Tue.Aug 03, 2021

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Simple Tips for Delivering Exceptional Post-Pandemic Customer Experience

Modern Restaurant Management

As we return to in-person dining across the country, restaurants are facing yet another challenge: delivering an exceptional customer experience (CX) for guests who come with high expectations after more than a year stuck at home. Not only is there a ripe opportunity to attract formerly takeout-only customers for in-person dining, but an opportunity to enhance customer experience for all customers and differentiate from the competition.

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What’s the Net Easy Score (NES) for your restaurant or cafe?

Ken Burgin

You’re probably heard of NPS or Net Promoter Score, a simple measurement of how likely people are to do business with you again. Another way to measure your business is with the Net Easy Score or NES. Based on work by Sue Barrett , it looks at all the ways your business is easy , or difficult , to deal with. Here’s a version for restaurants, cafes and foodservice.

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How Your Restaurant Can Tackle the Employee Shortage

Modern Restaurant Management

The employee shortage might be temporary, but there are ways that your business can attract talent now and retain a competitive advantage in the future. There are more jobs than ever before, yet restaurants are struggling to attract employees. The number of workers quitting their jobs in April reached new highs of four million, with 5.6% of restaurant workers quitting their jobs.

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What’s the Net Easy Score (NES) for your restaurant or cafe?

Ken Burgin

You’re probably heard of NPS or Net Promoter Score, a simple measurement of how likely people are to do business with you again. Another way to measure your business is with the Net Easy Score or NES. Based on work by Sue Barrett , it looks at all the ways your business is easy , or difficult , to deal with. Here’s a version for restaurants, cafes and foodservice.

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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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What to Know About PPP Forgiveness Before Applying Through the SBA Portal

Modern Restaurant Management

The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) program provided the relief many companies needed to stabilize their financial position and see them through the pandemic-created economic crisis. The capital was intended to help business owners pay employees, pay outstanding rent and other bills, and invest in reopening and getting back to business. The PPP program offered 5-year loans carrying a 1% interest rate making it some of the lowest cost financing small businesses were able to find.

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Stay Here: The InterContinental, Dublin

Gastro Gays

Dublin’s only five-star “Urban Resort”, The InterContinental (formerly The Four Seasons) is set in the leafy but still-central, well heeled neighbourhood of Donnybrook on two acres of manicured gardens.

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Restaurants Requiring Vaccinations Isn’t Controversial, It’s Hospitable

The Restaurant Manifesto

Protecting the welfare of our guests is a fundamental responsibility of the service industry. The post Restaurants Requiring Vaccinations Isn’t Controversial, It’s Hospitable appeared first on The Restaurant Manifesto.

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How a Unified, Mobile Ordering App Can Help Restaurants Recover Faster

Restaurant Technology Guys

We’re nearly a year and half into the COVID-19 pandemic and restaurants—one of the hardest hit business types have yet to fully recover. But one relatively new company has a solution. The post How a Unified, Mobile Ordering App Can Help Restaurants Recover Faster appeared first on Restaurant Technology Guys.

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How Edible Cannabis Went From ‘Mulchy’ Brownies to a Booming Industry

EATER

Bloomberg via Getty Images. On this episode of Gastropod , hosts Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley explore THC’s growing role in how and what we eat In July, Eater editor-in-chief Amanda Kludt announced our exciting new collaboration with Gastropod , the award-winning and endlessly informative podcast about the science and history of food. Today we release the first fruit — or bud?

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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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Beef, Gyros, and Silver Plates

Foodable

Listen to "63. Beef, Gyros, and Silver Plates" on Spreaker. On the last episode of the Takeout, Delivery, and Catering podcast series, hosts TJ Schier and Sam Stanovich sit down with Nick Vojnovic , the president of the Little Greek franchise, to explore brand building and how businesses have shifted since the onset of the pandemic. Little Greek specializes in fresh, grilled Greek cuisine.

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The Delta Variant Means Restaurants Aren’t Giving Up Their Pandemic Business Models Just Yet

EATER

Molly J. Smith / EPDX. Although Oregon restaurants can serve customers inside without mask or vaccine requirements, some Portland food businesses have decided to stick to takeout and outdoor dining, hoping the delta variant begins to subside [link].

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Stay Here: The Westbury Hotel, Dublin

Gastro Gays

Looking for a five-star hotel near Grafton Street in Dublin?

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How to Hack the Frozen Dumplings in Your Freezer

EATER

Dumplings cooked in milk are one of the easiest ways to jazz up frozen dumplings. | James Park. Pan frying, steaming, and boiling are just the beginning The first thing I see when I open my freezer is a stack of frozen dumplings. Whether they’re round and filled with kimchi or square and stuffed with chives, they always come in handy when I want to eat well with no effort.

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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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Top Rated Dark Rum Brands to Try

Restaurant Clicks

Rum is fermented and distilled molasses or sugar. It has a long history of being served as a medicinal drink and a ration in Navies. Dark Rums can add a burst of flavor to anything. The best dark rums can give you vastly different tasting experiences. . What Makes a Rum Dark? There are not a lot of rules about what makes rum dark. People use the term to describe any rum with a dark brown color.

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NYC Becomes the First Major City in the U.S. to Require Vaccinations for Indoor Dining

EATER

Steve Pfost/Getty Images. The citywide mandate may be the first of its kind in the United States [link].

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An Eater’s Guide to London

EATER

Chris Gorman/Getty Images. [link].

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Just Mandate the Vaccine for Indoor Dining Nationwide

EATER

Michael D Edwards/Shutterstock. New York City is the first to require proof of vaccination for indoor dining. It’s time for other cities to do the same. On August 3, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio announced the U.S.’s first citywide mandate requiring proof of vaccination for indoor dining. If we ever want to move beyond the pandemic, this should become a mandate in every city.

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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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The Immense Human Cost of Keeping Thailand’s Palm Oil Flowing

EATER

A resident of Klong Sai Pattana amidst the palm tree fields in southern Thailand. The global thirst for palm oil has never been more ravenous. Caught between it and a multigenerational war on Thailand’s poor are the farmers of the Southern Peasants’ Federation, who simply want a piece of land to call their own. It was the morning of February 11, 2015, when Somrudee Boonthonglek first saw the two men outside her shop.