Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

What’s new on the menu for today’s innovative restaurants? Internet of Things (IoT) technology. Thanks to the labor shortage and increased profit pressure, savvy restaurants are going digital to provide the best customer experience and to keep up with the hefty competition. What’s keeping restaurants humming: mobile point-of-sale (POS) units, ordering terminals, tabletop tablets, and tablets for the waitstaff.

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Sculpture Hospitality

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

One of the most important steps for improving your restaurant’s profits is implementing an inventory management program. The problem is, managing food and beverage inventory at your restaurant can be time consuming, stressful, complex and can be rife with errors - especially when you use manual inventory tracking methods.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Turnover in restaurants is as high as ever. Labor shortages, health crises, and general economic trends have made it a struggle — and restaurants need help. But we're at an inflection point in the restaurant industry. It's not enough to just pay more than the restaurant next door. The restaurants that prioritize employee retention above all will come out on top.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Find out how video content can turn customers into brand ambassadors by enabling them to share their experiences with prospective customers. For too long, independent restaurants have struggled to compete with major chains because of their limited time and money. Single-location restaurants face the same challenges confronting all small business owners.

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Advertiser: Paycor

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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Perfect Daily Grind

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In today’s competitive specialty coffee market, it’s important for coffee shops to stand out. One of the many ways they can do this is by roasting coffee in-store – creating a unique customer experience that also maximises coffee freshness. Coffee shops can also develop their own signature blends, which help to differentiate them from their competitors.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Welcome to our Employee Resources Hub! Here you'll find links to our favorite blog and support articles, information about 7shifts Academy, our social media profiles, and more. These resources are designed to help you excel. Whether you need to brush up on your restaurant slang or you need to swap a shift, we've got you covered. Can't find what you're looking for?

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The restaurant industry has been hit hard by the pandemic, but many businesses are beginning to bounce back. To recover, brands have evolved and made effective changes to meet the continuous challenges, making an impact at the corporate level while providing operators with the necessary tools to be successful. At Bojangles, it became apparent that old tactics were no longer enough, and we needed to change our approach.

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Perfect Daily Grind

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Over the past few years, coffee packaging has become more of a focus for roasters and consumers alike. With the increasing need to stand out from competitor brands on retail shelves, roasters are opting for different ways to produce high-quality packaging, such as digital printing. Classic printing methods for coffee packaging have been well established for many years.

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Food Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Maintaining equipment is like maintaining good staff. You can't avoid it, and you need to keep up with it! When you run a restaurant you are hopefully beyond the stage when you think you can do it all yourself. Maybe you are even beyond the belief that your staff should have monthly cleaning log that includes maintaining equipment. Like any good tool is remains good when you maintain it, and that may mean calling a HVAC company to set up a quarterly cleaning and maintainance plan; and a restaura

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Advertiser: Paycor

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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EATER

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

A person making “NyQuil chicken” | Screenshot via Know Your TikTok/YouTube. NyQuil chicken proves one of our worst collective online tendencies Last week, the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning : Don’t cook your chicken in NyQuil. This needed to be said, according to the FDA, because of a “recent social media video challenge,” presumably linked to TikTok.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits unveiled the results of its 2022 Liquid Insights Tour , a coast-to-coast educational initiative designed to explore and identify the latest trends in cocktails and wine. The tour kicked off in Houston in February, and included stops in Kansas City, New York, Las Vegas, Chicago and Los Angeles. Over the course of 111 days, Brian Masilionis, Director, On-Premise Commercial Strategy & National Accounts for Southern Glazer’s, led a team of its indus

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Perfect Daily Grind

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Every Friday, Perfect Daily Grind rounds up the top coffee industry news from the previous week. Here are this week’s stories. Mon, 19 Sep. Nairobi Coffee Exchange reports 39% year-on-year increase in coffee earnings. Kenya’s national coffee auction platform says the country sold 52.58% more 60kg bags of coffee in the 11 months to August 2022, representing an increase in coffee earnings of US $81 million.

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Sling

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Looking for a way to boost productivity and increase revenue in your business? Of course you are. Who isn’t? But how can you reach those goals without making major changes and spending lots of your hard-earned capital? Focus on reducing idle time within the workflow. At first glance, idle time may not seem like it’s having a large impact on your bottom line, but even a few minutes here and there can quickly add up over the course of a year and cost your business hundreds, if not thousands, of do

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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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EATER

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Jenn Moreno/VIEWpress. Starbucks is officially no different from any other fast-food chain After years of trying to convince people that it was a welcoming “third place” for gathering or working remotely, Starbucks is “evolving” away from that experiment and is leaning hard into operating just like any other fast-food restaurant. This week, a viral TikTok video filmed by a Starbucks barista alleged that the chain was getting rid of its power outlets, once touted as a way to attract work-from-hom

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Best known for its authentic drinks, creative tacos and an urban industrial vibe, Federales, a lofty, open-air tequila and taco establishment, offers an energetic atmosphere for restaurant and bar patrons alike. Concepted by college friends and founding members of Four Corners Restaurant Group—Andy Gloor and Matt Menna—the restaurant/bar traces its roots to Chicago, where the first Federales was opened in 2016 in Chicago’s West Loop.

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Perfect Daily Grind

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

As technological change becomes more and more frequent in the coffee industry, we are seeing more roasters invest in modern equipment, including machines which can use advanced roasting software. Although these modern machines certainly have their benefits, transitioning away from traditional models requires extensive planning, especially when it comes to translating or redeveloping roast curves.

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Harbor Touch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

If you’re anything like me, you love to eat out and you don’t want to get stuck in a rut and keep eating at the same places all the time. But sometimes it can be hard to find the best new restaurants to try. Either way, it can still be fun to venture out and try new restaurants locally or when traveling. So, if you’re looking for the best restaurants and places to eat nearby, here’s a top 11 list of how to find them: 1.

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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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EATER

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Michelle Min. From Pickled Fish to Italian Red Meat, Lay’s makes a wide range of chips for its customers in China Once upon a time, I adored Lay’s barbecue flavor potato chips so much that I could happily finish a bag by myself in one go. My mother soon became so irritated with her otherwise perfect daughter that she banished them from our home, so I’d pester my grandparents into keeping bags on hand for our weekly visits.

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Bizimply

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Are you still manually tracking Time and attendance of your staff? This can lead to error and overspend on labour costs. The post How Time and Attendance Software Benefits Businesses appeared first on Bizimply.

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Rocket Fuel

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

We all know that a positive guest experience is crucial to a restaurant’s success—and it also leads to better voice of customer results! Did you know when customers are strongly satisfied, they are four times more likely to recommend your restaurant to friends, family, or colleagues? Fortunately, improving your voice of customer (VOC) scores doesn’t mean reinventing the wheel or creating a flashy new customer experience program.

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The Restaurant Times

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

They say necessity is the mother of invention. And so it happens, our latest guest on F&B talks, Chaitanya Chitta, co-founder of SLAY Coffee, took a personal ache and turned it into a brand loved by people. . Chaitanya moved back to Bangalore after a stint in New York, along with his wife, Lakshmi Dasaka. One of the things they missed the most upon their return was the coffee experience in the USA. .

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Advertiser: Paycor

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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EATER

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Get ready for “butter boards.”. TikTok’s “butter board” is coming for your next communal spread We, as a society of eaters in the United States, have put the charcuterie board through so much. With no apologies to the French, we have allowed — nay, enabled — Instagrammers to manipulate meats into “ charcuterie chalets.” We have looked on as bloggers churned out “ charcuterie boards ” with not a slice of cured meat to be seen.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

I woke to a chill in the air. It’s dark at 6am and has been since 6 : 30 the previous night. Days are shorter now and will become shorter still as the next few weeks tick by. Smoke billows from chimneys as furnaces and fireplaces are once again cranked up. Flocks of birds are beginning their sojourn south and boats are being pulled from the water. I reluctantly drag rakes from the outside shed knowing that they will be in full use before the end of the month.

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Bizimply

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Are you still manually tracking Time and attendance of your staff? This only leads to error and overspend on labour costs. The post How Time and Attendance Software Benefits Businesses appeared first on Bizimply.

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Society Insurance

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Remote work has become increasingly popular over the last decade as more people look for work-life balance , and it has exploded in popularity in the last two years. Some experts anticipate that 25% of all professional roles will be virtual in some capacity by 2023. Remote work can provide flexibility for those employees who are more productive at certain times of the day or who need to pick up a child from school or daycare.

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Advertiser: Paycor

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

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