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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. In August, the restaurant industry lost more than 40,000 jobs. Chick-fil-A even reported disabling curbside ordering in some locations to reduce strain on their workers.

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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. A recent article in The New York Times cited a 5.7-percent Managers are already busy.

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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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5 Tips for Overcoming Restaurant Hiring Challenges

Restaurant365

Employee retention and recruitment have long been a challenge in the restaurant industry. Employment at quick-service and fast-casual restaurants was down just 6 percent over the same period.)” The labor shortage is particularly concentrated for back-of-house (BOH) employees, such as line cooks, prep cooks, and dishwashers.

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

Black Box Intelligence

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. These are fast-changing times for all types of restaurants. That’s who we serve at Black Box Intelligence. Limited-service restaurants.

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First Robotic Mobile Restaurant and DoorDash’s Commissary Kitchen

Modern Restaurant Management

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature Ono Food Co, DoorDash, Parts Town and Heritage Foodservice, Rouxbe, Presto, Burger King and Uber Eats, Pared, Tork, Restaurant Technologies, Willie Degel, Bolay, Ritual, Preoday and TISSL, AdTheorent and Voodoo Doughnut. World’s First Mobile Restaurant Powered by Advanced Robotics. Ono Food Co.