Restaurant Engine

JUNE 14, 2025

You want to analyze your foot traffic, demographics, and new markets. If it’s outdated, you may find your target market takes a pass on dining with you. Other visuals: Pay attention to your signage and uniforms, too. Don’t complain about your new visual identity, such as your new logo or uniforms.

Social Media

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Every restaurant must constantly invest in training. [] PUTTING ALL OF YOUR EGGS IN THE CHEFS BASKET. Make sure that owners retain ample ownership of the concept, standardize as much as possible, and constantly train a strong bench of people who can step up to the plate if the chef departs. [] FAILING TO ASK THE CUSTOMER.

Cash Management

Culinary Cues

JUNE 16, 2020

Let’s start with a clean slate and lean back on some old marketing tools: [] BUILD ANTICIPATION. You deserve a break today” was always a perfect marketing pitch that focused on reward – don’t underestimate its importance. [] PRODUCT, PRODUCT, PRODUCT. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. Remind everyone about this.

Social Media

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2020

Aramark examined front and back of house processes to establish tailored playbooks for all of its businesses and market segments, leveraging innovative solutions, new service methods, and rigorous safety protocols. Enhanced training, signage, and behavioral “nudges” Implementing health checks and temperature monitoring.

Food Safety

Goliath Consulting

MARCH 19, 2021

These decisions do not have to be big ones—they can be as small as choosing uniform styles, weighing in their opinions on new policies, or even allowing them to choose the background music. This is exactly how Ricky Girardi, previously director of HR and Training at a Chick-fil-A franchise, approached it,” Wang said.

Recruiting

7 Shifts

MAY 23, 2024

Of course, this doesn’t mean that yours has to be extra low—just be extra sure that they’re justified given your competitor’s menu and market fluctuations. During this time, parents are more concerned with buying their children's books and uniforms than spending $20 on a takeout meal.

Social Media

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 28, 2024

. “Both full-service and fast food restaurant customers are skewing a bit more toward higher income levels and college graduates,” says Forrest Morgeson, Associate Professor of Marketing at Michigan State University and Director of Research Emeritus at the ACSI.

2024

Ken Burgin

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The secret is to offer real BENEFITS – talk about what applicants want , not just what you want – this is basic Marketing 101, and most operators ignore it. AFTER: Cook for Braybrook’s best cafe Modern kitchen, happy & productive team, free parking and good train service. 3yrs+ cafe experience – start now.

Advertising

Restaurant Engine

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Can you afford to invest in additional uniforms or aprons for your servers? Market your catering business. You can begin by putting information in your restaurant, on your receipts, on your social media pages and your website, and in your email marketing. Train your staff specifically for catering.

Catering

Lavu

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

As you develop the restaurant employee handbook, view it as an ongoing training resource instead of just a categorical list of rules, and separate the information into categories: Performance and Appearance Policies . Uniform—specify if a uniform is provided or if there are specific garments and colors employees must wear. .

FOH

Embrace the Suck

JUNE 13, 2022

Besides running a training and consulting company, Brian is also known for his groundbreaking concept called Bin 36. Brian speaks to audiences all around the world about training culture and exactly how to build a solid beverage program that can enhance your bottom line. It was a restaurant, a wine bar and a market. It's famous.

Retail

Apicbase

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Utilising tech for better decision-making in menu development and marketing strategies. It also helps the marketing team make more effective strategies.” That means, there’s no need to look through print-outs, scrolling back through dozens of WhatsApp messages or emails. Outcomes Automation minimised human error.

Franchising

Apicbase

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Utilising tech for better decision-making in menu development and marketing strategies. It also helps the marketing team make more effective strategies.” That means, there’s no need to look through print-outs, scrolling back through dozens of WhatsApp messages or emails. Outcomes Automation minimised human error.

Franchising

Mad Mobile

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The uniforms. Staff turnover woes or staffing-up crunches: If training new staff is taking up too much time and resources, a restaurant tablet POS system could take the burden off by simplifying complex processes. Integrated marketing: Send easy email marketing campaigns. The signage. This wasted time adds up.

Dietary Restrictions

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 27, 2020

In mid-to-late March , Yelp reported a swift and uniform drop in consumer activity across the nation. As the weather gets warmer people are turning to public markets (up 73 percent) to do their shopping, as well as flea markets (up 28 percent) and outlet stores (up 13 percent). and international markets.

Franchise

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

” “Many of our TEAM Members stay a long time with TSFR – a testament to our accountable culture, family atmosphere and commitment to training and development,” said Bill Angott, President and Chief Executive Officer at TSFR. Cynthia (Cyndi) Barnes: Director of Accounting | 35 years.

Food

EATER

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In the words of the paint company’s “director of color marketing,” it represents “ the gentle forward momentum in all of our lives.” (In I’ve trained myself to think, Salt and fat and sugar make really tasty pastry … and really, pastry is just a combination of those things and sometimes flour,” Hrycko says.

Email Marketing

Go Hire- Restaurants

JUNE 16, 2025

Thanks to email automation and chatbots, no candidate question remains unanswered — this technology ensures a timely response so every potential hire feels valued. To facilitate this at scale, well-defined interview procedures and thorough training for interviewers are vital. The revolution in recruiting goes even further.

Recruiting