October, 2021

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Restaurant Labor Costs Every Store Manager Should Track

Restaurant365

Your labor cost is one of the highest expenses for your restaurant, typically taking up to 25-35% of revenue. Many factors can increase restaurant labor costs: inefficient schedules, overtime hours, or even rising wages. Because sales and labor needs can change by the hour, day, week, and month, it can be difficult to control your labor budget over time.

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How to Raise Restaurant Menu Prices without Negative Pushback

Ken Burgin

Inflation is back, following dramatic rises in energy costs, wages and all the food & beverage supplies we purchase. Operators still holding the price of meals to what they were 12 months ago are bearing the brunt of massive increases in the cost of ingredients. And profitability is suffering. Setting prices is approached with fear and anxiety by many restaurant and cafe operators, but it’s a unique opportunity to use your marketing and financial skills and make more money.

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6 Restaurant Reports and Dashboards That Help 7shifts’ Users Run Smarter Businesses

7 Shifts

Running a restaurant day-in and day-out takes a ton of mental energy. It can be difficult to come up for air and really look at the why behind what you're doing. Schedules are made, payroll is run, and employees checked-in with—but it's tough to know if you're working as efficiently or as profitably as possible. With 7shifts restaurant reporting and analytics, you can analyze your restaurant labor performance and make strategic decisions that reduce costs & increase profits.

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THE VALUE OF THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS

Culinary Cues

Kitchens are great equalizers – it is the place where individual talent and exceptional intellect can be less important that dependability, organization, focus, and teamwork. The kitchen is a place where those who are successful come to the realization that those later aptitudes are enhanced through experience – the more you do, the better you become.

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Preventing Employee Burnout in Restaurants & Hospitality: An Integrated Approach

Speaker: Lissa Bowen - Chief People + Culture Officer, Full Course Executive Director, Full Course Foundation

Employee burnout is a pervasive issue in the fast-paced and demanding restaurant industry, resulting in decreased productivity, high turnover rates, and compromised mental well-being. Effectively addressing this challenge requires a comprehensive approach that combines conventional management techniques, insights from neuroscience, and stress management strategies.

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The 19 Deadly Mistakes Restaurants Make

Embrace the Suck

Mistakes. We have all made them. Most likely you’ll make quite a few more while running a restaurant. The thing you want to avoid is these 19 fatal mistakes that 80% of restaurants make each year which contributes to the low survival rate that restaurants experience. Of all the restaurants that open this year, only 50% will still be open in three years!

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The wine2wine Business Forum hosts first-ever Clubhouse wine marathon

Bevology

The wine2wine Business Forum in Verona will host a six-hour Clubhouse marathon on Monday 18 October. The Forum also gives wine professionals the opportunity to learn about the benefits of the Clubhouse app for creating new wine communities and accessing new markets. From left to right: Marc Millon IWA, Steven Raye, Chris Scott, Lawrence Francis, Renée Sferrazza, Dr.

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Leveraging Back-office Restaurant Technology to Improve the Customer Experience

Restaurant365

Your back-office restaurant technology can be used to help grow both guest loyalty and your business. Restaurants are devoting time, energy, and marketing resources to improve the customer experience. However, the benefits of improving the customer experience go beyond just getting better reviews. Ultimately, many of the same things that help your guest experience also end up helping support restaurant operations as well.

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Restaurant Workers Can’t Be Replaced by Technology — But They Can Be Recruited

7 Shifts

The National Restaurant Association recently published a table listing the top concerns for restaurants over a three-year period. Not surprising, as it has been reported on consistently, recruiting employees is the top concern for restaurants in fall of 2021, after Coronavirus shook up our economies and our definitions of success. Coronavirus did take first place as a concern in 2020, when the pandemic was front and center and still shutting down or modifying dine-in practices.

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THE KITCHEN IS LIFES’ CLASSROOM

Culinary Cues

Sitting is the chef’s office, or what some might refer to as a storage room with a desk, it is always enlightening to look out on the kitchen and watch the motions of those who have found a home in double-breasted white jackets and skull caps. Any day can be a day of reflection for a chef – a day when life assessment is always close at hand. “What is my purpose, why and I here, how did I wind up sitting in this chair, and what value do I bring to the environment I am in?”.

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Unleashing AI in Recruitment: The Ultimate Guide

Discover the power of AI in recruitment with Paycor’s complete guide. Learn how to streamline your hiring process, increase interview pipeline, uncover candidates other tools miss, and save time. Get ready to revolutionize your talent acquisition strategy today!

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Core Award Winners: Kristi Davis & Nereida Gourley

Bottleneck Management

Kristi Davis and Nereida Gourley are the 2021 Core Value Award Winners for Bottleneck Management. The Core Value Award is given to the employee that demonstrates understanding, support, empowerment, and enjoyment in their daily operations. Overall, Kristi and Nereida are genuine people offering genuine hospitality – exemplifying Bottleneck’s values.

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Liquor Licensing 101 for Restaurants in Recovery

Modern Restaurant Management

As restaurants hire new employees, they are finding it more difficult to come across experienced workers who can also train other team members. A major pain point for our clients has been navigating regulatory compliance issues such as corporate officer updates, alcohol license and permit renewals, and training team members in proper alcohol service protocol.

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The Top Chefs to Watch in Washington, D.C.

Restaurant Clicks

Washington, D.C. is full of restaurants, and many would say it is one of the culinary capitals in America. Many chefs seem to flock to this MId Atlantic City and they quickly find out that you cannot run a mediocre restaurant to stand out. With so many choices presented for diners, you have to be the best of the best to encourage customers to return.

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Prepare for the New Digital Holiday Rush with Focus eGift

Focus POS

Focus Expands Gift Card Offerings with a Digital Alternative to Plastic Cards. San Antonio, TX – October 1, 2021 – Focus POS, a leading provider of restaurant management software, announces the availability of Focus eGift digital gift card solution. With more consumers placing restaurant orders online, Focus eGift meets the demand for gift cards that are easy to use on a PC, laptop, or smartphone as well as at the checkout.

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Using AI to Support Restaurant Workers, Not Replace Them

Artificial Intelligence continues to dominate conversations around technology. The transformative potential for this technology is massive. Virtually no industry is siloed from the possibilities of artificial intelligence, including restaurants. All new technologies come with a degree of uncertainty. Considering AI’s disruptive potential, many in the restaurant industry have feelings ranging from curiosity to concern regarding what these advancements might mean for the workers powering restauran

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How To Create a Fair Holiday Work Schedule For Restaurants

7 Shifts

The holidays are on their way - and for many restaurants, that means an increase in sales. Even in the pandemic year of 2020, before vaccines, we saw bumps in both sales and shifts scheduled in and around the tent pole holidays. Many restaurants are still working around hiring and staff retention struggles, meaning they may be unable to fully capitalize on the demand of the holidays.

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How Supporting Customer Facing Staff Helps with Employee Retention – Top 5 Tips

Cheetah

Reading Time: 3 minutes. We all know that COVID-19 has changed the restaurant industry forever, but did you know it also changed patrons? Customers who have been cooped up at home for the past two years are anxious to get back to dining out. At the same time, with the rise of takeout and food delivery, they have become accustomed to a different kind of dining experience.

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Embracing Change to Survive and Maximise Food Service Sales

Future Food

EMBRACING CHANGE TO SURVIVE AND MAXIMISE FOOD SERVICE SALES. Australia’s two major cities have currently been in lockdown for over ten weeks with Melbourne now being in lockdown longer than any city in the world, 246 days so far and one month remaining. The prolonged closures on food and beverage venues have ranged from hard to devastating, not just from a sales perspective, but on the lives of hospitality workers and their families.

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Using Technology to Combat the Labor Shortage

Modern Restaurant Management

Every industry felt the impact of the labor crunch during the pandemic and now, as recovery efforts are underway, businesses are struggling to recover employees quickly enough to meet the rise in demand. Particularly impacted by the staffing shortage, restaurants are struggling to beat the labor crisis, with staffing shortages felt in both back-of-house and front-of-house staff.

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Maximizing Profits: Boost Your Profit Margin With Restaurant Tech

Running a restaurant is hard work, so it can be discouraging when you see how little of that work shows up in your bottom line. In our white paper “Maximizing Profits,” we show how you can improve your restaurant profit margins by implementing flexible technology. Because hard work can’t cut the fees from third-party delivery apps or get orders in and out of the kitchen to your guests faster.

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The Ultimate Guide to Philadelphia’s Top Restaurants

Restaurant Clicks

Philadelphia, the heart and home of America’s beginnings. Among the beauty of Philly, you’ll find the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, and many other sites of the American Revolution. Home to the infamous “Rocky Balboa,” the magnetic spirit of Philadelphia calls to you, and as the most populous city in Pennsylvania, it’s apparent why.

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Is it a Win-Win? Make Sure Your Food Suppliers are Grade-A

Hot Schedules

Blog. Is it a Win-Win? Make Sure Your Food Suppliers are Grade-A. F ood and beverage suppliers play a key role in the success of your restaurant. You pride yourself on sourcing the best ingredients with the partners who deliver reliably and at an effective cost. Like any new relationship, the beginning can be harmonious and productive, but it takes constant effort to ensure your food and beverage suppliers remain Grade-A.

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8 Successful Restaurant Concepts & Ideas to Inspire and Guide You

7 Shifts

The right concept is crucial when opening your restaurant , a new location, or refreshing your brand. Get your concept right and you'll be on your way to rave reviews, recommendations, and loyal clientele. Get it wrong—with a menu that doesn't fit the ambiance or pricey dishes not suited for the clientele—and would-be regulars will at best feel confused and at worst never return.

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Boost Profits and Get Your Restaurant Haunted for Halloween

Cheetah

Reading Time: 4 minutes. Halloween is a great opportunity to boost sales at your restaurant and have some fun with your staff. This year Halloween falls on a Sunday, making it perfect for all-day family celebrations at your restaurant. Use the weeks leading up to Halloween to take advantage of the festive spirit. We’ve put together the top menu suggestions, decorations, activities and marketing ideas that will make your restaurant the ghouliest in the neighborhood and draw hoards of trick-or-eat

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Digital Transformation in the Restaurant Industry

Technology is transforming the way restaurant operators work. Advanced analytics and forecasting. automated procurement. you name it, tech companies (like Apicbase) are already working on it. The digital transformation of restaurants and food service businesses represents major advances for the industry, especially when the driving force becomes AI.

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BOHA! WorkStation among the top 3 Hot New Products for Foodservice Safety & Sustainability by C-Store Decisions

Transact

BOHA! is already powering some of the largest convenience store names in the country and we are excited to announce that our latest innovation, the BOHA! WorkStation, received an award from C-Store Decisions as a Hot New Product for Foodservice Safety & Sustainability. In this video-based product contest, a panel of retailer judges decided amongst hundreds of new products that were launched this year to determine which will be the most successful.

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How to Diversify Your Brand by Adapting Plant-Based Food Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

With today’s food trends moving toward the direction of fresh, healthy, local, and sustainable, the term “plant-based” continues to enter the conversation on every playing field. Plant-based food businesses, events, and pop-ups are frequently entering the market and it has become exceedingly clear that this is not just a fad. Often associated with the term “Vegan”, plant-based foods have evolved and now target all types of eaters: vegans, vegetarians, flexitarians,

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Ann Arbor Restaurants To Visit This Weekend

Restaurant Clicks

I love to visit Ann Arbor, Michigan. It’s a quaint and quirky college town with a colorful personality and a progressive, nature-friendly population. Along with the prestigious University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is also home to a wealth of music and film festivals, a giant urban forest, and a giant art installation known as Graffiti Alley, where walls are covered in colorful graffiti and layers of used chewing gum.

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Expect a tough, demanding summer for restaurants and cafes

Ken Burgin

The Covid delta variant is widespread, limiting activity and creating fear of new variations. People are nervous, which always limits spending. There’s very little of the ‘see you on the other side’ mentality that was a saving feature of 2020. What are the challenges that business operators will need to navigate in the next six months?

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Utilizing Technology: Improve Customer Experience and Increase Points of Profit in Your Restaurant Business

Speaker: Hillary Holmes - SpotOn Operator in Residence; Troy Hooper - CEO, Kiwi Restaurant Partners; Jason Berkowitz - Founder and CEO of ARROW UP Training

Running a restaurant is hard work, so it can be discouraging when you see how little of that work shows up in your bottom line. The most efficient way to improve your restaurant's profit margins is to implement flexible technology. Hard work can’t cut the fees from third-party delivery apps or get orders in and out of the kitchen faster, but technology can!