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Beating the Labor Crunch: Outsourced Strategies Are Key

Modern Restaurant Management

As restaurants and other hospitality venues re-open and see increased demand from customers and guests, one thing is clear: labor shortages could slow their recovery, hampering businesses trying to capitalize on the booming consumer demand.

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Tech Will Help Restaurants Do More with Less in 2023

Modern Restaurant Management

If 2020 and 2021 were all about helping operators find new revenue streams to reach guests when they couldn’t come into restaurants, then 2022 was all about getting customers back in. Today, more guests expect special treatment – they want to have more of their needs anticipated before they even have to ask.

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Top Cocktail and Wine Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

Batching for Speed and Service : Top bartenders continue to innovate around batching their cocktails, including both partial (batching only non-perishable items) and full batching, driven by the need for speed and to improve quality and consistency in cocktail preparation, which allows for more time to connect with guests.

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Top Takeaways from Toast’s Staffing Models for Growth Webinar

7 Shifts

In a webinar as part of Toast’s Restaurant Recovery Series , co-sponsored by 7shifts and our trusted partners at XtraChef , we gathered restaurateurs from around the country to discuss new ways of managing staff, new service and compensation models, and how COVID-19 has impacted their business. When they reopened, it was with 75% less staff.

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2021 Restaurant Insurance Outlook: Updated

Modern Restaurant Management

“A lot of restaurants are making it compulsory for the guests to be fully vaccinated, this is in tune with World Health Organization guidelines,” said Brad Cummins, founder of Insurance Geek, an insurance services platform. “As for their own businesses, 94% of respondents expressedoptimism about a recovery.”

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You Would Like Fries with That: Enabling the Next-Generation of Drive-Thru

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurants are serving guests who are more digitally enabled than ever before. They expect digital ordering options, on-demand choices and services that cater to their online lifestyle. This way, operators can create highly personalized, almost predictive, guest experiences. The Rise of Digital Channels. Full-Speed Ahead: 2021.

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What Hotel Menu Trends Will Define 2022?

Hot Schedules

Don’t overlook children’s menus – having one or two plant-based options available ensures every guest gets to enjoy something. Adding ‘low calorie’ courses, or actual menus catered to minimal but tasty offerings, have proven successful and even boost profitability. b3lineicon|b3icon-trees|?|Trees. Sustainability.

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