7 Shifts

JULY 31, 2020

We encountered different problems [with spreadsheets], such when there was an event or a fundraiser.at the time of doing the schedule, we had to rely on them to remember that on this day we have this [event] and for them to schedule accordingly. The Manager Log Book is really important because our managers document on a daily basis.

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JUNE 19, 2025

Real-time dashboards help track response progress, provide key event insights, and accelerate resolution. All recall activities must be properly documented, which is difficult, time-consuming, and error-prone when using manual methods. Compliance.

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AUGUST 29, 2022

By processing food safety data digitally, managers can more easily generate on-demand documentation and corresponding corrective actions. This event is sensed digitally and a text-based corrective action—such as shut refrigerator door #5—is delivered with a digital alert.

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Operations Food Safety Kitchen Safety Front of House 473

The Rail

MARCH 25, 2025

By Jordan Hayes, Contributor Relocating a restaurant is a major event that offers an opportunity to rebrand, refresh, and create excitement among your customers. You can also create a video diary documenting each stage of the move, featuring interviews with staff and sneak peeks of the new ambiance.

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Social Media Email Marketing Customer Experience Events 130

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MAY 21, 2021

Research from Harvard Business Review and other trusted institutions have all documented the importance of developing strong emotional bonds with your customers. You can rope your customers in to celebrate with you by offering them discounts or entry into exclusive celebratory events. Create Emotional Bonds.

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

With the arrival of COVID-19, documented use of cannabis has risen , forcing employers to focus even more on how these laws affect their employees. In the event of an accident, it also becomes the employee’s burden to show that intoxication wasn’t the direct cause of the accident.

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OCTOBER 2, 2023

Historic heat waves, droughts, fires, floods and other weather events are decimating crops. News of these events, coupled with inflation, have led consumers to become increasingly conscious about food waste, adopting strategies such as better meal planning, using leftovers, and buying imperfect produce or upcycled products.

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MARCH 20, 2023

Balance Sheet This document provides insight into the current state of your finances (up to a specific date). Income statement (P/L statement) This document shows restaurant owners how much they’ve made versus their losses, so they can determine whether their ROI was sufficient to balance their spending.

Cash Management 488

Cash Management Point of Sale Consumer Goods Sourcing 488

The Rail

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Although they take some planning, community events are worth the extra effort. Learn how to run an effective, targeted community event to enhance your restaurant marketing and soar to new heights. Learn how to run an effective, targeted community event to enhance your restaurant marketing and soar to new heights.

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Events Marketing Social Media Seasonal Menu 130

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

In addition, employees are entitled to up to twelve (12) weeks off to care for minor children in the event that their school is closed. The employer should organize their payroll and expense documents in order to ensure that they document every dollar spent with the proceeds of the loan.

Healthcare 540

Healthcare Restaurant Law Document Insurance 540

The Rail

MAY 12, 2025

Make sure you apply for all necessary documents well in advance, from business licenses to food handler permits to alcohol service approvals. Consider a countdown to reopening, behind-the-scenes photos, or videos documenting the move. Get involved with local events, sponsor community initiatives, or collaborate with nearby businesses.

License 130

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7 Shifts

MAY 13, 2021

If you forget to lock the document for editing, staff can go in and make changes on their own without asking you. You can also send team-wide announcements or add events like holidays or specials to the calendar. When it comes time to do payroll, it feels like you're gathering endless documents. Your schedules just aren't smart.

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APRIL 13, 2021

Location Based Services , which allows you to tailor your message to events occurring in those hyper local geographic locations including weather, transportation, and vicinity to friends. You can find many guides online that can teach you the process of each platform and there is plenty of documentation available through their websites.

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AUGUST 31, 2020

Still, it is well-documented that eating clean, nutrient-dense foods without foreign chemicals like preservatives or pesticides has beneficial long-term effects on the mind, body, and overall well-being. To be clear, eating organic will not kill the virus or make you immune.

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SpotOn

JANUARY 13, 2025

Communicate your hours In the event that you need to close up shop or limit your hours of operation, communicate your status to your customers. Document everything If your physical location has been damaged by wildfires, document everything. Change your hours on your website and post updated hours on your social media accounts.

Online Ordering 98

Online Ordering Document Email Marketing Back of House 98

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Maintenance staff must also have a carefully documented and up-to-date list of which vendors are used for which assets. This will save critical time in the event of an urgent repair. A CMMS also helps restaurants remain compliant by documenting tasks and tracking standards for regular inspections or audits.

Audits 309

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APRIL 21, 2020

The current situation Involving lack of travel, dining out, and attending live entertainment, including sporting events, is of course having an adverse impact on hotels, restaurants and entertainment venues. One issue will certainly be whether or not the specific force majeure clause at issue addresses pandemics or other related situations.

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Hospitality Hotels Travel Entertainment 512

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

He was missing all of life's important events, and he knew something had to change. "I Waking up every day, going to bed, and realizing that I'm missing important life events with my family," says Avery. "I Manager Log Book At the end of the night, managers document and share shift notes in the log book.

Cash Management 370

Cash Management POS Customer Experience Food Truck 370

EATER

MAY 27, 2025

A recent survey found that younger travelers are especially interested in experiential and event-based travel, and another survey found about 30 percent of younger travelers cite influencers and celebrities as their major travel inspiration. Most people who take her tours have historically been more or less my age, she says.

Food 236

Food Travel 2023 Social Media 236

7 Shifts

JULY 30, 2021

From managing your budget to accounting and bookkeeping for national holidays and events, this document will be your year-long guide to tracking your restaurant's promotional strategy. Host community based events. Host a community based event at your restaurant! Rather run solo? Don't know where to start?

Email Marketing 370

Email Marketing Social Media Loyalty Program Website Management 370

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 31, 2022

You'll have a document to reference during the planning or opening of your restaurant. A restaurant business plan is a document that outlines the various aspects of your restaurant business. Talk about things like foot traffic, day-parts, local events, and what that part of the city looks like in the future. Section 7: Appendix.

Point of Sale 397

Point of Sale Back of House Document Download 397

7 Shifts

AUGUST 16, 2021

Pre-shift meetings cover a variety of topics like menu and pricing changes , sales updates, shift changes, and upcoming events that your team needs to be aligned on. This includes any shift schedule changes , shift roles, side work assignments, events or large parties, and restaurant sales forecasts based on historical data.

Front of House 397

Front of House Back of House Coaching Customer Service 397

7 Shifts

AUGUST 27, 2020

Having all your best practices documented in one place will reduce errors, speed up training, and give everyone a source of truth—allowing you to put your trust in your employees’ hands and let them do the job they were hired to do. First, you need to include their pay and how they will be paid, as well as your overtime and tips policies.

Employee Relations 370

Employee Relations Hiring Document Food Safety 370

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

Just as challenging is keeping on top of federally mandated franchise disclosures contained in the Franchise Disclosure Documents (FDD). Either way, both franchisors and franchisees alike need to be aware of the nuances that can be unclear, especially in the FDD, which is a complex document. And there’s a lot of value to that.

Insurance 251

Insurance Franchise Franchising Document 251

The Rail

JUNE 11, 2025

To maintain brand integrity, document your operations in detail. Partner with local influencers and consider hosting a grand opening event. Maintain Standards Across Both Locations One of the biggest risks of opening a second restaurant is inconsistency.

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Management Management Equipment Hiring 147

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AUGUST 14, 2023

A brand book is a handy document that provides guidelines for using your brand identity across various platforms. Make a Brand Book Once you’ve honed and crafted your new brand identity, it’s vital to ensure consistent usage across materials, whether it’s signs, menus, social media, or other outlets.

Social Media 419

Social Media Book Customer Experience Design 419

Culinary Cues

APRIL 22, 2020

You might find that a stay at home chef takes this organization to a new extreme and build a banquet/event order (BEO) for each meal and break. Chefs at home must stay organized – they can’t help themselves. [] EVERY MEAL PRESENTED ON A BEO. You can never be too organized or communicate too frequently.

Back of House 453

Back of House Take-out Point of Sale Food Order 453

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DECEMBER 6, 2019

Establish documented monitoring of critical control points at regular daily intervals. Document the KPIs. Additional precautions for catered foods – Maintaining temperatures and managing time for catered foods may require additional precautions while holding for pick-up, during transport, and during any catered event.

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Food Safety Catering Fast Casual Food 284

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NOVEMBER 20, 2019

If you have a vegan restaurant, you can host a fund-raising event in the name of the animals and the environment. Of course, these types of events where influencers can be seen at your restaurant need to be documented, spread on social media and tagged.

Social Media 335

Social Media Mobile Ordering Online Ordering Influencer 335

EATER

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

For six years, as the editor of Eater Dallas, I feigned excitement and dutifully documented the fair’s deranged new offerings every single year. It is, like any other captive audience event, eye-wateringly expensive, each order of fried food costing as much as (or more than!) $20. No thanks.

Food 261

Food Agriculture Back of House Events 261

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JULY 24, 2020

Adding to the concern, the documented COVID-19-induced spike in firearm sales only adds to the concern. How Active Shooter Events Unfold. Not much data is available on restaurant-specific active shooter events, but the similar scenario of U.S. million higher than the number conducted in March 2019.

Restaurant Law 305

Restaurant Law Employee Relations Document Events 305

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JULY 9, 2020

It is vital that this information is available in the event that your claim gets escalated to court and proof of interruption loss is required. Most likely, the virus exclusions outlined in policies prior to the pandemic were buried in the middle of documents, leaving many owners unaware of its presence. Continue to Fight.

Insurance 427

Insurance Small Business Government Take-out 427

7 Shifts

AUGUST 18, 2024

This document will outline your bar's concept, menu, marketing strategy, and financial projections. Sorting Out Paperwork and Licensing Below is a breakdown of the licenses and documentation you'll need: Business license : The cost of registering your business will vary by state and includes a registration and filing fee.

Bar 370

Bar License Email Marketing Customer Service 370

Lavu

MARCH 23, 2020

With narrow margins, unpredictable crowds, and new trends such as delivery services, it is critical to provide customers a variety of dining opportunities, like hosting events. Since most people want food at their event, it really is a win-win situation. Then you’ve already got an ideal event space built in for private events.

Events 78

Events Social Media Customer Service Document 78

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Pre-sale checklist for selling a restaurant Before you find a buyer, you should be ready to provide potential buyers with your business’s financial and legal documents. These documents provide insight into how well your restaurant has performed financially.

2024 195

2024 Document Point of Sale Cash Management 195

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JUNE 24, 2024

For restaurants, which often hire freelancers such as chefs, event planners and marketing professionals, this means meticulously documenting freelance agreements to avoid disputes and costly legal repercussions. Ensure all freelance engagements are documented, detailing the scope of work, payment terms and deadlines.

Restaurant Law 221

Restaurant Law Hiring Audits Website Management 221

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Stock and Utilize Proper Safety Equipment Make sure your business is supplied with signage and barriers to be deployed in the event of a spill. Cleaning subcontractors (or store employees if not subcontracted) should perform hourly visual inspections to identify any potential hazards and document these efforts.

Insurance 378

Insurance Small Business Equipment Customer Service 378