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How Restaurant Owners Can Prepare for the COVID-19 Cold Weather Lull

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurant owners are being forced to find a way to make it through winter with vastly reduced revenue, and many operators are scrambling to reallocate budgets and manage staffing to survive COVID-19. Should you consider entering the food truck business? Managing cash flow can be difficult for seasonal businesses.

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

That led to an employee shortage, especially for high-quality and experienced management positions. People appreciate contactless service and it has become the new norm to order differently than at the front counter of a restaurant with an employee at a cash register. Technology has become a solution in staffing as well.

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Why Restaurants Should Embrace Technology in 2023

Modern Restaurant Management

Between supply chain issues, staffing challenges and increasing operation costs, restaurants have had to re-examine roles and responsibilities for employees and lean into technology to increase operational efficiency. Front-of-house staff can be hard to recruit, are less tenured, and have high turnover. Automating the Front of House.

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Turning Restaurant Staffing Challenges Into Opportunities

Modern Restaurant Management

As Americans reach for a potential post-pandemic world, the restaurant industry continues to reel from two years of economic, staffing and supply chain chaos. Facing multiple headwinds, restaurant owners and management must employ the most effective tool available: effective communication. Managers are already busy.

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Experts Weigh In: What Are Key Challenges Restaurants Will Face in 2022?

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurants will continue to grapple with labor shortages and supply chain disruptions throughout 2022. Managers lack the tools to properly schedule employees and plan for shifting consumer demands, and as a result, businesses are paying for redundant overworked labor, or having to manage with inadequate labor due to hiring challenges.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry movers and shakers: "What do you feel is going to cause disruption in the restaurant industry over the next decade?” Over the next decade, a generation passionate about health and wellness will demand restaurants be transparent about food from farm to table.

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How to Buy a Restaurant: An Ultimate Guide

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They could also be trying to get out of a bad situation—be it management, building, or market related. Find out the true costs Understanding the businesses food and labor costs, monthly overhead, and a clear picture of the business cash flow. What percentage of the total costs are food? What is the labor cost percentage?

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