Tue.Jul 28, 2020

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Achieving Your Best Digital Customer Experience During COVID-19

Modern Restaurant Management

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the ways we live, work and dine, the restaurant industry has been experimenting with different ways to adapt and continue serving customers who cherish dining experiences. The transition to digital experiences is an issue every industry is having to address, but is uniquely challenging in an industry where personal interactions are the norm and a critical part of the customer experience.

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Introducing Curbside Ordering with ChowNow

ChowNow

As restaurants continue to adapt to the new normal of business during the COVID-19 pandemic, safety and convenience are critical concerns. It only makes sense that curbside pickup—in which customers pick up their food straight from their cars—has skyrocketed in popularity. . Curbside pickup cuts out the costs and complications of delivery while minimizing contact between restaurant staff and guests.

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4 Soft Skills Your Employees Need During and After a COVID-19 World

Goliath Consulting

COVID-19 is redefining jobs (1). Social distancing has radically changed the way restaurants work, causing a spike in delivery and take-out orders, and employees are taking on different responsibilities to fit these new roles in the workplace (2). Another profound shift in the industry is the way staff is now expected to interact with their customers.

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Cross-Utilizing Staff: Why This is a Benefit for You and Your Employees

Sculpture Hospitality

Staffing a restaurant has been a hot topic in 2020, especially with most workers being out of work for a number of weeks during the COVID-19 lockdown. Luckily, these workers, as well as others who were unable to work during this time, had options to receive government subsidies (depending on the region) to help.

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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Boardroom Spirits Significantly Expands Product Portfolio

Sante

Distillery Introduces Four Additions to Existing Line, Ready-To-Drink Bottled Craft Cocktails and Sanitizer Division amid pandemic uncertainty. Boardroom Spirits , the award-winning Lansdale, PA-based precision craft distiller, has ramped up production, retained and hired new employees and increased its product portfolio with new product extensions and cocktails.

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7 Pitfalls To Avoid When Running A Cloud Kitchen Business

The Restaurant Times

Doorstep food delivery services are the latest trend to have changed the dynamics of the F&B industry. According to a study, the online food delivery market will be worth $200 Billion by 2025. The advent of third-party food delivery platforms has further accelerated the growth of food delivery services in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. The technology-driven delivery platform has also fuelled the demand for cloud kitchens, also known as dark kitchens, virtual restaurants, ghost kitchens, and deliv

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Food & Beverage Strategy - Future Focused

Future Food

The Arcade Food Theatre in London. Food & Beverage Strategy - Future Focused Diversification of Food and Hospitality Destinations is the key to Success. In this two-part blog, I will share with you why change is good when it comes to food and hospitality planning and how new opportunities must be harnessed in order to think differently and to future-focus food and beverage strategies (F&B Strategy).

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New Partial Shift Release Feature Offers Added Flexibility for Both Managers and Employees

Hot Schedules

Blog. New Partial Shift Release Feature Offers Added Flexibility for Both Managers and Employees. Partial Shift Release will be available to all customers by August 17th. H was developed with the ultimate goal of giving hourly employees control of their schedules. Helping them achieve that elusive work/life balance with mobile access to shift swaps, releases, and pickups.

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Technology Innovations to Build On

Foodable

Food Leaders blends virtual experiences with premium production and content to educate business operators worldwide. Each session provides best practices and essential steps for ensuring your business’s success in a post-pandemic industry as lockdowns ease. Presented by Shaun Shankel, the chief executive officer of FreshTechnology and ToGoTechnologies , this session dives into how food leaders can integrate and expand on contactless, curbside, and new age consumer interaction technology in their

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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McDonald’s Earnings Disappoint, Starbucks Beats

Restaurant Engine

It is earnings week; more blue chip companies report second quarter fiscal results this week than any other week. Today on national radio , senior restaurant analyst Michael Halen discussed disappointing earnings reports from McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) and Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX). McDonald’s reported earnings per share $0.10 per share below analysts’ consensus for another consecutive quarter.

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The Future of Food Sourcing

Foodable

Check out the Restaurant Recovery Resource to keep up to date on the latest innovations and ideas to help your business recover from the crisis. In this episode of The Barron Report , host Paul Barron sits down with David Stone, the founder of Forager , and Joe Blunda, the chief executive officer of Forager. Barron, Stone, and Blunda discuss foraging and food supply alternatives for the restaurant and hospitality industry.

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9 Of The Best (And Least Expensive) Cameras For New Influencers 

Lady Boss Blogger

For new influencers, especially on YouTube, getting a good camera is ESSENTIAL to look professional. We know that the number of cameras online can be overwhelming but we can help you through it! Influencing is so competitive nowadays, a camera’s video quality is essential to its clickability. The other fact about being a new influencer […].

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The Joy of Not Cooking

EATER

In a video published to her YouTube channel, Yemisi Odusanya makes egusi soup. | SisiYemmieTV. When I most miss watching chefs cook, I turn to YouTube food blogger Sisi Yemmie It was a few days before shelter-in-place began and I needed to get out of my apartment. I strolled across the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan, through the West Village, and stepped into Los Mariscos , still noisy and packed as ever just days before the city shut down.

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Planning Your Restaurant's Path to Profitability

Speaker: James Kahler, COO of Full Course

Ever wondered where to splurge and where to safely conserve when it comes to operating and growing your restaurant? 🤔 Join James Kahler, COO of Full Course and industry visionary, in this new webinar where he'll talk all about best practices to invest in your restaurant's success! Whether you're a new business or an established restaurant, a seasoned pro or a rookie, you'll learn the keys to sustainable success in this competitive industry.

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Tipping Won’t Change Until America Does

The Restaurant Manifesto

It’s a system rooted in racism and promulgated by the bulrush of unimpeded capitalism. The post Tipping Won’t Change Until America Does appeared first on THE RESTAURANT MANIFESTO.

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‘Great British Bake Off’ Is Now Filming With Quarantined Cast and No More Hollywood Handshakes

EATER

Production has moved from beautiful Welford Park to a more COVID-19 protocol-friendly filming location [link].

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Types of Cheese

KaTom

Understanding the Different Types of Cheese. For being such a simple food and one of the most ubiquitous in use, a novice cook may come across dozens of types of cheese – and choosing how to divide the dizzying array of options is enough to make your brain curdle. Elements of hardness, softness, moisture content, texture, aging time, production process, flavor, smell, type of milk, and country of origin all impact the final product of the cheesemaking process in a different way.

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Is This the Saddest Pandemic Dining Experience in America?

EATER

I had lunch in a mall parking garage, and it wasn’t that bad [link].

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The Complete People Management Toolkit

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

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Get Yourself a Specialty Soda, as a Treat

EATER

Shutterstock. Skip the nonalcoholic cocktails and reach for a Suntory soft drink or Gokiuri grapefruit juice This post originally appeared in the July 27, 2020 edition of The Move , a place for Eater’s editors to reveal their recommendations and pro dining tips — sometimes thoughtful, sometimes weird, but always someone’s go-to move. Subscribe now. I’m not much of a drinker, even before the quarantine: Wine doesn’t agree with me, and neither does beer.

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Why I Won’t Reopen My Dining Room Until There’s a COVID-19 Vaccine

EATER

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‘Fluke Tartare with Quinoa and Strawberries Is Not Worth Someone’s Life’

EATER

Wonho Frank Lee. Three Eater editors discuss what to consider when it comes to the ethics of dining out during the pandemic In a pandemic, when the whole world’s been turned upside down, everyone’s seeking clear-cut answers: What’s healthy? What’s unsafe? Where can I go? What’s allowed and what’s not? Unfortunately, nothing is so simple — especially when it comes to dining.

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GOP ‘HEALS Act’ Proposal Allows Small-Business Loans to Cover Protective Gear

EATER

Senators Marco Rubio and Susan Collins authored a PPP 2.0 proposal as part of the GOP’s HEALS Act. | Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images. Plus, Chrissy Teigen has another food show coming to Quibi, and more news to start your day Republican senators propose second round of PPP loans aimed toward smaller struggling businesses. As part of Mitch McConnell’s and Senate Republicans’ new stimulus package legislation , called the “HEALS Act,” Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Susan C

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.