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2024 Emergency Planning for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

Picture this – it’s 5 a.m. and you receive a frantic call about the state of your restaurant. In the hospitality industry, the last thing you want is a phone call from the alarm company at an early morning hour about a fire, break-in or other disaster at your business. Taking proactive measures and having plans in place will allow your business to react quickly to help minimize the impact of an emergency.

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Three Restaurant Industry Predictions for 2024

The Rail

Each year we take on the role of prognosticators and offer our view of what to expect from the upcoming year. As 2023 fades and 2024 emerges, we have seen the writing on the wall and offer you three trends worth considering for your annual planning. We start with the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) then ask you to consider how you entertain your guests and finish with the conditions surrounding service charges.

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2024: Time to Embrace the Solo Diner

Blue Orbit Restaurant Consulting

Over the last 3 years restaurants have seen a rapid increase in solo diners. Open Table reports over a 110% increase in single person reservations making it one of the largest and fastest growing dining segments in the US. There are many theories about why more and more people are dining alone, but the most … 2024: Time to Embrace the Solo Diner Read More » The post 2024: Time to Embrace the Solo Diner first appeared on Blue Orbit Restaurant Consulting.

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Two Top COOs Share How They Overcome Challenges in their Restaurants

Crunchtime

Running, and growing, a multi-unit operation is tough, and only becomes more difficult across dozens, hundreds, or thousands of locations, especially as brands open new stores and try to hire (and retain) more staff. Ensuring efficient operations across every location has always been a priority for multi-unit operators, but now more than ever requires key processes and tools to stay competitive and scale for future success.

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Join Full Course Navigator: Your Path to Professional Growth in Restaurant Leadership

Full Course Foundation is dedicated to nurturing excellence in restaurant leadership. Our Navigator program offers a wide range of resources tailored for professional growth. From high-quality training to personalized coaching, Navigator equips restaurant leaders with the tools they need to thrive in their careers. Unlock your potential with three months FREE access to Navigator by Full Course!

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In 2023, nostalgia, loyalty and value took center stage in restaurant marketing

Restaurant Business

When it came to restaurant marketing this year, operators found success by tapping into childhood memories, boosting loyalty and playing up deals.

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Transforming Customer Experiences: Four Ways to Embrace Innovation in the Restaurant Industry

Modern Restaurant Management

In the dynamic and ever-evolving restaurant industry, culinary experiences are shaping customer preferences. After all, this business is all about people with customers at the forefront of decisions being made. In order to achieve long-term success and build essential brand credibility, restaurants must cultivate meaningful experiences and relationships to help drive growth and expansion.

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32 Winter Bar Promotions with No Chill

Buzztime Business

It may be freezing outside, but things are about to heat up at your bar. These 32 winter bar promotions give customers a reason to get out of their PJs and into your place for good times…all winter long. Build Winter Bar Promotions Around Can’t-Miss Events 1) Bartender Mini Demos For the best ROI, kick off best winter bar promotions and events that repeat on a weekly basis.

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How Does An Order-Taking System Enhance Restaurant Services?

24/7 Waiter

The best online ordering system for restaurants should be easy to use and improve productivity. The current trend of consumers ordering in is increasing and doesn’t look as though it is slowing down anytime soon. It’s not just a simple pizza people are choosing to have delivered, but complete meals from contemporary food restaurants to upscale culinary delights are in demand.

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6 trends that reshaped the restaurant industry in 2023

Restaurant Business

New challenges emerged, especially downtown, while many operators looked back wistfully at bygone times, their hands held out for help on costs.

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Individual Development Plan Template

There’s no way around it: sometimes employees need your help. Use this free template to clarify expectations, share resources, and set a timeline. Best case scenario, this process helps them improve. Worst case, your great recordkeeping keeps you compliant even if they move on. Download the template today!

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A GRATEFUL CHEF

Culinary Cues

This the time of year to pause and reflect, to push past the challenges, the less than stellar moments, the times we would just as soon forget, and the scars from an industry that passes them out freely and give thanks for what we have. Yes, we do have loads to give thanks for and the good really does far out-weigh the bad if we just take the time to reflect and look in a mirror.

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How Vitality Bowls Saved Thousands in Just 8 Weeks with 7shifts

7 Shifts

Tara Gilad started Vitality Bowls to solve a problem. Her daughter struggled with food allergies, and finding a safe place for her family to dine out felt nearly impossible. Undisclosed ingredients and cross-contamination made it a risk. “We started Vitality Bowls because our daughter was born with severe food allergies, and we quickly realized that we couldn't just eat at any restaurant and restaurants weren't following any allergy safety.

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What Does 2024 Look Like for the Restaurant Industry?

Modern Restaurant Management

A new year brings new beginnings and opportunities for transformation in the restaurant industry. It’s the perfect time to look back on a few things we learned in 2023 – based on recent survey data from our restaurant partners – as well as what we predict for the industry in 2024. A Look Back at 2023 To gauge the state of the restaurant industry, including the industry’s most pertinent worries around food and labor costs, Restaurant365 conducted a survey of over 730 custo

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The Many Causes and Effects of Keith Lee

EATER

Lille Allen | Eater Known to 15 million TikTok followers for his candid restaurant reviews and multi-thousand-dollar tips, here’s how the MMA-fighter-turned-social-media-phenomenon became the voice of a generation of diners There is no shortage of food opinions online. (Hi, you’re on Eater.) But over the past year, Keith Lee has emerged as the voice millions of people turn to for their restaurant recommendations.

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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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Webinar: Buzztime Live Trivia

Buzztime Business

Buzztime Live Trivia is evolving and is now easier than ever to get into your bar or restaurant. Join us for our webinar on Thursday, January 4th at 1 pm ET/10 am PT. We will discuss what this new live trivia solution is, how easy it is to run a weekly trivia night and make it affordable for your location. Sign up above to join us for a live demonstration and learn more about Buzztime Live Trivia with our Senior Account Manager Travis Bates.

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How Vitality Bowls Saved Thousands in Just 8 Weeks with 7shifts

7 Shifts

Tara Gilad started Vitality Bowls to solve a problem. Her daughter struggled with food allergies, and finding a safe place for her family to dine out felt nearly impossible. Undisclosed ingredients and cross-contamination made it a risk. “We started Vitality Bowls because our daughter was born with severe food allergies, and we quickly realized that we couldn't just eat at any restaurant and restaurants weren't following any allergy safety.

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2023 Reflections: The Year That Was in Restaurants, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

Each year, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asks experts for their views on the state of the industry. Here are some of their insights. Click here for the first part and here for the second one. BrewLogix sees consumers of craft beverages moving from a “consumption creates the experience” mindset to an “experience creates consumption” mindset.

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‘Martha Stewart’s Christmas’ Was a Book, a Fantasia, and a Target

EATER

Lille Allen/Eater If you build a gingerbread Baroque church, some people will take it personally Martha Stewart’s Christmas is, as they say in academia, a rich text. On the surface, it looks innocuous enough: a slim, photo-heavy chronicle of Martha’s own preparations for the 1988 Christmas season, beginning with the mixing of 10 enormous plum puddings the day after Thanksgiving and concluding with a sumptuous Christmas Day dinner.

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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 you need to know about the Angel Shot drink

Open for Business

Angel Shot drinks have become an important way to discreetly help guests who feel unsafe or uncomfortable. Using coded drink names like ‘Angel Shot with lime’ or ‘Angel Shot neat’ means guests can quietly signal staff for help getting home safely or removed from potentially dangerous situations without alerting the person who is making them feel endangered.

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The Shift: How My Distrust in Restaurant Systems Launched My Tech Career

Crunchtime

Justin Conant is a product manager at Crunchtime; he has nearly 20 years of experience in the restaurant industry in a variety of roles and concepts, from dishwasher to general manager to executive chef, from full service to cafes to commissary facilities. He has a degree in hotel/restaurant management from Johnson & Wales University.

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Community Sparks Detroit Brick-and-Mortar Breakthrough

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurateur Ameneh Marhaba has fire in her belly — and it’s not just her “Hot Keyeh Sauce.” Fueled by the legacy of a courageous father and guidance of a resilient mother, Marhaba has transformed a lifetime of cooking for survival into a career slated to hit a major milestone in 2024 with the opening of her first permanent Little Liberia location.

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In 2023, We Hit Peak Restaurant Collab

EATER

This year, restaurants joining forces with each other became the ultimate flex What is a restaurant? Apologies for the very middle-school opener, but this year I’ve found that my previously solid conviction that a restaurant is “a place where people cook a menu they’ve created for customers who pay to eat their food” has been challenged. And that’s because it seems I hear almost every week about a restaurant that is temporarily turning into a different restaurant.

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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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New York lawmakers say roadside Chick-fil-A units should open on Sundays

Restaurant Business

A bill introduced last week would require all restaurants in state-run travel plazas to operate seven days a week. A Chick-fil-A is already in seven of them.

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Most Popular Sports Bar Menu Items

Bottleneck Management

Most Popular Sports Bar Menu Items We broke down the most popular sports bar menu items this year. From tried-and-true classics to fresh bites, we’ve got the top ten menu items that rocked the sports bar scene. So, find a spot and grab a drink as we dive into the dishes that have been stealing the spotlight at Bottleneck restaurants this year. #10 – Smoked Wings Claiming spot 10 are our chili-rubbed wings served with BBQ and Carolina mustard BBQ sauce.

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Buying and Selling: Restaurants Rebound to Pre-Pandemic Market, But Interest Rates Remain a Challenge

Modern Restaurant Management

The restaurant industry has been put through a meat grinder the last three years with pandemic lockdowns in 2020 and inflation and labor issues dominating most of 2021 and 2022. This year was the first year that restaurant owners had a chance to breathe and get their business back to baseline after spending the last two years recovering from pandemic losses.

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How Butter Beans Went From Gross to Glamorous

EATER

Lille Allen | Eater The unlikely “it” bean of 2023 has had a meteoric rise, thanks largely to vegan and vegetarian influencers who are embracing it as a main character, not a forgettable side dish About six months ago, I started noticing food influencers on TikTok going gaga over butter beans. As an omnivore who loves meat and whose husband leans vegetarian, I often rely on TikTok for recipe inspiration, so the idea of substituting animal protein with beans wasn’t new or shocking.

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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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What Groot Hospitality is really good at

Restaurant Business

The Miami-based restaurant and nightlife group operates three of the highest-grossing restaurants in the country and saw a tremendous year of growth. For those looking for glitz and glamour, these are the experts.

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2024 Restaurant Tech Predictions

QSR Automations

It’s no secret that the last few years have been chock-full of hurdles for restaurants and hospitality. Owners have had to adapt to new ways of business and staffing shortages. As we approach the new year, there are an ever-growing list of digital solutions that can be implemented to solve both old problems and new. Online reservation and booking Although online reservations aren’t exactly new, we can see that numerous businesses are attempting to improve the customer experience on that fr

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A Cocktails Menu Design Guide that Will Boost Your Profits

Evergreen

A great cocktails menu design is crucial in attracting customers and enhancing the brand identity of a bar or restaurant. It serves as a visual representation of the establishment’s offerings and sets the tone for the customer’s experience. […] The post A Cocktails Menu Design Guide that Will Boost Your Profits appeared first on Evergreen.

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