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LESSONS GIVEN – LESSONS LEARNED

Culinary Cues

Four-page menus do not reflect business common sense – inventories become unmanageable, waste is much more difficult to manage, the level of expertise required of employees grows exponentially, consistency and quality are challenging, and profit is hard to predict and realize. What if……happens? How will we react?”

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Restaurant Hiring: Navigating the Labor Shortage

7 Shifts

Unemployment benefits—augmented by federal government support—are providing security that restaurants have not been able to over the past year. 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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Death by a Thousand Service Fees

EATER

To make the case for service fees, many restaurateurs have insisted that they’re a way to make pay more equitable between front-of-house workers like hosts and servers and kitchen workers like line cooks and dishwashers. Now, the fees have inspired a lawsuit at Los Angeles hot spot Jon & Vinny’s.

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Your Go-To Guide for Restaurant Inventory Management

7 Shifts

Both situations could have been prevented with proper restaurant inventory management, which gives restaurant operators better oversight over what's in stock and how it is used. The Best Restaurant Inventory Management Software. Choose The Right Inventory Management System. The Basics of Restaurant Inventory Management.

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8 Ways to Navigate The Restaurant Staff Shortage

Lavu

Additionally, the enhanced unemployment benefits provided by the government during the pandemic have made it financially feasible for some workers to stay unemployed instead of searching for a job in the restaurant industry. This statistic is based on a survey of restaurant operators conducted in January 2023.

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Restaurant Startup Trends To Follow In 2022

The Restaurant Times

For those who have made it this far, the future appears bleak, as the government bailout package they expected didn’t come to pass. Investing in labour-saving technologies and providing simple and fewer menu selections, for example, has allowed them to free up cash flow and recruit more people or raise compensation.

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Restaurant Payroll 101: Everything You Need to Know

Restaurant365

You can’t run a restaurant without employees, which means that processing payroll is an essential task for restaurant owners, operators, and managers. Federal laws govern everything from employment tax to how to report total tip income earned. This means that most paychecks may fluctuate slightly from pay period to pay period.