May, 2020

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How to Effectively Sanitize & Clean Your Restaurant

7 Shifts

Let’s face it—chefs are clean freaks. Who can blame them? There’s nothing better than a tidy workstation and clean range hood before service hour; and the post-shift scrub down of the kitchen can be a form of meditation for stressed out chefs. Chefs pride themselves on their sparkling kitchens, and during COVID-19, customers need more than ever to be reassured of the cleanliness and safety of ordering from your restaurant.

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How to Grow Your Catering Business

Goliath Consulting

by Bora Kang. Catering has grown significantly over the last few years thanks to the widespread demand for this one word: convenience. Whether they be for office parties, conferences, birthdays or weddings, catering profits from the promise of efficiency, safety and most importantly—safe of mind. But as consumer spending on catering grows, so does the competition.

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10 Inspirational Hospitality Industry Stories During COVID-19

Social Hospitality

Amidst the current COVID-19 pandemic, there is a lot of negativity online and in the news. The hospitality industry has been hit hard, and it can often be difficult to see silver linings in immense uncertainty and tragic circumstances. Nevertheless, some brands have demonstrated how to be good to their customers, associates, healthcare providers, and communities during this time.

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Restaurants Reopen: What Are They Doing?

Modern Restaurant Management

The pink and blue horse illustration at the top of this article is not clickbait. It’s an example of what Prague’s Manifesto Market is doing as part of its reopening operation. Manifesto uses the unit of a horse length to help people visualize social distancing and the market layout will increase gaps between the tables to meet the mandatory distance requirement. “We can tell Czech people are very disciplined and they have learnt the routine of how to protect themselves and oth

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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.

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Restaurant Reopening Checklist: Tips for Thriving

Restaurant365

As states and localities start to reopen, restauranteurs begin to prepare for transitioning from off-premise channels to reopening their dining rooms, albeit in a limited approach. This checklist is meant to provide you with the guidance you need to reopen safely and thrive in a post-COVID world. Enhancing your health and safety protocols. Most states have issued executive orders that provide specific requirements that must be followed in order to reopen dining rooms.

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Dark Kitchen 101: Setting Up A Multi-Brand Operation

The Restaurant Times

Cloud kitchens, also known as dark kitchens, virtual kitchens, ghost kitchens, and delivery-only restaurants, have proved to be a significant disruptor in the restaurant industry. As food choices today have become more diverse, many standalone dark kitchen brands have evolved their businesses to embrace the concept of multi-brand cloud kitchens. This model caters to evolving customer trends with innovative menus, capturing a broad market, and increasing order frequency in the process.

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A LETTER TO CULINARY SCHOOL GRADUATES

Culinary Cues

First and foremost – congratulations on earning your degree or certificate. This is an accomplishment that over the course of your lifetime will reward you tenfold. Know that the degree or certificate is more than an acknowledgement of the skills and knowledge that you have gained – it represents your level commitment and discipline that will serve you well.

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4 Ways to Pivot Your Restaurant’s Business Model During COVID-19

7 Shifts

It’s no surprise that restaurants have been hit hard during the COVID-19 health crisis. However, pivoting your business model to takeout and delivery is not always the best—or only—option your restaurant has to boost sales during this time. With dine-in officially off the menu, we’re sharing a few options for restaurants to consider to pivot their business model during COVID-19. 1.

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9 Important Hospitality Sales and Marketing Tips

Social Hospitality

In a world driven by social media and online search, sales tactics are essential to generate revenue. According to the data from the 2019 Travel and Hospitality Industry Outlook by Deloitte , industry growth is consistent throughout the past decade. From 2009 to 2017, gross bookings in U.S. hotels grew to $185 billion from $116 billion. That’s not just because people are traveling more.

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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.

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Why Your Website Is Slowing Down Business During COVID-19

Modern Restaurant Management

To say that the current COVID-19 crisis represents a major change to the way we live our lives is, at this point, probably a bit of an understatement. This is especially true in terms of how we do business, as the pandemic is already having a negative impact on restaurants in particular across the board. A lot of restaurants have seen sales decrease by as much as 70 percent in a lot of cases, with no end to the current situation in sight.

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Mother’s Day Drinks Bring Smiles

Sante

Blue Marble Marble-rita Credit-Blue Marble.png. Author(s): Deborah Grossman. Teaser: Mothers have favorites. Their favorite pie, perfume and presents. If they drink alcohol, they also have preferences. Here is a wrap up of diverse drinks that may please her during the quarantine. Every Mother has their special attributes. Unlike picking their favorite child, they will usually tell you straight up what drinks they prefer.

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Prepare to reopen: how to develop a restaurant menu

Typsy

There's no denying the impact of coronavirus on the industry - and for many venues, preparing to reopen and get your business back on track might necessitate a few changes. That includes your menu: whether you're an established venue or feel a little more fluid, you must have a strategy in place to make sure your menu says and does everything you need it to.

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OUR DAILY BREATH: PROBLEMS WITH THE CENTRALIZED FOOD SYSTEM

Culinary Cues

Every day there are lessons to be learned. At this level of crisis there are bound to be ancillary challenges that arise – challenges that were not obvious until the domino theory took hold. The farm to table movement of the past two decades was, on the surface, a return to supporting local growers and producers, but the core of this initiative was far more significant.

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Top 5 Ways to Optimize Your Loyalty Strategy

Speaker: Lauren Barash, Vice President, Brand Marketing

In an ever-evolving industry, building and retaining loyal customers is critical to the success of any restaurant business. Join Lauren Barash, VP of Brand Marketing at Full Course, as she delves into the world of restaurant loyalty programs, and reveals the top five essential strategies to optimize your approach! This webinar will explore: Loyalty trends and what you should be focusing on 📊 Actionable insights and ideas to help you develop the most powerful and effective loyalty program

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[New] Employee Health Check & Symptoms Screening for Restaurants

7 Shifts

The health and safety of staff & guests is the top concern for everyone working in hospitality today. As restaurants assess reopening timelines following COVID-19, it's important to be aware of and follow the latest restaurant health guidelines from the CDC to ensure a successful reopening and prevent community transmission. This means continuously monitoring and reporting on the health of all staff so you can take the appropriate action, and to build trust with your guests that their safety

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Giving Your Business a Restaurant Prime Cost Tune-Up

Restaurant365

The economy may be in flux right now, but as restrictions start to lift and limited dine-in is allowed in most states, restaurants are at a critical juncture. Over the past few months, reporting may have taken a back seat to more pressing concerns. However, as the restaurant industry and your business move to a new normal, returning to tracking and controlling costs is more important than ever.

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Toes in the Water: Transitioning to Reopen

Modern Restaurant Management

With more states lifting sanctions on dine-in options, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine reached out to Yelp's Small Business Expert Emily Washcovick to learn about ways restaurants can successfully make the transition and slowly ramp up operations, while keeping guest and staff safety top of mind. What are the best steps a restaurateur needs to take to make a reopening successful?

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Employee Turnover Explained: What It Is And How To Manage It

Sling

Employee turnover is an invisible issue that most managers tend to neglect. But if you want your business to succeed, you need to understand employee turnover and be able to manage it for the better. Because this is often easier said than done, the talent-management experts at Sling have created this article to introduce you to the concept of employee turnover and give you tips for decreasing it in your business.

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2024 Restaurant Spending Trends to Stay Ahead of the Curve

How do you stay on top of what your customers are expecting when they step through your doors? Do you know what’s on their mind? How are you going to account for what they’re planning on doing months from now? As we head into 2024, price-related issues are still top-of-mind for restaurant customers after the inflation boom earlier this year. In this new report, we give you the latest insights on consumer spending trends, attitudes on tipping, and how you can respond.

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Trending: the best coronavirus responses from hotels around the world

Typsy

Under coronavirus, everything about the function, service, message and meaning of hotels has changed. If restrictions have been lifted in your area and you’re looking at reopening your hotel, or resuming normal operations, there’s a lot to consider. Luckily, there are a few hotels leading by example in this arena. In today’s blog post, we’re looking at some of the best reopening strategies and approaches from hotels around the world.

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Which Grocery Chain Has the Best Health and Safety Policies for Its Workers?

EATER

Whole Foods photo, Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images; illustrations, zuperia /Shutterstock. Breaking down hazard pay, sick leave, and general safety at Costco, Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, and more As the global pandemic drags on, grocery store employees have become frontline workers, and two months into the crisis, they’re still putting their own health at risk to keep America fed — and keep food on their own tables.

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Health & Safety Requirements for Restaurants [COVID-19]

7 Shifts

After months of lockdown, many states and provinces across the US and Canada have begun rolling out their reopening plans to start getting people back to work in the new normal. However, many new procedures and requirements will be put in place to keep people safe, healthy, and prevent another outbreak. Many restaurants will begin reopening in the coming months, and each state will likely have their own guidelines around ensuring your staff and diners are safe.

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Controlling Costs and Returning to Restaurant Profitability

Restaurant365

Making smart, effective decisions around your food and labor costs as you continue with take-out and delivery options and begin to open your dining room can help you emerge from the economic shutdown with improved processes on a path to profitability. For example, your daily sales numbers show you which menu items are the most profitable and popular as well as the times when the most orders are placed.

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Win More in 2024: Your Guide to Restaurant Marketing Success

Your Guide to Restaurant Marketing Success Start maximizing ROI and doing more with less with Olo’s ultimate guide to restaurant marketing. In this guide: Strategies to level up in 4 key areas: data, audiences, content distribution, and loyalty Interactive checklists to help you track your progress throughout the year Tips for leveraging guest data across your entire business What you’ll learn: Level 1 | Beginner: Learn how to collect guest data, build a healthy subscriber list, launch personali

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How Restaurants Can Hire and Rehire Quickly During COVID-19

Modern Restaurant Management

My first business was running a Thai restaurant while in college with a couple of friends, so seeing how hard the restaurant industry has been hit by COVID-19 recently hits close to home. I know how hard it is to stay in business, how slim the margins are, and especially how difficult it is to hire and take care of the employees that keeps the business alive.

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Stuffed French Toast Recipe

Bottleneck Management

Baileys Stuffed French Toast Recipe. We’ve been asked to share our Baileys Stuffed French Toast recipe, one of our most coveted and indulgent Rock n Roll Brunch items (aptly named Sweet Child O’ Mine on that menu). We’re happy to share, but we’ll warn you right off the bat, you’ll need an electric mixer and a home fryer to produce this dish. If you’re anything like me, you’d easily pass on the idea of buying and preparing all of this at home and gladly head to City Works or Old Town Pour H

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3 Reasons Why You Need a Pandemic Preparedness Plan for Your Restaurant

Focus POS

The world is different today than it was even three months ago. The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the foundation of our way of life. Each facet of the economy has been forced to adapt to the new demands placed on businesses and consumers. The accompanying guidelines and restrictions have heavily impacted the way restaurants are able to do business. .

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Chambers Wine

A Wine Story

Spotlight on Chambers Wine. Chambers Wine Illustration. If you love discovering limited-production wines from classic Old World regions, Chambers Street Wines warrants a closer look. Often shortened to Chambers Wine, this old street wine shop focuses on European wines from small, mostly family owned wineries. Lillie Wolff 2001: The Beginning Chambers Wine and Spirits.

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Unlock Restaurant Success: Mastering 7 Vital Employment Laws

As a restaurant leader, your plate is full with responsibilities, from staff management to serving up delicious dishes. But amidst the hustle, there's a crucial area you can't afford to overlook – employment laws. In this comprehensive eBook, we'll unveil the seven essential employment laws every restaurant leader must master. We'll break down the intricacies of each law, showing you how it directly impacts your business.

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3 Things to Look For in a Grocery Store Advertising Partner

Indoor Media

Due to COVID-19, grocery stores are experiencing enormous increases in the volume of shoppers. At the same time, businesses are looking for new ways to reach the people in their community. Grocery store advertising has and continues to be, a proven way for small businesses to drive profits. As with any investment, it’s important to make sure that your partner’s ability to deliver is as proven as the method itself.

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Optimizing Your Restaurant Staffing and Onboarding for a Successful Recovery

Restaurant365

Understanding how to schedule and engage your staff is one of the most essential aspects of being a successful restaurant owner or operator. While the pandemic has impacted restaurants of all sizes over the past few months, the need to effectively manage and engage your staff has never been more pertinent in ensuring your restaurant’s continued viability.

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Three Ways for Restaurants to Boost Digital Customer Experiences Now

Modern Restaurant Management

Because food trends come and go, customer taste buds and preferences change, and technology adds new wrinkles to processes like ordering and supply chain management, the restaurant space is constantly evolving — but no one could have predicted the event that would have the biggest impact on modern restaurants since, well, maybe ever: a pandemic.