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MRM EXCLUSIVE: New Research Reveals Restaurant Managers Are Key Ingredient in the Recipe for Staff Retention

Modern Restaurant Management

The importance of (and need for) managers’ frontline leadership spans both back-of-house and front-of-house, extending from the kitchen when cooks need help to the dining room handling guests’ needs. So, what did we find? A desire for better pay is the No.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

While restaurant owners can put six feet between tables, limit dining room capacity or close indoor dining completely, it’s much harder to create a safe environment in the back of the house. That means your back-of-house employees will need every advantage they can find. Keep Masks On, But Get In Sync.

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How Restaurants Can Remain Competitive in 2021

7 Shifts

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. Through it all, we emerge from the year as an industry in evolution—and our restaurants need to evolve with it.

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How to Put Employees First, From 4 Restaurateurs

7 Shifts

“Take better care of your staff.” We’ve all heard it. Some of us know that we should - but in between dealing with maintenance issues and hiring new employees, it can be hard enough to take care of yourself, let alone your staff. With rising food and labor costs, how can you prioritize the working conditions for your team so they stick around?

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

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The number of customers can be obtained through your point of sale (POS) system or manual tracking. What is Restaurant Table Turnover Rate? Table turnover rate measures of how often a table is occupied by a new group of guests during a specific period of time. The ideal turnover rate changes based on type of restaurant.

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The 5 Things Food Vendors Don't Want You to Know

Embrace the Suck

One thing you have to know up front is that their business is a lot like yours: uber-competitive! Having worked as a consultant for a large foodservice distributor for 4 years, I learned a lot about their business. A lot of stuff they don’t want you to know! They make their money as you do. No, they have two different shifts like you.

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Controlling Restaurant Prime Cost by Empowering Store-Level Managers at All Your Locations

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As you work to empower your managers, think about the process as more like a coach and make sure all your managers understand your approach. Your point-of-sale (POS) system can connect your labor hours to the sales generated or customers served per labor hour. Rethinking manager accountability and empowerment.