the Plate

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Vetting dining room, bar, and kitchen staff over the next decade will require probing more during job interviews, seeking candidates with more responsible lifestyles, advanced educational aspirations, and other evidence of a disciplined, drug-free work ethic will become even more of an HR imperative. Christopher Baron of RedBaron Consulting.

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20 Restaurant Skills You'll Quickly Learn on the Job (Updated)

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Working in a restaurant is something more than 11 million people in the United States do. It's one of the most hands-on jobs you can have - and equips employees with an abundance of restaurant skills as a result. Plus tips for writing a killer restaurant resume to get the position in the first place. Table of Contents. Skills for Your Resume.

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A Guide to Black Box Intelligence Data: How to See Current Trends Broken Down by Restaurant Category

Black Box Intelligence

Fine dining, upscale, casual family dining and casual dining restaurants fall under this category. Family dining restaurants. Family dining restaurants have average guest checks below $15. Casual dining restaurants. We define casual dining as restaurants that have average guest checks between $10 and $25.