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TWENTY COMMON MISTAKES INDEPENDENT RESTAURATEURS MAKE

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Every business requires controls in pricing, consistency, quality, and cash handling. All of the tools are available for inventory control, purchasing systems, cash handling, costing templates, and quality assessment. Social media is very inexpensive, but someone needs to effectively manage it every day and every way.

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How Restaurants Can Remain Competitive in 2021

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2020 was a year that the restaurant industry won’t soon forget. From a projected record growth at the top of the year to a decline of nearly $240 billion in sales and 2.5 million out of work, it was nothing short of devastating. Through it all, we emerge from the year as an industry in evolution—and our restaurants need to evolve with it.

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Top-Effective Tech Solutions to Improve Profits

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Mobile Order Applications Mobile smart order apps for waiters help to speed up the service and manage the orders right at the guest’s table. A mobile order app will enable the clients to conduct restaurant management and delivery systems automatically, faster, and completely online with the help of new innovative solutions.

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How Small but Mighty Restaurants Can Optimize Data to Muscle Up Growth

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Understand customer cravings and business needs through data. Consider tapping into the treasure trove of customer information your POS platform contains. For instance, use spend and non-spend data to gain deeper insight into what guests value so you can focus efforts on driving repeat visits with customized loyalty offerings.

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Table Turnover Rate in Your Restaurant: How to Improve & Seat Incomplete Parties

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You can’t fix your table turnover rate without understanding the two key components: the total number of tables and the total number of customers served over a specific period. This should include all tables available for seating customers. What is Restaurant Table Turnover Rate?

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8 Ways to Navigate The Restaurant Staff Shortage

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Some owners have had to take on multiple roles themselves or hire unqualified staff, affecting the quality of service and customer experience. This statistic is based on a survey of restaurant operators conducted in January 2023. This has left restaurants struggling to find and retain staff. million, while the number of hires was 1.3

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Restaurant Hiring: Navigating the Labor Shortage

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Early on in 2020, we were scrambling to figure out ways to get food to customers and how to give staff enough hours and keep them on the payroll. The past year has turned servers into expert delivery packers, challenge chefs' creativity, and flipped the role of a restaurant manager on its head. That all begins at the hiring level.

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