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Balancing Restaurant Labor Cost with Employee Satisfaction

Restaurant365

Restaurant labor cost is increasing at an unprecedented rate. According to the National Restaurant Association, hourly wages for restaurant employees grew by 12.1% between February 2021 and February 2022. Driven by the hiring crisis, many restaurant groups are trying to woo employees with higher wages and benefits for hourly employees – both mostly unheard of prior to the pandemic.

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Improving the Dining Experience for Your Guests

Modern Restaurant Management

Over the past few years, the pandemic has caused an uproar and massive changes to the dining experience as we knew it in 2019. With the pandemic coming to an end, people are finally starting to get back to the “regular” dining experience at sit-down restaurants. However, the dining experience isn’t the same as it used to be, and your restaurant may have experienced a hit over the course of the pandemic.

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How to Increase Your Restaurant’s Website Traffic Using Social Media

Next Restaurants

Did you know that 60% of customers read an online review first before going to a restaurant? Additionally, 42% of U.S. customers tried out a restaurant for the first time because of its social media posts. For restaurant owners, this means that it’s essential to keep your presence on social media active and engaging. A strong social marketing game opens a pathway of opportunities for restaurant websites (including yours!

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A CHEF’S ADVICE TO 2022 CULINARY GRADUATES

Culinary Cues

A retired NFL coach would rally his team before a game with the words: “Where would you rather be than right here, right now?” This is a sentence that sums up the life’s work of these athletes, a culmination of talent, hard work, and perseverance. To get to where they were in that moment took everything they had and now was the time when they should not only relish the feeling of accomplishment, but also not let down their teammates, their coaching staff, the fans, or themselves.

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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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How to Be Food Famous

EATER

Champagne wishes, caviar dreams, and a really good ring light The paths to becoming food famous used to be fairly limited: First, you needed to cook really well, or at least know what good cooking was and have a particularly fine way with words. You could get there by creating an amazing cookbook , or writing a New Yorker essay that would inspire a memoir , which in turn would spawn a genre-defining travel series.

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How Restaurants Can Drive Profits and Growth During a Perfect Storm

Modern Restaurant Management

Soaring prices, continued supply chain disruptions, and ongoing staffing shortages are creating a perfect storm for restaurants. Food and labor costs are elevated and expected to remain high in 2022 , negatively impacting restaurants’ profit margins. Additionally, supply chain disruptions remain a huge problem, with 96 percent of restaurant operators saying they experienced supply delays or shortages last year.

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BOHA! AT THE NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION SHOW 2022

Transact

The BOHA! team is excited to return to the National Restaurant Association Show, beginning on May 21 st , 2022. We can’t wait to show you how our technology creates a better back-of-house. Located at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL, this show is the largest foodservice show in the western hemisphere. Each year, NRA showcases industry-leading products, innovations, and solutions for some of the most difficult problems currently facing the nation’s kitchens.

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All Alone on a Cruise to Nowhere

EATER

To escape my city’s pandemic restrictions, I embarked upon a cruise with literally no end destination In early fall of 2021, I got the idea I should go on a cruise. Earlier that summer, Hong Kong had loosened and then suddenly re-tightened its travel regulations around COVID, and the city, for all its spectacular beaches and charismatic jungles, both concrete and natural, was beginning to feel like the safest, most beautiful ward in a prison hospital.

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Three Ways Restaurants Can Win at Food Delivery

Modern Restaurant Management

Offering the right type of discount will help operators win more loyal customers. The food and grocery delivery space is booming – and it shows no signs of slowing down. Even as the pandemic shifts into endemic territory and people don’t fear being in public as much, there are certain conveniences we have all learned to love, including having food delivered.

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Exploring coffee consumption in Kenya

Perfect Daily Grind

Kenya is the fifth-largest coffee producer in Africa. According to data from the International Coffee Organisation , the country produced approximately 775,000 60kg bags in 2020. The country exports around 95% of its coffee to many international markets, with the US and Germany importing the highest volumes. This means that the remaining 5% of the country’s coffee production is consumed domestically.

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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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Biz Tip: Great Resignation

Food Business

I know so many restaurants are still trying to deal with the Great Resignation, and restaurants are a tough challenge. This episode is a very simple approach to hiring. But first, let me share some realities: volume is a huge problem - low cashflow makes it hard to hire anyone more, when you are already running low on Labor Costs. the work needs to get done — no way around the fact that food, food prep, and serving a fantastic plate has no short cuts. inflation is real, and people are feeling it

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The Hottest New Celebrity Accessory Is a Restaurant

EATER

Here’s why celebrities from Eminem to Channing Tatum have suddenly added restaurant ownership to their resumes In 1977, on the album Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes , Jimmy Buffett sang about the limbo of life in a tourist beach town. “Wastin’ away again in Margaritaville. Searchin’ for my lost shaker of salt. Some people claim that there’s a woman to blame…,” Buffett croons, then realizes by the end of the song, “I know it’s my own damn fault.”.

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What Are Crytpo Restaurants Serving Up?

Modern Restaurant Management

Cryptocurrency has real-world applications in the food industry, with restaurants using it to create new and exciting foods for their customers and find ways to use crypto as payments. While high stock prices of crypto companies like Bitcoin grab headlines, they are gaining traction with consumers since blockchain technology helps make transactions easier without needing an intermediary such as a bank or credit card company.

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Exploring the compostable coffee capsule market

Perfect Daily Grind

By 2027, the global coffee capsule market is predicted to be worth more thannUS $51 billion. However, this staggering growth has also led to vast amounts of waste going to landfill around the world. . Packaging Online claims that plastic-based capsules can take up to 500 years to break down. This then causes microplastics to spread across the world and end up in soil, sand, and waterways.

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What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

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Little Known Beer Facts: Gose

Bottleneck Management

We hope to be able to teach you something new about your favorite pours and encourage you to try new ones with this series exploring different beer styles. Cheers! Style Spotlight . Gose (pronounced GOH-zeh) . Overall Taste: A tart, lightly bittered wheat beer with noticeable but restrained salt and coriander character. Goses are refreshing, with a dry finish, high carbonation, and bright flavors. .

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How I Got My Job: Launching a Hot Chile Crisp Brand on the Internet

EATER

Helena Price Hambrecht. Jing Gao hopes her brand, Fly By Jing, can help take Chinese food out of the ethnic aisle and into everyone’s pantries. Here’s how she launched a beloved chile crisp brand online In How I Got My Job , folks from across the food and restaurant industry answer Eater’s questions about, well, how they got their job. Today’s installment: Jing Gao.

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Attributes to Consider for a New Ghost Kitchen Location

Modern Restaurant Management

The unprecedented rise of food delivery has ushered in an appetizing trend for profit-hungry restaurateurs: the ghost kitchen. Untethered by the need for brick-and-mortar eatery space, ghost kitchens are helping food brands gain traction with consumers interested in buying meals without the expectation or need for a traditional “dining out” experience.

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Hospitality Operations Guide: How to Boost Efficiency in Food and Beverage

FreshCheq

Did you know that the foodservice industry in the United States made 789 billion dollars in 2021? That's almost a twenty percent increase from 2020.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Is a Four-Day Work Week the Answer to Restaurant Staffing Issues?

Restaurant365

Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, roughly six-in-ten U.S. workers who say their jobs can mainly be done from home (59%) are working from home all or most of the time. Among those who are currently working from home all or most of the time, 78% say they would like to continue to do so after the pandemic is over. Working from home continues to be an important factor for many applicants and it could be one of the reasons that restaurants are struggling to fill roles.

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I’m a Food TikTok Star. Here’s What I Wish My Followers Knew.

EATER

Nasim Lahbichi on the realities of giving your full self over to your followers. Brooklyn native Nasim Lahbichi always enjoyed sharing his recipes with friends on Instagram, but it wasn’t until the COVID-19 pandemic began in the spring of 2020 that he thought to turn it into a career. Newly graduated from Manhattan’s Fashion Institute of Technology and with no job prospects in sight, Lahbichi started posting his cooking content to TikTok — because why not?

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Vegan Confectionery Is Making its Way from the Margins to the Mainstream

Modern Restaurant Management

Veganism is the new trend that is sweeping the world. Animal welfare and food processing concerns are making consumers explore environmentally-friendly food alternatives, prompting a rise in vegan food demand. Vegan trends are not only limited to raw ingredients, but they are also spreading to other domains of foods and beverages, such as confectioneries.

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5 Steps to Create a Recession-Proof Business

Thrive POS

We are living through some turbulent economic times. Most of us have probably noticed that prices of many things from food to fuel have increased, with some sharper increases since the start of 2022. While the disruption of supply chains has caused some of the increases, the climbing price of energy means the cost of food, products, and services will also increase.

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8 Pillars of Leadership Development

Great leadership development is the key to sustainable business growth. Are you ready to design an effective program? HR can use Paycor’s framework to: Set achievable goals. Align employee and company needs. Support different learning styles. Empower the next generation of leaders. Invest in your company’s future with a strong leadership development program.

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2022 hospitality trends that will give your hotel an edge

Typsy

2022 is a pivotal year for businesses in the hospitality industry. COVID-19 restrictions have slackened, opening opportunities for hotels to recover the revenue they lost during the pandemic. Advances in technology have also created new avenues for profit. Here are five vital hospitality trends that will give your hotel an edge in 2022 and beyond.

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Sonic’s New Pickle Fries Are Startlingly Good

EATER

Sonic’s pickle fries. | Sonic/Eater. Why aren’t more fast-food restaurants serving fried pickles? In the world of fast food, we’ve been numbed by so much “innovation” that isn’t actually innovative, like different shapes of (still potato) French fries and yet another huge new chicken sandwich launch that merely adds a little spicy sauce. But the geniuses at Sonic Drive-In have managed to come up with a fast-food innovation that is actually worth getting excited about: pickle fries.

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The Mother’s Day Boost

Modern Restaurant Management

It’s expected to be a happy Mother’s Day for restaurants this year as nearly half of Americans plan to dine out or order food from local restaurants, according to new research from the National Restaurant Association. Additionally, the latest data from CGA ’s BeverageTrak solution reveals that daily trends in the US On Premise have been relatively stable over the last two to three weeks, but that the channel should expect an uplift in velocity in the coming weeks with events su

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Virtual Restaurant Brands—How To Build A Delivery-Only Concept Into A Fast-Growing Sustainable Franchise

Apicbase

If one thing is certain, consumers want food delivered to their homes ready to eat. The European Online Food Delivery Market is projected to reach US$ 66.2 Billion by 2027 with a 10,7% year over year growth. Let those numbers sink in for a second. That’s massive. New avenues for revenue and growth are opening up fast. The demand for food delivery is so enormous that we’ve already reached a point where it’s possible to develop a profitable foodservice business based solely on on

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8 Pillars of Leadership Development

Great leadership development is the key to sustainable business growth. Are you ready to design an effective program? HR can use Paycor’s framework to: Set achievable goals. Align employee and company needs. Support different learning styles. Empower the next generation of leaders. Invest in your company’s future with a strong leadership development program.

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2022 hospitality trends that will give your hotel an edge

Typsy

2022 is a pivotal year for businesses in the hospitality industry. COVID-19 restrictions have slackened, opening opportunities for hotels to recover the revenue they lost during the pandemic. Advances in technology have also created new avenues for profit. Here are five vital hospitality trends that will give your hotel an edge in 2022 and beyond.

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The Ultimate Guide to Chinese Soy Sauce

EATER

Michelle Min. From dark to light, regular to sweet, soy sauce is much more than a condiment. So how do you figure out what’s what? Let’s say your recipe calls for soy sauce. That sounds simple, doesn’t it? But it’s not — not by a long shot. This mahogany liquid is much more than a condiment, because the type and quality of soy sauce you use in a Chinese dish is as important as the kind of wine or butter you add to a French recipe.

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Reef Goes Into Pizza and Restaurants Get $42 Billion

Foodable

Listen to "Reef Goes Into Pizza and Restaurants Get $42 Billion" on Spreaker. Today I breakdown Reef Kitchens as they seek an ownership stake in 800 Degrees Go, a joint venture between restaurant chain 800 Degrees and robotics company Piestro, 800 Degrees Go announced Thursday. Reef will also open 500 800 Degrees Go locations through 2027, and Kenneth Rourke, Reef’s EVP of kitchens and brands, has joined 800 Degrees Go’s board. 800 Degrees Go currently operates out of 40 Reef locations in 13 mar

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How to Increase Guest Traffic to Your Restaurant

Black Box Intelligence

The restaurant industry experienced a huge hit during the pandemic. Sales growth continues to fluctuate as deep staffing shortages continue to plague the industry. Thankfully, Black Box Intelligence’s consumer intelligence insights allow for first-hand insight to trends from which the industry can learn. Our restaurant industry performance pulse provides a weekly update of restaurant data and insights.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.