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Table Turnover Rate in Your Restaurant: How to Improve & Seat Incomplete Parties

Lavu

Streamline ordering processes: Implement efficient ordering systems, such as tablet-based or mobile ordering, which allow customers to place their orders directly with the kitchen or bar staff without relying on a server. Transparent communication helps manage their expectations and reduces frustration.

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How Restaurants Can Remain Competitive in 2021

7 Shifts

Ordering online, paying with mobile phones, scanning QR codes for a menu, and a ton of takeout, are just a part of dining out now. diners prefer to view menus, order, and pay for their meal using their phones rather than interacting with servers during the pandemic. That person could order $5000 worth of catering one day.”

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What Restaurant Leaders Need to Know About Their Non-Desk Workers 

Modern Restaurant Management

While many restaurant executives work from an office setting, most of their employees are on the ground floor, bussing tables, taking orders or preparing food. The world is turning mobile, and restaurants are doing everything they can to keep up with their guests and customers who are constantly online.

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PPP Part Two and More News Restaurants Need to Know Now

Modern Restaurant Management

Many local community restaurants were caught off-guard and have struggled to revamp their business models almost overnight to comply with Covid-19 social distancing mandates. Training on best practices and templates for printed materials to promote employee and customer safety in accordance with City, County, State and Federal orders.

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What Trends Are You Seeing and What Can We Expect to See More of in 2022?

Modern Restaurant Management

Given the increase in off-premise, we expect to see more drive-thru’s similar in format to Checkers & Rally’s iconic double drive-thru model, which dedicates one lane to traditional consumer drive-thru service and one to e-commerce only, including pre-paid digital orders for pickup and third party-delivery orders.

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What Are Standard Operating Procedures in Restaurants?

Crunchtime

As businesses grow and open more locations, developing these standard restaurant operating procedures (SOPs) becomes infinitely more critical in order to run an efficient and profitable business. Shift change: mid day, what work needs to be done in order to change over to a new team and help them be successful and ready for the next shift?

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4 Soft Skills Your Employees Need During and After a COVID-19 World

Goliath Consulting

Social distancing has radically changed the way restaurants work, causing a spike in delivery and take-out orders, and employees are taking on different responsibilities to fit these new roles in the workplace (2). Effective Communication. COVID-19 is redefining jobs (1). Conclusion.