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[Data] Fast Casual Restaurant Trends: Sales and Labor

7 Shifts

What 3,700 Restaurant Employees are Looking For To Stay Engaged. Where we have seen significant changes are both in the total number of labor hours per day, and labor costs in relation to sales. Coming out of 2020, few restaurant types were better prepared for the new normal than quick service and fast casual. Table of Contents.

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A Guide to the Role of a Restaurant Manager: Duties, Daily Routine, and Essential Skills

7 Shifts

Managing a restaurant is a delicate routine—if we can even call it a routine. A better description might be a balancing act that presents new and unique challenges every day. Managers are responsible for nearly every aspect of the restaurant and have to cover a variety of duties. This part of the job is arguably the most multi-faceted.

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7 Restaurant Employee Contest Ideas to Boost Sales and Engagement

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There is a way—and it’s through creating employee contests. Engaged employees are also less likely to turnover. 47% of restaurants were negatively affected by employee turnover in 2019, with less than a third of restaurateurs reporting that turnover had no impact on their business. for some of their favorites.

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A Guide to the Role of a Restaurant Manager: Duties, Daily Routine, and Essential Skills

7 Shifts

Managing a restaurant is a delicate routine—if we can even call it a routine. A better description might be a balancing act that presents new and unique challenges every day. Managers are responsible for nearly every aspect of the restaurant and have to cover a variety of duties. This part of the job is arguably the most multi-faceted.

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[Data] How Have The Shifts Changed For Those Working in The Restaurant Industry

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To account for a large increase in permanent, pandemic-related closures, we only analyzed restaurants that have remained open from 2019 through 2021. Even as dining rooms have reopened, the habit of pick-up and delivery has stuck, and restaurants have to adapt by staffing up on back of house roles.

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THE BEST OF TIMES, THE WORST OF TIMES

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These words can relate to our personal, political, economic, career centric, or spiritual lives – thus the reason they are so compelling and poignant. We can easily apply Dickens profound human summary to the state of the restaurant industry today. Yep, it certainly seems like the worst of times even in the face of business optimism.

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Coronavirus and Restaurants: A Year In Review

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A year ago this month, our industry was rocked to its core. After a few weeks of uncertainty in February and early March 2020, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, by the World Health Organization. America and Canada soon followed suit by declaring states of emergency, effectively turning all restaurants into takeout-only businesses.