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17 Restaurant Job Interview Questions (and How to Answer Them)

7 Shifts

Are you a restaurant owner looking for question to ask potential candidates? Check out this blog and video on the top 9 interview questions to ask as an owner. There are a lot of jobs available in the restaurant industry. But there's one thing between you and the role you want: the interview. It shows your employer that you're a good fit for the role—and tells you if the restaurant is a good fit for you.

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Top Two Trends Transforming Foodservice Operations Today

Modern Restaurant Management

The Future of Foodservice Tech Amid Pandemic Learnings. Once seen as a novelty, foodservice tech solutions are becoming a staple in restaurant kitchens and dining rooms across the country. Throughout the pandemic, operators have taken note of consumers’ changing lifestyles and the needs of their staff, and as a result, recent innovations have emerged to address these new needs.

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How To Control Inventory In A Restaurant: Everything You Need To Know

Sculpture Hospitality

When you own or manage a restaurant, there’s a lot that you need to do and keep track of. From scheduling and training staff to prepping for service and getting dishes out, the list can seem never ending.

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5 Cybersecurity Tips to Keep Your Online Restaurant Business Safe

Next Restaurants

By Ana Hoffman, Contributor. The number of cybercrimes is growing at about 15% per year. And restaurants aren’t immune from these attacks. In fact, they’re often easy targets for cybercriminals as they provide relatively hassle-free access to confidential financial data of their customers. This means it’s imperative for restaurant operators to be aware of current cybersecurity protocols and build a culture of questioning.

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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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CONTROLLED HUSTLE

Culinary Cues

I still remember that day in downtown Buffalo. I was probably 10 or 11 years old on a shopping trip with my parents when we walked by a diner window with full view of their short order cooks. I was instantly mesmerized by their motions, their intensity, their speed, and their control. The grill was full, visible sweat was rolling off their foreheads, smoke was billowing off the burgers caramelizing from the intense heat, a line of green and white order slips were posted on a rail just at eye lev

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Staff Health and Wellness Means More Speed and Productivity

Ken Burgin

At a recent management workshop, a restaurant owner asked in exasperation, “Just how much do we need to be ‘mother and father’ to our staff?” This followed a discussion about staff, healthy eating and the junk food that many of them choose to consume (like cola drinks loaded with sugar). So how much? The key is to be a modern parent – supportive, not nagging, open-minded, firm but flexible.

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Five Ways to Combat Restaurant Manager Burnout

Modern Restaurant Management

The majority of restaurant operators expect the restaurant staffing shortage to extend into 2023 or later, according to the National Restaurant Association’s 2022 State of the Industry Report. Inevitably, the constant stress of being short-staffed and working tirelessly to fill the staffing gaps is causing many restaurant managers to suffer from job burnout.

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How Restaurants are Benefiting from Digital Training

Goliath Consulting

As mentioned in our last blog , digital adoption platforms make it easier for people to personalize and provide the necessary information base on the needs of the business and job roles. In addition, digital training also helps managers tailor the training courses to fit the trainee’s learning style best. For instance, there are four learning styles according to the Vark Model, which includes visual, auditory, reading and writing, and kinesthetic.

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Key to Developing an Efficient Restaurant Inventory Management System

Chef's Resources

by Jenna Bunnell The Key to Developing an Efficient Restaurant Inventory Management System It’s complicated and time-consuming to track your restaurant inventory with spreadsheets. A restaurant inventory management system automates these manual processes and boosts your efficiency. It’s the same as how call center software boosts call center operational efficiency.

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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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Designing an autumn menu for your coffee shop

Perfect Daily Grind

There’s no doubt that seasonality plays an important role in influencing consumer behaviour. As warmer weather sets in, coffee drinkers tend to opt for colder beverages, whereas the number of hot coffee beverages usually increases during the colder months. Seasonal signature drinks have also become commonplace in coffee shops across the world. One of the most prominent examples is the pumpkin spice latte (popularised by Starbucks) which is now found on menus in specialty coffee shops throughout

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10 Tips To Make Your Franchise Feel Local

Modern Restaurant Management

Many people make the mistaken assumption that franchises are not local businesses. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to make your franchise restaurant a mainstay of your community. Local Stakeholders Create Community. Small businesses are the backbone of communities across the country. Coffee shops serve as early morning gathering places, restaurants provide a place where families reconnect, and shops selling retail goods keep lives running smoothly.

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Verification of Employment: What Managers Should Know

Sling

Getting ready to welcome a new employee to the team? Before you make it official, conduct a verification of employment so you have all the details you need to make the best choice. Why is this step between interviewing and hiring so important? In this article, we answer that question and discuss what you need to know to conduct a verification of employment check correctly.

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Facebook Scammers Stole Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars Posing as Luxury Restaurant Suppliers

EATER

Lille Allen/Eater. The discounted Alaskan king crab legs and caviar were too good to be true “It was so cheap it was unheard of,” says Ruth (last name withheld by request), a healthcare professional in Texas. In February 2022, a Facebook ad popped up on her smartphone with a deal on Maine lobster tails that seemed too good to pass up. “There were a lot of red flags, but it was a legitimate company,” she says.

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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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What is aged coffee?

Perfect Daily Grind

The proper storage of green coffee is essential for maintaining freshness and quality. When green coffee is exposed to too much humidity, heat, or light, beans can become stale and age much more quickly, take on defects, or in some cases, become mouldy. When we talk about age in this context, we mean the natural, irreversible process which causes coffee quality to diminish.

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‘Secrets of a Tastemaker’ – Delicious Recipes and Memories of Popeye’s Founder

Modern Restaurant Management

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the team at Popeyes produced "Secrets of a Tastemaker: Al Copeland The Cookbook." Sharing over 100 recipes and behind-the-scenes-stories about larger-than-life Al Copeland, founder of Popeyes Famous Fried Chicken and Copeland's Restaurants of New Orleans. The book was written by Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times best-selling author Chris Rose, and Kit Wohl with the Copeland Family and foreword by Al Copeland Jr. “I’m extremely pr

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The Best Restaurant Software: Do You Need It?

FreshCheq

How long will the supplies you currently have in your freezer last you before you need to call in a new order? Does your team fill out logs regularly? How are you keeping track of everything happening in your business?

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Why hotels need to update their cybersecurity for the digital age

Typsy

Cybersecurity is necessary for every business, no matter how big or small. However, the hospitality industry has some particular things to consider that other industries might not face. The last thing you want is for guest data to be compromised, or for anyone’s personal information to get into the wrong hands. Unfortunately, there has been an increasing trend in hotel data breaches as hackers use more complex techniques and hotels aren’t keeping up with the latest in cybersecurity efforts.

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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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Certifications and direct trade in the coffee industry

Perfect Daily Grind

In recent years, direct trade has become increasingly prominent in specialty coffee. The idea is simple: by reducing the number of intermediaries in the supply chain, the farmer receives a higher percentage of the final sale price. However, there is no official definition of direct trade, which leaves the model somewhat open to interpretation. There is also no specific “direct trade” certification for coffee – and as such, the definition of it can be used rather loosely in the coffee industry.

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The Creemee Is the Ultimate Taste of Vermont Summer

EATER

A treat from Canteen Creemee Co. | Canteen Creemee Co. Ben & Jerry’s may claim to be “Vermont’s Finest,” but locals know nothing beats the state’s unique take on maple soft serve Ice cream kingpins Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield have brought international ice cream fame to Vermont, the second-least-populated state in the U.S. They’ve slapped “Vermont’s Finest” on pints of Ben & Jerry’s before sending them around the world.

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Technology Strategies For Hotels Are Outdated—The Hospitality Industry Should Embrace A New Scalable Approach

Apicbase

Every article about technology for the hospitality industry seems to start with a similar statement. It goes something like: ‘advanced software rapidly pushes hotels in a revolutionary new direction’, followed by long lists of solutions with headings such as: ‘Best systems for the hospitality industry [implement today!].’. Whether investing in so many different technologies makes sense is hardly ever discussed.

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COOKING WITH FIRE

Culinary Cues

It’s how it all began – furiously rubbing two sticks together or striking flint with an iron rich stone to create a spark. Small clusters of dried brush capture the spark, smolder, and eventually burst into a small flame. Stacking twigs and pieces of bark and dry wood from the forest floor gave birth to a fire that would serve mankind’s first cooks well.

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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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Coffee News Recap, 19 Aug: Cold brew market to grow by US $1.37 billion, Starbucks accuses US labour officials of union support & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

Every Friday, Perfect Daily Grind rounds up the top coffee industry news from the previous week. Here are this week’s stories. Mon, 15 Aug. Seventh annual Taiwanese AeroPress Championships to take place on 3 September 2022. The competition will be hosted by Sunbear Coffee. The winner will represent Taiwan in this year’s World AeroPress Championship from 1 to 3 December 2022 in Vancouver BC, Canada.

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The 38 Essential Seoul Restaurants

EATER

Gwangjang Market. | Anthony Wallace /AFP/Getty Images. From a luxe barbecue feast at an exclusive basement counter, to fried chicken and spicy rice cakes at an old school beer bar, here’s where to eat in Seoul Seoul’s food traditions extend back centuries, from the hearty bowls of seolleongtang (ox bone soup) found in cozy restaurants to the simple vegan fare of Buddhist temples.

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7 Ways to Protect Your Restaurant Data From Cyberattacks

Apicbase

It’s no secret that the restaurant industry is always looking for new ways to wow its customers. Often this has meant creating new and exciting dishes and introducing diners to new flavors. Other times innovation has centered around customer service. But as the world has evolved. There is an increasing focus on digital opportunities. Many restaurants wonder, ‘how can technology help us to provide better experiences?’.

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It's hard being a vegan — especially on a long airline flight

The Salt

One traveler complained on social media. The woman said she requested a vegan meal ahead of a 10-hour Air Canada flight from Germany to Toronto. She got a bottle of water and a napkin.

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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.