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Restaurant Hiring: Navigating the Labor Shortage

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The same New York Times story found that 80 to 85 percent of Crafted Hospitality group's kitchen employees have moved out of New York City. Many workers are not returning due to personal safety concerns, and many have left the industry altogether. That all begins at the hiring level. Writing a good job description.

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2024 Emergency Planning for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

How to Better Ensure You Won’t Need Your Fire Extinguisher The best response is to prevent a fire before it starts by updating and cleaning your kitchen equipment, ensuring rags and smoking materials are disposed of properly, investing in Class K extinguishers and finally 86ing flaming shots. Invest in a drop safe.

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Order Up! Offer Financial-Based Incentives to Tackle Staffing Challenges 

Modern Restaurant Management

Kitchen and front-of-house employees are simply harder to find. These tools offer employees an easy and secure way to manage their wages, even if they don’t have bank accounts. Show them the money : Some restaurants, including this Tampa-area McDonald’s, are providing cash incentives for people to come in for an interview.

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8 Ways to Navigate The Restaurant Staff Shortage

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million, while the number of hires was 1.3 This means that there were 600,000 more job openings than hires in the food services and drinking places industry in July 2023. Despite the vaccination efforts and safety measures implemented by restaurants, some potential employees may still be hesitant to return to work in this industry.

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Checklist For Reopening Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

However, as long as you keep the spotlight on food safety – sanitization, employee health monitoring and personal hygiene, and social distancing – your restaurant won’t be a hub of contagion. Minimize the risk of contact between the customer and the cashier by installing a protective screen at cash registers.

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Restaurant cleanliness: Importance of cleaning & sanitation in food industry

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City and state health departments monitor local restaurants to ensure they’re following food safety management program guidelines. Additionally, in order for restaurant leaders to operate as a certified safe food handler , such as managers and chefs, they must pass assessments related to food safety and risks like foodborne illnesses.

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No-Crisis Planning for Restaurants & Cafes

Ken Burgin

Effective crisis planning and management is a must. Can we all be expert crisis managers or are some people better at it than others? Key staff resignations, equipment breakdowns, people issues, a kitchen fire or industry disputes – one way or another your turn will come.