Sat.Jan 29, 2022 - Fri.Feb 04, 2022

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Teaching Your Restaurant Bookkeepers the Basics of Restaurant Accounting

Restaurant365

As a seasoned accounting or finance leader, you know that restaurant accounting is unique. But do your restaurant bookkeepers know the ins and outs of restaurant accounting? To ensure they’re the very best they can be at their jobs, it’s important that restaurant bookkeepers understand how restaurant accounting differs from accounting in other industries.

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Restaurant Week: How to Gain New Customers and Boost Revenue

Modern Restaurant Management

A vast, community-wide event like Restaurant Week can be the perfect push to start 2022 successfully. Undoubtedly, it has become a community favorite across the country. Consumers are attracted by the promise of discounted meals at their favorite restaurants, as well as new and trending ones. Meanwhile, operators get the opportunity to grow their customer databases and turn new customers into loyal regulars.

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The Best Disposable Restaurant Supplies for Surging Demand

Cheetah

Reading Time: 3 minutes. Disposable restaurant supplies are part of critical inventory used by every restaurant, food-truck and caterer on a daily basis. They include everything from back-of-house supplies like gloves and containers, to customer-facing single use-items like takeout packaging, utensils, napkins, and straws. Although supply chains have barely recovered from two years of disruption, demand for disposable restaurant supplies continues to surge with the delivery boom.

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TO THOSE COOKS DEPRIVED OF A GREAT KITCHEN

Culinary Cues

It always upsets me to run into a cook with a bleak attitude towards working in a kitchen. When an individual complains about the hours, his or her team, a lousy chef, a restaurant that doesn’t care about them, about how uninspiring the food is, or how poor the pay is and how limited the opportunities, then my reaction is: “it’s so sad that you haven’t found the right kitchen, the right chef.

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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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HAGS Will Be Queer First, and a Restaurant Second

EATER

Telly Justice and Camille Lindsley are creating a blueprint for fine dining’s queer future with their upcoming New York City opening, HAGS The dining room at 163 First Avenue in New York’s East Village is barely big enough to fit two people standing side by side. Any sunlight that hits the front of the cramped building is choked out before making its way through a tiny window that looks out onto the street.

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Seven Restaurant Trends That Will Define 2022

Modern Restaurant Management

Though many of the market forces that shaped the restaurant industry in 2021 were closely linked to disruption from the pandemic's onset in 2020, 2022 brings new challenges — and opportunities. Unprecedented labor and supply chain pressure will drive most of the restaurant trends that will define 2022, industry analysts say. This instability will push operators to trim costs by shortening menus and investing in labor-saving technology to free up cash for wage increases.

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January Recap- Restaurant Industry News

Cheetah

Reading Time: 2 minutes. As we reflect on 2021 and move fully into the New Year, one hopes for an easier, healthier, more profitable year ahead. Cheetah works to bring you the most important breaking industry news so that you can thrive this year. Boost your profit, plan your inventory, reduce food waste, and overcome the labor shortage with help from Cheetah!

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How I Got My Job: Creating Weeknight Recipe Faves for Top Publications and Writing a Cookbook

EATER

From testing recipes to food styling, Ali Slagle has found a way to create a freelance career defined by the creativity and quiet recipe development allows her 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: Ali Slagle. We’ve all been there: Standing at the open fridge, staring at its contents, and trying to figure out what to cook that’s quick, easy, and delicious.

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2022: A Year of Transition for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

More than half of restaurant operators said it would be a year or more before businesses conditions return to normal with food, labor, and occupancy costs are expected to remain elevated, and continue to impact restaurant profit margins in 2022, according to the National Restaurant Association's 2022 State of the Restaurant Industry report. Additonally, ninety-six percent of operators experienced supply delays or shortages of key food or beverage items in 2021 – and these challenges wi

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Restaurant and Bar Inventory: Tips For Managing Your Wine Inventory

Sculpture Hospitality

The amount of wine a restaurant or bar has on hand in their beverage inventory varies from one location to the next.

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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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Restaurant Distributor, Cheetah, Raises $60 Million

Cheetah

Reading Time: 3 minutes. Restaurant Supplier Cheetah Technologies is Poised to Upend a $200 Billion Industry! At Cheetah we are beyond thrilled to announce that we have closed our series C round of funding. Another whopping $60 million was raised to continue delivering our vision, and incredible restaurant supplies to independent restaurants around the country.

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Scheduling Tips For Creating The Best Retail Schedule

Sling

Creating a good retail schedule is one of the most important jobs you will face as a manager. Your schedule sets the tone for your business and is instrumental in establishing a strong and effective team. A lot is riding on the names, dates, and times you put to paper, so it’s essential to do your best to create the best schedule possible. To help you in that regard, the management experts at Sling have compiled tips for setting up an effective retail schedule in the shortest amount of time poss

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How Fast-Casual Marketers Can Prepare for 2022 Dine-in Traffic

Modern Restaurant Management

Since the first panic-inducing months of the pandemic in 2020, the restaurant industry has proven to be far more resilient than people would have expected. Sure, many establishments shuttered under that first wave of pressure and change, but those that adapted either survived or thrived. The establishments that made it through did so because of product, platform, or both.

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How to Keep Track of Restaurant Operations: A Guide

FreshCheq

Do you know that restaurant operational efficiency translates to the overall profitability of the business? But how do you measure the efficiency of your operations?

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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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The Best Disposable Restaurant Supplies for Surging Demand

Cheetah

Reading Time: 3 minutes. Disposable restaurant supplies are part of critical inventory used by every restaurant, food-truck and caterer on a daily basis. They include everything from back-of-house supplies like gloves and containers, to customer-facing single use-items like takeout packaging, utensils, napkins, and straws. Although supply chains have barely recovered from two years of disruption, demand for disposable restaurant supplies continues to surge with the delivery boom.

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Bar Management: Alcohol Delivery & Collection Laws in the US & Canada

Sculpture Hospitality

Over the course of the pandemic, restaurants have had to pivot to takeout and delivery-only models as regulations and lockdowns meant that many restaurants were unable to physically welcome guests through their doors.

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The State of Full Service Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

Seventy-four percent of full service restaurants (FSRs) managed to maintain or increase their sales during the pandemic; however, profit margins in 2021 declined to 10 percent, compared to 12 percent in 2019, according to third annual State of Full Service Restaurants Report released by TouchBistro. Additional findings inlcude increased inventory costs caused the greatest financial strain for operators in 2021 with 33 percent citing it as their top expense, followed closely by rent (30 percent)

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How to Reduce Restaurant Food Costs in 2022

Margin Edge

Corporate Executive Chef Stephen Lyons, Clyde’s Restaurant Group. Running a restaurant has never been for the faint of heart, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only made staying afloat even harder. Labor shortages, supply chain issues, sick employees, not enough financial assistance, hesitant diners- the list goes on and on and we know if you’re running a restaurant right now this is by no means breaking news.

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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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7 Must-try Valentine’s Day Marketing Ideas for Your Restaurant

Bingage

Valentine’s Day week 2022 is arriving soon, Couple must be hunting a place to celebrate the special day. This is the best time for a restaurant owner or manager to come up with some thought-provoking marketing ideas. Such as introducing Valentine’s day special menu, Dine-in offers for couples on valentines day, Romantic Music, Events, actually there is a lot more marketing ideas for restaurants on Valentine’s day which you can implement to increase footfall. 1.

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The Convenience of Curbside | Season 6, Vol. 3: Curbit

Foodable

Listen to "Speeding Up Service | Season 6, Vol. 3 : Curbit" on Spreaker. In the latest episode of Hospitality Hangout podcast, Michael Schatzberg “The Restaurant Guy'' and Jimmy Frischling “The Finance Guy'' chat with Scott Siegel, co-founder and chief executive officer at Curbit , about the continued critical component of pickup and takeaway in the restaurant business.

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Don’t Wing It: How to Keep Your Fryers Super Bowl-Ready

Modern Restaurant Management

“Order more food.” This is the American football fan’s philosophy when it comes to Super Bowl menu planning. Americans ate a record 1.42 billion chicken wings during Super Bowl LV, a trend consistent with the rising popularity of chicken wing consumption. As more restaurants continue to add wings to their lineup, with 36 prepare of the top 500 restaurant chains now offering chicken wings on their menu, we can only expect these numbers to rise.

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How To Boost Bakery Sales With Health-Focused Foods

The Restaurant Times

The ongoing COVID-19 has significantly stressed almost every industry, and the industry players are facing challenges irrespective of their size. However, despite the catastrophe, people need to eat, which means food and beverage is a sector that can survive the current situation much more comfortably. Consumers across the globe have a strange love affair with baked goods, and the current pandemic seems to have accentuated the relationship.

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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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12 Restaurant Tips for a Successful Valentine’s Day

Restaurant365

This article was written by Katie Fairchild and featured in QSR Magazine. COVID-19 cases continue to plummet and consumers are ready to get out and make the most of Valentine’s Day. In fact, Valentine’s Day spending for 2022 is expected to be nearly back to pre-pandemic levels. This puts an enormous amount of pressure on operators who are still dealing with the ongoing fallout left behind by the pandemic.

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The 15 Best Time And Attendance Tracking Apps For Business Managers

Sling

Too often, time and attendance tracking is a major speed bump in your already busy day. But you can avoid the headaches associated with recording and reporting your employees’ work hours if you incorporate a time and attendance tracking app into your company’s workflow. But which app is right for you, your employees, and your business? In this article, the experts at Sling discuss the best time and attendance tracking apps for business managers in all industries.

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December Sales: Will QSR Continue its Positive Trend?

Modern Restaurant Management

In December 2021, average check was up 22 percent compared to the same period in 2019 and sales were up eight percent, according to Revenue Management Solutions, which released sales, traffic and average check trends for QSR restaurants in December 2021. To best assess relative performance, it compared 2021 sales, traffic and average check trends to 2019.

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Hotel Profit Margins Decreasing? Five Steps to Reducing Waste

Hot Schedules

Blog. Hotel Profit Margins Decreasing? Five Steps to Reducing Waste. The Impact of Food Waste. U S hotels contribute to the generation of 131 billion pounds of food waste every year , resulting in an enormous environmental impact, and a big dent to profit margins. Waste stretches beyond the physical, say, head of lettuce you’re throwing in the trash.

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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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68: Andrew Cosentino's take on Baltimore & IG

Food Business

Andrew Cosentino grew up here in Baltimore. He moved away, and after college moved back to Baltimore city to start his career. He is not a professional instagram influencer. Social media started as his way to explore what is good in our city — on his own personal account. Slowly but surely his friend group discovered Andrew was sharing useful, descriptive suggestions for beer, coffee, and restaurants.

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How to make the most of a hotel restaurant

Typsy

When they book a hotel reservation, people look forward to numerous amenities, but many prioritize the property’s in-house dining experience. An on-site restaurant makes things easy when guests are away from home and may even become a favorite venue for locals. People traveling for work or on a holiday have different preferences -, couples on holidays may prefer to dine in a more romantic or intimate setting whereas those traveling for work may require a more business-like atmosphere, or even so

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Owning a Restaurant: Pros and Cons of Buying vs Renting

Modern Restaurant Management

If you’re in the process of searching for a site in which to open a restaurant – or if you wish to move or expand your existing business to an additional location – it’s important to consider whether you’ll be buying or renting. In this article, we look at the pros and cons of both renting and buying to help you decide which approach will be best for your unique venture.

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5 Ways to Set Up Your Accounting for Success in 2022

Restaurant365

This article was written by Tyler Kump, Senior Manager of Implementation Customer Success Onboarding at Restaurant365, for FEI Daily. While it might feel like an overwhelming task, applying these five new year accounting resolutions can remove inefficiencies before you find yourself drowning in disorganization. On the heels of closing the books for year-end, it is natural to want to coast through January and February before we buckle down again to close Q1.

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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.