Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Ninety-five percent of those surveyed reported using some form of AI in their restaurant, with the most common being AI-assisted inventory management (35 percent), AI menu optimization (35 percent) and AI reservations/bookings (32 percent).

2025

Go Hire- Restaurants

AUGUST 1, 2025

How to Be a Strategic Business Partner & Talent Acquisition Leader In this episode of GoHire Talks, Paul Norman , former VP of Talent Acquisition , and now Strategic Talent Acquisition Advisor at Riviera Advisors , lays out what it really takes to lead high volume recruiting and how to be a Strategic Business Partner.

Recruiting

Paper Chase Accountancy

JULY 3, 2025

The role of a restaurant accountant in London extends beyond just balancing the books. Scalability : Outsourced bookkeeping can easily adjust to a restaurant’s growth or contraction without the issues of recruitment or layoffs. Thus, bookkeeping services in London are indispensable to restaurant operations.

Cash Management

Hot Schedules

MARCH 11, 2025

Optimizing employee scheduling Streamlining recruitment Enhancing HR and payroll functions Accelerating employee access to pay Digitizing employee tip payouts Managing inventory efficiently How did you hear about us? * By submitting this form, you understand and agree that use of Fourth’s website is subject to Fourth's Privacy Policy. *

Hotels

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 1, 2022

In a recent poll of restaurant managers and owners, LANDED found that two out of three are spending three or more hours a week on recruiting, and one in six are spending six-plus hours a week. Recruiting is an art. If you’d like to reduce the amount of time your managers need to spend on recruiting, try these steps.

Recruiting

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 8, 2023

Below is an excerpt of " How to Hire: The Essential Guide to Recruit & Retain the Right People " by Clint Smith, Founder and CEO of CareerPlug. He wrote the book to give owners and operators a playbook to achieve hiring success. The #1 recruiting strategy is retention. It’s expensive and a huge distraction.

Recruiting

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

According to the National Restaurant Association, 70 percent of operators report not having enough employees to meet customer demand, and three out of four say they will commit more resources to employee recruitment and retention. Within minutes, the conversational AI books the interview. Hiring is difficult enough.

Hiring

7 Shifts

JULY 29, 2020

Restaurant recruiting during the COVID-19 pandemic can be advantageous for restaurants because so much restaurant talent is looking for work. Here’s how to implement those restaurant recruitment changes to keep your current staff safe and give job candidates peace of mind. Will any of the hiring or training be conducted remotely?

Recruiting

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2021

According to the 2021 State of the Restaurant Industry Mid-Year Update , more than 3 in 4 restaurant operators struggle with recruitment and retention, despite an increase in employment. Operators need to avoid overbooking to follow the health regulations and prevent under booking to meet their target profits. Staff Management.

Technology

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Staff retention struggles However, recruitment issues aren’t the only factor contributing to staff shortages. To avoid hiring shortcomings, Expert Market recommends business owners focus on implementing effective recruitment strategies. Cashiers came in third place taking up seven percent of all open roles.

Food Truck

Embrace the Suck

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

I keep detailed coaching notes from every client I have had over the past 11 years as The Restaurant Coach™ Some of those stories make it into my books, speaking gigs, podcasts, or just as a solid warning to new clients about what not to do! Insert shameless plug for my books here so Your Restaurant Doesn’t Suck!

Coaching

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 27, 2024

Scott Greenberg addresses that challenge in his new book, Stop the Shift Show: Turn Your Struggling Hourly Workers Into a Top-Performing Team. What do you hope readers take away from the book? The book also offers tools to engage employees, build better, longer-lasting teams them, and boost their performance.

Coaching

Ken Burgin

DECEMBER 3, 2021

He’s leading the way with the very important principle we discuss in this episode: Open Book Management. Questions we discussed: What is Open Book Management in a nutshell? How can this help with current staff recruitment challenges? Principles of Open Book Management for Restaurants, Cafes & Foodservice.

Book

EATER

JUNE 21, 2024

He is the author of the book The Food Revolutions. Tati Frison Chef Uilian Goya using a suribachi and surikogi. Rafael Tonon is a journalist and food writer living between Brazil and Portugal.

Food Supply

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The restaurant seller should be able to provide you with a look at the restaurant’s books. Restaurant Recruiting During and After COVID-19. A complete picture of both fixed and variable costs include labor, food and beverage, utilities, linens, equipment, supplies, technology, and even things like music licensing.

License

7 Shifts

MAY 31, 2021

Recruiting, hiring, onboarding, scheduling, engaging, paying, and losing employees all surface up into restaurant HR management. Tools such as restaurant task management software and automated manager log books allow you to delegate tasks and record notes about the most important duties in the business. Human Resources Management.

Operations

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Imagine if you can retain happy employees more often, rather than having to train new recruits every so often. Their company culture has been studied in books like Forked: A New Standard for American Dining, by Saru Jayaraman. For new employees, don't just throw a book of rules at them. On Glassdoor, it has earned 3.5

Sports

The Rail

APRIL 4, 2023

You can also recruit food bloggers and food influencers to visit your restaurant and capture their perspectives on what you serve. Highlight Events The best way to book more events in your space is to show off other successful events taking place. Share the content they make on your behalf with your audience.

Social Media

Embrace the Suck

APRIL 18, 2022

Simon Sinek in his best-selling book titled Start With Why says that “People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.” I should recruit more talent. I must recruit more talent. They have a compelling why or vision! Why do you do what you do? And that is the reason their marketing sucks. Stop doing that!

Social Media

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 3, 2023

Only one in ten operators think recruiting and retaining employees will be easier in 2023 than it was in 2022. Key figures on the restaurant workforce include: Between 2023 and 2030, the foodservice industry is projected to add an average of roughly 150,000 jobs a year, with total staffing levels projected to reach 16.5 million by 2030.

2023

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

For example - business classes or restaurant courses , experience with restaurant open book management , or practical business projects you've been assigned. 6 seconds is all you have, on average , to impress the recruiter. Practical Experience : This is where things get more technical. Here are some tips to stand out from the crowd.

Front of House

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 18, 2022

Assistance finding providers and booking appointments. for the overall book of business. This dropped to 54 percent for the most recent 12 months, but it is still close to the 56 percent Book of Business rate. The types and breadth of the services include: Requests for ID cards. Coverage and benefit questions.

Insurance

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Monitor serious maintenance issues in the manager log book to notify other managers. A high turnover means you now have to recruit, select, and train new candidates, which takes time and costs money. Because happier employees are also less likely to leave, you don't spend money recruiting and training new hires.

Management

7 Shifts

JULY 6, 2023

I wrote this in my book, and I speak about it on stage and look, it's still working. Until the entire world reads my book, and everybody knows (which is never going to happen) what that question is about, then I'll stop. That's actually one of the filters in how we recruit. And part of it too, it's a recruitment tool as well.

Employee Relations

Hot Schedules

MARCH 29, 2021

We asked Assen to share one piece of advice to people interested in a PO role: “My sister actually gave me a present when I got promoted to a Product Owner – a book, which I strongly recommend to both present and future POs.

Technology

EATER

MAY 16, 2024

Between paying for external recruiting fees, job ads, HR software, interviews, administration time and training, the average cost of a new hire is estimated between $500 and $15,000 , with an average of $4,700. Child care is not a question of “doing the right thing.” It’s an investment in employees that pays dividends. But I doubt it.

Employee Relations

EATER

JANUARY 28, 2022

In her new book One Fair Wage , she writes about how the practice “spread rapidly as employers in the hospitality sector hired newly freed slaves as servers, porters, and hosts across the country.” Darden hasn’t been entirely unresponsive to worker pressure — at least, in its public messaging and recruitment strategies.

Restaurant Law

Cheetah

APRIL 10, 2020

You’re completely booked for Friday night, and you receive a text on Friday morning that your star cook is in bed with the flu. It’s also very helpful when short staffed and you’re recruiting full-time employees. Recruiters. Recruiters are an excellent way of finding great candidates – but they come at a cost.

Back of House

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The restaurant seller should be able to provide you with a look at the restaurant’s books. Restaurant Recruiting During and After COVID-19. A complete picture of both fixed and variable costs include labor, food and beverage, utilities, linens, equipment, supplies, technology, and even things like music licensing.

License

Aaron Allen & Associates

MARCH 3, 2022

Some of the platforms that can help with recruiting and retention are CultureAmp (a platform to improve employee engagement and performance, used by McDonald’s), BambooHR (HR software to be used from hiring to onboarding to building culture), and Applauz (Software built for engaging, recognizing, and rewarding). Payroll management .

Management

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Each Awards program (Restaurants and Chefs, Books, Journalism, Design, Broadcast Media, and Leadership) has its own subcommittee made up of industry professionals who volunteer their time to oversee the policies, procedures, and selection of judges for their respective Awards programs. The first James Beard Awards were given in 1991.

Brewery

Open for Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Make the pen-powered reservation book a thing of the past by moving the reservation-making process online. A system like OpenTable takes reservations day and night, running the book even when you’re away from the restaurant. There’s no doubt about it: Recruitment and hiring are taking more time, resources, and energy these days.

Technology

Open for Business

MAY 11, 2023

The National Restaurant Association resource library: Welcoming workers with disabilities This guide to inclusive hiring for restaurants explains why restaurants can benefit from not only accommodating workers with disabilities but also actively recruiting and welcoming them.

Recruiting

Restaurant365

JANUARY 27, 2022

Recruit your staff to help with testing as different smartphones may not provide the same experience. Local weekly coupon books. Prior to launching your QR code menu, print your QR code and ensure that it redirects to your menu page. Print it several times and place them in different areas of your restaurant with varying lighting.

Mobile Ordering

Sling

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

1) Recruiting. With an effective and efficient workforce management program in place, your human resources department will be better equipped to recruit the high-potential employees your business needs to succeed. Once you’ve recruited and hired the right employee for the job, how do you go about integrating them into the team?

Management

Ken Burgin

JULY 5, 2022

Event Management & Booking Systems – for Restaurant and Function Venues. JobAdder is recruitment software, to track applicants, manage resumes and handle communication. WaitList.me – a good option if waitlisting & queue management is not in your booking app. Goodbye barista? Design and Facility Management.

Kitchen Safety

Open for Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

That’s just one reason to give guests the ability to book online through a reservation platform. When you recruit tech tools to get the team paid, you open the door to employee-friendly options like earned wage access. And definitely check that all your basic information is easy to find. Making the reservation.

Technology