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6 Ways to Strengthen Your Weak Restaurant Culture While Boosting Sales

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There are the long hours on your feet, the unexpected rush of diners, the last-minute callouts, and the customers you just can't seem to please. Imagine if you can retain happy employees more often, rather than having to train new recruits every so often. No one will deny it; working in a restaurant is tough.

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3 Ways to Get the Most Value From Content Marketing

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If you’re ready to build relationships, increase your authority, and educate customers with awesome content, incorporate a little marketing into your business model. Content means a lot of different things, such as white papers, research, gated content, and guest posts. For example, take a look at white papers.

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The restaurant industry needs to step up for women. We asked four leaders how to do it.

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My managers also used code names based on menu items to “rate” female customers. Your next step is to signal to your staff (and customers) what you stand for. You can set policies all day, but if you don't live those policies, it's just a piece of paper,” says Shanlee Kasson, VP of Operations Integrations at Teriyaki Madness.

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Culture as a Competitive Advantage

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See how improving your employee experience will boost the guest experience, too. It is impossible to deliver a genuinely warm and friendly guest experience if the employee is unhappy, unsatisfied, or checked out. As you may imagine, disengaged employees deliver mediocre or negative customer experiences.

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MRM People & Places: Game On at Walk-On’s and Gingerbread Houses for Humanity

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A team of 18 FIU students aid in recruiting year-round through outreach, interviews, and on-site volunteer management, working closely with Festival event managers on event staffing details. Knowing this was for a good cause made the experience even sweeter. “We can’t wait to bring this back again.”

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Recruiting Ideas for Low Wage Workers 

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From the pre-pandemic issues surrounding low-wage workers to the effect COVID has had on our perception of them (and to the Great Resignation that’s fueling their exodus from essential jobs), companies are struggling to find innovative ways to recruit for these vital positions. Recruit Low Wage Workers. Creative Recruiting Ideas.

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The Boundary Pusher

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When someone outside the department remarked that the group seemed eerily calm discussing these painful experiences, Ben Mims, a cooking columnist, replied that Meehan was still their boss, and they were afraid of what he would do. Torn up by what she’d heard in the meeting, Harris apologized for not speaking out sooner.