7 Shifts
MAY 23, 2024
Managing a restaurant is not for the faint-hearted. The restaurant business is one of the most competitive industries, and this shows in the fact that only 20% of restaurants succeed in the market. Your stiff competition requires innovative thinking and aggressive growth strategies to stay on top. In this industry, one of the worst-case scenarios is running out of money.
Modern Restaurant Management
MAY 23, 2024
The past few years have been difficult for restaurants across the country as they have found themselves struggling to adjust to a new normal. Among the many pressures are rapidly rising credit card processing fees. Despite a recent settlement where the two largest card brands agreed to a modest cap of interchange fees for five years, processing fees show no signs of decreasing.
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7 Shifts
MAY 23, 2024
Every manager aims for maximum operational efficiency in their restaurants, but achieving this isn't easy, with the industry's success rate recorded at only 20%. Improving your restaurant operations to succeed in this highly competitive industry means serving quality food and providing excellent customer service while minimizing waste, reducing costs, and keeping your employees engaged.
Squirrel Systems
MAY 23, 2024
In the highly competitive hospitality industry, hotels strive to provide exceptional experiences that set them apart from their competitors. One crucial element that significantly enhances a guest’s stay is the quality of food and beverage service. Hotel restaurants not only offer convenience but also serve as an extension of the hotel’s brand, contributing to the overall guest experience.
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There’s a new overtime salary threshold that will impact employers across the country. If you have an employee making less than $43,888 on July 1 or less than $58,656 on January 1, you’re going to have to start paying overtime. Download Paycor’s guide to learn: Which groups of employees are affected? How should you classify employees? Best ways to mitigate risk.
EATER
MAY 23, 2024
Double onion burger with cheese at Tucker’s. | Choate House One state, two days, four burger joints, and a whole lot of griddled onions As someone who grew up just a 15-minute drive across the border in Northeast Texas, I have done my fair share of s**t-talking about the state of Oklahoma: “The wind blows so hard in Texas because Oklahoma sucks,” and so on.
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Modern Restaurant Management
MAY 23, 2024
Ice plays an indispensable role in the restaurant industry. Not merely a frozen necessity, quality ice is the hallmark of an establishment's commitment to excellence, hygiene, and customer satisfaction. However, the omnipresent challenge that frequently undermines this commitment is the insidious infiltration of mold in ice machines. Understanding the mechanisms of mold incursion and implementing preventative measures is not just advisable—it is imperative.
Restaurant Business
MAY 23, 2024
Tech Check: Almost every customer has a POS in their pocket. Can mini mobile apps get them to actually use it?
7 Shifts
MAY 23, 2024
The competition in the restaurant industry is getting tighter. In fact, 45% of restaurant operators expect their competition to be much more intense in 2024 than last year. This proves that any restaurant business owner who wants to survive in this economy should be open to trying unconventional sales strategies to attract customers and continue making a profit.
Restaurant Business
MAY 23, 2024
The giant food distributor Sysco said the consumer environment has been tougher on restaurants than expected this year due to higher menu prices.
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There’s a new overtime salary threshold that will impact employers across the country. If you have an employee making less than $43,888 on July 1 or less than $58,656 on January 1, you’re going to have to start paying overtime. Download Paycor’s guide to learn: Which groups of employees are affected? How should you classify employees? Best ways to mitigate risk.
EATER
MAY 23, 2024
Photo illustration by Lille Allen; see below for full credits Perfectly situated between water ice and custard, an order of chocolate gelati is the summer treat I never miss out on I’ve eaten no fewer than 26 orders of Rita’s gelati in my life, but almost certainly far more. I’ve had at least one each summer since the year I moved to this country, right into the heart of water ice territory (Pennsylvania).
Restaurant Business
MAY 23, 2024
A law enacted this week bans hidden fees but allows restaurants to continue levying surcharges if customers get a heads-up and the money goes to employees.
The Salt
MAY 23, 2024
Bethlehem: A Celebration of Palestinian Food is a love letter to Kattan's boyhood home — and the scents and flavors that made it a special place to learn how to cook.
Restaurant Business
MAY 23, 2024
Restaurant Rewind: There was a time 50 years or so ago when the big come-on for a flurry of new restaurant chains was the promise of unlimited beer and wine. What could go wrong?
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The Rail
MAY 23, 2024
By Indiana Lee, Contributor Adding a popular drinks menu to your current offering is a great way to improve your profitability and pad your margins. A well-tailored alcohol menu can help you attract a different kind of consumer and may help you claw back some of the costs associated with pandemic-era inflation rates. However, if you want to appeal to a modern, culturally sensitive consumer, you’ll need to do more than offer the same range of stouts, wines, and spirits that folks can find on any
Restaurant Business
MAY 23, 2024
The fast-food burger chain reconfigured its leadership team again, bringing back the U.S. president position 17 months after it was eliminated. E.J. Wunsch was named president of international.
Culinary Cues
MAY 23, 2024
Talent is a word that inspires some and scares away many more. The word artist falls into the same category. In both cases there is an assumption that you either have it or you don’t, that talent and artistic ability are somehow part of a person’s genetic code, or any attempt to strive for either without that genetic code is outside of possibility. So and so is talented or artistic and all others are simply observers.
Restaurant Business
MAY 23, 2024
The development agreements represent a return to unit growth for the fast-casual Mexican chain under new owner Dine Brands, the parent of Applebee's and IHOP.
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There’s no way around it: sometimes employees need your help. Use this free template to clarify expectations, share resources, and set a timeline. Best case scenario, this process helps them improve. Worst case, your great recordkeeping keeps you compliant even if they move on. Download the template today!
Restaurant Business
MAY 23, 2024
Restaurant trade groups and other business organizations have filed the action in the same court that struck down a similar change in the rules in 2017.
Restaurant Business
MAY 23, 2024
Americans are increasingly embracing Korean flavors, so it makes sense for the growing Bonchon to step into the crowded crispy chicken sandwich space.
Restaurant Business
MAY 23, 2024
The annual event is the place to showcase new ingredients, flavors and formats, and this year’s array didn’t disappoint.
Restaurant Business
MAY 23, 2024
Reyna Estrada, the resident vegetarian editor on FoodService Director. identifies the meat-free dining trends on the Show floor.
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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.
Restaurant Business
MAY 23, 2024
Working Lunch: Unions say they want the practice stopped. But their real aim is to alienate the Black community.
Restaurant Business
MAY 23, 2024
These small concepts are still proving out their ideas, but each shows promise as a potential candidate for the next generation of emerging chains.
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