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Despite Improved 2024 Outlook, Labor, and Other Risks May Drag Restaurants Down

Modern Restaurant Management

Quick service, fast casual and bars and taverns have exceeded where they were in February 2020. Nearly 75 percent of the industry executives surveyed in the HUB International 2024 Outlook Executive Survey said it has affected their business’ vitality, leading over half to sharpen their employee recruiting practices.

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NCR Reveals 2022 Hospitality Trends and Predictions

Modern Restaurant Management

While sales are trending higher, the National Restaurant Association reports three in four operators say recruitment and retention is their toughest challenge. Here are some trends NCR is watching as move into 2022. Tackle the Labor Shortage with Hiring Incentives. In August, the restaurant industry lost more than 40,000 jobs.

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2022: A Year of Transition for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

Key figures on the restaurant workforce include: Roughly 50 percent of restaurant operators in the fullservice, quickservice, and fast-casual segments expect recruiting and retaining employees to be their top challenge in 2022.

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Optimizing the Candidate Experience in Five Simple Ways

Modern Restaurant Management

The most recognizable observation is that staffing proves to be a challenge across the board and stems from an oversaturation of options within the hospitality business areas. Hiring trends are consistent with other restaurants located in those specific areas, whether fast-casual, full-service, family-style or quick-service.

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MRM Plant-Based: Good Food Scorecard and Healthier Hospital Food

Modern Restaurant Management

42 of the country’s favorite fast food and restaurant chains still don’t offer a plant-based entrée, according to a report released today by The Good Food Institute (GFI). Healthier Hospitals. It wouldn’t be an unusual tally of meals consumed by a patient admitted to a hospital for heart disease or stroke.

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Turning Restaurant Staffing Challenges Into Opportunities

Modern Restaurant Management

Of these, one of the biggest challenges facing independent, franchised and fast-casual restaurants is staffing. percent increase in average US hourly wages in 2021, specifically noting a rapid rise in wages for leisure and hospitality workers. But there is more to staff recruitment and retention than bottom line salary alone.

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A Guide to Black Box Intelligence Data: How to See Current Trends Broken Down by Restaurant Category

Black Box Intelligence

These are fast-changing times for all types of restaurants. Quick-service and fast casual restaurants fall under the limited-service umbrella. Fine dining, upscale, casual family dining and casual dining restaurants fall under this category. Fast casual restaurants. Casual dining restaurants.