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What Will Bring Families Back to Restaurants?

Modern Restaurant Management

The parents we surveyed want to see clearly visible steps taken to reduce risk, including free hand sanitizer at entrances, sanitation of tables/chairs between customers, employees wearing masks and gloves, spaced out tables, and daily employee temperature checks. Kid-Friendly = More Motivating.

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‘Bring the Dining Room Experience to the Windows’

Modern Restaurant Management

Should the customer and employee experience not be altered to fit that lifestyle? The "timed" drive-thru waits of customers were always essential for the bottom-line of the business, but the flaw continued to be, ‘How do we not only have our employees engaged in the effort, but have their commitment to speed of service as well?’

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10 TikTok Video Ideas for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

Creating TikToks Can Boost Employee Engagement. Restaurant employees are used to completing repetitive tasks on a daily basis. Allowing employees to work on creating TikToks will give them a creative outlet for their ideas, and ultimately boost employee engagement. Ask your employees to show what they do on a daily basis.

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A CHEF WHO GETS THE MESSAGE RIGHT

Culinary Cues

Two of the most significant issues facing businesses today are RETAINING good employees who are so difficult to find and MAXIMIZING the productivity and efficiency of those same employees. But, the most effective way to improve this connection with employees is to communicate through storytelling.

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What Families Want from Kid-Friendly Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

As one dad said: “So at the end of the day, there’s nothing relatable to a kid […] If they have something specific that stands out and says ‘Oh, so [this fast casual brand] does focus on kids now.’ In addition, most fast casual brands don’t engage kids directly through packaging, messaging or entertainment.

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Opening a Ghost Kitchen? Know the Laws That Will Impact Your Business

Modern Restaurant Management

Live entertainment. Employee health. In closing, operating a restaurant as a ghost kitchen, particularly while businesses are under pandemic-related restrictions, can be a good business model for many. These licenses can include: Business operation. Food service. Building occupancy. Employer identification number.

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2021 Restaurant Insurance Outlook

Modern Restaurant Management

Dealing with a global pandemic and resulting business interruptions and locks downs, working hard to ensure employees are compensated as much as possible, facing down business liability issues – all were big issues in 2020 and are expected to be so in 2021. ” A COVID vaccine campaign, successfully implemented, will help. .

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