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How Restaurants Can Remain Competitive in 2021

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He also operates Cali BBQ Media and hosts the Digital Hospitality Podcast, and is an advocate for digital hospitality as a means to grow your business. Make It Special With delivery and pickup being the only option for many diners to get your food, you have to make sure you’re doing everything you can to stand out.

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The Top 10 Things Learned from Working with 1000+ Restaurants

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I keep detailed coaching notes from every client I have had over the past 11 years as The Restaurant Coach™ Some of those stories make it into my books, speaking gigs, podcasts, or just as a solid warning to new clients about what not to do! I hate to say that a lot of restaurants post on social media, very few actually market.

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8 Reasons Why Restaurant Workers Quit (And How to Retain Them)

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According to Jim Taylor, a restaurant coach at BenchmarkSixty , restaurants can afford to pay employees more by looking for efficiencies in their productivity. This can be as large as supporting a social mission or as small as a commitment to creating a great place to work. Look for efficiencies in productivity. Use Manager Log Books.

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Why Do So Many Restaurants STILL Suck? It’s Their Culture

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When I am coaching a client, I love to sit in the dining room and just listen. I always give the same answer even after 12 years as The Restaurant Coach. We see what people think about our brand all the time in social media posts and online reviews. What do you hear? it’s the culture.

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Getting Through COVID-19: Financial, Physical, and Mental Health Tips for Restaurant Employees

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The outbreak of COVID-19 in early 2020, and subsequent social distancing and self-isolation protocols have wreaked havoc on restaurant workers everywhere. Block access to fear-mongering news sites, blacklist certain term s on your social media (like #COVID-19 or #Coronavirus), and try to reduce your news consumption overall.

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The Restaurant Comeback: Dead End BBQ

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Restaurateur and local football coach George Ewart founded Dead End BBQ at the end of a dead-end Tennessee street over a decade ago. The restaurant specializes in mouth-watering brisket, pork, and small bites paired with wine or beer. “I Dead End BBQ swiftly reopened , had the staff return, and increased its social media advertising.

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PPP Part Two and More Restaurants Need to Know Now

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To aid with these needs, we are assembling a full portfolio of solutions, such as enhanced sanitation needs, social distancing strategies for the dining room and new tools to support the operational changes our customers will need to make moving forward,” Osborne said. You can view the special issue here.

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