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Restaurant Retention: How to Keep Employees Happy

Modern Restaurant Management

During the Great Resignation of late 2021, staggering numbers of employees left their jobs in search of new opportunities. Lack of opportunity, low pay, difficulty with childcare, and feeling disrespected at work were amongst a wide variety of factors listed as motivators. Amongst those who left their workplace, one-fourth of those were in the hospitality industry.

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The Guide to Success with Ghost Kitchens for Restaurant Owners

7 Shifts

Whether you want to call them ghost kitchens, dark kitchens, cloud kitchens, or something else, there's no denying that this new model has exploded in popularity these past few years. While that popularity has generated excitement about the prospect of these dining room-less restaurants, it's important to remember that ghost kitchens aren't an easy thing to pull off.

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Restaurant Supply Chain Issues Continue into 2023

Goliath Consulting

Grain and Cooking Oil Shortage. Ukraine and Russia are the biggest suppliers of cooking oil. Since the war between Ukraine and Russia started, there has been intensified supply chain problems with food and other items. Both countries export around two-thirds of sunflower oil in the world. 1 Since this supply chain has been disrupted, the US, UK, Indonesia, Germany, Netherlands, and India have faced significant difficulties locating sunflower and vegetable oils. 2.

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Are airlines starting to offer better coffee?

Perfect Daily Grind

For many, a cup of coffee is a central part of the experience of air travel. In the lounge and on board the aircraft, it is a necessity for some, thanks to extended delays, early departures, or long flights. However, it’s undeniable that convenience has historically been a priority for airline coffee, with quality and taste generally taking a back seat.

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Planning Your Restaurants 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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Celebrating 90 Years of Fresh, Maine Lobster

Modern Restaurant Management

Beal’s Lobster Pier is celebrating its 90th anniversary this summer. Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine caught up with co-owner Stuart Snyder to discuss the Southwest Harbor, Maine landmark’s past, present and future. What Harvard Beal founded in 1932 as a wholesale fish market evolved into a go-to waterfront dining destination and experience.

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Is a POS Really Worth the Investment?

Restaurant Engine

A POS is really worth it because it lets your customers take ownership of their payment options. With the global point of sale (POS) market growing at exponential rates , you may be wondering if a POS system is really worth the investment for your restaurant. Because you are a customer facing business, and you want to provide the best overall customer experience to your diners, a POS system is a vital tool in your operational and marketing arsenals.

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Understanding the self-serve coffee machine market

Perfect Daily Grind

Around the world, convenience is now a key purchasing factor for many coffee consumers. Over the past few years, demand has been growing for coffee that is easy to prepare and high in quality – and we’ve subsequently seen a rapidly-growing market for self-serve coffee machines emerge. It’s believed that the first coffee vending machine was invented in the US in the late 1940s, which ground and extracted hot coffee to order.

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Six Concepts Every Restaurant Employee Handbook Should Cover

Modern Restaurant Management

The idea of creating a well-thought, engaging employee handbook isn’t why restaurateurs go into the food industry. However, spending the time to create a handbook will help create the desired culture, as well as save time and money (helping to avoid employee turnover as 36 percent of employees say they quit because they wish they had better training, legal action, safety concerns).

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Podcast 19: Developing Restaurant Managers for the Digital Age

Ken Burgin

Management is a lot more than carrying a big bunch of keys and covering the roster. A massive increase in operational complexity makes the manager role more demanding, and also more effective if the data available is harnessed accurately to show real-time results. Ken Burgin interviewed Liz Perkins from The Hospitality Company on this very interesting topic – she has a background as a chef and business owner.

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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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The Dinner Party Is Now Very Online

EATER

A 1970s dinner party. | Getty. Where Martha Stewart and Ina Garten might have instructed previous generations of hosts, TikTok influencers and services offering downloadable guides and tablescape rentals are here to help today’s party hosts When Mya Gelber started making videos on TikTok early this year, the 26-year-old went for the known format of the fit check, posing while putting on Carhartts and coats.

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Coffee News Recap, 24 June: PRF Colombia to take place next week, several 2022 World Coffee Championships held at WOC Milan & 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, 20 Jun. PRF Colombia to take place from 30 June to 1 July. The event will include the Origin Trip Experience (held from 26 to 29 June), the Café Pergamino Barista Jam competition, and the Cold Brew Championship in partnership with Toddy.

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MRM EXCLUSIVE: Fast Food Has Become a Hi-Tech Job

Modern Restaurant Management

Consumers visit a fast food or quick serve restaurant (QSR) with a goal in mind: secure a tasty meal incredibly quickly. Who makes the magic happen? Cashiers, cooks, and other QSR crew members. Once upon a time, a frontline employee at a fast food restaurant did not necessarily need technological skills to apply for the job. Taking orders at the counter and preparing quick meals were not necessarily perceived as stepping stones to better-paid careers with expanded responsibilities.

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Personnel File & Employee Documents: Tips and Best Practices

Sling

Maintaining a personnel file for each person on your payroll is an essential part of running a business. Local, state, and federal laws make it mandatory that you do so. But there’s more to the process than just filing employee documents away and forgetting about them. In this article, we discuss the personnel file and necessary employee documents in detail and then give you tips and best practices to help you create the best recordkeeping system for your business.

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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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The Best Vegetarian Dinner Recipes, According to Eater Editors

EATER

Shutterstock. Having a meat-free night? Here are the best recipes for a vegetarian dinner menu It’s no longer news that more and more people have started incorporating vegetarian dishes into their cooking repertoire. For all manner of reasons, vegetarian food has of late become ever more mainstream, and consequently, vegetarian dinner recipes are now found everywhere.

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How does temperature stability affect espresso extraction?

Perfect Daily Grind

Water temperature plays a crucial role in espresso extraction. To produce high-quality espresso, your brewing water should sit within an ideal temperature range of between 92°C and 96°C (197°F and 205°F), according to the Specialty Coffee Association. As well as this, the temperature must be kept stable throughout extraction to ensure it remains truly even – a concept known as thermal stability.

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Top Tips for Seasonal Hiring this Summer

Modern Restaurant Management

Hiring teams are facing a specific challenge this summer–quickly hiring the top seasonal talent before someone else does. Summer 2022 is certainly expected to look different than the last two years as travel and gatherings increase. According to Forbes , 2022 summer travel plans are on the rise as 85 percent of Americans are planning to travel this summer while 46 percent plan to fly.

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How to Create an Effective Performance Improvement Plan

Sling

Want to build an effective team, retain high-performing employees, and make your business the best it can be? Implement a performance improvement plan. At first glance, many managers may think that a performance improvement plan is only necessary as a form of discipline or to improve a glaring skill imbalance. But these plans can be used for so much more.

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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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Will Climate Change Help Hybrid Grapes Take Root?

EATER

Table grapevines in Southern California. | George Rose/Getty Images. Winemakers around the country are working to bring back Indigenous and hybrid grape varieties that are better adapted to extreme weather This story was originally published on Civil Eats. In his almost 50 years in the wine industry, J. Stephen Casscles has watched the weather in New York’s Hudson Valley become wetter, hotter, and more humid — the perfect environment for fungal diseases and pests to thrive.

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How can green coffee auctions be used to promote wider social initiatives?

Perfect Daily Grind

Green coffee auctions are a popular platform for buying and selling coffee around the world, as well as a means to connect producers to a wider range of roasters and buyers. In turn, this can help producers build an international reputation. Furthermore, auctions can serve the wider coffee industry in a number of other ways, such as by raising awareness about wider social initiatives, and raising money for these causes.

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How Transaction Monitoring Can Help Prevent Food and Beverage Fraud

Modern Restaurant Management

As cash intensive businesses (CIB), food and beverage businesses have historically been sites of fraud. Yet, as such businesses move their sales, ordering, operations, and bookings online, the rates of fraud have only increased. Looking at online food delivery overall, the sector is projected to reach revenues of $343.80 billion in 2022, per figures published on Eatance.

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How Can Automation Make Your Cafe More Profitable?

Ken Burgin

You’ve seen the videos – hot, fresh pizza from a machine, a robotic arm that cooks perfect fries, or a cocktail robot with flashing lights. No people = no wages – sounds like a good move, but what will the customers think? If their priorities are consistent quality, speed and value, more automation can help you achieve that. I talked with cafe owner Matt Lucas of the Coffee Pedaler cafes in Gundagai and Tumut NSW – both are high-volume operations catering to tourists and

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2024 Restaurant Spending Trends to Stay Ahead of the Curve

How do you stay on top of what your customers are expecting when they step through your doors? Do you know what’s on their mind? How are you going to account for what they’re planning on doing months from now? As we head into 2024, price-related issues are still top-of-mind for restaurant customers after the inflation boom earlier this year. In this new report, we give you the latest insights on consumer spending trends, attitudes on tipping, and how you can respond.

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Daily Harvest recalls a lentil dish after customers report food poisoning online

The Salt

Users on social media reported experiences of nausea, vomiting and liver damage after consuming the dish.

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In Defense of Prunes

EATER

Shutterstock. Widely dismissed as a lowly constipation cure, prunes are, in fact, a superior dried fruit For too long, prunes have been relegated to the health food aisle, paraded out only as a solution to immovable bowels. Even their mere mention is guaranteed to turn up many a wrinkled nose. But I won’t stand for it a moment longer. Because prunes are, without a doubt, actually the best of the dried fruits.

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Guests More Positive About Experience Overall; Wait Times an Area of Opportunity

Black Box Intelligence

Restaurant Guest Satisfaction Snapshot™ – May, 2022. Top 5 Restaurant Brands. Financial metrics are “same-store” metrics & reported on a one-year comparison unless otherwise noted. Overall, May 2022 was a good month for restaurant sales. The expected slowdown in sales growth continued thanks to last year’s sales numbers – which were impacted by two main events; vaccines for COVID-19 and the reduction on restrictions.

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A QSR operator’s guide to managing costs while inflation soars

Rocket Fuel

This article is the fourth in a series of five to promote Delaget’s 2021 QSR Operational Index – an annual report that shares stats and figures from over 6,000 QSR locations for sales, costs, employees, loss, and customer experience. . Inflation’s grasp on franchisees is tighter than ever and it’s affecting every aspect of the business. According to QSR Magazine , the price of quick-service meals jumped 8 percent, while full-service menu items lifted 6.6 percent.

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2024 Payroll Calendar Templates

These calendars provide pay period dates and paydays for biweekly, semi-monthly, and monthly payroll in 2024. Use them as a reminder or share with employees so they can celebrate payday.