Fri.Sep 06, 2024

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How To Design A Restaurant Kitchen Floor Plan

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With 54% of diners saying they would avoid a restaurant with table wait times over 30 minutes, you must develop an efficient kitchen floor plan that helps you serve food quickly and consistently. The right design can ease your workflows and minimize bottlenecks in your operations. What should a restaurant kitchen floor plan include? A well-thought-out floor plan should incorporate various key areas: storage, food preparation zones, cooking stations, cleaning and dishwashing stations, and service

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Sober-Curious Trend Provides Opportunities

Modern Restaurant Management

More people are sober curious so what should restaurants do to meet this customer desire? According to a 2024 report from NCSolutions, 41 percent of Americans are trying to drink less alcohol – a trend driven by Gen Z (61 percent) and Millennials (49 percent) who say it's for both physical and mental wellness reasons. The non-alcoholic beverage industry is expected to grow to $30 billion by 2025, according to Global Market Insights, For a deeper dive, Modern Restaruant Management (MRM)

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TGI Fridays loses control of most of its assets

Restaurant Business

A consulting firm will take over many of the casual-dining chain's management functions after a trustee on its bonds declared a “manager termination event.

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A Tomato Party Is the Best Way to Say Goodbye to Summer

EATER

Shutterstock Tomato season is almost over. Here’s how to make the most of it while you still can. Back in January, I decided to follow in Eater’s footsteps and declare 2024 the Year of the Dinner Party. In reality, this has led to a total of…three dinner parties over the past eight months. But three is more than zero, right? And I found the perfect excuse to throw my most recent one: August marks the peak of tomato season, which I always look forward to enthusiastically.

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AI in HR: 20+ Prompts to Use Now

AI is reshaping the business landscape, including HR. This guide is designed to help you understand and implement AI effectively for tangible benefits and a more strategic approach. Learn how to: Automate routine tasks Boost data insights Enhance employee experiences Drive HR’s strategic value Download the guide today!

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Restaurant hiring held steady in August, providing a rare spot of good macro news

Restaurant Business

The latest federal job report shows the creation of jobs by eating and drinking places continued at a stable clip while hiring across the economy dropped by about 30%.

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What is a Barback?

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Customers who experience longer wait times are 18% less satisfied with their experience. Hiring a barback can keep your bar operations efficient and boost customer satisfaction. What is a barback? If you’re thinking of opening or owning a bar , you need a barback to help maintain smooth operations. Barbacks mainly assist the bartenders in various tasks, especially behind-the-scenes duties, so that the latter can focus on making drinks and engaging with customers.

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Ultimate Guide To Restaurant Cost Of Goods Sold (COGS) in 2024

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As a restaurant owner, you're all too familiar with the constant struggle to stay profitable amidst rising costs. For instance, lettuce and eggs, which are used for burgers and breakfast items, increased by 10.3% and 9.5%. As such, monitoring the cost of goods sold (COGS) can make the difference between a thriving business and one that struggles to stay afloat.

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How to Build and Hire the Right Team for Your Restaurant

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Hiring the right team is one of the most critical decisions you’ll make as a restaurant owner. Your staff not only affects the day-to-day operations but also plays a major role in the customer experience and long-term success of your restaurant. In this post, we’ll explore why being thoughtful about your team structure matters and how you can set up your restaurant for success with the right hiring and staffing strategies.

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Buzztime Weekly Bar Trivia Challenge – Week 48

Buzztime Business

Are you hungry for more trivia? Is one night of bar trivia per week not enough to satiate your senses? Buzztime has tens of thousands of questions in its database. Pub trivia hosts and players could spend a lifetime with them! However, as the years pass, some of the questions become outdated and obscure. Events that are important one year become irrelevant many years later.

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Two companies learn the hard way that running restaurants is difficult

Restaurant Business

The Bottom Line: Red Lobster and Topgolf were both acquired by companies outside the restaurant industry. Those companies have learned just how competitive the business is.

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

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10 more clever and commonsense ways to save money on groceries

The Salt

Check your receipt. Grow your own veggies. Ask about senior discounts. NPR readers share their top tips on cutting costs at the grocery store.

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Nelson Peltz is stepping aside as Wendy's chairman

Restaurant Business

The investor, who has chaired the fast-food chain since 2007, was named chairman emeritus as he shifts focus to his other work. Arthur Winkleblack will take over as chairman.

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Red Lobster off the hook? Federal judge approves restructuring plan

The Salt

The restaurant chain announced Thursday that it received approval for its Chapter 11 plan, offering a glimmer of good news for the business, which has faced a series of struggles.

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First Watch, Paris Baguette, Woworks and more bolster c-suites

Restaurant Business

Executive Summary: Recent executive moves in the restaurant industry.

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HR in 2026: Insights & Best Practices

Get Paycor’s guide, based on a survey of 3,000+ professionals, and learn why successful companies are: Almost 80% more likely to identify top talent through formal systems 40% more likely to protect managers’ time spent on coaching 83% more likely to plan to upskill their teams and more!

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How Mr. Pickle's is playing the value game with sandwich sizes

Restaurant Business

The California-born chain known for Dutch Crunch rolls is borrowing a page from Goldilocks and rolling out a mid-sized sandwich that gives guests a more-profitable reason to visit.

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