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Restaurant Budgeting: How to Create A Restaurant Budget

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However, as a rule, the primary costs you can expect in running your restaurant are usually related to food, labor, and rent. Food cost percentage When deciding how much to price your menu items, TouchBistro advises keeping the food cost percentage anywhere between 20% and 40%.

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Economic Outlook and Tips for the Restaurant Industry

Modern Restaurant Management

Banks have been reducing exposure to small businesses ever since the pandemic, and now with higher interest rates putting pressure on bank deposits and greater regulatory scrutiny, banks are reducing their loan books even more. Flexible shifts and secure shifts may actually be more important than wages to some employees.

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7 Tips for Hospitality Marketing During COVID-19

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Then, watch market trends related to your industry and your destination. It’s also wise to implement a strong reservation abandonment strategy that allows you to recover most of the direct bookings. . Consider Your Employees. With so many employees out of work, now would be the perfect time to reward their loyalty.

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How Beechwood Doughnuts Streamlined Their Operations to Make 10,000+ Doughnuts A Week

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In this article, we’ll take a look at how Tayler Book, co-founder of Beechwood Doughnuts, evolved her restaurant digitally and physically to get where they are today—making thousands of doughnuts a week for the Niagara region. Book found herself texting pictures of the staff schedule to employees day-in and day-out. “I

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THE TERRITORY AHEAD FOR CHEFS

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So, here is what we know and what we must learn to work with: [] COVID PROTOCOLS WILL LIKELY BE WITH US FOR SOME TIME: You’re tired of it, your employees are tired of it, and your customers are tired of, but it is the second-best tool in your toy chest (next to the vaccine) to help keep this pandemic under control and keep everyone safe.

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How Kaldi’s Coffee uses 7shifts to schedule and connect with 100+ team members

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Sales per labor hour tracks how much revenue employees are helping bring in per hour worked. Announcements in the Team Communication App may let the team know when there's a new coffee release, if there are any pricing menu changes and more. The Manager's Book. The Power of Tracking Sales Per Labor Hour.

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Restaurant Reopening Resources

Modern Restaurant Management

The guidance focuses on food safety, cleaning and sanitizing, employee health monitoring and personal hygiene, and social distancing. The guidance builds on already established best practices and available requirements that address specific health and safety concerns related to the spread of COVID-19. .” Employee health.