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Restaurant Conferences to Attend in 2022

7 Shifts

You've waited long enough. Now that restrictions are lifting and we know how to travel safer in a world of COVID, restaurant professionals are gathering in-person at their favorite restaurant conferences. With so many different events on the horizon, you'll need to plan accordingly. Here are some of the most noteworthy restaurant conferences and events to attend, as well as some information to help you decide which ones are the best for improving your restaurant business.

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5 Ways You Can Reduce Food Waste in Your Restaurant

Sculpture Hospitality

Food waste can quickly add up and have a significant impact on your restaurant's bottom line. According to recent data collected in Canada , 38 percent of produce, 20 percent of meat and 21 percent of dairy, eggs and field crops are becoming food waste.

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Social Media and Restaurants: The 6 Reasons Why You Need it

Restaurant Engine

? Harness the power of social media to drive business to your restaurant. ?. Social media is vital to the success of your restaurant. Did you know that according to one study by Social Media Today, 30% of millennial diners actively avoid restaurants with a weak Instagram presence? That’s a strong number and just one of the many reasons why your restaurant needs a social media presence.

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BUILDING A RESTAURANT FAMILY

Culinary Cues

The most important room in a home is the kitchen. This is the hub of activity, the space that portrays unity, defines tradition, nourishes the body and mind, and sets the tone for communication. This is where we celebrate and reflect – the place where a cook offers the most important expression of love through the creative preparation of food.

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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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8 Reasons Why Restaurant Workers Quit (And How to Retain Them)

7 Shifts

We don't have to tell you that the restaurant industry has a turnover problem. As of 2019, hospitality had a national average turnover rate of 75% , and that's only grown since the pandemic. Restaurants are a transitional industry for many—but many of the reasons that workers quit are entirely preventable. 8 Reasons Why Restaurant Workers Quit — And How To Prevent It. 1.

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Employ Marketing Tactics to Attract Workers

Modern Restaurant Management

Put your marketing skills to work to recruit new talent and fill open job positions at your quick-service restaurant. The outbreak of the pandemic sent unemployment rates through the roof. While government assistance programs and widening the talent pool are one way to conquer the issue, restaurant operators can implement new strategies to help ease the labor shortage by using marketing tactics.

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Does A Bar Inventory Spreadsheet Work?

Sculpture Hospitality

Whether you’ve been researching bar inventory management systems for a while now, or are just starting out, the first option you’ll likely gravitate towards is a spreadsheet. Spreadsheets are an inexpensive and seemingly easy-to-use tool for managing your bar and restaurant inventory. But do they really work?

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[Podcast] Staying Ahead of the Curve of What Customers Want

7 Shifts

Episode Summary. How do you stay on the pulse of what customers want? By paying close attention. Mijo Alanis has found success in his career by staying ahead of the curve—opening a juice and smoothie shop long before they were as ubiquitous as they are now. Mijo tells the story of Beyond Juicery from the way beginning of his career, how they've grown through franchising, and the “bus tub” moments that have helped him give the people what they want.

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How are Kenyan coffee washing stations operated?

Perfect Daily Grind

Processing is one of the most important stages in the coffee supply chain. There are a number of ways to process coffee, and each method has its own unique effect on quality and flavour. One of the most important steps in coffee production is the primary processing stage. This is because the margin of error is small; one mistake at this juncture can result in a substantial loss of quality.

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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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Reporting Best Practices in the Restaurant Industry

Modern Restaurant Management

More industries are becoming highly data-driven and the restaurant industry is no exception. Big data may seem like a tech-savvy buzzword, but it's a hot topic of conversation for a good reason. Everything nowadays is trackable. For example, it's possible to track when restaurant employees clock in for their shift or which menu item performs the best.

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5 Ways to Combat Restaurant Manager Burnout

Restaurant365

The Great Resignation our entire industry worried about attracting and retaining enough quality restaurant employees to keep our doors open. A key finding in the National Restaurant Association’s 2022 State of the Industry report is that 9 of 10 restaurant operators said that being understaffed is having a significant or moderate impact on their restaurant’s ability to grow and succeed.

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Employee Time Tracking Best Practices for Owners and Managers

Sling

Every business needs some form of time tracking in place. It serves as the foundation of all payroll activities and provides insight into the efficiency, productivity, and success of your team. In this article, we discuss time tracking best practices to help you make your system the best it can be. Here’s what we’ll cover: Time tracking defined. Time tracking best practices.

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What is a flat white & where did it come from?

Perfect Daily Grind

Across the world, milk-based coffee beverages are popular with an overwhelming number of consumers. In 2018, research from the BBC found that lattes and cappuccinos were the two most popular coffee drinks in the UK. This was the same year that the flat white also became more popular in the same country. Sales increased by a staggering 56% on 2017. But how did it become so popular?

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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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Mobile Ordering’s Role in Customer Retention

Modern Restaurant Management

The past two years have brought unprecedented changes across the restaurant industry, from new concerns related to social distancing and cleanliness to the acceleration of pre-pandemic trends such as the rise of mobile ordering and third-party delivery services. As consumers continue to feel a greater sense of normalcy, many pandemic-related concerns have started to subside.

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5 Profit-Making Investments to Boost Your Business

Thrive POS

Restaurant owners are always looking for ways to grow and future-proof their businesses. Having the necessary funding to carry out growth initiatives is essential to the health of your restaurant business. Here are five investments you should make in your business this year.

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The New (and Fancy) Sodas You’ll Want in Your Fridge This Summer

EATER

The best of this new generation of “seltzer-ish,” sorta-“healthy,” definitely non-alcoholic drinks No longer just limited to the age-old debate over Coke versus Pepsi, the soda aisle is now exploding with options making all sorts of promises. Whether brands are insisting that they’ll improve your health or approximate your favorite cocktail without the booze, this new generation of sodas is decidedly more complex in just about every sense than its predecessors.

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Introducing extract chilling in coffee

Perfect Daily Grind

In his 2021 World Barista Championship (WBC) routine , three-time Australian Barista Champion Hugh Kelly introduced to the world stage a concept known as “extract chilling”. During his performance, Hugh extracted his espresso over a frozen metal cube before allowing the shots to cool down. In his routine, he explained that this extraction method helps to preserve the flavour compounds in the coffee and heighten sweetness in particular.

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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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Understanding FSMA 204 (Infographic)

Modern Restaurant Management

FSMA 204 establishes compliance guidelines for how you can implement more comprehensive traceability procedures for many produce items and products. Expanding traceability with traceability lot codes can profoundly impact supply chain efficiency and facilitate faster responses to public safety issues. However, many facilities may be unsure how best to use traceability tools like lot codes to reach their goals.

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Lifestream video analytics tool

Robert Ancill Restaurant Consulting

Lifestream is a powerful and intuitive video analytics business that provides unique, and never before available, insights for restaurants and food and beverage operations to optimize operations and identify data-based customer behavior analytics. Lifestream is a highly effective solution for measuring true guest satisfaction, keeping track of speed of service, assessing how staffing levels … Read More.

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An Eater’s Guide to the Connecticut Shoreline

EATER

East Lyme, Connecticut. | DenisTangneyJr/Getty Images. Skip overpriced areas like the Hamptons and Cape Cod, and spend your summer with Connecticut’s beachside clam shacks, throwback ice cream parlors, and classic apizza parlors As high temperatures and sticky humidity descend upon the East Coast each summer, residents start looking for places to escape the crowds, the smells, and the sweat.

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Coffee News Recap, 3 Jun: Intelligentsia employees file to unionise, Chinese study finds coffee consumption can increase life expectancy & 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, 30 May. Registration opens for 2022 Caffè Culture. The B2B event will take place at the Business Design Centre in London from 1 to 2 September. Applications open for October 2022 intake for Certificate of Advanced Studies in Coffee Excellence.

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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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10 Tips For Hiring Seasonal Workers

Bizimply

With global staffing shortages across the hospitality sector, the holiday season is already stressful for many hospitality businesses. Many businesses are trying to entice workers using different strategies. So you are preparing your weekly employee schedules as per normal, you come to Wednesday and think “the quietest day of the week, we should be fine […].

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Restaurant Menu Pricing Strategies, Tactics & Tips [& The Single Most Profitable Pricing Strategy Smart Operators Use to Drive Profits Through the Roof]

Apicbase

As an F&B manager in a large multi-outlet operation [or a hotel chain], you’re used to focusing on the cost side of things. Shaving a percentage point off food costs here… eking out a few extra pennies by tightening up inventory procedures… stomping out waste. Every little bit adds up, right? But… there’s another side to the restaurant profitability equation — menu pricing.

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The Campiest, Crumbiest Way to Celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee: Tea and Biscuits, Naturally

EATER

Buckingham Palace x Biscuiteers Platinum Jubilee biscuits. Pinkies up If Elizabeth II, the queen regnant of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, is still alive come Thursday, June 2, her subjects are in for a real treat: a four-day weekend marking 70 years of her reign. Known as the Platinum Jubilee, the anniversary of the queen’s ascent to the throne on February 6, 1952 will be celebrated all year, and in typical British ways over the long weekend: holiday in Greece or Mall

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Running a cafe with style, sustainability and kindness – a conversation with Tania Lodi

The Restaurant Times

We are living in times where flaunting one’s whereabouts on the gram is everything. More often than not, we are looking for places with that “instagrammable” aesthetic. As per the Cambridge dictionary, it means: attractive or interesting enough to be suitable for photographing and posting on the social media service Instagram. In this episode of F&B Talks, we are in conversation with Dubai-based Tania Lodi, the owner of one of the world’s most instagrammable cafes.

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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.