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How Restaurants Can Remain Competitive in 2021

7 Shifts

For both safety and ease, there isn’t a better option. 2020 was a year that the restaurant industry won’t soon forget. From a projected record growth at the top of the year to a decline of nearly $240 billion in sales and 2.5 million out of work, it was nothing short of devastating. Embrace Digital Hospitality ??

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Lessening Employee Anxiety as Restaurant Doors Open

Modern Restaurant Management

For FOH: Assure front of house staff that you are complying with or exceeding all regulatory local, state and federal rules and regulations. Over and above these suggestions, if you have the size to spread out your kitchen you should do so. Kitchens must be sanitized, per recommended guidelines. Even though they have ?less

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How to Utilize Technology to Keep Your Restaurant Staff Safe This Winter

Modern Restaurant Management

With the COVID-19 pandemic surging across the country, it’s more important now than ever before to focus on employee safety. The major focus of these guidelines is keeping customers safe, but it’s equally important to consider the safety of employees. Keep Masks On, But Get In Sync. Reduce the Number of Shared Surfaces.

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How to Improve Team Communication with Restaurant Staff and Management

7 Shifts

There are many working parts between the kitchen and server, and everything needs to be working seamlessly to ensure customer satisfaction. At times, it's a civil war between your front-of-house and back-of-house teams. This is when you can transition from a boss to a coach by keeping your staff informed and encouraged.

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OUR DAILY BREATH: OPENING RESTAURANTS ? WHERE?S THE PLAN, STAN?

Culinary Cues

Both of these issues are significantly important and even though we should all agree that health and safety is foremost – if we manage to beat the virus into submission and destroy the economy in the process then we are left with a problem that can be devastating for decades to follow. Shouldn’t we be doing the same in restaurant kitchens?

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3 Steps to Get Your Business Ready for the Restaurant Reopening

Cheetah

To comply with the requirements, make sure you abide by the Social Distancing Protocol and Health and Safety Plan checklists and post the appropriate signage ( required posters ). kitchen layout, takeout utensils and packaging, reservation and ordering systems, etc.) Restaurant Reopening Requirements. Stock Up on Inventory.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

Our restaurant of the future is designed to benefit guests, employees and franchisees, with a new external design and a reimagined kitchen that will make it easier for us to serve hot, delicious food quickly for frictionless guest experiences, and we expect to see a lot more of that next year. Clinton Anderson, CEO, Fourth Enterprises.

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