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How Restaurants Can Bounce Back Stronger from COVID-19

The Restaurant Group

How will restaurants shift their labor models to follow state safety regulations, ensure social distancing, minimize contact, and support the changing tide of guest preferences? After all, people are an organization’s greatest asset – and the key to speeding recovery and emerging stronger from these uncertain times. Many even want to.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-June 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features recovery data, POS performance and shifting habits of diners. On the Road to Recovery. New Zealand was the first to record a strong trend towards recovery, in correlation to its success in containing the spread of the virus to date.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Tropical in Colorado and The Halal Guys New App

Modern Restaurant Management

“In addition to our growth and brand milestones so far this year, we have more in the pipeline in new and existing markets to increase the experience for both guests and franchisees. At the same time, we’re excited about creating a new generation of Subway guests!” ” Perfectly Designed Pizza Hut.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-April 2020-COVID-19 Effects Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features COVID-19 crisis statistics and surveys about third-party delivery, guest expectations, QSR reliance and more. “The industry’s successful recovery will depend on a customer’s feeling of well-being,” noted Oakes.

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Why the Restaurant Staffing Shortage is Becoming a Bigger Issue

Black Box Intelligence

Short-staffing leads to dissatisfaction – of guests and employees. The impact of limited staffing is evident in guest sentiment data. Guest satisfaction with service speed is down 4.2%, with staffing being a common area of concern. Guest satisfaction with service speed is down 4.2%, with staffing being a common area of concern.

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Tyga Bites and Sushi with an Attitude

Modern Restaurant Management

Its proprietary guest engagement solution, which is used by more than 600 restaurants throughout the U.S. and will enable TouchBistro to fully integrate customer loyalty and guest marketing into its all-in-one point-of-sale (POS) and restaurant management platform. We are very pleased to welcome them to our TouchBistro family.”

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The Best Ways to Measure and Reduce Restaurant Turnover Rates

Black Box Intelligence

The industry’s labor challenges will persist through the economic recovery and beyond. Not only do you bear the costs of hiring and training new employees, but staff and guest satisfaction suffer when you don’t have enough workers to meet demand. The numbers are similar for hourly back-of-house staff. Strategies to reduce turnover.

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