Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2025

GreenPoints™, the most GreenPoints™ of any Certified Green Restaurant® MUSE Global Kitchen serves 100 percent vegan food and has on-site solar panels that produce more than 65 percent of its annual energy usage. These two restaurants each earned 15 GreenPoints™ for serving 100 percent sustainable seafood.

Reservations

Lavu

MAY 2, 2025

Employees need to know how to access allergen data, handle special requests, and communicate clearly with customers. Equipping staff with these skills ensures they can handle allergen-related questions and tasks seamlessly. Training Programs Educate staff on allergen handling and how to use the POS system effectively.

Allergens

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Restaurants have been pivoting to reach and serve customers in new ways, and retailers have been seeing the lines blur between brick and mortar and e-commerce. Lagniappe Krewe Fund grants are available to hospitality employees and their families who have experienced emergencies beyond their control resulting in financial hardship.

Serving

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 9, 2020

A global infectious disease outbreak such as COVID-19 can impact your business in terms of risk to employee safety, loss of sales and economic uncertainty. Your BCP must also address how HR and leadership will handle issues related to the employees and patrons. HR is tasked with more than the safety of employees.

Leadership

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 5, 2024

As the focus for restaurants continues to center on growing and staffing up, safety training can sometimes get lost in the mix or ratcheted down to cover only topics related to compliance with regulations. That won’t cut it in an industry that faces major risks associated with employee injuries and food safety.

Training

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2020

But if your restaurant or industry related business has been able to stay open or expects to resume operations once we are on the other side of the pandemic, now may be the time to apply for a grant. Grant applications require much more than “we are a restaurant serving French cuisine and hope to expand.”

Employee Relations

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 23, 2024

But beyond its legal necessity, ensuring compliance with employment laws is critical to shaping a better experience for employees and customers alike. Restaurants should not make managers and employees fear compliance. Instead, they should see it as an opportunity to start an important conversation about the employee experience.

Restaurant Law

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 31, 2021

With the guidance of a skilled agent that is well educated in the hospitality industry, bar and restaurant owners should be able to let the experts lead the way. This equates to rising premiums for establishments that serve liquor and less flexible negotiation terms through some insurance agencies.

Bar

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2020

The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation has launched the Restaurant Employee Relief Fund to support U.S. restaurant employees financially impacted by the coronavirus crisis. The Foundation will administer the grants, offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

Employee Relations

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Now, restaurant owners and managers can be confident in their readiness against pathogens and reassure guests and employees by committing to cleanliness and effectively communicating their approach to the public. In addition to considering their customers, restaurant owners must also take the necessary steps to reassure and retain employees.

Kitchen Safety

7 Shifts

JANUARY 7, 2020

Much like profit and loss, employee engagement is a metric that every restaurateur should be tracking regularly. We’re giving you the scoop on why you should care about employee engagement and how you can track it, and sharing tips for how to use this data to gamify staff performance and boost engagement.

Employee Relations

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2020

” RWCF is compiling an extensive list of resources and links related to the COVID-19 Crisis on its website, and, soon, we will collect data (qualitative and quantitative) from affected workers and restaurant owners so that we can work with local and national leaders to address the systemic issues the COVID19 pandemic has exposed. .

Food Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The challenges our teams have faced over the last two years specifically has made us value our employees now more than ever. As it relates to the labor crunch, we’re seeing in restaurant brands across the board: An impact in top-line revenue because customers aren't being served.

2022

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 5, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, restaurant workers of all types need time off to rest, recharge, and hopefully return reinvigorated to serve your customers. No matter where the returning employee works, as an employer, you must protect all of your employees, guests, and vendors. Update Your Handbook.

Employee Relations

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

The bites will also be served with the option of twelve different dips, along with regular or sweet potato Tyga Tots, chocolate chip cookies, and beverages. ” Aron most recently served as the Australian CEO & Country Manager for Deliveroo from 2015 to 2020, helping grow the company into 500 cities and 13 countries during his tenure.

Food Safety

Culinary Cues

MAY 28, 2022

If the family were defined as a team, it would be the kitchen that served as the locker room and the playing field. We work hard, very hard physically, mentally, and even emotionally through the process of preparing and serving delicious food. MAKE IT EDUCATIONAL. FOOD and WINE CENTERPIECE OF CONVERSATION.

Front of House

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2022

The 1950s saw the birth of the first idealized vending machine , an enormous construction made of metal and glass that served thousands of city-dwellers each day and night. The machine served sandwiches, wine, and coffee, and was considered a great success. No waiters, just steaming plates and a glass door that's opened by a coin.

Mobile Ordering

7 Shifts

AUGUST 27, 2020

The words ‘employee handbook’ are enough to make any new hire quiver. Having to spend a shift—or even worse, your after-hours—reading through an employee handbook will sap the fun out of any new restaurant job. The introduction to your restaurant employee handbook Think of your employee handbook as a welcome to your restaurant.

Employee Relations

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

It’s one more way we can show how much we care about our employees. “We’re thrilled to partner with the KFC Foundation to provide KFC restaurant employees with the tools they need to quickly build emergency savings funds and establish long-term saving habits,” said Leigh Phillips, President and CEO, SaverLife.

Franchising

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2020

.™” with an initial donation, aiming to raise $125,000+ for Children of Restaurant Employees (CORE), a nonprofit that assists the families of service industry members navigating life-altering circumstances. All donations are tax-deductible and go directly to Children of Restaurant Employees (CORE). based 7shifts users.

Healthcare

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Our restaurant of the future is designed to benefit guests, employees and franchisees, with a new external design and a reimagined kitchen that will make it easier for us to serve hot, delicious food quickly for frictionless guest experiences, and we expect to see a lot more of that next year. Clinton Anderson, CEO, Fourth Enterprises.

2022

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 3, 2023

These investments are anticipated mostly in the order and payment space, rather than automated systems or robots that prepare and serve food. Eighty-seven percent of operators say they'll likely hire additional employees during the next 6–12 months if qualified applicants are available. million by 2030. million by 2030.

2023

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Alternatively, a restaurant that truly believes it has a “secret” recipe for a popular dish that gives it a competitive advantage (such as Kentucky Fried Chicken’s “11 secret herbs and spices”) can use trade secret protection to prevent its employees from stealing recipes and using them in competition.

Brewery

7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

Chances are, it's balancing the scheduling requests of dozens of employees each week. Check employee schedules to ensure plans match reality. Toast performed extensive research among non-managerial restaurant employees with surprising results. A fairly typical day might look something like this: Check the logbook.

Management

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 23, 2021

“The SBA must be as entrepreneurial as the entrepreneurs we serve. Providing educational resources dedicated to answering questions small businesses have related to the RRF. These partnerships enable us to meet small businesses where they are, instead of waiting for them to come to us.”

Point of Sale

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The organization’s registered dietitians, nurses and medical doctors deliver lunch-and-learns and employee wellness programs in hospitals to provide the education on the evidence behind plant-based nutrition. “We’re thrilled to become a preferred supplier to Sodexo, which serves over 75 million consumers each day.

Hospitality

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features evolving guest relationships, views on restauarant tech, employee desires and wedding trends. For those ordering at the counter, 45 percent said they get annoyed if they must wait more than five minutes and 76 percent didn’t want to wait more than 10 minutes to be served.

2022

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Respondents collectively serve more than 14 million covers annually and have more than 3.2 An increase in consumer education around issues that impact both the independent restaurant industry and the food system at large. A drive to create better working conditions and benefits for industry employees.

2024

EATER

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

license plates; a neon-accented diner serving fast food; and a McDonald’s-style playground. educated computer science expert who previously worked for the United Nations Development Programme. He twirls past a steakhouse featuring mounted longhorns, wagon wheels, and wood-paneled walls lined with U.S. along with the U.K.

Employee Relations

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2020

As workplaces, sports and entertainment venues, schools, colleges and universities, and other places of business begin to resume operations, Aramark developed customized plans to create safe and hygienic dining experiences for everyone the company serves. Redesigning workflows to ensure safe distancing between employees.

Food Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 9, 2020

Grimstad serves on the board of directors of Beauty Tap Inc. ” The products are ready-made, but also offer restaurant personalization and are specifically designed to serve the needs of both casual dining and fast casual restaurants, enabling restaurant organizations of any size to have a strong kids’ program.

Fast Casual

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The study also found that 8 million employees were laid off or furloughed during the height of the pandemic. ” The majority of SALIDO's employees joined NAB following the acquisition to continue innovating the Restaurant OS. Lewis, President, RPL Consulting, LLC (Events Marketing, Public, Community Relations Firm).

Fast Casual

EATER

MAY 16, 2024

From Wednesday to Sunday, she’d be at the Brooklyn restaurant Beso, which serves a mix of Caribbean and American comfort food, until closing, sometimes as late as 3 a.m.; Which, as an employee is one thing, but once you get into management, the stakes get higher. her shifts could be as short as 10 hours or as long as 18 hours.

Employee Relations

EATER

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

today were founded in the 1970s and ’80s by educated, affluent white people to provide natural and organic food they couldn’t easily find elsewhere, and they’ve largely served that demographic ever since. Serving More of the Community. Every neighborhood that NCG markets serve is becoming more diverse, says Pugh.

Food

EATER

APRIL 21, 2022

The Massachusetts restaurant and chef Ruth Wakefield deserve some credit for America’s favorite cookie, but certainly not all of it Ruth Wakefield was a highly accomplished person: a college-educated dietician, teacher, chef, and the founder and operator of Toll House Inn, one of New England’s most famous restaurants.

Back of House

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2020

Respondents across all countries said their top food-related concerns were: safety and hygiene, access to healthy foods, and nutrition. “We are in daily conversations with our clients, constantly monitoring insights, and relying on our core business — analyzing data to deliver market insights — to serve the industry.”

2020

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

And while the restaurant industry as a whole remains stable following these policies, individual restaurants solely focused on indoor dining may still be feeling policy-driven losses, as traffic shifts to competitors that are better-suited to serve customers in the ways mentioned above.

Employee Relations