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Beating the Summer Rush: Three Tips to Get Your Restaurant Ready for the Surge

Modern Restaurant Management

Conducting an analysis of menu performance throughout the year and keeping a pulse on food and beverage trends along with consumer behaviors allows for the most educated decisions on menu engineering. Hiring for the summer rush ahead of time allows for thoroughness, setting staff up for success.

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How to Increase Employee Productivity

7 Shifts

Staff productivity plays the largest role in restaurant revenue, which is why it’s so important to invest in your recruiting and hiring strategies, finding like-minded individuals to move your restaurant forward while minimizing time waste. It’s important to educate your staff about the correlation between productivity and profit.

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Navigating Talent Gaps Across the Foodservice Industry

Modern Restaurant Management

As restaurants open back up, operators are ready to hire, and in some cases, rehire, employees – but many are finding it difficult to find candidates willing to return to work, and the search for good talent is tougher than expected. So, what can operators do to navigate the changing workforce and hire quality talent?

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

Investing in teamwork, internal training, and career development—such as structured in-house wine education—creates a sense of belonging and shared growth. One of the easiest ways to reduce hiring friction is by streamlining the application and interview process.

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Why Culinary Programs Fail

Culinary Cues

Just as the restaurant industry evolves, so too must the industry of education. LACK OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE BUSINESSES THEY SERVE. The businesses that will hire your students need to be vested in your effort – this is how success is defined. How will they measure their success as aligned with these standards or objectives?

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Grant Money Is a Viable Option for Restaurant Funding

Modern Restaurant Management

No matter how important and innovative your initiative, new product or new process will be toward saving jobs or support across the industry or community, you must communicate your purpose effectively to be successful and become a recipient of well-deserved grant money. First Timers Should Hire a Pro. Do Your Homework.

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How Interpersonal Engagement Fuels Modern Restaurant Success

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurant operators have long grappled with the question, "Should I hire for soft or hard skills?" If I had to choose between hiring someone for their technical knowledge or interpersonal skills, I would choose the latter every single time. " and for good reason. Spoiler alert: It’s not hard skills.

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